HELP - simple question, please keep it simple

[Pete999]

It's giving me a breakdown.

Steady on there Jarvio Clair Voiant is coming on later,she will see what is the problem

Des who is clairvoyant, if I maybe so bold?

 

[Des 56]

Des who is clairvoyant, if I maybe so bold?

She tends to hang out with Crystal Ball

 

[Darkwood]

First question for me is what is the brand of console, many things can shut a console down or put it into sleep mode, these could be software conflicts in the games or ambient temp' been too high and the console getting to hot.. if you have indeed replaced the console I assume you played the same games on it which means you cannot assume their is a power point issue here, if your power supply had a mains transient (surge or volts drop) then it would have to be for a duration that you would notice with other items like your TV,lighting etc as most modern electronics have inbuilt smoothing filters that allow for a short transient but like anything they will be effected if it is a lengthy issue like a few seconds.

 

[TeeCee]

Okay, here's a straight-forward follow up question.

When the console powers off, do you have to reset any circuit breakers in the board? If no, it makes it less likely that there is a problem with the actual stuff on/in the wall.

Des's suggestion of putting a table lamp in the other socket is a good one. I'll mean that when it does shut down you can pretty much rule out the wall socket.

Have you tried searching on the internet for overheating problems for your particular console?

EDIT: I need to type faster. Thanks Darkwood!

 

[Dannyg8810]

How long do you use your console for at a time?

 

[Jarvio]

Okay, here's a straight-forward follow up question.

When the console powers off, do you have to reset any circuit breakers in the board? If no, it makes it less likely that there is a problem with the actual stuff on/in the wall.

No, I don't have to do anything with the electrics. I just turn the console back on again, and it works again

 

[Jarvio]

When the console turned off, I don't think the TV or any other devices did, I think it was just the console. But my memory is hazy on that, but I don't remember the tv ever switching off with it.

 

[TeeCee]

Okay - so like I said earlier, do some research on the type of console. Everything pretty much points to that. As such, I understand your discretion as to it's make. Darkood has talked about the components inside these things to deal with power flucuations - if any of those components are faulty, it could cause the software to shut down. There are many many more components of much greater complexity in your games console than in the power supply!

Best of luck!

 

[Pete999]

She tends to hang out with Crystal Ball

Right that's narrowed it down a bit, I'm having a thick moment

 

[Jarvio]

Okay - so like I said earlier, do some research on the type of console. Everything pretty much points to that. As such, I understand your discretion as to it's make. Darkood has talked about the components inside these things to deal with power flucuations - if any of those components are faulty, it could cause the software to shut down. There are many many more components of much greater complexity in your games console than in the power supply!

Best of luck!

That's the thing, I researched if anyone else had the problem with the console, and nobody had the same issue as me. I then sent it into Nintendo to repair it, they replaced it with a new console, and it did the same thing.

 

[TeeCee]

is it a Switch...?

3 easy tips to stop your Nintendo Switch overheating | Mobile Fun Blog - http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/blog/2017/04/3-easy-tips-to-stop-your-nintendo-switch-overheating/

There's quite a few other entries with horror stories of overheating Switches.

Not THAT type, chaps...

 

[telectrix]

could even be a blip on the supply. we had one a couple ofweeks ago. power went off an dback on within a couple of seconds. wiped out the hard drive on my CCTV.

 

[Jarvio]

is it a Switch...?

3 easy tips to stop your Nintendo Switch overheating | Mobile Fun Blog - http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/blog/2017/04/3-easy-tips-to-stop-your-nintendo-switch-overheating/

There's quite a few other entries with horror stories of overheating Switches.

Not THAT type, chaps...

It's a wii u.

The switch wouldn't even be as tragic, because it would just go into handheld mode anyway, so I wouldn't lose anything. Unlike the wii u.

 

[Jarvio]

could even be a blip on the supply. we had one a couple ofweeks ago. power went off an dback on within a couple of seconds. wiped out the hard drive on my CCTV.

By supply do you mean to do with the console, or my electrics?

I'm not very 'bright' with these types of things.

 

[Jarvio]

What's the main reason people don't think it's my electrics then? Is it the fact that the console goes a while before it ever happens?