Hacking Wii was on during a power outage, now doesn't turn on.

[fgsfdsyo]

My wii was plugged into my surge protector yesterday and we had a power outage.
I wasn't playing or anything, I was on my laptop.
Today I go to check my wii and the light isn't even on.
I've tried different outlets, but nothing seems to give me the red/yellow light.

Is there anything I can do?
I'm kind of depressed.
I've had it since December 06, first bad thing that's happened to it.

 

[joshed]

sadly the power supply is probably dead. try another power brick

 

[fgsfdsyo]

Also, if there's nothing I can do is it possible to salvage the data on my Wii?
Or is that just impossible?

 

[DJPlace]

maybe it's your power cord try to buy a different one...

 

[fgsfdsyo]

sadly the power supply is probably dead. try another power brick

Thanks, I think I can get my hands on another one tonight.
Hopefully this is the issue.

 

[G2K]

Nothing should have happened to it, unless you were installing something... Try another power brick / cord.

 

[brownmurder]

i had this, unplug your wii for 10 mins then plug it back in

 

[SenorClean]

Good luck... Third party power bricks are pretty cheap.

eg - http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.20250

Try leaving your brick unplugged for a while - sometimes they go in to a failover mode to prevent damage, and just need to sit unpowered for a while to come back to life.

 

[fgsfdsyo]

i had this, unplug your wii for 10 mins then plug it back in

many many many many thanks.

I was about to rush out and buy a $30 adapter, but you've saved me.

Spoiler

Yeah, cheapest one at Best Buy was $30 dollars.

 

[joshed]

glad that worked, happened to me once

 

[earthworm]

Same happened to me to.....my wife unplugged my wii while it was powered on.....i panicked when it then refused to turn on.....I then unplugged it and left it for a few minutes and then retried and it worked fine

 

[benzy]

Same here. I nearly freaked out when a surge went through the house and then the wii wouldn't power back on. Read some posts and then unplugged mine for 10 min. and it came back up. There might be some built in fuse or something.

 

[GolfDude]

nintendo told me that the power adapter has its own fail safe in it to break before any surge hits the system and can simply be reset.. but i forgot how she said to reset the brick..

 

[Bladexdsl]

tsk tsk tsk buy a surge protector

 

[sleestax]

Happened to me...accidently turned of the wrong circuit breaker when I was doing some work on my house and cut the power to it while it was running...FREAKED OUT. Left it unplugged for 15 minutes and it worked again.

 

[fgsfdsyo]

tsk tsk tsk buy a surge protector
Are you really that dumb or can you just not read?
QUOTE(fgsfdsyo @ May 12 2009, 08:04 PM) My wii was plugged into my surge protector

Regardless, the fix is to unplug the Wii and Power strip and wait 10-15 minutes.
I can't guarantee it'll work all the time, but it worked for me.

 

[Wiinie]

The same thing happened to me. What i did was i went to gamestop and got a new ac adapter. I plugged it in and my wii turned on. The i plugged in the old one and the wii continued to work. Its weird but the wii times out when there is a surge.

 

[nitrostemp]

i had the same issue basicly i had to unplug everyting from the wii, and leave for 12 hours

 

[hdhacker]

tsk tsk tsk buy a surge protector

No, the advice is to buy a UPS. They go on sale periodically for $20 after rebate. All your critical electronics should have backups. If not for the safety, for the convenience. Who wants to lose a game in between saves? If I lose power to my cable box, it takes 10 minutes for it to reboot. With a UPS, I never have to worry.