Hacking wii u does it has a magnet on the top like in some wii's that fryes the harddrive?

[lonelyhero]

I'm a repair tech I fix systems pcs phones tablets etc for a living and have never seen or heard of anything the op is claiming and I've repaired hundreds of wii systems in the last 8 years since I started no idea where he's getting this bs

 

[Deleted member 370671]

I bet it was Hykem's Wii, he put a magnet-bomb inside so we would never find the IOSU™ exploit if we tried to hack into his console to acquire it

 

[AlanWeird]

I too am an IT technician, and can attest to the fact that the OP is a knob.

 

[Justinde75]

Why do people even think OP tells the truth? And why isn't this worthless thread locked yet?

 

[NeroAngelo]

this thread is beyond mesmerizing ...

 

[DarkFlare69]

what is gbatemp coming to

 

[DeadlyFoez]

Yeah putting a magnet near a HD usually breaks it, not fixes it.

It takes a really big magnet for it to matter. one that that would be small enough to fit in a wii u wouldn't be strong enough to damage anything.

 

[migles]

@mh123hack can you take a picture of the magnets or the stuff you are talking about?
the wii doesn't have such security mechanism..
unless you got some very rare demo or developer unit..

 

[Deleted User]

@mh123hack can you take a picture of the magnets or the stuff you are talking about?
the wii doesn't have such security mechanism..
unless you got some very rare demo or developer unit..

I don't think even a demo unit or devunit would have a magnet that fucks up the NAND chip when you open the console.

 

[migles]

I don't think even a demo unit or devunit would have a magnet that fucks up the NAND chip when you open the console.

i don't think either... but i am trying to understand this...

 

[Yamagushi]

Not only is this utter nonsense. I'm fairly certain it's illegal for any company to put in a mechanism that would intentionally damage components if you opened it...

 

[Deleted member 370671]

i don't think either... but i am trying to understand this...

Maybe it was for a prank that would end up on some crappy YouTube channel :o

 

[Yamagushi]

Maybe it was for a prank that would end up on some crappy YouTube channel :o

If the OP isn't simply trolling. I would guess from the mentions of smoke and a chip being fried that what actually happened was his friend opened it, plugged in, and shorted something by making contact. Then didn't want to actually take the personal responsibility of having damaged it, so wrote it off as it was the system itself. Even if it was true that there was some sort of magnet or mechanism, which it's not, it wouldn't be capable of producing any smoke, sparks, etc.

 

[Bat420maN]

Holy Fuck!

 

[rasputin]

isn't there a magnet in disc drives? locks the disc in place
i know it's nothing to do with what the op is claiming, just saying

 

[Yamagushi]

isn't there a magnet in disc drives? locks the disc in place
i know it's nothing to do with what the op is claiming, just saying

There is, but it's locked in place on the top of the drive case.

 

[Zef14]

If the OP isn't simply trolling. I would guess from the mentions of smoke and a chip being fried that what actually happened was his friend opened it, plugged in, and shorted something by making contact. Then didn't want to actually take the personal responsibility of having damaged it, so wrote it off as it was the system itself. Even if it was true that there was some sort of magnet or mechanism, which it's not, it wouldn't be capable of producing any smoke, sparks, etc.

If this guy's really not a troll, then he's either a kid or someone with very little knowledge on this area. He comes here assuming this community doesn't know shit, and then warns us about something that doesn't exist/doesn't make sense.

 

[Joshwraith]

isn't there a magnet in disc drives? locks the disc in place
i know it's nothing to do with what the op is claiming, just saying

Yes theres is, and sometime this thing make the drive stuck usually on old drive but nothing more.

 

[master801]

Lol, are you talking about the battery?

 

[apachehavok]

My guess is his friend opened in Wii, had it plugged in/dropped water on it/lighting/aliens etc It blew. Because the OP has the technical education of your average 4 year old, magnets.

This is the explanation. Mic drop.