Hacking Can't launch Wii and Gamecube games from system menu

[Tonitonichopchop]

This has been a bit of an annoying issue for a while now and I figure I might as well solve it. My Wii for whatever reason won't recognize discs from the system menu but I can still boot them using an app like Neogamma or Gecko. I don't think any more info is needed beyond this, so any help would be appreciated.

 

[JoostinOnline]

1. Are you talking about retail discs?
2. Please post a SysCheck using the guide in my signature.

 

[Tonitonichopchop]

1. Are you talking about retail discs?
2. Please post a SysCheck using the guide in my signature.

Yeah, it's with retail discs.

Syscheck:

Spoiler

sysCheck v2.1.0b17 by Double_A and R2-D2199
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6175).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.1U (v449)

Drive date: 2006.09.07
Homebrew Channel 1.0.0 running on IOS58
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 43011707
Boot2 v2
Found 79 titles.
Found 24 IOS on this console. 0 of them are stub.

IOS11 (rev 10): Flash Access
IOS12 (rev 6): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS13 (rev 10): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS14 (rev 257): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS15 (rev 257): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS17 (rev 512): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS20 (rev 12): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 514): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS22 (rev 772): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS28 (rev 1288): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS30 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS31 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS33 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS34 (rev 1039): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS35 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS36 (rev 3351): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS58 (rev 6175): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 6174): No Patches
IOS61 (rev 5405): No Patches
IOS222[38] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236[36] (rev 65535, Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS249[36] (rev 21, Info: rev 21): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS250[57] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7alpha5): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10

Report generated on 2012/04/03.

 

[JoostinOnline]

LOL! You are missing A LOT of IOS's!

I can't say for sure why GC games won't run, but you do need to update your setup. Download ModMii and run the "sysCheck Updater".

 

[FIX94]

Wow that wii even boots? You miss really much IOS, do what Joostin said then it should work.

 

[Tonitonichopchop]

LOL! You are missing A LOT of IOS's!

I can't say for sure why GC games won't run, but you do need to update your setup. Download ModMii and run the "sysCheck Updater".

Just did it and no dice.

 

[XFlak]

I'm familar with the expression, but what do you mean by "no dice"? Does that mean you successfully used ModMii's syscheck updater feature to install a bunch of IOSs\WADs and games still do not load from the disc channel? Or does that mean you were unable to complete ModMii's syscheck updater guide for some reason or another?

Please create a new syscheck log after having used ModMii's syscheck updater and post the results here.

 

[SifJar]

Wow that wii even boots? You miss really much IOS, do what Joostin said then it should work.

A wii will boot just fine without any IOS other than the SM IOS (IOS60 in the case of 4.1 which is on that Wii). It should be of no surprise to anyone vaguely knowledgeable in the field of Wii homebrew that this Wii boots.

EDIT: He's not missing that many IOS really. The only active ones missing are 9, 37, [41, 43, 45, 46, 48 - only used by Korean SM/games], 53, 55, 56, 57 and 80 (which is obviously not needed without 4.3).

So he's missing 6 IOS. Each only used by a few games. The majority of games should boot fine.

EDIT: Also, seeing as the games boot with Gecko, it is clearly NOT an IOS problem. Probably some Priiloader hack messed up or something like that. If you have any of those OP, disable them and if you really must, re-enable them one by one to isolate the one causing problems.

 

[Tonitonichopchop]

I'm familar with the expression, but what do you mean by "no dice"? Does that mean you successfully used ModMii's syscheck updater feature to install a bunch of IOSs\WADs and games still do not load from the disc channel? Or does that mean you were unable to complete ModMii's syscheck updater guide for some reason or another?

Please create a new syscheck log after having used ModMii's syscheck updater and post the results here.

This.

Here's the log:

Spoiler

sysCheck v2.1.0b17 by Double_A and R2-D2199
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.1U (v449)

Drive date: 2006.09.07
Homebrew Channel 1.0.0 running on IOS58
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 43011707
Boot2 v2
Found 104 titles.
Found 49 IOS on this console. 0 of them are stub.

IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS11 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
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 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS52 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
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 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS80 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS202[60] (rev 65535, Info: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38+37] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS224[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236[36] (rev 65535, Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS245[37] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7alpha5): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS246[38] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7alpha5): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS247[53] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7alpha5): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS248[55] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7alpha5): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS249[56] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7alpha5): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7alpha5): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7alpha5): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10

Report generated on 2012/04/03.

Also, seeing as the games boot with Gecko, it is clearly NOT an IOS problem. Probably some Priiloader hack messed up or something like that. If you have any of those OP, disable them and if you really must, re-enable them one by one to isolate the one causing problems.

The only thing I can think I may have used is Start/Star Patch (I've never used Priiloader). Could that have caused it?

 

[FIX94]

The only thing I can think I may have used it Start/Star Patch (I've never used Priiloader). Could that have caused it?

Ah a modded system menu changes the situation. Get a clean system menu with modmii and use prilloader instead because there you can disable hacks again if they make problems.

 

[SifJar]

The only thing I can think I may have used it Start/Star Patch (I've never used Priiloader). Could that have caused it?

Ah a modded system menu changes the situation. Get a clean system menu with modmii and use prilloader instead because there you can disable hacks again if they make problems.

Or just install a clean system menu, and don't install priiloader unless you actually need it.

 

[XFlak]

you could do as FIX94 suggested and it would work, but instead you could just use startpatch again to disable problematic system menu hacks. Most people prefer priiloader over startpatch, but if u have bootmii installed as boot2 then u don't NEED the extra protection that priiloader offers

 

[Tonitonichopchop]

you could do as FIX94 suggested and it would work, but instead you could just use startpatch again to disable problematic system menu hacks. Most people prefer priiloader over startpatch, but if u have bootmii installed as boot2 then u don't NEED the extra protection that priiloader offers

Well, I already did it and it worked so I have no complaints. I don't need Priiloader since I do have Bootmii as boot2 so I'm good to go. Thanks for all the help, guys.

 

[JoostinOnline]

Wow that wii even boots? You miss really much IOS, do what Joostin said then it should work.

A wii will boot just fine without any IOS other than the SM IOS (IOS60 in the case of 4.1 which is on that Wii). It should be of no surprise to anyone vaguely knowledgeable in the field of Wii homebrew that this Wii boots.

EDIT: He's not missing that many IOS really. The only active ones missing are 9, 37, [41, 43, 45, 46, 48 - only used by Korean SM/games], 53, 55, 56, 57 and 80 (which is obviously not needed without 4.3).

So he's missing 6 IOS. Each only used by a few games. The majority of games should boot fine.

IOS9 is for launch games (how is he even missing that?), and the ones in the 50's are used by every current game AFAIK. He was missing several important IOS's for playing games

EDIT: Also, seeing as the games boot with Gecko, it is clearly NOT an IOS problem.

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Normally Gecko OS installs the IOS required if it is missing, but if it can't for some reason, it defaults to 249. I thought that might be the case.

I should have thought of bad Priiloader hacks, but since I couldn't think of one thing that would cause all of his problems, I decided to suggest he install missing IOS's to see if that would at least fix the Wii games, then go from there.

 

[Tonitonichopchop]

Wow that wii even boots? You miss really much IOS, do what Joostin said then it should work.

A wii will boot just fine without any IOS other than the SM IOS (IOS60 in the case of 4.1 which is on that Wii). It should be of no surprise to anyone vaguely knowledgeable in the field of Wii homebrew that this Wii boots.

EDIT: He's not missing that many IOS really. The only active ones missing are 9, 37, [41, 43, 45, 46, 48 - only used by Korean SM/games], 53, 55, 56, 57 and 80 (which is obviously not needed without 4.3).

So he's missing 6 IOS. Each only used by a few games. The majority of games should boot fine.

IOS9 is for launch games (how is he even missing that?), and the ones in the 50's are used by every current game AFAIK. He was missing several important IOS's for playing games

I've been messing with my Wii for a few years now so I'm not surprised something was wrong. I did a weird NAND format a while back and I think that must have removed a few things I never thought to re-install.