Hello,
today I got a PAL Punch-Out!! for my PAL Wii. Since I had Wii System Version 3.2, the game wanted to update the console.
I didn't want to do this, so I used the Freeloader's ability to skip updates by inserting the Freeloader disc two times successively.
That didn't do anything, but since I already had the Homebrew Channel installed, I thought "What the heck, let's update".
The update installed from the disc, said it was installed succesfully. After that, the console displayed nothing but a black screen.
After a minute I turned the console off and on again, still a black screen. I haven't been able to get a picture out ever since.
It would seem the Wii is bricked, but I only thought it could happen by installing a update from a different region than the console.
What I had here was a PAL game and a PAL console, so what gives? Did the freeloader do something to cause this? I really don't have
anything "unauthorised" on the console other than the HBC and DVDx, so I really don't think they could have caused the system to malfunction.
Any ideas about what happened? I don't think I have much choice but to send the console to Nintendo and beg for repairs, but I would
really like to know how I managed to screw this up so majorly, both for curiosity and for future knowledge.
Thank you in advance.
today I got a PAL Punch-Out!! for my PAL Wii. Since I had Wii System Version 3.2, the game wanted to update the console.
I didn't want to do this, so I used the Freeloader's ability to skip updates by inserting the Freeloader disc two times successively.
That didn't do anything, but since I already had the Homebrew Channel installed, I thought "What the heck, let's update".
The update installed from the disc, said it was installed succesfully. After that, the console displayed nothing but a black screen.
After a minute I turned the console off and on again, still a black screen. I haven't been able to get a picture out ever since.
It would seem the Wii is bricked, but I only thought it could happen by installing a update from a different region than the console.
What I had here was a PAL game and a PAL console, so what gives? Did the freeloader do something to cause this? I really don't have
anything "unauthorised" on the console other than the HBC and DVDx, so I really don't think they could have caused the system to malfunction.
Any ideas about what happened? I don't think I have much choice but to send the console to Nintendo and beg for repairs, but I would
really like to know how I managed to screw this up so majorly, both for curiosity and for future knowledge.
Thank you in advance.