[Kyokokoko]

Yeah, you are probably right, thanks for the reassuring answer. But still, we're not really sure it won't happen (not trying to bring bad luck here), and I guess I'm quite curious about the causes ot the problem.

Wait and see, huh.

[jonm]

I'm in the same boat but I have a Wiinja deluxe which stopped working a couple of weeks ago. I didn't update the chip before inserting SMG (as it wasn't available) and as soon as I inserted the SMG disc it stopped reading backups. I'm dropping it over to a friend who knows more about soldering etc in a couple of days to have a look but after looking myself I see nothing wrong with the chip or the soldering.

I'm getting very worried... I don't mind buying another chip but I can't afford another Wii.



This post has been edited by jonm: Dec 4 2007, 11:02 AM

[dapex]

any updates guys?

[ImperialX]

I'm experiencing the same errors. After 1.9g some of my backups just stopped working. a.k.a DREs. Any ideas? Mario Galaxy still works.

[Pitstop2]

Sorry it's been so long. I took my Wii apart and nothing stood out. I've bought all of the soldering and testing gear I (though I) required, and it all arrived this week. Then someone posted a link to a potential fix on the previously linked site (http://wiikey19g.wordpress.com/). The fix is simply the 1.9b recovery disc fix:

"Recovering from a bad flash. Please note that this is an emergency procedure which should not have to be performed. If the flashing was interrupted for any reason the chip is left in a state where it cannot operate fully.Burning the recovery disc image - As media support in Recovery Mode is limited we recommend you use DVD-R only for the recovery disc. Burn it with Toast, Image Burner, or cdrecord. Performing the update - Switch on Wii and eject any disc in drive - Insert recovery disc and reset Wii - Wait for at least 3 minutes. There will *not* be any sign that the wiikey is recovering, and the recovery disc will not appear in Wii menu. - Power off the Wii and switch it back on again. wiiKey should now have recovered its firmware, and EEPROM will be restored to default settings."

I used Nero, as I don't have the other burning programs. Burned at 4x. Followed it to the letter otherwise and lo, an initial test worked! TV is in use right now, so further testing cannot be done, but so far *phew* maybe, just maybe, things are looking good.

It's certainly worth a single DVD-R and 5 minutes of anyone's time to try it.

I don't know how what happened to me equates to a "bad flash", but hey-ho.

Hope this helps anyone else.