Hi everyone,
I'm hoping someone here with low-level Wii hardware knowledge can give me some advice.
I have a launch-day Wii (RVL-001) that stopped working several years ago. At the time I took it to a local repair shop, and they simply told me it couldn't be repaired. Unfortunately, I don't remember any more details than that. Recently I decided to try to recover the data from it because it contains a lot of sentimental memories (Miis, save files, etc.), so this week I took it to another shop and they said the problem is the motherboard, but didn't gave me any details, so it could be they just didn't want to repair it.
Symptoms
My questions are:
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. This Wii has a lot of sentimental value, and I'd really like to preserve its data if possible.
Thanks!
I'm hoping someone here with low-level Wii hardware knowledge can give me some advice.
I have a launch-day Wii (RVL-001) that stopped working several years ago. At the time I took it to a local repair shop, and they simply told me it couldn't be repaired. Unfortunately, I don't remember any more details than that. Recently I decided to try to recover the data from it because it contains a lot of sentimental memories (Miis, save files, etc.), so this week I took it to another shop and they said the problem is the motherboard, but didn't gave me any details, so it could be they just didn't want to repair it.
Symptoms
- Launch-day RVL-001 (GameCube compatible)
- Never installed Homebrew
- Never installed BootMii or Priiloader
- Never intentionally modified the console
- Power LED turns solid green
- Blue disc slot light flashes once at startup
- Disc drive initializes normally
- Pressing Eject activates the drive mechanism
- Holding the Power button for several seconds shuts the console down normally (red LED)
- TV reports "No Signal" (not just a black screen)
- Wii Remotes do not sync (the LEDs blink for a while and then turn off)
- Composite AV cables have been verified with another working Wii, so the cables are not the issue.
My main goal
I'm honestly less interested in repairing the console than I am in recovering the data from its internal NAND.My questions are:
- Based on these symptoms, does this sound like a known hardware failure (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPU/video, etc.) rather than NAND failure?
- If the motherboard truly cannot be repaired, is there any realistic way to recover the NAND contents and the console-specific keys?
- Has anyone here successfully recovered saves from a Wii with a failed motherboard?
- Is there anyone (or any service) that specializes in this type of recovery?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. This Wii has a lot of sentimental value, and I'd really like to preserve its data if possible.
Thanks!
