Cannot install Wads from SD card - Keep erroring out

I'm hoping someone can help me with my troubling issue. I've tried researching and cannot find anything specific on this and could really use some guidance.

About a year ago, my wii (3.2U, modded using Twilight Disc) would randomly not load backup games. Over time it stopped loading them altogether. Next, the original discs wouldn't play either. Since then I have not been able to play anything on my Wii.

I also have another Wii (4.1U) that is experiencing the same issue. I used a now older tutorial named 'New 3.1-4.1 Softmod for ANY Wii'.

I have tried updating the IOS's and each time it says it cannot find it on the card (even though they're there, and installed right from the root based off of the file provided that has worked for many others). I have even tried the 'new' guide to 'Softmmod Any Wii' that everyone else is using. Once again I get hung up on the Wads and it does not find the Wads - says they do not exist.

Any ideas from anyone? As an example, I was able to load up Kirby's Return to Dreamland with Neogamma 7 and get to the start menu. However when I hit '2' to bring up the game menu, it locks up on me and forces me to unplug the system to restart it.

I know some of this seems vague, but hopefully someone can help. I'm just so tired and frustrated at this point, since I've been struggling for hours, that ANY help would be very greatly appreciated.

Try doing an official nintendo update, and start over using mauifrog's guide (Softmod any Wii) . Make sure to format the SD Card and try that before starting over, because that can be very helpful in certain situations.

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Originally Posted by kaleiskillman11

Try doing an official nintendo update, and start over using mauifrog's guide (Softmod any Wii) . Make sure to format the SD Card and try that before starting over, because that can be very helpful in certain situations.

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When you say official Nintendo update, are you talking about when using the "update all IOS's" guide, to change your source for each IOS from the SD card to 'Nintendo'? That won't hurt or brick my Wii in any way? I'm willing to try it, but just want reassurance that updating my IOS's direct from Nintendo won't instantly brick my Wii.

Thanks!

It's never a good idea to take a Nintendo update, unless you're bricked and have no choice.
@sigbro, post a system check so we can see what's going on in that wii of yours.
Use syscheck 2.0.1 beta14, or beta15, and post results here.
http://www.wiihacks.com/other-faq-gu...tem-check.html

Thanks for all the help. Good to have more expereinced people look at this then me blind guessing :)

Here are the results for both:


3.2U

Spoiler

sysCheck v2.1.0b14 by Double_A and R2-D2199
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 3.2U (v289)

The drive supports DVDs
Homebrew Channel 1.0.8 running on IOS58
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 67611662
Boot2 v2
Found 162 titles.
Found 30 IOS on this console. 2 of them are stub.

IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 7): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 7): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 7): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS13 (rev 7): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS14 (rev 7): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS15 (rev 7): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS16 (rev 257): Flash Access
IOS17 (rev 7): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS20 (rev 7): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 7): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS22 (rev 7): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS28 (rev 1288): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS30 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS31 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS33 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS34 (rev 1039): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS35 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS36 (rev 1042): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 2070): Trucha Bug
IOS38 (rev 3609): Trucha Bug
IOS50 (rev 4889): No Patches
IOS51 (rev 4633): No Patches
IOS53 (rev 4113): Trucha Bug
IOS55 (rev 4633): Trucha Bug
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS249 (rev 20): Trucha Bug NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS250 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v5
MIOS v8

Report generated on 2012/01/19.

4.1U:

Spoiler

sysCheck v2.1.0b14 by Double_A and R2-D2199
...runs on IOS38 (rev 3610).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.1U (v449)

The drive supports DVDs
Homebrew Channel 1.0.8 running on IOS38
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 118614898
Boot2 v4
Found 71 titles.
Found 32 IOS on this console. 8 of them are stub.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 520): Stub
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 256): Stub
IOS12 (rev 11): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 15): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 262): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 266): No Patches
IOS17 (rev 517): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 256): Stub
IOS21 (rev 522): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 777): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1292): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 2816): Stub
IOS31 (rev 3088): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 2832): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3087): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3088): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3094): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 3612): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 3610): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 4889): No Patches
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS53 (rev 5149): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5149): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6175): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 6174): Trucha Bug
IOS61 (rev 5661): No Patches
IOS249[38] (rev 14): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS250 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v5
MIOS v9

Report generated on 2012/01/19.

Thanks again! Very much appreciated with any assistance!

Sigbro. hey dude it looks like your cios could do with an update.60,70,80, 200,202,222,223,224,247,248,249,250, you have 249 rev14 249 rev 20, they have been superseded. You should find them all in the mod any wii guide, If you look there is an ios cios pack. read the instructions and you will be up and running again.
Remember to install priloader and set up the Hacks to stop disc and online updates.
Use MMM 13.4 to install your wads,Something tells me WAD manager 1.7 will not run on your present setup.

I'm at work can't view my own setup. sorry!

Enjoy your Wii!

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Originally Posted by Grandpa1959

Sigbro. hey dude it looks like your cios could do with an update.60,70,80, 200,202,222,223,224,247,248,249,250, you have 249 rev14 249 rev 20, they have been superseded. You should find them all in the mod any wii guide, If you look there is an ios cios pack. read the instructions and you will be up and running again.
Remember to install priloader and set up the Hacks to stop disc and online updates.
Use MMM 13.4 to install your wads,Something tells me WAD manager 1.7 will not run on your present setup.

I'm at work can't view my own setup. sorry!

Enjoy your Wii!

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Thanks for the info, however the problem I'm having is that when I load the wads on an SD card (SanDisk 1 GB) that when it goes to find those wads to update, it says they cannot be found on the card (when in fact they are there).

Maybe I'm being thick headed and missing something, and I know the 'Mod any Wii' guide will work for me, but my roadblock is that it can't seem to find the IOS's when I go to update them.

The wads need to be in a folder called "Wad" that is on the root of your SD.

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Originally Posted by bmarlo

The wads need to be in a folder called "Wad" that is on the root of your SD.

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The wads are always at the root of the SD card in a folder called Wads. I'll try it all again and see if anything does magically change for me. I'll let you all know.

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Thanks for the info, however the problem I'm having is that when I load the wads on an SD card (SanDisk 1 GB) that when it goes to find those wads to update, it says they cannot be found on the card (when in fact they are there).

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Are you compling the wads yourself.Are you gathering your wads elswhere to make your own Cios setup. (when you load the wads)If you are using Mauis Guide you format SD card then unzip straight to root of SD all we be in the right place. Is your SD card full ?
Make sure your wads are from a trusted source.If you have lots of apps etc on your card save them to PC and start fresh.