You may want to consider backing up your vc games and sending it in. you may have to wait a little while for a new exploit for homebrew, unless they just replace the drive or adjust the focus on the laser. I would remove homebrew before you send it in. If you do that they won't be able to see it at a first glance. And if you write down exactly what your system is doing and what it is not, thby matrhint - FixMii
Does the save mii do anything? Or is there any sound? If not it sounds like your wii has become worth as much as you can get off of ebay for spare parts unless it is under warranty. If it is under warranty you can send it in. It is is pretty much given that they won't be able get your motherboard to work and they will replace everything that could be bad. My wii did the exact same thing. Theby matrhint - FixMii
It seems that the problem was in the motherboard itself. I sent it off to big N and they replaced the motherboard and now all is well. I hope that helps out anyone with a no video or sound on power up problem.by matrhint - FixMii
When I turn my wii on without the savemii dongle inserted in the gamecube memory port, the wii operated the same--having a black screen and nothing else. If you press A button you can't hear any sound, which makes me think that it isn't a video problem. And if I press the power on button on the remote, the wii turns on, so the bluetooth is not the problem. The DVD ejects and accepts a Dby matrhint - FixMii
To clarify, the savemii red light is the one that stays red and does not turn on another led. It does not seem to change the function of the wii any. Is there any chance that I have not only a malfunctioning wii, and have a faulty savemii as well? I was running v2.2 before the wii bricked. I turned off the wii during an update from the SSBB disk. I had an wasabi mod chip installed, but when theby matrhint - FixMii
I have bricked my wii by pressing the power button durring an update. Now when I turn it on it has the black screen. I bought savemii to fix it. When i use savemii the red LED stayes on and no green LED ever comes on. What does this mean?by matrhint - FixMii