I've got basically the same issue. I have an unmodded, bone stock, launch day wii. Last year, I turned off the wii and unplugged it to free up a spot to plug in the christmas lights. After I took down all the winter decorations in January, I plugged in the Wii, and started it up. I got the health and warning screen, pressed A, and instead of the channels menu, I got an error saying that sby Hellmark - FixMii