# Why does my Wii sometimes have a blue light?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-wii-sometimes-have-a-blue-light/422212 "2007-10-10T15:16:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-wii-sometimes-have-a-blue-light/422212/1 "2007-10-10T15:16:11Z")

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Right now my Wii is off, but it’s got a blue pulsing glow all around the disc tray. This light will never turn off on its own, but will only go away if I turn the Wii on and off again.

Anyone have an idea what it’s doing?

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**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-wii-sometimes-have-a-blue-light/422212/2 "2007-10-10T15:22:03Z")

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The blue light means it’s downloaded (or is downloading) something off the net. So it’s probably just updating.

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**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-wii-sometimes-have-a-blue-light/422212/3 "2007-10-10T15:24:40Z")

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From my trusty Nintendo Wii manual:

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> Game Disc Slot
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> For inserting a Wii or Nintendo Game Cube Game Disc. Slot lights blue and blinks when a disc is inserted. When WiiConnect24 is set to ON, the slot will blink when messages or data are received.

So basically, if you have WiiConnect24 turned on, you’ll periodically see the blue light flashing because you’re receiving data. It could be messages from friends, people interacting with you in some way, or simple game/software updates from Nintendo.

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**Author:** ![Kokopilau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Kokopilau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kokopilau)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-wii-sometimes-have-a-blue-light/422212/4 "2007-10-10T15:26:27Z")

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There’s a setting in the Options menu that will let you turn that light off, if I recall correctly.

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**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-wii-sometimes-have-a-blue-light/422212/5 "2007-10-10T15:46:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Mosier]  
Right now my Wii is off, but it’s got a blue pulsing glow all around the disc tray. This light will never turn off on its own, but will only go away if I turn the Wii on and off again.

Anyone have an idea what it’s doing?  
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It means you have a wonderful, special treat waiting for you, and that you have to check your messages to find out what it is. Today it’s because there was a new update to the menu.

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**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-wii-sometimes-have-a-blue-light/422212/6 "2007-10-10T15:51:19Z")

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Thanks! I probably should have kept the manuals, huh.