Making a NAND backup with Bootmii is highly recommended, it will recover your Wii from 99.9% of bricks. The Homebrew channel will ask you to update - say NO! Install Bootmii as boot2 if you can, if not then install it as an IOS then go back and install the Homebrew Channel. Go to Wii Options, then go to Data Management > Channels > SD Card, then you will get a message saying 'Load boot.elf?', select 'Yes' and the Hackmii installer will run.ĭ). Put all the files from ‘copy to sd card.rar’ onto the root of the SD Card. INSTALL BOOTMII AND THE HOMEBREW CHANNELĪ). TAKE OUT ALL GAMECUBE MEMORY CARDS/CONTROLLERSġ. If you get errors during any of the steps format your card with this tool. If you are buying a new one try and get a Sandisk.Īll you need is an SD card formatted to FAT32, an internet connection on your Wii and these files: DOWNLOADīefore you start make sure Wiiconnect 24 is off as it can stop bannerbomb working, you may turn it back on once you have completed the guide.

Read ALL OF IT! Most problems arise from people not reading the instructions properly or not using a compatible SD card, a plain 2gb one is best. Make sure you do the steps in the right order or you could run into problems, and read the guide through a couple of times before trying it. **the latest neogamma (R8 rc3s) can patch newer games to work and for this feature you need to leave the sd card in as the patches/config are stored on it** When completed you will have everything you need to play backups and the SD card does not have to be left in, you can delete everything off it if you wish. The USB loader will still work though so just follow the guide as normal. There is a new DVD drive chipset that will not play DVDR, if your Wii came with sys menu 4.0 on it then it could be one, the chipset is known as a D3-2 and the only way of telling if you have one is to open her up, but as this will invalidate your warranty you are better off trying to load DVDRs and if you just keep getting errors then it is a good indication that you have one. If you are on 4.2 then do this excellent guide to modify your Wii. This guide will fully modify your Wii to safely play backup games, it works on all wiis up to 4.1 regardless of serial number/region etc this includes boot2 v4 Wiis aka 'LU64-65' models, If you bought your Wii this year and it came with 3.4+ on it then it will be a boot2 v4.

Wii Firmware 4.1e