Fix a brick

stwilliams420 · 10-05-2009, 09:46 AM

Can a modchip fix a full brick? If so I have LU64+ us wii, what chip should I get?

Tealc · 10-05-2009, 09:55 AM

Not normally no. Depends largely on what you have done to cause the brick in the first place i.e. State of System Menu.

A full brick typically means you have no System Menu to boot. A black screen at power on and no Preloader.

You can test by using the savemiifrii technique to see if you can enter recovery mode. Put a Gamecube controller in Port 4, press Up, down, left, right when you power on the Wii. If it works you'll get your System Menu revision in the bottom right corner. Check youtube for savemiifrii.

stwilliams420 · 10-05-2009, 10:51 AM

I did something really stupid, I installed a bunch IOS's from 4.2 on my 4.1 system.
I was trying to get rid of cIOScorp, so I could update my homebrew channel.
I thought I was installing the IOS's for 4.1. I screwed up bad.

All the IOS's that I installed

IOS9-64-v521.wad
IOS11-64-v256.wad
IOS12-64-v269.wad
IOS13-64-v273.wad
IOS14-64-v520.wad
IOS15-64-v523.wad
IOS17-64-v775.wad
IOS20-64-v256.wad
IOS21-64-v782.wad
IOS22-64-v780.wad
IOS28-64-v1550.wad
IOS30-64-v2816.wad
IOS31-64-v3349.wad
IOS33-64-v3091.wad
IOS34-64-v3348.wad
IOS35-64-v3349.wad
IOS36-64-v3351.wad
IOS37-64-v3612.wad
IOS38-64-v3610.wad
IOS50-64-v5120.wad
IOS53-64-v5149.wad
IOS55-64-v5406.wad
IOS56-64-v5405.wad
IOS60-64-v6400.wad

So do you think there's no saving it? I did have preloader, but I guess it was installed on one of the IOS's that I over wrote.

Tealc · 10-07-2009, 09:57 AM

Only now am I fgetting back to this thread.

You stub bricked it. IOS60 v6400 is probably a stub IOS as 4.2 doesn't need the 4.0/4.1 system menu IOS.

Unless you have bootmii/boot2 you are stuffed. Pay for a Nintendo repair or throw it away.

stwilliams420 · 10-07-2009, 01:10 PM

I do have don't have bootmii as boot2, only as an IOS. I couldn't install it as boot2.
But I do have a nand backup, so what do you think about the infectus chip?

Tealc · 10-07-2009, 01:25 PM

I don't know a whole lot about infectus. I know a couple of guys tried it but it failed.

stwilliams420 · 10-07-2009, 01:33 PM

All right man, I guess it's time to get a new wii. Thanks anyway.

Tealc · 10-07-2009, 01:39 PM

It's surprising how little information there is about infectus. It seems to be an older method of brick recovery. You would need your NAND keys anyway.

stwilliams420 · 10-07-2009, 01:45 PM

I think the nand key is in the nand.bin right?

Tealc · 10-07-2009, 01:52 PM

No. Your key is contained within the nand.bin. In hackmii beta 3 I believe they started to save it as keys.bin or something.