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Okay. What the f*ck is going on with Wii U hard locks.
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cyberheater
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If your machines are hard locking then get them replaced. They are not going to magically repair themselves. Nor will a firmware update help.
dragonflys545
Member
Freaking Hulu Plus Hardlocking my Wii U. WTFFFFFFF!
FatalMuzza
Banned
Hmmm, I wager defective hardware. Are the consoles getting hot?
RawkHawk2010
Member
Replacements aren't going to be magically devoid of hard locks when 95% of owners are having them.
SuicidalSteve
Member
I must be the 5% I have not yet had one hard lock
The console seemed to be very susceptible to hard locks a few days after release and this is when most have been reported. Since then, things seem to have improved greatly but there's quite a few owners still experiencing them.
I haven't got a single hard lock since the two I reported way back in November.
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
Dozens of hours clocked, and I've only had one hard lock, and that was the session directly after my GF accidentally unplugged the Wii U when I was browsing on the tablet.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
I haven't had a single hard lock since the first post-launch firmware update.
What is happening with your consoles, guys? Not enough Pikmins?
What is happening with your consoles, guys? Not enough Pikmins?
tassletine
Member
95%? Where that came from?
radioheadrule83
Banned
His ass
Hasn't happened to me either. It sounded to me like a lot of the earlier crashes were caused by the initial firmware and crappy network code behind some things (as it always seemed to be related to online stuff)
Chris23235
Banned
Didn't had a hardlock either, at least not what people describing (noise from the speaker), one time when exiting to the Wii U menu it didn't showed up, the spinning circle didn't stopped spinning, so I am pretty sure this was a software issue. Nonetheless the power button didn't worked any more, the console crashed very deep, had to unplug it. Never happened again.
No hard locks for me too.
The only thing that bugs me is the loading in Miiverse. Sometimes it's fast (3 to 5 seconds), but other times, the same screen can loading for a minute or more. When that happens I think it has a hard lock, but if I waiting, the loading ends ok.
That inconsistent loading times is the only problem I have right now.
The only thing that bugs me is the loading in Miiverse. Sometimes it's fast (3 to 5 seconds), but other times, the same screen can loading for a minute or more. When that happens I think it has a hard lock, but if I waiting, the loading ends ok.
That inconsistent loading times is the only problem I have right now.
Do The Mario
Unconfirmed Member
One in over a month of pretty heavy usage (i.e 50+ hours of gameplay). I'm pretty happy with that.
Could it be an issue linked to some interaction attempted with the gamepad and going nuts? I haven't had any hard lock up to now, but as some of you may remember I got the gamepad stolen after 4 days so I only used the WiiU with the Wiimote and mainly playing Wii games. This could be a hint to the reason (just saying, that wouldn't solve anything anyway).
About the same amount of time, maybe 4 or 5 hard locks. ZombiU, NintendoLand and browsing Miiverse.
They're all unacceptable but only one really pissed me off (I was about 30 mins into a ZombiU sesh and doing pretty well).
Version 3.0
Member
Yamauchi retired. Nintendo's been cheap-o central since then, and I'd say it's been getting worse over time.
As far as I've seen - limited to internet anecdotal evidence, to be sure - all hard locks occur when an internet connection (stored on the Wii U, that is) is present. Delete that connection so the console doesn't try to connect, and hard locks don't happen. It's a network-related problem.
Anyone know otherwise? Anyone have a hard lock with no connection settings on their console?
Revolutionary
Member
Just got another one, trying to boot up the NBA 2K13 demo. It's stuck on the splash screen, playing the dribbling/cheering sound over and over lol. Buttons are unresponsive, but the power button did shut off the Gamepad... and only the Gamepad. Power button on the console itself is unresponsive as per usual with the locks. Time to cross my fingers and pull the plug again...
Ken Masters
Banned
Since launch I've only had 1 hard lock
Indeed, i would instantly return the system after a few locks, since it is a faulty system
Version 3.0
Member
If you've downloaded any games, and you return your system to the store, you'll lose those games. Returning it to Nintendo is your only choice if you want to keep them. Has anyone here actually tried getting a Wii U replaced by Nintendo because of these hard locks? They may not even be willing to do that, because at this time, it does appear that these hard locks are a software issue, not a hardware one.
superchunk
Member
I had a few locks very early on (in November), but I've had zero since the last update in December. Play it almost daily too.
Its definitely software/network related and I think its a thing of the past. Moving on.
Its definitely software/network related and I think its a thing of the past. Moving on.
Version 3.0
Member
To those of you experiencing locks: if it's feasible (ie. you're not trying to use Netflix, for example), try deleting your internet connection from the system. If you're just trying to play an offline game, that should fix the problem in the short term.
I had the same problem with Nintendo Land for about a day. It would crash 15 seconds after I started, every single time, exactly. It fixed itself. It's because the problem is net related. If the Wii U can't connect to whatever it's trying to, it may lock up. Once the other end is available again, for whatever reason, the problem goes away (for now).
lamaroo said:
I had the same problem with Nintendo Land for about a day. It would crash 15 seconds after I started, every single time, exactly. It fixed itself. It's because the problem is net related. If the Wii U can't connect to whatever it's trying to, it may lock up. Once the other end is available again, for whatever reason, the problem goes away (for now).
TheNamesPlissken
Neo Member
No hard locks for me, have had since launch with three different games
I dont know, seems a lot like a hardware/software problem, otherwise they would have patched it already
Schnozberry
Member
Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the apps? I have a 2 year old daughter that literally abuses the shit out of the Netflix App, and I've never had mine hard lock once.
Version 3.0
Member
Nintendo's not exactly fast off the draw with this sort of stuff. It took them a month to patch Skyward Sword, two years to patch in real SD card use for the Wii, 3 months to patch in a store and browser on the 3DS...
Give them some time. Have they even acknowledged the problem yet? They're slow. Really, really slow. But I still think it's a software issue, and they'll eventually fix it.
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
Seems like it has to do with the internet connection. I've now experienced a couple hard locks, all while browsing, and it seems like most people have the issue while using streaming apps or utilizing online features in games.
Dunkelgrau
Member
Ive got the same issue with Sonic Allstars Racing Transforemd - but only since a few days.
Is this the classical hard lock everyone is talking about? weird mentioned, it is a software issue.
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]blacky[;47175713 said:
Might be a bad GPU.
Yeah, I hard locked on Sonic, what, about two weeks ago? Played a metric buttload of BLOPS this past weekend without a single lock.
*Then*, last night, I go to turn off my Wii U, and it hard locks presumably as it was just getting ready to finally power itself down (and turn the light on the front from blue to red). Like, it had gotten far enough to cut off the video feed through the HDMI cable (there was a "no signal" message on the TV), but it just couldn't get any further and completely power off. Had to pull the AC from the back of it... holding the power button on the front did nothing.
GAHHHHH.
*Then*, last night, I go to turn off my Wii U, and it hard locks presumably as it was just getting ready to finally power itself down (and turn the light on the front from blue to red). Like, it had gotten far enough to cut off the video feed through the HDMI cable (there was a "no signal" message on the TV), but it just couldn't get any further and completely power off. Had to pull the AC from the back of it... holding the power button on the front did nothing.
GAHHHHH.
Version 3.0
Member
]blacky[;47175713 said:
No, that's definitely not the hard lock the rest of us are talking about, which most likely is a software issue. That looks more like a hardware problem - bad GPU, like Andrex said. I'd get that system replaced by Nintendo while you're still in warranty.
Dunkelgrau
Member
Are you really sure?
I have not played on my Wii U since two weeks, so I haven’t got the chance to test this issue. But I want to be sure, that everything works fine when “Monster Hunter” and “LEGO City Undercover” arrive, because I have holidays from work at this time.
I don’t want to send my Wii U to Nintendo. :-(
A few more responses would be nice.