Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: UncleBob on November 22, 2006, 03:53:06 PM
Title: Something I noticed that I thought was odd...
Post by: UncleBob on November 22, 2006, 03:53:06 PM
... well, Odd, but not surprising...
Wii sends power to the GCN ports even when it's in standby mode. I noticed this because it picked up my Wavebirds that were still on when it was "off". Seems odd.
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Post by: 18 Days on November 22, 2006, 03:57:56 PM
I'd be surprised if standby mode was really as power saving as Nintendo claim.
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Post by: KnowsNothing on November 22, 2006, 04:05:45 PM
Actually, according to the most recent numbers, Wii's standby mode sucks compared to the 360s....but it uses about 1/10 of the power of a 360 when actually playing games. Everything BUT the standby mode is efficient...
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Post by: 18 Days on November 22, 2006, 04:07:27 PM
Truth comes out: Nintendo are filthy liars.
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Post by: Flames_of_chaos on November 22, 2006, 04:16:45 PM
Quote Originally posted by: KnowsNothing Actually, according to the most recent numbers, Wii's standby mode sucks compared to the 360s....but it uses about 1/10 of the power of a 360 when actually playing games. Everything BUT the standby mode is efficient...
Well knownothing all the 360 does while its in standby is that its ready to pick up a wireless signal from a controller to boot it up, while Wii has an active or perdiotic connection to Wiiconnect24 to check for messages and all those updates. Also if you want to leave the 360 on while your downloading something please refer to the idle at dashboard figure and the option for the auto shut off to standby mode on 360 takes 6 hours when the system is idle. So technically Wii is much more efficient than the 360.
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Post by: Shecky on November 22, 2006, 05:45:28 PM
Time to dig out my Kill-a-Watt
With Wiiconnect24, the system is obviously active while in standby. I wonder what the numbers are if you disable that feature. How does the consumption look over time if the feature is on... etc
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Post by: BiLdItUp1 on November 23, 2006, 04:15:28 AM
Standby mode I think I'll shut off for now. When I woke up this morning, the Wii was EXTREMELY HOT after leaving it horizontally on the floor (only way to reach the outlet, no extension cords). Has anyone else had heat problems?
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Post by: Flames_of_chaos on November 23, 2006, 04:58:14 AM
Maybe you were blocking one of the two vents on the Wii.
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Post by: ryancoke on November 23, 2006, 05:00:58 AM
I just remembered something. When I was putting my wii in the verticle stand, I noticed that there was a fan on the bottom where it attaches to the verticle stand. That seems like a really bad place for a fan... although I could be wrong about the fan placement as I haven't looked at it since sunday.
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Post by: couchmonkey on November 23, 2006, 06:18:45 AM
I think there may be vents on the bottom, but I'm guessing the vertical stance allows a lot of heat to radiate from the sides. I may turn standby mode off as well, I don't know yet.
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Post by: BigJim on November 23, 2006, 04:53:52 PM
Bild, does your floor have carpeting?
Just like a laptop, a carpeted floor is a bad place for a horizontal Wii. Keep it vertical in that circumstance. Using that round stand that came in the box should help keep it balanced upright.
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Post by: Zach on November 23, 2006, 05:22:46 PM
Quote Originally posted by: ryancoke I just remembered something. When I was putting my wii in the verticle stand, I noticed that there was a fan on the bottom where it attaches to the verticle stand. That seems like a really bad place for a fan... although I could be wrong about the fan placement as I haven't looked at it since sunday.
There is a hole in the stand that I think serves just that purpose.
