Hacking Hacking to save bricked Wii?

Cuber456 · Jul 15, 2020

I have an unhacked Wii (v4.3). Recently it started having problems where the screen will go black on bootup (or when returning to the main menu).

Trying to determine if I might be able to fix this problem if I hack it with Letterbomb. I’m entirely unfamiliar with the Wii hacking scene which is why I’m asking, is it worth it? If I can save the console then I’ll do it. Any insight is appreciated.

Thanks

Shadow#1 · Jul 15, 2020

Cuber456 said:
I have an unhacked Wii (v4.3). Recently it started having problems where the screen will go black on bootup (or when returning to the main menu).

Trying to determine if I might be able to fix this problem if I hack it with Letterbomb. I’m entirely unfamiliar with the Wii hacking scene which is why I’m asking, is it worth it? If I can save the console then I’ll do it. Any insight is appreciated.

Thanks

That's not bricked

PalindromicBreadLoaf · Jul 15, 2020

That sounds more like hardware failure than something software wise. Does it ONLY happen when you go to the main menu? And how frequently is it?

Cuber456 · Jul 15, 2020

Bricked might be a poor choice of words on my part but there’s a definite problem.

From what I can tell yes. It only happens going to the main menu. How often it happens is a bit of a crapshoot. I can try turning it on from cold and the screen will be black with no controller input. Leave it on for a minute, force turn it off and then back on and then it boots up like normal. Kind of still experimenting but I don’t really get it.

PalindromicBreadLoaf · Jul 15, 2020

Is there sound when the picture doesn't show up? And is the disc drive running (If a disc is inserted)?

Cuber456 · Jul 15, 2020

No sound on the black screen. I can put a disk in and eject the disk. The disk drive also seems to run/spin but not much else when it’s on the black screen.

PalindromicBreadLoaf · Jul 15, 2020

And you're sure that this doesn't happen anywhere else?

Cuber456 · Jul 15, 2020

You asking does it only black screen when loading the main menu? From my experience since it started a day or 2 ago, yes. If I can get to the main menu, I believe it has been fine loading up games. I should experiment a little more to exhaust possibilities but I am leaning yes.

PalindromicBreadLoaf · Jul 15, 2020

Yeah, try playing a game for a while and report back with your findings. What I'm thinking is either your GPU is faulty, or the composite/component cables are going bad (with me leaning more on the GPU being faulty).

Cuber456 · Jul 15, 2020

I’d rule out the cables only because my TV does detect a 480p signal when the Wii is on regardless of the black screen. When the Wii black screens, the Wiimote can’t sync to the console. I can’t imagine why loading the main menu would cause this. I’ve been playing a game for about an hour without it freaking out. I’ll continue to experiment tho because maybe I can crash it in other ways.

PalindromicBreadLoaf · Jul 15, 2020

Actually, weird little test here, but can you get the Wii to black screen again, and while it is black screened, press the power button the Wii Remote, and also check what colour the light is on the Wii itself (Red, Yellow, or Green)

Cuber456 · Jul 15, 2020

The light on the Wii? When it’s on, it’s always green regardless if it’s a black screen or functioning normally. When it’s off, by normal shutdown or I force it to shutdown, it’s always red. It used to be yellow on a normal shutdown but that was when i had WiiConnect24 enabled and there’s no point in that on an unmodded Wii. Does that answer your question?

Also another discovery, when I was in a game and tried doing a software reset, it went to a black screen. But again, it’s like a crapshoot because I’m trying to crash it again with a software reset and it’s being stubborn. I’m not going to lie, I don’t get it.

PalindromicBreadLoaf · Jul 15, 2020

So basically the Wii seemingly randomly crashes, but it occurs most often when a new process starts (i.e. Opening the system menu/launching a game.) You could always try to softmod the console and mess around with it, but I'm pretty sure that this is some sort of hardware failure. (And yes. I was seeing if the light went yellow and the Wii went into an idle state.)

vuhoangtrung · Jul 20, 2020

FEF1 said:
So basically the Wii seemingly randomly crashes, but it occurs most often when a new process starts (i.e. Opening the system menu/launching a game.) You could always try to softmod the console and mess around with it, but I'm pretty sure that this is some sort of hardware failure. (And yes. I was seeing if the light went yellow and the Wii went into an idle state.)

dear FEF1, i'm sorry when ask you about my case in this post, but i don't know how to message for you, so please review my file (error screen) below, i cannot do anything when turn on Wii, just this screen display and cannot press any button to access menu, please help, thanks

PalindromicBreadLoaf · Jul 20, 2020

Do you have a Gamecube controller or a Wii Remote that is synced up to that wii and charged. If so, just click on the System Menu option. If not, then either try to sync up a Wii remote (Not sure if you can in Priiloader), or turn of the Wii and mess with the reset button (on the Wii) a little bit before turning it back on. It may be stuck pushed in.

vuhoangtrung · Jul 20, 2020

FEF1 said:
Do you have a Gamecube controller or a Wii Remote that is synced up to that wii and charged. If so, just click on the System Menu option. If not, then either try to sync up a Wii remote (Not sure if you can in Priiloader), or turn of the Wii and mess with the reset button (on the Wii) a little bit before turning it back on. It may be stuck pushed in.

i haven't gamecube, Wii remote just blink 4 light and no-sync
what you mean "mess with the reset button"? press many times or open wii and clean the button?

can we use a usb or sd card to boot and setup new firmware for console? i don't need backup anything in this console

thanks,

PalindromicBreadLoaf · Jul 20, 2020

By "mess with the reset button" I mean to just push it a couple of times, maybe wiggle it some. I'm saying to do that because this is Priiloader, a screen that comes up when you hold down the reset button when you turn on your Wii, so maybe the button is stuck.

vuhoangtrung · Jul 20, 2020

FEF1 said:
By "mess with the reset button" I mean to just push it a couple of times, maybe wiggle it some. I'm saying to do that because this is Priiloader, a screen that comes up when you hold down the reset button when you turn on your Wii, so maybe the button is stuck.

i tried push [reset] many times, so nothing happen

my kid said they tried to format memory, but they don't know what's the memory (SD card or Wii)?
after that, turn on Wii and this screen display

can we have anything to try?

thanks,

PalindromicBreadLoaf · Jul 20, 2020

Well... it's not throwing an error, so that's good. What happens when you click the reset button while in Priiloader?

vuhoangtrung · Jul 20, 2020

FEF1 said:
Well... it's not throwing an error, so that's good. What happens when you click the reset button while in Priiloader?

now, nothing happen when i press [reset] button, screen just like that

can i chat with you on other app (messenger, whatapp,...) to faster? my email [email protected]

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