Hacking Updating Wii to latest version

[kwerty00]

Hello all,

i want to update my Wii from 4.0E to the latest firmware.

Currently on/in my system i have a Drivkey + Homebrew Channel (needed Neogamma to play NSMB)

How do i go about updating my wii to the latest firmware without losing any of the functionality i have now. Also will updating effect anything that my Drivekey can currently do (eg. game compatibility; cause all my games run fine now, havent come across any that dont)?

 

[kwerty00]

No suggestions?

 

[megatron_lives]

Check one of the stickied guides for updating to 4.2. You won't lose anything in the respect of homebrew and other installed channels and wiiware/VC games working. However, firmwares >4.0 break multiregion in some mod chips (happened to me when I updated from 4.0 to 4.2 with a wiikey v1). I just followed the guide and now I have removed my mod chip and run games via USB. You'll have to search around to see if Drivekey's regionfree is affected by 4.2 updates though, I honestly don't know.

But to honest, softmoding is the way to go, especially using USB loaders for backups.

hope that helps, happy modding!

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