HELP ME! I think I bricked my Wii -_-

Assuming that you are unable to access maintenance mode and that you do not already have Bootmii/boot2 (you would know if you had it), fixing your wii will be difficult or impossible. If your wii is old enough to install Bootmii/boot2, you can manually install it with a hardware NAND programmer. Otherwise, if you already have a working NAND dump from it, you could use a hardware NAND programmer to flash it to your NAND. Of course, this isn't exactly easy. If neither of these conditions apply to you, you can't fix your wii.

About 2-5, really fast so I can't really count it

How much does the hardware cost? Or where can I borrow it or rent it? No I don't have a NAND dump or anything from the wii, only my memory card with the apps folder on it. I really want to avoid opening the wii, and I won't solder anything unless someone can say from experience that soldering anything will NOT make Nintendo not accept your 90 dollars and wii and fix it. (not warranty, pay-to-fix)

It sounds like you do indeed have BootMii installed as boot2. Get the armboot.bin and ppcboot.elf files and put them in a "bootmii" folder at the root of your SD card. Then insert your SD card into your Wii and see if it boots BootMii. If you have access to a working Wii, then you can get those files by running the HackMii Installer and selecting "Prepare SD card." If not, then maybe someone here knows of a reliable download source.

OK, I got the following files: armboot.bin - bootmii.ini - ppcboot.elf I put all in a folder named "bootmii". When my Wii Boots now, it flashes the blue light on, and off, and doesnt stop about every second it toggles on, or off I'm going to see what happens if I put several files from the hackmii installer, and see if I can load anything

OK, nothing happened, the same flashing blue light. here is a youtube video of it: [www.youtube.com]

What does the light mean? Is it some kind of error message?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/20/2010 12:10AM by danielcg.

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OK, nothing happened, the same flashing blue light. here is a youtube video of it: [www.youtube.com]

What does the light mean? Is it some kind of error message?

Did you put the bootmii folder on the root of the SD Card?

Yes

SD:/bootmii/ is the path
PS: my Wii is very old, I was one of the ppl standing in line at 5:00 AM to get one. It's model number is RVL-001



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/21/2010 01:22AM by danielcg.

So what do I do? I can try that maintainence mode thing, how do I do that? There was some other thing I heard that if you plugged a GC controller into port 4 and pressed the D pad in all directions while the wii is booting, is that maintenance mode?