Will it require an optical drive when running any channel in vWii?

Ysecond · Jun 7, 2023

HI，everyone, me again
Please, will it require an optical drive when running any channel in vwii?

My wiiu has a 160-1400 error. So I blocked the optical drive in De_fuse（set SEEPROM SATA device type >>No device）, but now, I will get a black screen when I launch any channel in vwii, any channel, like Mii channel, manual channel ,The console will get stuck and the POWER key will no longer be useful. Vwii has no hacked. In addition, I tried to use vWii Decaffeinator to fix it, but the problem still persists.

So, may i ask, when launch any channel in vwii, will it check the optical drive?

THANKS at all!!!

skawo · Jun 7, 2023

Afaik, yeah, the Wii does throw an error if it doesn't detect a drive, unfortunately.

Ysecond · Jun 7, 2023

skawo said:
Afaik, yeah, the Wii does throw an error if it doesn't detect a drive, unfortunately.

Yep！about Wii，we need mod ios to cancel checking the optical drive. but for vwii, I believe we can't find such mod ios，
It's really unfortunate :rofl2:

SDIO · Jun 8, 2023

Maybe VC injects could still work, as they emulate the disc drive

And what are they doing on these handheld wii mods? Maybe we can borrow something from there?

SylverReZ · Jun 8, 2023

I would get a replacement drive or take one out of a donor.

SDIO · Jun 8, 2023

The drives are bonded to the console. Each has it's own key. Maybe you could transfer the key from the seeprom, but without, I don't think it would be possible to swap the drive

KleinesSinchen · Jun 8, 2023

Ysecond said:
My wiiu has a 160-1400 error.

You could give this a try:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/absolute-fix-to-160-1400-error.572879/

Ysecond · Jun 9, 2023

SDIO said:
Maybe VC injects could still work, as they emulate the disc drive

Thank you very much！ I tested WII VC and it worked very well.

SylverReZ said:
I would get a replacement drive or take one out of a donor.

I tested the drive from the donor，It still throws 160-1400 error，under normal circumstances, mismatched SEEPROM will throw 160-1402 error. So the problem is not with the drive，It's about the motherboard.

KleinesSinchen said:
You could give this a try:

Yep! thanks! In fact, I have already checked CM9 and CM10 , I also checked the voltage (12V, 5V, 3.3V), I checked the resistance of the SATA line to GND，I replaced four coupling capacitors, It still throws 160-1400 error. I have no other choice. So I gave up. As SDIO said, WII VC is a great solution.

Will it require an optical drive when running any channel in vWii?

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