Wow, you're kind of lucky you had HBC!

Have you tried the semi-brick fix discs? - http://hackmii.com/2008/05/semi-brick-fix-discs/

 

Thanks for your replies.

Am I correct in assuming that the semi-brick fix disc will only reinstall 3.2U (which AnyRegion is capable of)?

I used the "AnyRegion_Changer", and everything was in order. I downgraded to 3.2 with it and re-saved all the region settings just in case, but there didn't seem to be any effect.

I'm thinking it's possible this whole thing went south due to a bad wiikey flash/config. Since I can't use gamecube discs, it is impossible to reflash/config the wiikey. Is there any way to boot gamecube games and bypass the region check like I can do with Gecko Os for Wii discs? Perhaps an alternate method of reflashing the chip?

 

If it's my wiikey that's borked, then it's applying a region even to region-free discs. I think this could work if I could launch a Gamecube game through GeckoOS, but it refuses to launch anything but wii discs. Hrmph. I'll give it a shot though, perhaps it would work. Think I could launch GCOS directly from the homebrew channel?

As long as I can still launch Mario Kart from the HBC, I won't incur the wrath of the wife.

 

Thanks for all your help guys, I've learned a lot from toying with those programs you suggested. It appears that I used a bad config disk for my wiikey, and the reason for the first errors (before I flashed) was just the fact that I used crappy media that would only load half the time anyways. I'm such a retard. The moral of the story is: don't just do a rapidshare search for your wiikey 1.9s config disk. The crc is different from the one available here.

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