Bought a Wii 2 years ago, just now attempting to mod it using a WiiKey Fusion, which the dip switch #1 is set prior to wiring it up.
Wii itself is running 4.0U.

On day 3 now, feel that I may have installed it wrong. With WBFS Manager 3, I was able to get some games to work (MarioParty8,
MarioGalaxy2 failed) via a 16GB SD card but found the SD card to be an extreme hassle as I plan to send this to my nephew
overseas and while DVDs should be fine (it does have a DC2 drive) I really would like to fit it with a USB Drive for ease of use.

Got Homebrew channel installed using the Bannerbomb hack & HackMii on a 1GB SD. Had some problems getting cIOS249 installed
as I apparently downloaded and installed something called "cIOSXrev19-Installer", and it didnt have an option for 249, went from 60
to 254. All of which failed to install until I found "cIOS249_rev19_Installer" and that appeared to work. Using USB Loader, which has
a nasty GUI and many games dont work, they crash. Found USB Loader GX, which I understand is beta, loaded it up, default GUI
is much nicer, so is navigation, doesnt load any games, they all crash. Loading up other apps, all crash upon loading. Everything
works fine, all my current retail bought Wii or GC games. But the list of ISO DVD-Rs (verbatim brand) that do not play grows.

All crashes involved having to cycle power, ie removing the plug.

What apps should I be using to load DVD games in homebrew?

Should I install this trucha thing?

Should I be burning games at 4x?

Was spending 60$ on a mod chip dumb?

 

yeah, if you are going to use a usb drive and loader, the modchip is a waste of money. been there, done that.

Configurable usb loader and Wiiflow are the best in my opinion.

burning speed depends on how good your computer is.
example: I have a dual core 3.1, 4 gigs 800 mhz ram, highend burner. It will burn at full speed of disc 16X just fine with multiple things running. Another computer I have is only a 2.4 single core with 1 gig ram and cheap sony drive. 4x at most with it and still fails 1 out of every 20 or so. good rule of thumb is half the disc speed should be a good starting place to start.


Should I install this trucha thing?......this tells me you should read some more on what you are doing before you brick it. If you dont know why you are doing something then look it up, it will make your life easier if you have to fix it OR change something later. the guides on here will explain just about everything, but you have to follow the directions, no skipping steps............................................... plus its not that difficult. good luck

 

Well I read on this site,

http://sites.google.com/site/completesg/about/need-trucha

That cIOS Installers either rely or benefit using it, yes/no?

I'll stop using google now and use this site as things appear to be up to date.

 

Nevermind! Solved the problem.

Turns out the Wiikey Fusion mod chip I have, is really only designed to handle ISO loading from either DVD-R or SDHC. It does not support USB loading at all. With a 16 GB SDHC chip (which was prepped with WBFS Manager3) inserted into the external SD Card Reader, I could load up the built in configuration menu and flat out disable the mod chip (turn it off).

Once the mod chip was turned off or disabled, Wiiflow immediately started loading games. All games work now, including newer games (Super Mario Galaxy2) that didn't work via SDHC loading.

Thanks for the trouble shooting. And to those in #wiiflow IRC.

 

Ok, several days now and everything is looking pretty sweet with Wiiflow. The mod chip was at fault the entire time. This is going to make a most excellent christmas gift for my nephew.

 

or get someone who actually knows how to install one install it.