I have had this issue that when I leave my Wii U turned off it starts to blink red after I moved it some weeks ago, the console works just fine when you try it but it doesn't want to be turned on then it starts blinking red, I've read that this could happen if the console were dirty on the inside or that the thermal paste on the CPU needed to be changed.
So I opened it up some days ago, cleaned it real good and added a better thermal paste to the CPU, the console worked fine just like it did when you recently plug it, but after a while, it started blinking red just like before and refused to turn on when I pressed the power button, and it still does this, I've also read people moving their AC Cable around or connecting it to another place being solutions to this, but that hasn't been helpful in my case. I have never tried to use my Wii U for a long time to check if it also turns off and starts blinking red when being used.
Does anyone know why is my Wii U doing this and what should I do about it? Because it doesn't feel hot when it does this, it isn't even being used at all, and when I plug the console out and replug it, everything works ok so there isn't any non-working part on it.
Edit: I had my Wii U unplugged and now when I plug it, it starts blinking red as soon as I plug it, it was doing it after a while in the past, what can I do?
So I opened it up some days ago, cleaned it real good and added a better thermal paste to the CPU, the console worked fine just like it did when you recently plug it, but after a while, it started blinking red just like before and refused to turn on when I pressed the power button, and it still does this, I've also read people moving their AC Cable around or connecting it to another place being solutions to this, but that hasn't been helpful in my case. I have never tried to use my Wii U for a long time to check if it also turns off and starts blinking red when being used.
Does anyone know why is my Wii U doing this and what should I do about it? Because it doesn't feel hot when it does this, it isn't even being used at all, and when I plug the console out and replug it, everything works ok so there isn't any non-working part on it.
Edit: I had my Wii U unplugged and now when I plug it, it starts blinking red as soon as I plug it, it was doing it after a while in the past, what can I do?
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