Darkzero51521

I'm asking $300, but it is negotiable, of course.

Includes:
-250GB Internal Hard Drive
-14 Installed games
-Connection cables & Sensor bar
-USB wire to connect additional port
-Homebrew Channel
-512mb microSD card with adaptor
-Modded disk door, LED stays on continuously
-LED lights in GC controller ports
-2 gamecube controllers.. 1 is brand new, the other has a cut in the wire, but works.
-Wii stand is included
-1 WiiMote with Nunchuck
-Preloader is installed
-Fully modded System Menu v4.0

Disk drive is removed, But i will include the disk drive if you wish to swap it out.

The currently installed games:
-Animal Crossing
-Animal Crossing City Folk
-Call of Duty 5: World At War
-Wii Sports
-Wii Play
-Dead Rising
-Super Smash Bros Brawl
-Fitness Coach
-House of the Dead
-MadWorld
-Links Target Practice
-Obscure 2
-Pikmin
-Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess


Here's one pic,


I will take more later.



The alternate, is this same Wii, except I will mod it with an Internal 16gb hard drive + DVD drive still intact. I'm hoping for $250 for this mod, and it will not include all of the installed games (just a few that you select).

The only problems with this Wii are as follows:
-There's a red scratch on the bottom side of the Wii (i honestly couldn't tell you where it came from)
-The rear white panel (at the top), is missing
-There's a relatively small black scratch on the top side, toward the power button

I'll take pics of those scratches.

We'll do the transaction through ebay.. But ebay charges me seller fees, so i'd prefer a different way. I just don't know any other secure way to do it?

I've got one sticky topic, and I was the user who wrote the internal hard drive tutorial. My ebay account is a level 30, I assure you that i'm legitimate :3

Thanks for looking (=

First off, i'd like to apologize that I can't make this mod all spiffy and colorful like others, I'm very limited on characters.

This requires little to no previous experience, just a lot of patience. Although the chance of breaking your Wii is slim, I will take no responsibility if you do. Remember, you are opening it, and there's always the chance of breaking something when messing with the insides of a console.

Notes:
-PLEASE read through the ENTIRE thread at least twice before doing this!
-Before opening your Wii, disable WiiConnect24.
-After reassembling, you WILL get a code dump the first time, don't worry about it.
-Before opening your Wii, remove the SD card.
-Work on a clean, static free work table.
-Take your time, be deliberate. Rushing will only make this sloppy, no matter how talented you are.



For this mod, you'll need the following supplies:
-Scissors*
-Electric Tape
-Some kind of thin, plastic, heat resistant cushioning
-Triwing Screwdriver
-Small Philips screwdriver
-Small flathead screwdriver*
-Soldering iron**
-USB Female to Male (1ft)
-2.5" HDD in smallest possible enclosure
-Dremel with cutting bit
-1000 or 2000 grit sandpaper*
-White Nail polish*
-Canned Air*

* Not required, but makes life easier
** Soldering iron isn't required if you do not wish to ever use your DVD drive again.

Steps required:
1.) Open Wii and remove DVD drive
2.) Remove control board off of DVD drive
3.) Make space for USB cord
4.) Make DVD control board usable
5.) Cushion area around control board and HDD



Andd here we go;

1.) Open Wii and remove DVD drive



2.) Remove control board off of DVD drive


3.) Make space for USB cord


4.) Make DVD control board usable


5.) Cushion area around control board and HDD



As mentioned above, the first time you cut on the wii, you'll get a code dump, just restart. Also, don't forget to reenable WiiConnect24.

All you need to do, is plug a male to male USB cable from the newly made USB port to the Wii's original USB ports. Anytime that you need to add a game, just attach the male to your computer.



Enjoy!

I've been playing around with code dumps a lot. Generally, when you get a code dump, your USB drive is compatible, there's just something that's stopping it from working.

I get seemingly random code dumps with my 16gb Deisel USB Flash drive..But after a while i started seeing patterns.

Here's a list of things to try out that may work. If none of them work, i'm sorry..I'm just trying to help with the ones that I do know, and I don't think there's much else I can do passed this point.

-First off, code dumps seemed to happen a LOT less on 3.2u than it did on 4.0. I'm not telling you to downgrade, it's just an observation.

-Try switching USB ports, this actually works a lot of the time. For me, the top USB port doesn't work for any USB drive.

-Try running a disk check or diagnostics on windows to check for corrupted sectors.

-Either disable or enable Wiiconnect24.

-Make sure there is absolutely no gamecube controllers or gamecube memory cards connected.

This one's important, because i've been taking my Wii apart and putting it back together over and over so i have alot of experience with it.->
-If you've previously dismantled your Wii, make sure that the wire on the left side of the DVD drives control board is firmly connected, and the strip connecting the DVD drive to the mobo is firmly connected as well.

-Make sure that there is no other USB device connected.


I'll edit this post if i find anything else guys ^-^

I was wondering, does it actually make your firmware v4.0, or does it just mock the features that 4.0 has?

I went from firmware 3.2u to 4.0u using the "ULTIMATE Guide to 4.0..". Now, when i have the "Skip Disk Update" hack disabled, it ALWAYS asks me to update my firmware. Even when i put a game in from firmware 2.x, it asks me to update the firmware. Why would it ask me to update firmware when i'm running firmware 4.0?

I currently am running FW v3.2U, SoftMii, installed via the Twilight exploit/HBC.

I want to upgrade to FW v4.0, and in the guide, it says these files are required:

CIOS60BF.wad - Patched IOS60
System Menu 4 Wad for your region
Preloader .29 installer
StartPatch4.0_usa (ntsc only)

I thought Preloader and StartPatch do the same things?

Also, those first two files. Google doesn't give me ANYTHING about it, anyone want to give me a hint as to where i can find them?
EDIT: I found the CIOS file.. System menu 4 though? I dont even know where to look.

Thanks for the help =]