Cannot install priiloader (invalid/not vanilla) v54449

[retiredsatan]

Hi, I’m new to using this site, and new to modding in general, so please tell me if I’m doing anything incorrectly.. I’ll start off by saying that I’ve bought this second hand and I’m pretty sure it was modded before I bought it because priiloader is already in the Wii and boots up when I press and hold reset. Anyways, I was following the guide and just going thru the motions to update the hacks and add them back on the Wii, but I got stuck on installing the priiloader because it gives me the “invalid/not vanilla” message. So I did a syscheck thru modmii and followed the guide it gave me, I installed the wads it told me to and tried to install priiloader again and it’s still giving me the same message. I have no idea what to do and I’m nervous about doing anything wrong. I was thinking about repeating the wads step again but I just don’t want to brick my Wii… the wii is 4.1U, idk if this matters or not. Please let me know if this step can be skipped or not to finish modding my Wii. I genuinely don’t know what to do and I don’t want to mess anything up. Thank you

 

[XFlak]

I think if u try the modmii syscheck updater process again it should work, u may have skipped a key part, which is to install a clean/unmodified system menu

Edit: perhaps this wad didn't download or didn't install and you didn't notice the error? Nothing else really makes sense tbh

Can you share your latest syscheck.csv here?

 

[retiredsatan]

@XFlak
i think i did install the wads incorrectly now that im thinking about it, i think i just installed one rather than all 13. i did select all of them but i dont know. thank you so much for taking the time to try and help me out i appreciate it. ill go ahead and put this thru the modmiiand follow the guide again, but heres the syscheck just in case


SysCheck ME v2.5.0 by blackb0x, JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199 and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.1U (v54449)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 07.14.2008
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 127230556
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v4
Found 74 titles.
Found 55 IOS on this console. 6 of them are stubs.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 3072): Stub
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52 (rev 5888): Stub
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS80 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS90 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS200 (rev 21003): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS202[60] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v4.0): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v4.0): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS224[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, Beer Ticket
IOS247[37] (rev 21006, Info: d2x-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS248[38] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS249[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v65535
Report generated on 03/10/2026.

Post automatically merged: Mar 12, 2026

perhaps this wad didn't download or didn't install and you didn't notice the error? Nothing else really makes sense tbh

I was able to download all of the wads except for systemmenu_4.1u_v449 , it shows me this message

 

[XFlak]

It downloaded fine using modmii I assume, but you got some kind of error on the console. When did u get this error? During installation of the wad using yawmme? Have u tried again?

 

[retiredsatan]

During installation of the wad using yawmme? Have u tried again?

yes, ive tried again rn and it told me when it asks if i want to retain priiloader, that it couldn’t back it up, so i turned off the Wii and tried the process again. (This is the first time that’s happened all the other times i was able to retain and it just showed me the message) I was able to retain priiloader this time but it still gave me the same message I showed in the picture

 

[XFlak]

I think then your only option is to try installing without retaining priiloader, then afterwards reinstall/update priiloader.

Assuming the wii doesn't have bootmii boot2, if it were me I'd use mmm to install this wad instead of yawmme just in case. While I hope yawmme wouldn't crash when u opt not to retain priiloader, I'm not sure what's causing the crash and so you might not want to risk it.

So grab multi mod manager (mmm) from Modmii's download page 2 and use that to install the system menu then reinstall the latest priiloader. Note that mmm does not support wiimote plus remotes, so hopefully u have an older wiimote, or a gamecube controller or something (I don't recall if it supports keyboards)

 

[retiredsatan]

Assuming the wii doesn't have bootmii boot2,

Yea no, it didn’t give me the option to install boot 2 when I installed bootmii, thank you so much I’ll try this when i get home

Post automatically merged: Mar 12, 2026

So grab multi mod manager (mmm) from Modmii's download page 2 and use that to install the system menu then reinstall the latest priiloader.

quick question sorry, to install the system menu, I go to wad manager? Or manage system menu? And then to install the latest priiloader I do it thru the homebrew menu? Or do I also do it thru mmm? (Manage priiloader) I’m so sorry for all the questions I really just want to make sure I’m doing it correctly, thank you

 

[XFlak]

In mmm's wad manager just install the system menu wad we were talking about, then return to the homebrew channel, and launch the priiloader installer and install it. Once u start, best not to exit homebrew or turn off the console until u install priiloader again (as it will be removed once u install a new system menu with mmm), just to be as safe as possible

 

[retiredsatan]

@XFlak
It gave me this :/

 

[XFlak]

You may need to first load a different ios in mmm, like 249. Iirc it's near the bottom of the main menu list. After reloading to a cios you should be able to install it

 

[retiredsatan]

omg tysm it worked finally I was able to install the priiloader