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Ok this is my very 1st post. I read 60 pages on how to backup wii games so i'm exhausted and i really dont have the brain power right now to figure this out. Please dont be mad at me for asking without reading all the pages.

my questions are

- does bricking your wii have anything to do with modifying it?
- if you do not download games from tne net or use different region games you wii will not brick right?
- does original games come with updates that can brick your wii if its modified? (if q#1 is yes)
- i'm not planning on downloading games or using different region games so i should be fine right?

Thank you. I'm such a newbie at this and your help is appreciated.

 

I think that probabilities show in this case that its works.

 

The probabilities are low but that doesn't mean 100% safe. I read another thread of someone doing this trick and it bricked his unit. If you want to take the chance of bricking your Wii unit then by all means take that chance. I created the guide and I don't want to be blamed when some moron that has no concept of time and unplugs it at the wrong time and bricks the Unit.

On another note...

I ran across a thread that said you can go into Maintenance Mode on the Wii. Some have reported after going into Maintenance Mode that their Wii settings semi-brick issue was fixed.

To go into Maintenance mode you need to turn off the Wii. Then turn it on and at the first warning page that tells you to press A hold down the - and + sign at the same time and press A (or hold it down and it should automatically go to Maintenance Mode after a few seconds).

Once in Maintenance Mode turn off your Wii and reboot normal and see if the Wii Settings semi-brick issue has been fixed.

If it didn't you could always try going into Maintenance mode again and see if you can access system settings and do a system update to correct the issue.

I have no idea what the outcome would be doing this so you need to do it at your own risk.

Let me know if it works for anybody so I can add it to the guide.

I also have no idea if Maintenance Mode could be entered on a fully bricked Wii. So if someone has a fully bricked Wii and can try let me know what the outcome is.

 

is there any way of finding out what region a .iso file is becauase some incorrectly label it as PAL when it is actually NTSC

 

Get Wii Brick Blocker 1.3 and load the ISO then click on "Read Info" and it will tell you what region disc it is.

 

sorry to get of topic, but here is a question for larrylje. did you get your wiikey installed yet? is everything working good? i have one in my hand to replace my wiid, but i also have a cyclo on the way. been leaning towards the cyclo since half the threads on this forum involve people and their wiikey problems, but i am bored today and looking for a project to do.

 

Just had my WII chip with the D2Ckey. My problem is now i can't play my virtual console games i have a double screen. I play with mario galaxie and mario party 8 the copy of course. What should i do help me please.

 

Is there a list anywhere of games that are known to brick?

this would be really really handy.

 

This list:
http://wiki.gbatemp.net/index.php?title=Wii_Region_Patcher_Compatibility_List

And I want to play my pal backup of Super MArio Galaxy. But my pal Wii is running 2.1 and my Wiikey as it game. Should I update the wiikey to 1.9G before booting SMG, and do I have to let SMG update the wii, or can I brickblock it? Does it need the update to play?
I've got the pal SMG and a pal Wii.

 

It doesn't matter if you update the Wiikey first or Wii first. I would try updating the Wiikey to 1.9g first then update the Wii. Why do you not want to update the Wii? There are no side effects to doing this. It is actually safer to have it updated in case you happen to play a import game that could possibly brick your Wii.

In anycase Wii brick Blocker will not work on SMG. You will need to do the update on the disc before playing it. Just make sure you have a PAL copy of SMG when doing the update.

 

I have an NTSC-U Wii v3.1 that I updated online. I think I semi-bricked my Wii with a PAL version of FIFA '08. Can still play original games, but backup discs stop spinning and I get unable to read disc all the time. First noticed the problems when I was playing Madden '08 backup and in the middle of the game I got the black error message that said to restart. since then nothing boots.

I tried the 1.9b recovery disc and the test failed, so I assume it didn't flash anything. I was operating 1.9b previously. Since then nothing will spin up at all. I can definitely get into system settings so I am not sure if this is even semi-bricked or something else completely going on. I haven't moved the system around at all so I doubt any wires came loose inside (though I haven't checked). Any thoughts? Thanks in advance?

 

I have been a silly girl and ran the super mario galaxy ntsc update on my Pal wii console.It is now semi bricked(no settings)

If I put the super mario Pal game in my wii,will this still ask me to update, if so, would this fix the settings problem ? If not,do you think there will be a future game out with an update on it ?

Hope I make sense & thanks for any help.

 

I think you are out of luck since SMG has the latest firmware available on a game now. Paper Mario won't help you since it's got an older firmware.

Now, you'll have to wait for the next firmware from Nintendo and a game that carries it to unbrick you Wii...

 

Sorry,I didn't mean paper mario,I meant Super Mario Galaxy Pal.

I tried it anyway and it said I had to update.I done the update and everything is now back to normal(I have my settings again)

So if anyone has made the mistake I did,just run the update on the Pal version and your wii will no longer be semi bricked.

Thanks for your reply.

 

After a long wait, my semi-bricked jap wii is fixed with the Super Mario Galaxy Jap game. Only slight problem of the duplicated channels remains. I can live with that. Yeah!

 

Here's the history of the problem.
Jap Wii with V2.0J.
Semi-Bricked by Super charged Mario strikers (PAL)
Waited for Big Brain Academy (JAP) version but missed this one.
Instead Pokemon Battle revolution (US) ran it's update.
Wii remained semi bricked prob with v2.2U
Tried Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (JAP). No help.
Since then had put in various games including
BOOGIE (US)
MARIO PARTY (US)
RATATOUILLE (US)
POWER PRO (JAP)
METROID PRIME (US)
TABLE TENNIS (US)
BALLS OF FURY (US)
POWER PRO (US)
Wii remained semi bricked.
Inserted SUPER MARIO GALAXY (JAP)
Semibricked fixed. Duplicate channels appear.
Version 3.0J

 

Somebody beat me to it but super mario galaxy pal fixed my semi-brick problem too. I have now got double channels but will happily cope with that....

 

hi,

i have updated my wii via the new mario game. (PAL Wii System)

after the update, no game is playable, but the systemsettings works fine.

can i unbrick my wii in any way?

thx for answers...

 

Try this. Remove any disc. Unplug the unit and reboot from cold again after the update. Works for my Jap Wii. Ironically, after the update, SMG(J) will not play.

 

I would like to thank hotlips25 for your post.
I can also confirm that i had semi bricked my pal version wii (with wiikey) using Super mario galaxy ntsc version( yes..stupid i know ).
I went out today and bought an original PAL copy of SMG and it updated my console again, recovering my wii settings. what a lifesaver.
I could have waited for a firmware update from nintendo but it was really bothering me.
I am guessing that because the PAL users are the last to get the Games releases, the firmware version was slightly later than the NTSC version therefore asked to do an update...

Used the Wiikey patch 1.9g.... all is working ok, inc backup of PAL and NTSC version of SMG