Thread: Dodgy wad. Banner-bricked. No chip. Help!

Hi

I've been given a Wii to fix for a friend. It has HBC installed. He installed a dodgy wad, and now it's stuck on the first screen with a flashing 'Press A'. Is there any way I can fix this for him without buying anything? I have a GC controller and can press all 4 buttons on D-pad. There's no mod chip. When I boot maintenance mode firmware is 4.0. Any help much appreciated.

Thanks!

no bootmii, presumably no preloader. he buys wii games, but plays emulators with HBC

I've got the disk, but is there any way of booting it without a chip or other expensive bit of kit?

thanks