# Help! I think i broke my Wii!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-think-i-broke-my-wii/415662>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 15, 2007, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-think-i-broke-my-wii/415662 "2007-08-15T08:29:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![illuminati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@illuminati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/illuminati)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-think-i-broke-my-wii/415662/1 "2007-08-15T08:29:40Z")

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Hi,

Somehow my Wii remotes have become unsync-ed with my machine.  
So I cant do anything with the computer.

I have tried pressing the sync buttons as it says to do in the manual but i have had no luck.

Does anybody out there have any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-think-i-broke-my-wii/415662/2 "2007-08-15T09:23:53Z")

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Batteries. Or try un-plugging and re-plugging the power.

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**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-think-i-broke-my-wii/415662/3 "2007-08-15T11:03:51Z")

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Yeah, it happens sometimes. Just try to keep synching the remotes. Don’t be afraid to press the sync buttons and just let them flash for ten seconds or so. It may not go, but it sometimes just takes some patience.