Hacking the system to bypass error screen 160-1400.

[Profusebug]

So I modded my WUP-010 (AUS) 32gb Wii U with tiramisu in the summer of 2023 but around the winter time, I went to play Lego Stars the force awakens and when I booted up my Wii U, I got the black error screen telling me there was a problem with the disk drive, error - 160-1400. It's been a long time and I have seen a lot of videos about changing the CM10 or CM09 fuses. Randomly one day I used my gamepad startup menu and opened up NUSPLII, it worked just fine and also if I was able to do it quickly, I could boot into the vWii.

So I was wondering, if there is any way I could somehow bypass the error screen and use my Wii U without the disc drive?, since all of my games are already installed via Homebrew. Or do anything else without soldering to atleast use my Wii U.

 

[Deleted member 702243]

it's supposed to just work without a disc drive, if you disconnect it physically or configure the seeprom sata device type to none in minute_minute if you don't want to have to take it apart

BUT

without a disc drive, vWii will not work correction, the Wii system menu will not work, but vc will work (wii games installed to the wii u menu), but only if they are installed to usb. if they are installed to nand they wont work because of reasons

I would be interested in seeing though if you can direct boot into vWii channels without a disc drive, with boot2vWii because it technically bypasses having to go into the system menu, or if you are really stuck with only vc injections. because if that works then you can just do that, and make a forwarder that runs usb loader gx so you can run wii and gamecube games from there, and use emunand for wads

 

[Profusebug]

it's supposed to just work without a disc drive, if you disconnect it physically or configure the seeprom sata device type to none in minute_minute if you don't want to have to take it apart

BUT

without a disc drive, vWii will not work correction, the Wii system menu will not work, but vc will work (wii games installed to the wii u menu), but only if they are installed to usb. if they are installed to nand they wont work because of reasons

I would be interested in seeing though if you can direct boot into vWii channels without a disc drive, with boot2vWii because it technically bypasses having to go into the system menu, or if you are really stuck with only vc injections. because if that works then you can just do that, and make a forwarder that runs usb loader gx so you can run wii and gamecube games from there, and use emunand for wads

I don't really want to use the vWii anymore and I can't because I lost my Wii-mote. Can I use the Wii U properly without disc drive the way you said?

Post automatically merged: Apr 19, 2025

it's supposed to just work without a disc drive, if you disconnect it physically or configure the seeprom sata device type to none in minute_minute if you don't want to have to take it apart

BUT

without a disc drive, vWii will not work correction, the Wii system menu will not work, but vc will work (wii games installed to the wii u menu), but only if they are installed to usb. if they are installed to nand they wont work because of reasons

I would be interested in seeing though if you can direct boot into vWii channels without a disc drive, with boot2vWii because it technically bypasses having to go into the system menu, or if you are really stuck with only vc injections. because if that works then you can just do that, and make a forwarder that runs usb loader gx so you can run wii and gamecube games from there, and use emunand for wads

Well I also need help to setup minute_minute in my Wii U since I can't use the internet browser because of the Error Screen

 

[Deleted member 702243]

I don't really want to use the vWii anymore and I can't because I lost my Wii-mote. Can I use the Wii U properly without disc drive the way you said?

Post automatically merged: Apr 19, 2025

Well I also need help to setup minute_minute in my Wii U since I can't use the internet browser because of the Error Screen

if you're not able to use the browser for long enough because of the error, then it might still be possible to use bluubomb

https://wiki.hacks.guide/wiki/Wii_U:Alternate_Exploits/Bluubomb

it's a lot more advanced and less user friendly though, it might still be easier to take the wii u apart and disconnect the drive

 

[Profusebug]

Are you sure my WiiU will run properly if I disconnect
my Wii U's disc drive manually

 

[Deleted member 702243]

it should as long as you leave the disc drive daughterboard connected, and only disconnect the drive from the daughterboard

however it doesnt look like this will be enough to fix the problem

https://gbatemp.net/threads/will-wi...isc-drive-attached.349468/page-4#post-9538737

you could try, maybe with some luck your problem is different and it actually works for you. worst case scenario it doesnt work and you can just plug everything back in

also I got the exploit name wrong, udpih is what you want to use not bluubomb

https://wiki.hacks.guide/wiki/Wii_U:Alternate_Exploits/UDPIH
https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-set-up-isfshax.642258/

someone here has fixed theirs using that method

https://gbatemp.net/threads/using-udpih-to-fix-160-1400-error-on-two-wii-us.664985/

although if you cant do that exploit then maybe bluubomb might still be viable

it might be possible to disable the drive in minute_minute while it's temporarily running, without installing isfshax, but I dont recommend making changes like this without isfshax just in case

 

[SDIO]

t's supposed to just work without a disc drive, if you disconnect it physically

No then it will give the 160-1400 error. If the drive isn't there or the Wii U can't talk to it (for example because one of the chokes is broken) it will give that error.
So the only solution is either to fix the Hardware or disable it in the seeprom

without a disc drive, vWii will not work correction, the Wii system menu will not work, but vc will work (wii games installed to the wii u menu), but only if they are installed to usb. if they are installed to nand they wont work because of reasons

I would be interested in seeing though if you can direct boot into vWii channels without a disc drive, with boot2vWii because it technically bypasses having to go into the system menu, or if you are really stuck with only vc injections. because if that works then you can just do that, and make a forwarder that runs usb loader gx so you can run wii and gamecube games from there, and use emunand for wads

The vWii Menu would load, but you can't load anything from there. On the Wii U, the PPC has a bootrom, which only launches signed Ancast Images. For the vWii there are only two: the vWii Menu and the nandloader. The nandloader is there to chainload Wii Binarys, which aren't ancast images. Like channels or Games from Disc. The nandloader checks for the Disc drive and will cause the error. So the vWii Menu works, because it doesn't need the nand loader.
Since the nandloader must be signed, it cant be patched out. But the NAND loader uses an IOS function to check the drive. So that call can be spoofed with a custom IOS. But no one released a public patch for the system IOS.
HAI emulates the disc drive anyway, so Wii U Wii VC still works.

Well I also need help to setup minute_minute in my Wii U since I can't use the internet browser because of the Error Screen

Since you are coldbooting the payloadloader, you can use that to load minute:
Make sure you have the isfshax files on the SD, or at least minute (fw.img) and the fw_img_loader. Then hold B during boot and select the fw_img_loader. If it crashes before you can select it, you can replace the payload.elf in the wiiu folder with the fw_img_loader one. Once in minute you can disable the disc drive in the Backup and restore menu.

Post automatically merged: Apr 28, 2025

it might be possible to disable the drive in minute_minute while it's temporarily running, without installing isfshax, but I dont recommend making changes like this without isfshax just in case

In case of a seeprom brick, ISFShax won't save you anyway. So it's fine to do it without installing ISFShax

 

[Deleted member 702243]

No then it will give the 160-1400 error. If the drive isn't there or the Wii U can't talk to it (for example because one of the chokes is broken) it will give that error.
So the only solution is either to fix the Hardware or disable it in the seeprom

user reports disagree with this

https://gbatemp.net/threads/will-wi...isc-drive-attached.349468/page-3#post-7553453

https://www.reddit.com/r/wiiu/comments/x7ve3g/turns_out_the_system_does_not_need_a_complete/

but on this gbatemp thread someone actually did try fixing their problem by disconnecting the drive, in the last post, but it didnt fix the problem

 

[SDIO]

user reports disagree with this

There the drive PCB is still connected. If the Wii U can talk to that you don't get the error. But in OPs case the Wii U can't talk to the drive (it's PCB) so he gets the error. Removing a part of the drive that the Wii U can't even talk to won't help.

 

[Deleted member 702243]

There the drive PCB is still connected. If the Wii U can talk to that you don't get the error. But in OPs case the Wii U can't talk to the drive (it's PCB) so he gets the error. Removing a part of the drive that the Wii U can't even talk to won't help.

which is exactly what I quoted lol

you need to read entire posts before replying to them

"if the drive isn't there" is just plain wrong though