Solved Wii shuts off after a second, only when screen is connected.

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What the title says. I did the 3.3v mod on the driver you get from the 4layer store, and I hooked it up to the Wii. The Wii turns on just fine, it displays a crisp image (I've done the VGA mod) and then after a second it shuts off. But only when the LCD is connected.

The behavior goes as follows:
No Driver connected - Stays on
LCD, Driver connected to Wii - Shuts off
No LCD, Driver connected to Wii - Stays on
LCD, Driver connected to exterior power - Stays on

What is causing this? It happens with different driver boards, too.

(Is it possible the battery is running low?)
 

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Low battery can definitely cause some funny business, what's your battery voltage?
 

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Not too low, but a full charge is around 4.2V. Let the batteries charge for a bit and come back to it.
 

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Can we see pics of your wiring and the LCD+driver in question?
 
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After an overnight charge, It now works as it should!

I guess I should take it as a lesson, batteries are weird.
 
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