Question No Signal on TV - Did i brick my Wii?

[MechaBronics]

Hi everyone,

around five months ago i decided to install the Homebrew channel and USB-Loader GX on my Wii. It worked for a while and i was able to play my games from a USB-Stick intead of the disks.
However, one day i wanted to play some good old Wii Sports but when i turned my Wii on, the LED turned green and the Disk reader made its iconic noise but my TV showed a "No Signal" message and my Wiimotes weren't able to connect with it after countless attempts. I can guarantee that it's not my cables nor my Wiimotes because i have tested them with a working Wii. And i have found out that my Bluetooth and Wifi-Modules are completely fine after disassembling the Wii.
I found some tutorials, some on YouTube some here on BitBuilt, using Bootmii. Now the thing is that i can't really remember whether or not i have Priiloader and Bootmii already installed on the Wii so unbricking it that way will be a gamble.
Is there a way i can fix this? And if Bootmii is my only resort, is there a way to check whether or not i have the necessary programs installed?

Thank you for taking your time to read this. I will keep researching and updating the thread if i ever find a solution.

(I followed the tutorials of FunkyScott47 on youtube FunkyScott47 - YouTube )

 

[MechaBronics]

Alright lads. It turns out that i actually somehow managed to brick my Wii in the worst ways possible. I did some checks and i did infact not install neither Priiloader nor Bootmii on my Wii meaning that we're dealing with a low level brick aka the worst type of bricks. Does anyone know if there's still hope for me?
Thanks

 

[bobc1674]

One of the things that could cause this might be that your bluetooth chip in the wii has gone bad. If you have access to another wii/bluetooth chip, i would reccomend trying to swap them and see if that lets your wii boot.

 

[MechaBronics]

One of the things that could cause this might be that your bluetooth chip in the wii has gone bad. If you have access to another wii/bluetooth chip, i would reccomend trying to swap them and see if that lets your wii boot.

Thanks for replying, but as i stated in my Post, the Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Module is still fine. I have swapped them with those of an already working Wii

 

[bobc1674]

Shoot I’m sorry I didn’t see that. In that case I have no idea

 

[Stitches]

Without modded boot1 or access to one of Nintendo's technician programmers, I'm not aware of any means to save a Wii that is unable to start due to file corruption. You could probe the voltage lines with a multimeter to make sure it isn't a bypassable hardware fault, but that's about all I can think of.

 

[DekuNut]

Theoretically you could try a hardmod unbrick: https://wiki.hacks.guide/wiki/Wii:Hardmod_unbrick#tabber-tabpanel-4_Layer_/_Wii_Mini-0
Do note though that you can easily make it a lot worese because its quite tricky wiring for beginners. I would not recommend this route, unless you absolutely need to fix your wii. It is much easier to just buy a used wii for 20 bucks.

 

[MechaBronics]

Theoretically you could try a hardmod unbrick: https://wiki.hacks.guide/wiki/Wii:Hardmod_unbrick#tabber-tabpanel-4_Layer_/_Wii_Mini-0
Do note though that you can easily make it a lot worese because its quite tricky wiring for beginners. I would not recommend this route, unless you absolutely need to fix your wii. It is much easier to just buy a used wii for 20 bucks.

I'll definitely keep this as my last resort. Thank you nevertheless! It is very good to know that a hardware solution exists.

Without modded boot1 or access to one of Nintendo's technician programmers, I'm not aware of any means to save a Wii that is unable to start due to file corruption. You could probe the voltage lines with a multimeter to make sure it isn't a bypassable hardware fault, but that's about all I can think of.

Afaik i neither have backups nor a modded boot1 and Nintendo Customer Support didn't help me either. But thank you for the suggestion, i will check everything with a multimeter before trying anything funny

 

[MechaBronics]

Theoretically you could try a hardmod unbrick: https://wiki.hacks.guide/wiki/Wii:Hardmod_unbrick#tabber-tabpanel-4_Layer_/_Wii_Mini-0
Do note though that you can easily make it a lot worese because its quite tricky wiring for beginners. I would not recommend this route, unless you absolutely need to fix your wii. It is much easier to just buy a used wii for 20 bucks.

Hello my friend, almost one year later i can confidently say that i have reached a dead end. This is my only option and i will go for it, however i have a question and since i couldn't contact Lazr, the author of the post you sent me, i thought i'd just ask you.
I don't have a backup of my wii's NAND and the guide states that one is needed. Can i still follow it and skip the part where i'm supposed to insert the SD-Card with the nand dump?
I do have another wii but i would like to try unbricking just to improve my soldering skills

 

[Stitches]

Hello my friend, almost one year later i can confidently say that i have reached a dead end. This is my only option and i will go for it, however i have a question and since i couldn't contact Lazr, the author of the post you sent me, i thought i'd just ask you.
I don't have a backup of my wii's NAND and the guide states that one is needed. Can i still follow it and skip the part where i'm supposed to insert the SD-Card with the nand dump?
I do have another wii but i would like to try unbricking just to improve my soldering skills

Unfortunately no. You need a NAND backup of that specific console for it to work. If you flash a backup from another console it will be missing the correct hardware keys and fail to boot

 

[DekuNut]

Like Stitches said, using a different Wiis nand backup wont work (afaik bootmii wont even let you proceed), at the very least you need the keys for your console in order to create a new nand with ohneschwanzenegger. Theoretically it would still be possible to dump your old nand using the same tool that the unbrick guide uses to flash the new nand and extract your save files with nandExtract if they are that important to you (or you could transplant a blank nand into your old nand). Again, I dont really recommend this as its very hard for beginners to solder and manage so many vias. At this point, just get a different console in the meantime, practice soldering on something thats not important to you, and revisit this console once you are more comfortable in your soldering abilities.