Hardware Wii Bricked...but I have never seen it like this

Snoopdude · Apr 19, 2018

My Wii has been bricked a couple of times, but I followed what everyone kept telling me, to make sure Bootmii is installed to boot2 and I have and it has saved me many times. But this time it's not working anymore when I restore the NAND I backed up, I have many back-ups but none are working. I figured maybe its the Bluetooth dongle going bad, but I'm able to turn on the Wii with the Wiimote so it couldn't be. Someone online said maybe I need to change the battery in the console, so I put a new battery in and now...the Wii stays on a Yellow Light instead of Red. I hold the power button, removed the AC port and it's still yellow. So now my Wii is still stuck on black screen and it's stuck on a yellow light. I'm still able to boot to Bootmii and I have access to the Homebrew Channel....well kinda. I can go to the Homebrew Channel but none of the apps appear. I changed SD's made sure it was FAT32, check if the apps are in the correct folder path and even tried using a USB FAT32 but I still got nothing. I have used ohneswanzenegger and NAND Formatter, but still no luck. Also, my disc drive is not working so that's a bummer. Could it be a hardware issue? Is my Wii done for? I need all the help I can get.

TL;DR: Wii stuck on a Black screen and the power light is always Yellow even after I disconnected the AC. Bootmii is installed to boot2 but restoring NAND doesn't work, Need Help!

BvanBart · Apr 19, 2018

This sounds to me as there is a ribbon cable not connected right.

YOUCANTSTOPME · Apr 19, 2018

What are you doing to "brick" your Wii multiple times?

Snoopdude · Apr 19, 2018

B4rtj4h said:
This sounds to me as there is a ribbon cable not connected right.

Ribbon Cable? What do you mean?

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YOUCANTSTOPME said:
What are you doing to "brick" your Wii multiple times?

I'm not sure, when I'm using the Wii, it will sometimes just freeze in the System Menu and I will have to restart the Wii and that will be it. Sometimes a regular Restart doesn't work, I will have to restore to get it working again, but now a Restore doesn't work anymore.

GreyWolf · Apr 20, 2018

Snoopdude said:
Ribbon Cable? What do you mean?

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I'm not sure, when I'm using the Wii, it will sometimes just freeze in the System Menu and I will have to restart the Wii and that will be it. Sometimes a regular Restart doesn't work, I will have to restore to get it working again, but now a Restore doesn't work anymore.

Have you tried using BootMii to check for bad blocks? The NAND might be failing.

Snoopdude · Jan 3, 2020

GreyWolf said:
Have you tried using BootMii to check for bad blocks? The NAND might be failing.

Hello, sorry for the late response I gave up for a couple of months and now decided to come back and finally fix this thing. I checked for any bad blocks and three of them are bad:

Factory bad block 1751
Factory bad block 3027
Factory bad block 3028

FancyNintendoGamer567 · Jan 4, 2020

0-3 is a pretty normal amount of bad blocks for the Wii.

Snoopdude · Jan 4, 2020

FancyNintendoGamer567 said:
0-3 is a pretty normal amount of bad blocks for the Wii.

So You don't think it's the bad blocks that are causing the issue?

Snoopdude · Jan 5, 2020

I just imported my NAND Backups in the Dolphin Emulator and they seem to work fine. I'm starting to think that maybe this is a Hardware issue instead...however, I'm still able to boot to Bootmii and HBC (without any apps loading). I just can't go to the Wii System Menu at all.

12_year_old_homebrewer · Feb 4, 2020

Snoopdude said:
I just imported my NAND Backups in the Dolphin Emulator and they seem to work fine. I'm starting to think that maybe this is a Hardware issue instead...however, I'm still able to boot to Bootmii and HBC (without any apps loading). I just can't go to the Wii System Menu at all.

Than you should use a new loader like usb loader go or wiiflow to launch all your games and channels

Captain_N · Feb 16, 2020

Snoopdude said:
I just imported my NAND Backups in the Dolphin Emulator and they seem to work fine. I'm starting to think that maybe this is a Hardware issue instead...however, I'm still able to boot to Bootmii and HBC (without any apps loading). I just can't go to the Wii System Menu at all.

Since you can boot homebrew you can use emunand to load the system menu if you wanted

Snoopdude · Feb 19, 2020

Captain_N said:
Since you can boot homebrew you can use emunand to load the system menu if you wanted

I can go to the homebrew channel through bootmii however, none of the apps show up. I try different formats with the SD card and still nothing is showing up.

dustn2021 · Feb 19, 2020

Have you tried opening it to check out your connections/ribbon cables on the mainboard? Might just need a reseating on one of them.

DKAngel · Feb 19, 2020

sure the sd card reader isnt dead?

Snoopdude · Feb 19, 2020

buzzbox said:
Have you tried opening it to check out your connections/ribbon cables on the mainboard? Might just need a reseating on one of them.

Oof, I hope that's not the case, I don't want to mess with any hardware stuff, I will open it up and give you an update.

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DKAngel said:
sure the sd card reader isnt dead?

I don't think so, If it was dead I wouldn't be able to have access to bootmii right?

DKAngel · Feb 19, 2020

Snoopdude said:
Oof, I hope that's not the case, I don't want to mess with any hardware stuff, I will open it up and give you an update.

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I don't think so, If it was dead I wouldn't be able to have access to bootmii right?

isnt bootmii installed on the wii not the sd card depending ont he type of bootmii you have

Snoopdude · Feb 19, 2020

DKAngel said:
isnt bootmii installed on the wii not the sd card depending ont he type of bootmii you have

I have bootmii installed on the Wii boot2 however, I can't access it unless I have the bootmii folder in the SD card which contains files like ppcboot.elf, the ini and armboot.bin.

dustn2021 · Feb 19, 2020

Snoopdude said:
Oof, I hope that's not the case, I don't want to mess with any hardware stuff, I will open it up and give you an update.

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I don't think so, If it was dead I wouldn't be able to have access to bootmii right?

In my experience, the Wii is very friendly with its disassembly. Follow a guide on ifixit if you have to take it apart.

Alexander1970 · Feb 19, 2020

Snoopdude said:
I can go to the homebrew channel through bootmii however, none of the apps show up. I try different formats with the SD card and still nothing is showing up.

Hello.

Please can you check this Points:

- your Wii was an an higher System Version as 4.0x before the "Brick".
- if not then try to use NON SDHC SD Cards
- if yes please try SD Cards not bigger than 32 GB
- SD Card is formatted with FAT32
- please try a regular SD Cards and NO microSD Card with Adapter
- on the Homebrew Channel press "1" on your Wii Motion Controller and check the Source is intern SD Card Slot please.

Thank you and
Good luck.

FancyNintendoGamer567 · Feb 20, 2020

@Snoopdude Are you sure you didn't install anything that would ruin the System Menu, either itself or its IOS (80, if you're on 4.3)

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