Topic: Power Problems!

[NiteSaiya]

Note: Considering that this board's first page goes back to August, shoving all these topics into one seems stupid. I'm making my topic outside of the stickied one primarily because if anyone else has my problem, they can find an answer just by checking this topic instead of reading through 3 pages of other problems that they don't have.

My Cube has been having power problems ever since my gf's nephew opened it in the middle of her playing Viewtiful Joe. When he first did it, it wouldn't turn on until you tried for a minute or two, but now, you click the power button, and the little Orange Light on the top either stays off or comes on for a few seconds before turning off a gain. Generally it just halfway comes on then fades off again. My gf got it to work a few times by messing with the box on the power cord, is that the converter? I got it to work a few times just by smacking the actual Cube. We got 2 hours of 1080: Snowboarding out of smacking the Cube itself, but that was just once and now we can't get it to work anymore. Any clue what the problem is?

(edit: I also started hearing a high-pitched whine comeing from my 'Cube. )

Also, my controller does that annoying right-tilt thing. I fix it by re-plugging it like I would if I activated the system with the joystick tilted.

Btw, I've had the system since the Christmas following launch.  

[DrZoidberg]

Oh no you di'nt. Post in the stickied thread.