People are selling damaged Wii Us here for really cheap [100pln for plain console]
Some just doesn't output video to TV [Probably broken HDMI cord but something else could be at fault]
Some blink blue/red when powered on [Corrupted NAND or probably it needs rebailing]
And some just don't power at all [Faulty charging port or dead motherboard due to power surge]
I'm directly looking at these which don't output video to TV. They're in most cases, easy to fix. It just requires soldering a new HDMI port or just checking solder points to see if it's not screwed up.
But to these blinking red/blue ones, it's a whole different story. NAND might be faulty, motherboard might have shitty solder points, MLC chip died etc. I mean, taking it apart sometimes makes it work since logical board might be crushing everything inside. Fans might not work.... Faulty NAND [This was a case in some Wii Us] Blergh, too much work for a single Wii U.
Non-powering ones. Now, this is a mystery, it could be due to power surge which means that it's completely fried inside or due to broken power port. But it's a gamble, they might never work in the end because a critical component fried itself or isn't present.
It's probably worth getting those which doesn't output video but still work. The other two are just... If you're feeling lucky. You never know what happened to them and in most cases, they just work for 2-3 days then they shit itself again making you do it again. I mean, second option might be still worth a shot but non-powering ones...
Well, ending this blog post with a question: Did you ever bought and repaired a damaged console?
See ya in another blog post!
Some just doesn't output video to TV [Probably broken HDMI cord but something else could be at fault]
Some blink blue/red when powered on [Corrupted NAND or probably it needs rebailing]
And some just don't power at all [Faulty charging port or dead motherboard due to power surge]
I'm directly looking at these which don't output video to TV. They're in most cases, easy to fix. It just requires soldering a new HDMI port or just checking solder points to see if it's not screwed up.
But to these blinking red/blue ones, it's a whole different story. NAND might be faulty, motherboard might have shitty solder points, MLC chip died etc. I mean, taking it apart sometimes makes it work since logical board might be crushing everything inside. Fans might not work.... Faulty NAND [This was a case in some Wii Us] Blergh, too much work for a single Wii U.
Non-powering ones. Now, this is a mystery, it could be due to power surge which means that it's completely fried inside or due to broken power port. But it's a gamble, they might never work in the end because a critical component fried itself or isn't present.
It's probably worth getting those which doesn't output video but still work. The other two are just... If you're feeling lucky. You never know what happened to them and in most cases, they just work for 2-3 days then they shit itself again making you do it again. I mean, second option might be still worth a shot but non-powering ones...
Well, ending this blog post with a question: Did you ever bought and repaired a damaged console?
See ya in another blog post!
