help, my friend just bricked his wii by deleting ios 80, he has priiloader and doesn't have boot2 bootmii, can he fix his wii?

[Pyoro_]

the title says it all.

 

[SylverReZ]

the title says it all.

Can you boot into Priiloader fine by holding down RESET whilst powering on?

 

[Pyoro_]

Can you boot into Priiloader fine by holding down RESET whilst powering on?

nope.
nothing,
black screen.

 

[SylverReZ]

nope.
nothing,
black screen.

Do you have another way to enter recovery mode? Try plugging in a GameCube controller in the 4th port, then hold down all D-PAD buttons.

There is some info here on what you should do to fix a full brick: http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Brick

 

[Pyoro_]

Do you have another way to enter recovery mode? Try plugging in a GameCube controller in the 4th port, then hold down all D-PAD buttons.

There is some info here on what you should do to fix a full brick: http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Brick

he doesn't own a gamecube controller.

 

[SylverReZ]

he doesn't own a gamecube controller.

Then, frankly, your only option is to use a NAND programmer such as an Infectus to restore a NAND backup. You need to have expertise soldering skills and plenty of magnification to solder to the tiny points. Alternatively, just buy another Wii console for cheap.

 

[Pyoro_]

Then, frankly, your only option is to use a NAND programmer such as an Infectus to restore a NAND backup. You need to have expertise soldering skills and plenty of magnification to solder to the tiny points. Alternatively, just buy another Wii console for cheap.

yeah, my friend isn't able to do that stuff, he's gonna have to buy a new wii, thanks for trying to help. i appreciate it.

 

[SylverReZ]

yeah, my friend isn't able to do that stuff, he's gonna have to buy a new wii, thanks for trying to help. i appreciate it.

You're welcome. I'm sure somebody out there will know their stuff.

 

[boot3]

Out of curiosity, why was he deleting IOS80 in the first place?

 

[SylverReZ]

Out of curiosity, why was he deleting IOS80 in the first place?

That's what I was thinking. Removing IOSes is very risky, only reason you'd be doing this is probably to downgrade the system menu to an older version (i.e. utilising old modchips such as the WiiKey or D2Ckey).

 

[boot3]

That's what I was thinking. Removing IOSes is very risky, only reason you'd be doing this is probably to downgrade the system menu to an older version (i.e. utilising old modchips such as the WiiKey or D2Ckey).

Modchips are almost never used in Wii homebrew nowadays, and from what I can see almost if not all of them aren't being produced anymore.

 

[SylverReZ]

Modchips are almost never used in Wii homebrew nowadays, and from what I can see almost if not all of them aren't being produced anymore.

True, they can be pretty hard to find too. I use a SunKey Lite in my Wii for playing ROM hacks and imported games, and as an additional protection for my Wii in case it gets permanently bricked.