Thread: How to use the Autobooting Drivekey/Wasabi DX to Unbrick your Wii

This guide is to explain how to use the autobooting Drivekey/Wasabi DX to unbrick your wii.

Things Needed
-An autobooting Drivekey or Wasabi DX, available [Only Registered Members May View Links| Click here to register]
-A Triwing Screwdriver (Comes with Drivekey and Wasabi DX)
-A Philips Screwdriver (Comes with Drivekey and Wasabi DX)
-Ribbon Cable (Comes with DriveKey and Wasabi DX)
-A Gamecube Controller (Preferably A Nintendo brand Controller)
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-Blank DVDs
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-Electrical Tape
-Clean, Dry Hands


Tips
- If a screw isn't coming out, don't spin your screw driver into it until the head strips.
- If you see cables, don't put anything sharp close to it.
- Don't leave your console plugged into a wall outlet.
- Don't leave your console attached to your TV.
- Don't leave the sensor bar attached to the Wii.
- Be organized with your screws. They're tiny. I have no idea where you can get more if you lose them.
- Don't work on a carpeted surface. Static shock can travel and damage the components.


Disassembly
STEP 1: Gamecube Port Covers

Remove these covers by opening them, then lifting up gently. It doesn't take much force to remove these, so go slowly.


STEP 2: Gamecube Port Plates

Remove 3 micro Phillips head screws. Take your fingers and pinch the black space between the memory card slots and pull up. The black plate should pop right out.


STEP 3: Gamecube Port Screws

Remove 2 Phillips head screws (red) and 2 triwing screws (green)


STEP 4: Underside Screws

Find the Wii side with the 4 feet. Remove the 2 rear feet (nearest the back cable ports). Remove 2 white square stickers (near the front disc drive).

Remove 4 triwing screws.


STEP 5: Serial Side Battery

Remove 1 Phillips head screw (red) and lift the battery holder / battery out.


STEP 5: Serial Side Screw Removal

Remove the rubber foot on the side opposite the battery holder. Remove 3 white, square stickers. Remove 2 triwing screws (green) and 3 Phillips head screws (red).


STEP 6: Front Faceplate

Set the console on it's bottom. Remove the front faceplate by releasing a 2 wire harness. Caution, the wires are very thin and can be damaged if removed too forcefully. Don't use plyers to remove the micro harness, if they slip, they'll tear the wires right out.


STEP 7: Top Case

The upper case should lift right off.


STEP 8: DVD Drive Release

The DVD Drive's chip controller is on the underside. Remove 4 Phillips head screws (red) to access it.


STEP 9: Drive Chip Access

The DVD Drive's chip controller is on the underside. Remove 4 Phillips head screws (red) to access it.
Flip over the DVD rom drive to locate the drive controller. Caution, the cables that connect the Wii's motherboard to the drive aren't very long. You might not be able to open it completely flat. Use heavy care, especially with the white bundle of cables (next to the flat ribbon cable).


STEP 10: Set Up Modchip's Region.
You should see 4 switches on your Wasabi DX labeled: 1, 2, 3 and 4.
You want to leave 3 and 4 off like this:


As for 1 and 2 they wii vary depending on your region:

USA:


PAL:


JAP:


KOR:



STEP 11: Installing the Mod Chip
Unplug the ribbon cable from the slot in the red circled area:


Plug the unplugged ribbon into the part of the chip that says To Wii Console:


Plug the ribbon that came with your chip into the slot of the mod chip that goes to the wii's DVD Drive then plug the other end of the ribbon into the slot where you removed the first ribbon cable.

You should have something like this when finished:

Using the electrical tape, Cover the top of the chip.


STEP 12: Re-assemble your console by basically doing the process in reverse.


STEP 13: Burning the ISO onto disc
First you will need to unrar the iso by right clicking the .rar file and selecting extract here, depending on what caused the brick, if it was a bad wad you will need wad manager if your system menu is really corrupted you will need Any Region Changer.

Next, open ImgBurn and select write image file to disc. Open the iso and burn at a low speed on a DVD-R.

STEP 14: Autobooting the disc
Insert the disc and plug in your gamecube controller into the 4th gamecube port. make sure to open up your gamecube controller so you can press all four buttons on the d-pad at once (the pad that looks like +)
Press the power on the wii and quickly press all four directions on the d-pad if you don't understand take a look at this video:


Wad Manager or Any Region Changer should load. Make sure you have the same wad that bricked you on your sd card. Instead of pressing + to install it press - on the wiimote to uninstall then restart your wii and problem should be solved. If your system menu is still corrupted or was corrupted not because of the wad. Use the Any Region Changer iso with the same method and select a firmware inside your region. Any Region Changer will require an internet connection to work if you didn't have one set up before the brick use wad manager to install the correct IOS and System Menu. If you're not sure what IOS and System Menu Version you need to look [Only Registered Members May View Links| Click here to register]


This should most likely and probably will fix your bannerbricked wii.

NOTE
-Your System Menu IOS must have the trucha bug. System Menus 3.3 and under have this by default. If you followed a tutorial from here properly and you're on 4.0 or up, you'll probably have the trucha bug.
Credit to e39 for dissasembly tutorial.