Homebrew [Help] Blackscreen with -3 when opening Haxchi

archielamp · Jul 20, 2020

Hello! I'm new to Wii U hacking, so bear with me if this is a common question, but I'm stuck. Just yesterday, Haxchi opened and ran the Homebrew Launcher perfectly well, but now, when opening I'm thrust into a completely black screen with "-3" in the top corner. I'm not inputting any buttons while opening it, and the rest of the console runs perfectly fine.

Thanks!

AmandaRose · Jul 20, 2020

-3 error means either something is wrong with your sd card or you are missing needed files.

archielamp · Jul 20, 2020

AmandaRose said:
-3 error means either something is wrong with your sd card or you are missing needed files.

Got it, I'll doublecheck my folders to see if I'm missing any boot files, etc. Thanks!

GABO1423 · Jul 20, 2020

AmandaRose said:
-3 error means either something is wrong with your sd card or you are missing needed files.

To be specific, it means that the SD Card could not be detected. It could be caused by a dusty SD Card slot so you can try and check if that's the case. Otherwise you can also try another SD Card to see if it works.
Edit: seems that if they are missing files, the error that would show up is -5, so that's not the issue.

AmandaRose · Jul 20, 2020

GABO1423 said:
To be specific, it means that the SD Card could not be detected. It could be caused by a dusty SD Card slot so you can try and check if that's the case. Otherwise you can also try another SD Card to see if it works.

Yes and you can also get a - 3 error if the SD card is write protected. So always good to check if the little tab is set to unlocked or locked

archielamp · Jul 20, 2020

Reformatting the SD Card got me back into the homebrew launcher, regardless. Everything's working now!

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