Hacking [vwii]

[september796]

right to the point. Often black screen, sometimes it works perfect sometimes it doesn't. I decided to share a syscheck with you so you can tell if I have something wrong.

here's my syscheck:

Spoiler

SysCheck v2.3.2 Hacksden Edition by JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199 and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6432).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v609)

Drive date: 06.28.2011
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x21
Boot2 v0
Found 72 titles.
Found 34 IOS on this console. 0 of them are stub.

IOS9 (rev 1290): No Patches
IOS12 (rev 782): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1288): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1288): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1288): No Patches
IOS17 (rev 1288): No Patches
IOS21 (rev 1295): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1550): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 2063): No Patches
IOS31 (rev 3864): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3864): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3864): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3864): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3864): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4380): No Patches
IOS41 (rev 3863): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3863): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3863): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3863): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4380): No Patches
IOS53 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5918): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 6175): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6432): USB 2.0
IOS59 (rev 8737): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS80 (rev 7200): No Patches
IOS236 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS249[56] (rev 21010, Info: d2x-v10beta52-vWii): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 21010, Info: d2x-v10beta52-vWii): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS512 (rev 7): No Patches
IOS513 (rev 1): No Patches
Report generated on 02/01/2016.

please tell me if you need more information

 

[Maximilious]

What gives you a black screen - Launching vWii from WiiU mode? Launching a loader in vWii mode? Launching a game from a loader?

Also, I see you don't have IOS251 patched which is recommended in all of the guides. I don't think it's used often but could be causing some issues launching games if that's what you're referring to.

 

[september796]

thanks for the reply
First I have to say that syscheck gave me an error before the report showed up. I don't know what it meant as it didn't tell.
well I get black screen mostly in homebrew channel menu and less often lauching homebrew, in cfg menu itself, lauching a game. Never during game (which is good) thing is it works perfectly fine but some other time it takes several hardresets to get a game load
I don't even see IOS251 that you mentioned in my list. Also, I've seen some syschecks posts where IOS512 and IOS513 seem to be patched. I don't think it's mandatory though since it's not mentioned in the guide.
honestly I don't remember when I did this softmod but I believe I followed every step. But in case I've missed IOS251, could I just run d2x cIOS again or what is the procedure?

EDIT: well I ran d2x cIOS again to patch base59 ios251 and it solved the problem I haven't had black screen, loaded a bunch of games, works fine so far!

 

[Maximilious]

Yup, you patched the right one, glad that fixed the issue!

 

[sindrik]

Yup, you patched the right one, glad that fixed the issue!

First I have to say that syscheck gave me an error before the report showed up. I don't know what it meant as it didn't tell.
well I get black screen mostly in homebrew channel menu and less often lauching homebrew, in cfg menu itself, lauching a game. Never during game (which is good) thing is it works perfectly fine but some other time it takes several hardresets to get a game load
I don't even see IOS251 that you mentioned in my list. Also, I've seen some syschecks posts where IOS512 and IOS513 seem to be patched. I don't think it's mandatory though since it's not mentioned in the guide.
honestly I don't remember when I did this softmod but I believe I followed every step. But in case I've missed IOS251, could I just run d2x cIOS again or what is the procedure?

EDIT: well I ran d2x cIOS again to patch base59 ios251 and it solved the problem I haven't had black screen, loaded a bunch of games, works fine so far!

Hi! d2x Custom IOS Installer only allows me to get as far as Base 58, no Base 59. How did you solve this? I am also plagued by the black screens on load.

 

[zektor]

Why is this installed?

"IOS236 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access"


IOS236 should not apply to the vWii. IOS251 is missing as well. Which guide did you use? This one is the proper guide in my opinion:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/simple-guide-to-install-cios-on-vwii-backup-nand-and-keys.339890/

 

[Maximilious]

Why is this installed?

"IOS236 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access"
IOS236 should not apply to the vWii. IOS251 is missing as well. Which guide did you use? This one is the proper guide in my opinion:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/simple-guide-to-install-cios-on-vwii-backup-nand-and-keys.339890/

I used this guide: https://gbatemp.net/threads/full-vwii-softmod.339899/
According to it:

8) Now you can execute your preferred homebrew (that needs a cIOS) under HBC. Some homebrews can request IOS236 (see optional steps below on how to install it)

And if you read other posts, patching the missing IOS251 fixed his issue.

Hi! d2x Custom IOS Installer only allows me to get as far as Base 58, no Base 59. How did you solve this? I am also plagued by the black screens on load.

Are you using the specific vWii version of the patcher, and the patch itself?

 

[zektor]

Ahh, ok. I was curious about IOS236...thanks for the info!

 

[sindrik]

I used this guide: https://gbatemp.net/threads/full-vwii-softmod.339899

Are you using the specific vWii version of the patcher, and the patch itself?

Yes, the one in the guide, and nothing more. 58 is the maximum number i can use. What could be wrong?

 

[september796]

patching the missing IOS251 fixed his issue.

yeah...sort of. Today the black screens came back but this time they're the [reloading in 60 seconds] type... it's not every time though but still annoying.

It's weird that IOS251 wasn't listed in the system check at first. After patching it now it shows correctly as patched.

Now I'm considering buying an SD card to replace the hardrive entirely as it is said that if nothing fix the problem then it might be the hardrive [?] Is there anything that you CAN'T do with an SD card instead of a hardrive? I mostly use the launcher usb loader CFG and nintendont (which works like a charm I must say)

what do you think about this one? http://www.dx.com/p/toshiba-sd-memory-card-black-64gb-class10-379765#.VrLG6151cU5

 

[Maximilious]

Now I'm considering buying an SD card to replace the hardrive entirely as it is said that if nothing fix the problem then it might be the hardrive [?] Is there anything that you CAN'T do with an SD card instead of a hardrive? I mostly use the launcher usb loader CFG and nintendont (which works like a charm I must say)

what do you think about this one? http://www.dx.com/p/toshiba-sd-memory-card-black-64gb-class10-379765#.VrLG6151cU5

Do you have the Y cable connector or just a single cable for your HDD?

An SD should work just fine, but I would go for a 90MB/s read card if you can afford it, 40MB/s is sub par and you may run into longer load times. You will also need to change your config's to point to it in USB LoaderGX. I haven't used cfg in vWii and I'm not sure if it's still updated for use in vWii honestly. I do know Cyan (mod of GBAtemp) still updates USBLoaderGX for vWii purposes, but sounds like you have the same issue no matter which loader.

Yes, the one in the guide, and nothing more. 58 is the maximum number i can use. What could be wrong?

Well, the guide doesn't tell you to go higher than base 58 so I don't think there should be any problems:
7) Install d2x cIOS on different bases/slots
Start HBC and launch d2x cIOS Installer Mod v2.2 -> press a wiimote key ->
- at "Select cIOS" press right and select "d2x-v10-beta52-vWii" or "d2xv10-beta53-alt-vWii"
- at "Select cIOS base" select "56"
- at "Select cIOS slot" select "249"
press A to install -> cIOS 249 installed.

Repeat the above procedure for IOS57:
- at "Select cIOS" press right and select "d2x-v10-beta52-vWii" or "d2xv10-beta53-alt-vWii"
- at "Select cIOS base" select "57"
- at "Select cIOS slot" select "250"
press A to install -> cIOS 250 installed.

Repeat the above procedure for IOS58:
- at "Select cIOS" press right and select "d2x-v10-beta52-vWii" or "d2xv10-beta53-alt-vWii"
- at "Select cIOS base" select "58"
- at "Select cIOS slot" select "251"
press A to install -> cIOS 251 installed.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Hi! d2x Custom IOS Installer only allows me to get as far as Base 58, no Base 59. How did you solve this? I am also plagued by the black screens on load.

Base 58 is actually the right one so I don't know why that guy used 59. But 58 is only needed for a couple shovelware games, so as long as your loader isn't set to load 251 when it isn't even installed, you should be fine.

Why is this installed?

"IOS236 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access"


IOS236 should not apply to the vWii. IOS251 is missing as well. Which guide did you use? This one is the proper guide in my opinion:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/simple-guide-to-install-cios-on-vwii-backup-nand-and-keys.339890/

There's a vWii version of ios236 installer, it's used for wad installation, as for ios251 I think that's Bootmii? (which doesn't work on vWii anyway)

 

[september796]

Do you have the Y cable connector or just a single cable for your HDD?

An SD should work just fine, but I would go for a 90MB/s read card if you can afford it, 40MB/s is sub par and you may run into longer load times. You will also need to change your config's to point to it in USB LoaderGX. I haven't used cfg in vWii and I'm not sure if it's still updated for use in vWii honestly. I do know Cyan (mod of GBAtemp) still updates USBLoaderGX for vWii purposes, but sounds like you have the same issue no matter which loader.

i did the guide exactly as they say. I use a Y cable, fat32 format, etc.
now that you mention read speed, I'm using a toshiba MK4032GSX hard disk which is kinda old and accordingly to usbflashspeed.com has a read speed rate of 1244mb/s
(ntfs though) that confuses me hahaha.. as for the 40mb/s speed card I don't think it's subpar for wii standards, I thought sd card slot on the wii was limited in speed. I mean even the disc drive has a maximum speed of like 60mb/s I believe. Obviously I'm talking about the 'wii part' of the wii u here. Have you experiment any difference between regular class 10 and the newer cards on vwii?

 

[Maximilious]

Have you experiment any difference between regular class 10 and the newer cards on vwii?

Not vWii per-se, but I do know that loadiine works much better with a higher class SD card than a lower class. I have a 90MB/s class 10 card for loadiine and haven't run into many loading issues for loadiine games, but I do know other users here have run into loading problems on lower speed cards with loadiine.