Hardware What wrong? (wiikey)

[triassic911]

Ok, I recently had a wiikey installed, and could play backups fine. A couple of minutes ago, I flashed my wiikey with the 1.9b update. Now, it won't read ANY discs? It will say "disc cannot be read". How do I fix this? Thanks.

 

[d3ltr33]

Chuck in the GCOS 1.3 Setup Disc and redo all the settings.

 

[triassic911]

I did, and it also says unable to read disc. It won't read ANYTHING

 

[xbandaidx]

Get the recovery disc from Wiikey site and try again.

 

[triassic911]

You sure? I mean the website says use ONLY if it was a bad flash. I don't *think* it was a bad flash, since it finished, but I'll try.

 

[Hellfenix]

I couldn't read any games until I used the 1.3 setup disc.

 

[triassic911]

I couldn't read any games until I used the 1.3 setup disc.

You have a wiikey clone, I don't. I was playing games just fine until I flashed my wiikey with the 1.9b update.

 

[IPICADO]

Ok, I recently had a wiikey installed, and could play backups fine. A couple of minutes ago, I flashed my wiikey with the 1.9b update. Now, it won't read ANY discs? It will say "disc cannot be read". How do I fix this? Thanks.

Hi bro., I have the same problem as You and I wanna know if You finally solved your problem and how You did it and share it with us!!!

Thanks in advance for your answer bro.

 

[lordcoxis]

Ok, I recently had a wiikey installed, and could play backups fine. A couple of minutes ago, I flashed my wiikey with the 1.9b update. Now, it won't read ANY discs? It will say "disc cannot be read". How do I fix this? Thanks.

I also had my Wii playing backups just fine. Yesterday I turned it on and it can't read any backups at all (no Wiikey setup discs, nothing), just originals

The wii wasn't moved around or anything that could cause the chip to move inside. Is this a recurring trend when using wiikeys?

 

[sidneyyoung]

Try this 'pre boot' disc just in case the eeprom settings have corrupted.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SSEEATK6

PAL users only

 

[lordcoxis]

Try this 'pre boot' disc just in case the eeprom settings have corrupted.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SSEEATK6

PAL users only

Thanks, I will try it out later. Is there any technical reason as to why this one will boot and no other backup (even the wiikey flashers/config discs) will? Thanks again.

 

[sidneyyoung]

I think it's to do with the different areas of the chips.
They have a 'flash' area where the main firmware is and an 'eeprom' area where basic settings are kept and can be changed ect

If the eeprom area isn't programmed (many clones come this way) or original wiikeys may be become corrupt, then with the addition of the wii's 3.x firmware, booting even a standard gcos disc is impossible, and a workaround is required... hence the pre-boot discs.

 

[lordcoxis]

I think it's to do with the different areas of the chips.
They have a 'flash' area where the main firmware is and an 'eeprom' area where basic settings are kept and can be changed ect

If the eeprom area isn't programmed (many clones come this way) or original wiikeys may be become corrupt, then with the addition of the wii's 3.x firmware, booting even a standard gcos disc is impossible, and a workaround is required... hence the pre-boot discs.

It didn't work

It seems that as soon as I put a backup in the drive it stops reading, whereas it reads originals just fine. Is a Wii fitted with an original Wiikey supposed to run originals if the chip has gone bad?