I apologize for starting yet another thread on this topic, but I don't want to clutter/hijack other people's conversations, and I have focus issues that make it difficult to parse conversations that have been going on for dozens of pages already. I promise, I tried.
I just picked up a Wii U from a Goodwill, and it will not fully boot. When I first tried to turn it on, it was only outputting a black screen. I pulled the CMOS battery to clear and reinstalled it, now it boots to the Wii U splash screen, and goes no further. The console will power on the tablet and vice versa, but the tablet also only reaches the splash screen and that haunting jingle loop. I can't launch any menus (other than the TV remote), can't launch into vWii, can't do anything.
I have attempted to launch both @GaryOderNichts' and @SDIO's recovery menus from a FAT32-formatted 64GB SanDisk Ultra PLUS microSD card using both a Pico and the Switch payload, no dice. Unless my timing for plugging in/launching payload is just way off, it won't load. I've tried re-downloading and reflashing UDPIH to the Pico, re-downloading udpih_nxpayload, re-downloading the recovery menu programs and reinstalling them to the card, reformatting the card again (using guiformat), adjusting my timing, nothing is working. The console boots to the Wii U splash, the LED remains blue, and I get no further. Sometimes, SOMETIMES when I try to boot into the recovery menu, the screen on my monitor will go black for several seconds, then the splash returns, and repeat this every so often at no particlarly regular interval. The rest of the time, just consistent Wii U splash. As such, no logs, no information. I have no clue how long the system has been dormant, no idea what version system software is on it, no idea if it was ever modded in the past. I'm flyng blind, here. I'm also open to the possibility that this thing is just too dead to save, but I'd like to exhaust all avenues possible before calling TOD.
I know my way around a soldering iron and a multimeter, I've modded multiple consoles over the years, but make no assumptions and treat me like I have no idea what the hell I'm doing, because I'm pretty certain I don't.
I just picked up a Wii U from a Goodwill, and it will not fully boot. When I first tried to turn it on, it was only outputting a black screen. I pulled the CMOS battery to clear and reinstalled it, now it boots to the Wii U splash screen, and goes no further. The console will power on the tablet and vice versa, but the tablet also only reaches the splash screen and that haunting jingle loop. I can't launch any menus (other than the TV remote), can't launch into vWii, can't do anything.
I have attempted to launch both @GaryOderNichts' and @SDIO's recovery menus from a FAT32-formatted 64GB SanDisk Ultra PLUS microSD card using both a Pico and the Switch payload, no dice. Unless my timing for plugging in/launching payload is just way off, it won't load. I've tried re-downloading and reflashing UDPIH to the Pico, re-downloading udpih_nxpayload, re-downloading the recovery menu programs and reinstalling them to the card, reformatting the card again (using guiformat), adjusting my timing, nothing is working. The console boots to the Wii U splash, the LED remains blue, and I get no further. Sometimes, SOMETIMES when I try to boot into the recovery menu, the screen on my monitor will go black for several seconds, then the splash returns, and repeat this every so often at no particlarly regular interval. The rest of the time, just consistent Wii U splash. As such, no logs, no information. I have no clue how long the system has been dormant, no idea what version system software is on it, no idea if it was ever modded in the past. I'm flyng blind, here. I'm also open to the possibility that this thing is just too dead to save, but I'd like to exhaust all avenues possible before calling TOD.
I know my way around a soldering iron and a multimeter, I've modded multiple consoles over the years, but make no assumptions and treat me like I have no idea what the hell I'm doing, because I'm pretty certain I don't.
