I just checked and I thought I had my HDMI adapter hooked up to my Wii U but I guess didn't. I'm pretty sure that's the issue LOL thank you!
The only plugin I had was homebrew on menu which I think was the cause of my previous problem, as I saw...
I'm having issues after completing the installation steps.
The console turns on with the purple LED but I get a black screen and the gamepad doesn't connect. If I remove the SD card it turns on normally after failing to load the payload.
I tried...