Hacking Is it normal for a wiiu to shut down by itself ?

[Ghassen-ga]

I was playing Mario kart (via loadiine) this morning , when the Wiiu just turned off by itself , its not in a closed box , I made sure it's in a state when it cannot overheat , should i be worried ? i mean i literally bought it a week go , no warranthy
maybe i shouldn't be asking here , but i figured maybe it was shutoff because i was runing a homebrew ? dunno.

 

[JacksonS]

It has an auto shutoff feature if you don't use the controller for a certain amount of time.

 

[Ghassen-ga]

It has an auto shutoff feature if you don't use the controller for a certain amount of time.

Well i was actually playing with my friends during that ..

 

[JacksonS]

It's not normal, but if it doesn't happen frequently, I think it's fine. Sometimes my console freezes for no obvious reason.

 

[pietempgba]

but it happens more with lego games on wiiu

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Well i was actually playing with my friends during that ..

Could you be more specific? Did the system just turn off as you playing it or by it self cause of auto shutoff?
Was there a red light flashing the power led?

 

[Ghassen-ga]

Could you be more specific? Did the system just turn off as you playing it or by it self cause of auto shutoff?
Was there a red light flashing the power led?

I was being specific tho , it shut off while i was playing it , i don't think the red light was flashing .. I suppose maybe because i'm using a step down transformer ?

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

I was being specific tho , it shut off while i was playing it , i don't think the red light was flashing .. I suppose maybe because i'm using a step down transformer ?

I am not sure, but if the system turned off during play, I had a similar problem with the led blinking. Think the system overheated. (INSERT XBOX RED RING OF DEATH JOKE HERE) So maybe the vents on the system is dusty. Try cleaning it. I did and it worked again.

 

[JacksonS]

I would blame your transformer before the Wii U. It's just more likely that there's some issue with your transformer, causing it to cut off intermittently.

 

[Ghassen-ga]

I am not sure, but if the system turned off during play, I had a similar problem with the led blinking. Think the system overheated. (INSERT XBOX RED RING OF DEATH JOKE HERE) So maybe the vents on the system is dusty. Try cleaning it. I did and it worked again.

don't you insert that "XBOX RED RING OF DEATH joke" ; that's so scary :c

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I would blame your transformer before the Wii U. It's just more likely that there's some issue with your transformer, causing it to cut off intermittently.

I hope that's the cause :c

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

don't you insert that "XBOX RED RING OF DEATH joke" ; that's so scary :c

I'm just being honest. Most systems that over heat now and days, auto shut down to prevent cricital damage to system. You wanna spend $250 on a second wii U With all your saves and dlc lost cause you can't redownload for free i don't think.

 

[Neouni]

Stepdown converters can't be fully trusted, you could also just buy a replacement power adapter for your region.

 

[hippy dave]

you could also just buy a replacement power adapter for your region.

Yeah, do this.