Hi all,
I recently purchased 3 used Wii consoles from Japan. -- They were all marked as untested.
Two of them work completely fine and I've managed to update and softmod them. However the third has a strange issue and I'm not really sure where to begin in terms of diagnosing it..
So I have the original Wii component cables that I use for better output picture (I know the cables definitely work because I've been using them with the previous 2 Wii consoles). However when I plug them into this third Wii console, I get a black screen with no signal. BUT I can however hear the sound of the Wii coming through my speakers. So I unplugged the component cables and switched over to the composite AV cables that came with the console. Then *BAM* I managed to get video appearing on my screen, however it was EXTREMELY dark, glitchy and low quality (even for AV standards).
I tried messing around with the screen settings in the Wii menu but I haven't had any luck getting it to work. I'm really lost here with trying to diagnose the problem. I have a feeling it might be an internal problem with the Wii, which is fine, I have experience with repairing consoles.. I'm just not very good at fault finding etc. -- My guess is that a fuse responsible for outputting picture has maybe blown?
Does anyone have any ideas?
P.S just for fun.. I tried plugging the green plug of the composite cable, into the yellow AV port on my TV and it produced a black and white image.
EDIT: I doubt this is related but might also be worth a mention. When I turn the Wii on, the disc drive does make a strange loud noise for a few seconds.
I recently purchased 3 used Wii consoles from Japan. -- They were all marked as untested.
Two of them work completely fine and I've managed to update and softmod them. However the third has a strange issue and I'm not really sure where to begin in terms of diagnosing it..
So I have the original Wii component cables that I use for better output picture (I know the cables definitely work because I've been using them with the previous 2 Wii consoles). However when I plug them into this third Wii console, I get a black screen with no signal. BUT I can however hear the sound of the Wii coming through my speakers. So I unplugged the component cables and switched over to the composite AV cables that came with the console. Then *BAM* I managed to get video appearing on my screen, however it was EXTREMELY dark, glitchy and low quality (even for AV standards).
I tried messing around with the screen settings in the Wii menu but I haven't had any luck getting it to work. I'm really lost here with trying to diagnose the problem. I have a feeling it might be an internal problem with the Wii, which is fine, I have experience with repairing consoles.. I'm just not very good at fault finding etc. -- My guess is that a fuse responsible for outputting picture has maybe blown?
Does anyone have any ideas?
P.S just for fun.. I tried plugging the green plug of the composite cable, into the yellow AV port on my TV and it produced a black and white image.
EDIT: I doubt this is related but might also be worth a mention. When I turn the Wii on, the disc drive does make a strange loud noise for a few seconds.
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