I just got a brand new 40" LCD TV (which, by the way, is awesome) this morning and started testing it out. First the PC, then the Xbox 360, then the PlayStation, and finally I tried turning on my Wii and nothing happened. No lights, no sounds, nothing. So, I started troubleshooting: Check the connections to the Wii; looks good. Change the surge protector socket it's plugged into; no change. Reset the surge protector; still nothing. Measured the voltage in the socket (any excuse to use my fancy new volt meter ); a solid 110V. Measured the voltage from the power supply; a solid 0V. Bingo. At this point I was releived to find that my Wii was most likely not dead. This evening I started looking into repairing power supplies. I found a couple sites that gave me hope, so I decided to crack it open and see what I could find. That's when I discovered that my BX-100 bit set was missing the appropriate bit for the screws Nintendo used. Flabergasted, I found Chris Meyer's sit
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