what might be happening is this:

if you have your wii configured to use the wiiconnect 24 thing, basically the built in wireless chip of the wii runs 24x7, even when the wii is "sleeping" (orange light). if you turn that connect 24 thing off and do a hard shutdown on your wii (power light goes red), the wireless chip shuts off.

the problem is that when your wii sleeps (orange light) the wireless chip builds up lots of heat that the little fan inside can't get rid of because when the wii sleeps, the fan shuts off. this extra heat damages the ati gpu over time and this damage can manifests itself as white dots on the screen or other anomalies.

for an example, see here: w w w.qj.net/qjnet/wii/wii-overheat-causes-video-output-error.html

 

please point out where he stated that the wireless chip was inside of the gpu.

why are the idiots so quick to call someone else stupid?

 

ok, fair point. i thought he'd know the fact the damage came from within the gpu chip.
which is true, but it isn't the wireless chip.
its the starlet, on which ios runs.

 

correct, gpu isn't inside starlet
starlet is inside the gpu chip (thanks for the diagram showing that i was right in my previous post in which i said, and i quote, "the fact the damage came from within the gpu chip.")
and since ios is still run on standby, the still produces heat all over the gpu chip
which in rare occasions *could* damage the gpu (but i have yet to see it happen with my own eyes)