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Guides - Unbrick Your Wii (Banner Brick)
This guide will help you unbrick your Wii if
you installed a bad .wad file aka (Banner Brick). I banner bricked my v3.4
Wii awhile ago and was unable to find very much info on how to fix this
problem. After hours and hours of searching I found a few bits and pieces
of information mostly for v3.2 witch did not help me one bit, so I decided
to write this guide to maybe help someone else who Banner Bricked there
Wii on v3.4. 3.4 is kinda tough because you can't use things like Starfall
or preloader or even the Twilight hack to get things back in order. So if
you find yourself in this position then this guide is for you. If your on
a lower firmware there are other things that can be done to get you out of
this with the right measures in place but this method should also work on
lesser firmware versions.
NOTE: 4.0 Users are unable to boot the Official Nintendo Disc. On
4.0 I was able to boot this
Universal-UnbrickDisc released! Universal-Unbrick Disc v2 - which if
you can get to boot would actually be better since you can just delete the
.wad that caused the problem rather than deleting everything.
Definition of Banner Bricked Wii - You installed a bad .wad (channel) file
or tried to edit the banner images in a existing .wad file. Your system
boots up and after you push A at the Health & Safety warning screen you
get a black screen or
system
files corrupt error message.
There are 2 ways that I know of to get this repaired as of this writing.
1. Return Your Wii to Nintendo for repair. Not the best idea, if your
Wii's warranty is up it will cost you a good chunk of cash plus when they
return it to you it will most likely be returned with all your hacks
removed and updated to the latest firmware leaving you homebrew-less..
2. Get a modchip. Getting a modchip is a much cheaper and safer way to go.
I purchased a DriveKey modchip for around 50.00 shipped and as of this
writing it is compatible with all Wii's.
Ok let's get started! Here's what you need:
1. ModChip - I used a DriveKey you can get one. Very easy to install. No soldering.
2. Nintendo's Official Wii BackUp Disk v1.31 - Download in TURDinc
downloads section.
Downloads - PS2 Xbox 360 Nintendo Hacking Modding
3. An official GameCube controller ( needs to be slightly modded ) guide
here.
YouTube - SaveMiiFrii - Free SaveMii
Or SaveMii, the Wii recovery dongle found here.
SaveMii - Introducing
SaveMii, the Wii recovery dongle
NOTE: The modded GC controller does the same thing as SaveMii except it's
free if you already have a GC controller.
Step 1. Install your modchip, if you have a DriveKey, there's a
good guides on the forum here (which will be linked asap)
Step 2. Extract the .iso from Nintendo's Official Wii BackUp Disk
v1.31.rar that you downloaded from TURDinc. and burn it onto a DVD -R
disk.
Step 3. Plug your modded GC controller into port 4 on your Wii.
Step 4. Turn on your Wii and boot into Recovery mode using your
modded GC controller to press all 4 directions on the digi pad at the
same time. You need the correct timing to boot into the Recovery mode.
Best way is to start pressing all 4 directions repeatedly as soon as you
turn the Wii on. If done correctly you should see a black screen with your
firmware version in the lower right corner of the screen. If your on v3.2
or lower you will only see a black screen, that's normal.
Step 5. Put in your burned copy of the Wii BackUp Disk v1.31 and in
a few seconds you should see something like this.
Step 6. Select Delete All - This will return your Wii somewhat back
to the way it was when you first bought it (does not effect firmware
version). You will need to reinstall your HomeBrew. Most importantly it
deletes the offending .wad
Step 7. Enjoy your unbricked Wii!!
Originally posted by MattMan69 at
www.wiihacks.com
http://www.wiihacks.com/recommended-faqs-guides-tutorials-only/16650-unbrick-your-wii-banner-brick.html
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