Hey everybody. I apologize if this is in the wrong place, but I really had no idea as to where to place this.
This isn't really anything regarding me needing help installing the Homebrew Channel, but rather a strange expirence I had that I don't understand.
Recently, my launch date Nintendo Wii has been giving me some issues reading Brawl (occasinally, it will have trouble loading the disc and can't read it, and Gecko would sometimes take 3 or 4 tries to get it to read Brawl), so I decided to go outand buy a cheap used one at Gamestop to see if I could find a slightly later model that doesn't have issues with dual-layered discs. The Wii I received seemed to be some type of model made around in 2010, as the when I was setting it up, 2010 was the default year in the date.
The thing is, I went through setting it up, checked it's Firmware, which I thought said 4.3, went ahead and played with Brawl a little, then decided to install the Homebrew Channel.
After installing it, everything went fine, but today I tried to play New Super Mario Bros. Wii. I placed the disc in, and I noticed instead of the usual disc channel, it was telling me about a Wii system update. I was confused by this and decided to check to see if I was correct about it running 4.3, and I was. Curiosity got the better of me, and I decided to install the update anyway, since I really had no idea if would do anything if I already had the latest firmware.
Strangely, the update was successful, and the Homebrew Channel was still on my Wii. What confuses me is that I thought the Wii updates attempt to remove or block the Homebrew Channel if it dectects it, but here, it was still there and I could launch it with what appears to be no issues. New Super Mario Bros. Wii worked as well, too.
Could somebody explain to me why my new (to me, anyway) Wii ran the 4.3 update, when it was already up to date, and does this have the possibility to affect anything? Also, is there another way to check if my Wii is a slightly later model? I purposely looked for one of the Gamecube compatibile ones and that's what I got, and it is a bit different from my launch date one, such as the LED light turning to red if I power it down instead of the yellow I'm familiar with, and it does also sound a lot better when trying to read Brawl, too (AND the music doesn't suddenly stop playing in the menus before resuming) but I would like to be safe. I had read that you could check the serial number, but are there other ways? I would greatly aprreciate a reply.