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<blockquote data-quote="Drakkar Blackblaze" data-source="post: 9183995" data-attributes="member: 384549"><p>I decided to make this thread because there is so little information about this error and so many people with this problem</p><p>I had a white 8GB Wii U long ago which just a day it decided to throw this error, since there was no info about it i had to buy a new 32GB one, and a couple of days ago the 32GB one started having the same issue</p><p>After reading through a very small <a href="https://gbatemp.net/threads/error-160-1402-microcomponent-transistor-was-faulty-its-working-now.470524" target="_blank">thread</a>, with very little attention i decided to make one that maybe could get more attention and bring people with the error to know what they need to do to fix it</p><p>Thanks to @<a href="https://gbatemp.net/members/tqhoang.413665/" target="_blank">tqhoang</a> for finding out the problem component and putting an end to the nightmare</p><p></p><p><strong>IF YOU INTEND TO TRY ANYTHING IN THIS POST, IT IS UNDER YOUR OWN RISK</strong></p><p></p><p>First off your drive is most likely <strong>NOT </strong>the problem, sadly, soldering skills are needed to fix it</p><p>The Wii U has a couple of Common Mode Filters on the drive data lines on the motherboard which are close to the drive connector</p><p>I still don't know the reason but these can break, which causes the Wii U to not detect the drive and start throwing that very error</p><p><img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/1a28f2f3-b8d7-417e-9fc3-82321d768cac-jpeg.147308/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>(pic is tqhoang's courtesy)</p><p></p><p>The components marked with CM9 and CM10 will only give signal on one side</p><p>This is variable though, it may only be CM9 or only CM10 or both</p><p>I repaired my two Wii U and one of them only had a problem on CM9 while the other had the problem on both</p><p>The exact model of these filters is <a href="https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/667-EXC-24CG900U" target="_blank">https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/667-EXC-24CG900U</a> (according to tqhoang)</p><p>The ideal fix for this issue would be to get some spare of these filters and replace them</p><p>What i did <strong>WHICH IS STILL IN TESTING AND UNDER OBSERVATION</strong> was to bridge the lines with a small length of wire</p><p></p><p>Both of my Wii U managed to boot into the Wii U main menu, start games, formatted the old one without issues, etc.</p><p></p><p>But yeah, sadly its not a problem the average user can fix, but at least we now know the cause of this error</p><p></p><p>10/Dec/2020: since the day i made this post (30/Aug/2020) to this date, the white 8GB Wii U has been running without any issues, played through Bayonetta 2 with the liberties of doing some Halo farming and its still running good</p><p>today i also got to open the white 8GB one to take photos of my (probably ugly) solderwork as well as marking where these components are in a full motherboard view</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]237509[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]237510[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Drakkar Blackblaze, post: 9183995, member: 384549"] I decided to make this thread because there is so little information about this error and so many people with this problem I had a white 8GB Wii U long ago which just a day it decided to throw this error, since there was no info about it i had to buy a new 32GB one, and a couple of days ago the 32GB one started having the same issue After reading through a very small [URL='https://gbatemp.net/threads/error-160-1402-microcomponent-transistor-was-faulty-its-working-now.470524']thread[/URL], with very little attention i decided to make one that maybe could get more attention and bring people with the error to know what they need to do to fix it Thanks to @[URL='https://gbatemp.net/members/tqhoang.413665/']tqhoang[/URL] for finding out the problem component and putting an end to the nightmare [B]IF YOU INTEND TO TRY ANYTHING IN THIS POST, IT IS UNDER YOUR OWN RISK[/B] First off your drive is most likely [B]NOT [/B]the problem, sadly, soldering skills are needed to fix it The Wii U has a couple of Common Mode Filters on the drive data lines on the motherboard which are close to the drive connector I still don't know the reason but these can break, which causes the Wii U to not detect the drive and start throwing that very error [IMG]https://gbatemp.net/attachments/1a28f2f3-b8d7-417e-9fc3-82321d768cac-jpeg.147308/[/IMG] (pic is tqhoang's courtesy) The components marked with CM9 and CM10 will only give signal on one side This is variable though, it may only be CM9 or only CM10 or both I repaired my two Wii U and one of them only had a problem on CM9 while the other had the problem on both The exact model of these filters is [URL]https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/667-EXC-24CG900U[/URL] (according to tqhoang) The ideal fix for this issue would be to get some spare of these filters and replace them What i did [B]WHICH IS STILL IN TESTING AND UNDER OBSERVATION[/B] was to bridge the lines with a small length of wire Both of my Wii U managed to boot into the Wii U main menu, start games, formatted the old one without issues, etc. But yeah, sadly its not a problem the average user can fix, but at least we now know the cause of this error 10/Dec/2020: since the day i made this post (30/Aug/2020) to this date, the white 8GB Wii U has been running without any issues, played through Bayonetta 2 with the liberties of doing some Halo farming and its still running good today i also got to open the white 8GB one to take photos of my (probably ugly) solderwork as well as marking where these components are in a full motherboard view [ATTACH=full]237509[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]237510[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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