
Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time. Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content. Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.
Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine.
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Some unofficial phone apps appear to be using GameFAQs as a back-end, but they do not behave like a real web browser does. Using GameFAQs regularly with these browsers can cause temporary and even permanent IP blocks due to these additional requests. If you are using Maxthon or Brave as a browser, or have installed the Ghostery add-on, you should know that these programs send extra traffic to our servers for every page on the site that you browse. The most common causes of this issue are: I doubt that's an option that you were considering given the price of used Wii's, but worth mentioning just in case.Your IP address has been temporarily blocked due to a large number of HTTP requests. Not only can you still enjoy Virtual Console downloads and the like since we're just talking about a dead disc drive, but you leave open the option of doing a content transfer to a Wii U if you ever upgrade (Wii to Wii transfers never were offered, sadly).Īnd note that if you crack this open and attempt to repair it, Nintendo won't touch it if you then decide to contact support and pay for it to be repaired. Your power LED if it's disabled should be red since as Voodoozen said, yellow means that WiiConnect24 is enabled.Īnd while you're offline now, on the off chance that wasn't always the case and you actually have DLC here, don't throw your console away if you replace it. Note that even if you never took the system online once, it's enabled by default and is creating heat any time that the system is connected to power unless you own a Wii Mini which lacks a WiFi module. Doubt it's responsible for your disc drive issue though. It has been known to cause GPU damage since as said, the fan doesn't work when the console is powered off and the heat from the WiFi module isn't dissipated like it should be. Not sure if this is verboten to mention, but some people that have this issue have gone the Homebrew Channel route to bypass the disc drive completely rather than repair or replace their original Wii.Īnd WiiConnect24 is defunct, so definitely disable this pointless and now useless feature if you haven't already.