Tutorial Modify ANY Wii 4.3 & below

[Jazz926]

Hey Guys,

Just picked up a new Black Nintedo Wii with Firmware 4.2E for my younger brother as a birthday present, lol so I'm new here and to the whole Wii scene.

I have basically follow this guide to soft mod my Wii.

I'm pretty sure I have done everything correctly, but NeoGamma does not load my back up Games on a disk, it giving me an Unknown Drive error or something like that.


Can anyone help me out at all?

Any help or tips are much appreciated


Thanks.

 

[harveychan]

Hey Guys,

Just picked up a new Black Nintedo Wii with Firmware 4.2E for my younger brother as a birthday present, lol so I'm new here and to the whole Wii scene.

I have basically follow this guide to soft mod my Wii.

I'm pretty sure I have done everything correctly, but NeoGamma does not load my back up Games on a disk, it giving me an Unknown Drive error or something like that.


Can anyone help me out at all?

Any help or tips are much appreciated


Thanks.

proble the new d2-3 drive it wont play backups at all .usb hdd loading only

 

[Jazz926]

Hey Guys,

Just picked up a new Black Nintedo Wii with Firmware 4.2E for my younger brother as a birthday present, lol so I'm new here and to the whole Wii scene.

I have basically follow this guide to soft mod my Wii.

I'm pretty sure I have done everything correctly, but NeoGamma does not load my back up Games on a disk, it giving me an Unknown Drive error or something like that.


Can anyone help me out at all?

Any help or tips are much appreciated


Thanks.

proble the new d2-3 drive it wont play backups at all .usb hdd loading only

Hi,

Thanks for the prompt reply.

I'm seriously stump at the moment, I have follow the entire process and the game won't load from my 8gb USB Flash Drive as well.

Also just another quick question, if I wanted to remove all the Soft Mod I have done so far, and make it a "Virgin" Wii like its brand new out of the box, what would be the easiest and least dangerous way of doing it without getting it brick?

 

[burritoboy9984]

Hey Guys,

Just picked up a new Black Nintedo Wii with Firmware 4.2E for my younger brother as a birthday present, lol so I'm new here and to the whole Wii scene.

I have basically follow this guide to soft mod my Wii.

I'm pretty sure I have done everything correctly, but NeoGamma does not load my back up Games on a disk, it giving me an Unknown Drive error or something like that.


Can anyone help me out at all?

Any help or tips are much appreciated


Thanks.

proble the new d2-3 drive it wont play backups at all .usb hdd loading only

Hi,

Thanks for the prompt reply.

I'm seriously stump at the moment, I have follow the entire process and the game won't load from my 8gb USB Flash Drive as well.

Also just another quick question, if I wanted to remove all the Soft Mod I have done so far, and make it a "Virgin" Wii like its brand new out of the box, what would be the easiest and least dangerous way of doing it without getting it brick?

First, see here that the game works with usb loaders. If it says it is supported, check the backup loader forum section, and post in the main thread for whatever usb loader you are using. Second, here is the link to "revirginize" a wii. But this is ONLY to be done if you NEVER want to mod it again.

-Eik

 

[XFlak]

re-virginizing a wii is pointless

once a wii is modded, there is nothing u can do to hide that fact from nintendo

if u just want to give it to some1 else as a virgin wii, don't bother going through the revirginizing process. All u have to do is uninstall any custom channels u have (including the HBC), uninstall priiloader if its installed. You can even leave bootmii and cIOSs installed, as the new owner wont know they're there

WARNING: your wii is safer with apps like the HBC, bootmii and priiloader installed. Virgin wii's are safe due to abstinence, modded wii's just practice safe sex (ie. use protection!)

edit: u may want to also uninstall darkcorp if its installed, so that the new owner can still receive/install official ninty updates (if they choose to be so stupid)

 

[kingofgamesgx]

quick question but before i can get to it i got alittle to explain ok i got my wii ages ago (90% sure i can get bootmii as boot2) and i have been looking into modding it i am gonna follow this guide but before i mod it im looking over alot of stuff (ISO's VC wads Etc) and looking over a topic about VC wads it says this "You may need IOS 53, 55 and 56 installed to run some of these games" now my wii is 4.2U if i mod it with this guide would i already have those IOS or would i still need to install them via a wad manager?

also alittle info about those 3 IOS would be nice

(sorry if its a noob question but i am rather new to wii modding)

You have all the IOS's installed that you need already if you followed the update to 4.2 step. VC Games need certain IOS to run.

im not following that step as im already on 4.2U so i would just use the mod step,but i have played a few real wiiware and 1 virtual console games before (if it matters i got pokemon snap and pokemon ranch ages ago) so IDK if i would have the IOS some info on those 3 IOS would be nice

 

[Jazz926]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Since my Wii is soft modded, and say a few month time when I purchase a game which comes with Firmware 4.3 and it auto install, what would happened to the Wii?

would it be brick?

Also, I got a feeling why my soft mod isn't working is that I might have installed cIOS incorrectly.

Also, in regards to removing the STUB ISO 222,224 and etc, I assume I will need to remove them in order for the mod to work?

 

[Krestent]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Since my Wii is soft modded, and say a few month time when I purchase a game which comes with Firmware 4.3 and it auto install, what would happened to the Wii?

would it be brick?

Also, I got a feeling why my soft mod isn't working is that I might have installed cIOS incorrectly.

Also, in regards to removing the STUB ISO 222,224 and etc, I assume I will need to remove them in order for the mod to work?

Installing 4.3 will currently delete Bootmii/IOS, DVDX, and the HBC and will overwrite most cIOS's. And yes, you do need to remove those stubs.

 

[Jazz926]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Since my Wii is soft modded, and say a few month time when I purchase a game which comes with Firmware 4.3 and it auto install, what would happened to the Wii?

would it be brick?

Also, I got a feeling why my soft mod isn't working is that I might have installed cIOS incorrectly.

Also, in regards to removing the STUB ISO 222,224 and etc, I assume I will need to remove them in order for the mod to work?

Installing 4.3 will currently delete Bootmii/IOS, DVDX, and the HBC and will overwrite most cIOS's. And yes, you do need to remove those stubs.

Mate, thanks for the prompt reply, and it is much appreciated.

Since I already done the soft mod, and it ain't working.

Is there a way to do the entire soft mod process from scratch again?

Also I'm sorry about asking so many questions, as I'm new to the whole Wii and soft modding scene. Have always been legit lol.

Also I would like to say a big thank you to every one here for helping me out so far.

 

[Evil-Popeye]

Yes you can start the guide again if you need to. Most likely your problem is that you didn't install the cIOS properly or you did not set up your HDD properly to work with USB loader. You could try Xflak's auto-downloader and follow is guide to setup HDD's, otherwise you either didn't install the cIOS's correctly or your HDD is not supported.

 

[Jazz926]

Yes you can start the guide again if you need to. Most likely your problem is that you didn't install the cIOS properly or you did not set up your HDD properly to work with USB loader. You could try Xflak's auto-downloader and follow is guide to setup HDD's, otherwise you either didn't install the cIOS's correctly or your HDD is not supported.

Hmm ok.

I'll give it another go tonight.

It wasn't an ISO, the game was put in an NTFS USb flash drive and the game was a WBFS file.

Are the Hermes cIOS correct?

 

[burritoboy9984]

Do this, follow the guide EXACTLY as in the videos. Make SURE that you don't get ANY errors. If you don't, then something is not correct with your usb drive/loader.

-Erik

 

[Jazz926]

Do this, follow the guide EXACTLY as in the videos. Make SURE that you don't get ANY errors. If you don't, then something is not correct with your usb drive/loader.

-Erik

I think my USB flash drive should be set up correctly. Since I'm Using USBloader GX, it supports both FAT32 and NTFS file system.

I formatted my USB to an FAT32 file system and created an wbfs folder, and place the game inside that wbfs folder.

 

[TomKStones]

How dangerous is it updating to 4.2 from 3.4
Any risk ?

 

[burritoboy9984]

If you follow the guide correctly? VERY VERY minimal. As with anything, there is always SOME risk. I had modded ~200 wii's. Never had a single one brick. As long as you are careful, you will be fine.

-Erik

 

[burritoboy9984]

Yes you can start the guide again if you need to. Most likely your problem is that you didn't install the cIOS properly or you did not set up your HDD properly to work with USB loader. You could try Xflak's auto-downloader and follow is guide to setup HDD's, otherwise you either didn't install the cIOS's correctly or your HDD is not supported.


Hmm ok.

I'll give it another go tonight.

It wasn't an ISO, the game was put in an NTFS USb flash drive and the game was a WBFS file.

Are the Hermes cIOS correct?

QUOTE(burritoboy9984 @ Jul 20 2010, 02:42 AM)

Do this, follow the guide EXACTLY as in the videos. Make SURE that you don't get ANY errors. If you don't, then something is not correct with your usb drive/loader.

-Erik

I think my USB flash drive should be set up correctly. Since I'm Using USBloader GX, it supports both FAT32 and NTFS file system.

I formatted my USB to an FAT32 file system and created an wbfs folder, and place the game inside that wbfs folder.

Which is it? Did you use ntfs or fat? Have you re-done the guide yet?

-Erik

 

[Jazz926]

Yes you can start the guide again if you need to. Most likely your problem is that you didn't install the cIOS properly or you did not set up your HDD properly to work with USB loader. You could try Xflak's auto-downloader and follow is guide to setup HDD's, otherwise you either didn't install the cIOS's correctly or your HDD is not supported.


Hmm ok.

I'll give it another go tonight.

It wasn't an ISO, the game was put in an NTFS USb flash drive and the game was a WBFS file.

Are the Hermes cIOS correct?

QUOTE(burritoboy9984 @ Jul 20 2010, 02:42 AM)

Do this, follow the guide EXACTLY as in the videos. Make SURE that you don't get ANY errors. If you don't, then something is not correct with your usb drive/loader.

-Erik

I think my USB flash drive should be set up correctly. Since I'm Using USBloader GX, it supports both FAT32 and NTFS file system.

I formatted my USB to an FAT32 file system and created an wbfs folder, and place the game inside that wbfs folder.

Which is it? Did you use ntfs or fat? Have you re-done the guide yet?

-Erik

Hi Mate,

Nah I haven't got around to re-doing the soft mods.

I have tried placing the Game on two different flash drive, one was formatted as FAT32 and the other was NTFS. No luck with both.

 

[Sanek ULF]

Resolved.

 

[cooltech]

Hello Guys, I am a pure newbie to this stuff... I bought my wii for my 7 yr old son a few years ago, its been working fine, but the new games that keep coming out dont work, i just get a white blank screen.

Ver 3.2U, it was bought with a wii key modchip i think.. not much other stuff on it.. just want to keep my son happy and have it work for the new games..

So where do i need to go to get this thing working and not bricked???

all the info i need to read and files...

thanks..

this site ROCKS!!

 

[burritoboy9984]

Hello Guys, I am a pure newbie to this stuff... I bought my wii for my 7 yr old son a few years ago, its been working fine, but the new games that keep coming out dont work, i just get a white blank screen.

Ver 3.2U, it was bought with a wii key modchip i think.. not much other stuff on it.. just want to keep my son happy and have it work for the new games..

So where do i need to go to get this thing working and not bricked???

all the info i need to read and files...

thanks..

this site ROCKS!!

Just follow the guide on page 1.

-Erik