I've got 2 people that have effectively bricked their wiis and are willing to sell them to me cheap but i don't know the nature of the bricks other than they are software related. Is there a way to return a wii to factory settings? Firmware and all?

 

One has a wiikey clone in it already. Where can i download this disc and wad you're talking about?

 

Found a wad called wii-ntsc-systemmenu-v289.wad

Is this what I need to install to bring it down to it's former formware and settings? Also, one is only semi bricked so I can use wad manager. Would installing this through wad manager work? What firmware would the wii end up being when all is said and done?

 

One i know for a fact 1 has ios55 and ios53 on it to try and play newer games, even though it was on 3.3

If i go On the semi bricked one, could i go to format the wii to get rid of any wads , reinstall the wad manager, then install the system menu wad to be 100% sure that it's back to normal? Would this work?