I bought a bricked wii just for the cd drive as a replacement and found it to be hard modded wiikii first version by the looks of it im not sure if i can use it as the bricked wii was jap. I have tried unbricking using an update disc jap with gamecube controller to no avail. I have since replaced the drive that needed doing so now I have a bricked wiikii chipped jap wii to play with. From what I gather the wii was probably bricked with an out of region update im only guessing though. Would it help if i was to get a disc for the chip and try it or is there anyother way I can get into the system or should I just use wii as a foundation brick for a conservatory??? Also i have tried to find out if any savemywii preloader etc but to no avail. When the wii is switched on the green light stays on the drive light flashes once is this a semi brick? I have looked and read many posts on this site and apologise now if i have missed an explaination else where. thanks for your time.......