Hello,
I am writing to ask for some help regarding a bricked Wii U system.
My Wii U Deluxe (32 GB) has been sitting unused for 5+ years. I decided to get it out the other day, but upon startup, I immediately get a black screen with a 160-0103 error code, suggesting a system memory failure. The device was never modded and was fully functional when it was last used. Researching through the forms, it appears that the issue is due to a corrupted eMMC, specifically the NAND, that is caused by a firmware bug. There seems to be a lot of information about fixing the issue when it caused by modding, such as CBHC, but not when the error occurs naturally.
I have come across a procedure for dumping the contents of the eMMC chip to a computer by soldering wires from the eMMC pads to an SD card adapter. I have a lot of soldering experience and am fully willing to try this method. However, it also seems like the eMMC is encrypted, and must be decrypted with the otp.bin file which must be dumped from the TSOP which is a separate surface-mount chip on the motherboard.
My questions are...
If I am able to dump the eMMC and/or otp.bin file, is there anything I can do to repair the NAND? If so, how would I go about dumping the otp.bin file?
I know that for the regular Wii, there are ways to download a fresh copy of the NAND through Ohneswanzenegger given that the keys are intact. Is there something similar I could do with this Wii U and flash the fresh or repaired copy back to the eMMC with the hardwood method? If needed the system is on version 5.3.2U.
Apologies if any of this information is incorrect or has been reiterated elsewhere. I'm new to the forms.
Let me know if there might be any way to salvage this system!
Much appreciated!!!
I am writing to ask for some help regarding a bricked Wii U system.
My Wii U Deluxe (32 GB) has been sitting unused for 5+ years. I decided to get it out the other day, but upon startup, I immediately get a black screen with a 160-0103 error code, suggesting a system memory failure. The device was never modded and was fully functional when it was last used. Researching through the forms, it appears that the issue is due to a corrupted eMMC, specifically the NAND, that is caused by a firmware bug. There seems to be a lot of information about fixing the issue when it caused by modding, such as CBHC, but not when the error occurs naturally.
I have come across a procedure for dumping the contents of the eMMC chip to a computer by soldering wires from the eMMC pads to an SD card adapter. I have a lot of soldering experience and am fully willing to try this method. However, it also seems like the eMMC is encrypted, and must be decrypted with the otp.bin file which must be dumped from the TSOP which is a separate surface-mount chip on the motherboard.
My questions are...
If I am able to dump the eMMC and/or otp.bin file, is there anything I can do to repair the NAND? If so, how would I go about dumping the otp.bin file?
I know that for the regular Wii, there are ways to download a fresh copy of the NAND through Ohneswanzenegger given that the keys are intact. Is there something similar I could do with this Wii U and flash the fresh or repaired copy back to the eMMC with the hardwood method? If needed the system is on version 5.3.2U.
Apologies if any of this information is incorrect or has been reiterated elsewhere. I'm new to the forms.
Let me know if there might be any way to salvage this system!
Much appreciated!!!