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mandyy
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_ 		19. December 2009 @ 13:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi, we are trying to put CF on the wii but the screen turns black when we try to put the firmware on...does anyone have any idea why this would happen? this is a brand new wii ... firmware is 4.1e..

thanks
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mandyy
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_ 		19. December 2009 @ 13:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i am not 100 sure, but i think it might be something to do with the sd card being in.. if that's the problem
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larrylje
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_ 		19. December 2009 @ 13:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You need to be a little more specific.

What guide are you using and what part are you stuck at?
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mandyy
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_ 		19. December 2009 @ 17:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi, actualy i don't really know much yet.. coz it was someone trying to flash it for me (they flashed others before)

my son tried to flash it first and then a friend said he will check to see if it was flashed right (it was not) he said because when my son had flashed it everything wasn't done... so my hubby's friend put it back to factory settings and then tried to flash it.. but the screen keeps going black at different stages while trying to flash.. that's all i really know for now..

i will be getting the wii back tomorrow so will know more then.. i am not sure if this could even be a fault on the console itself.. coz only days old and not been used yet... but i am hoping it will be an easy fix, so i can get it sorted for my 4 year old for xmas

could my son have bricked it or whatever it is called?? i think the problem is only there when the sd card is trying to flash it but not 100% sure yet..

mandy
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larrylje
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_ 		19. December 2009 @ 17:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If the Wii menu still comes up it is not bricked. You really need to get it to someone that knows what they are doing before it does get bricked.
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mandyy
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_ 		20. December 2009 @ 10:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i i got the wii back.. put it to factory settings and then i started to use the guide on this site that you (larryje started)

i am good at going along with instructions and was finding it easy... but i got a black screen on the tv during modding the wii..

this is as far as i got

You will get a message saying "Load Boot dol/elf?" Select YES.

This will start the Hackmii installer

once i got to that stage that is when the wii would freeze... i double and triple checked everything as i go.. and i am 110% i did it all right..

so any ideas what the problem could be??

thanks
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penguin98
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_ 		20. December 2009 @ 10:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I've only ever had an error there when there was something wrong with the SD card. Reformat it to FAT32 (after backing up your files on it of course) and try again.
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larrylje
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_ 		20. December 2009 @ 11:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Just so you know formating the system to factory does not revert a softmod. At times it can actually cause more problems then good.

Are you sure your still on 4.1E?

If it is then do as penguin98 posted. If that still doesn't work then you may need to try to buy a different SD card and try with that.
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mandyy
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_ 		20. December 2009 @ 12:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi, i have now gone through all the guide and (i think) flashed the wii... but when i insert a dvd game in it says disc read eror 1101

any idea why it is not play the backup games?

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mandyy
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_ 		20. December 2009 @ 12:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
if the games try to run in neogammer it says error 1101.. but when games are loaded from the disc channel it says unable to read disc
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penguin98
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_ 		20. December 2009 @ 12:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Did you follow all the steps of larry's guide or just install homebrew channel and neogamma? You need to install the cIOS's or backup games cannot be read.
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mandyy
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_ 		20. December 2009 @ 14:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi yes i did everything in larrys guide... i used all the cios...
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mandyy
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_ 		20. December 2009 @ 15:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i also can just tried to play a game from usb and it worked
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larrylje
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_ 		20. December 2009 @ 15:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You probably have one of the new DVD drives that can not play backups. So you will ned to use a USB loader instead.
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mandyy
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_ 		20. December 2009 @ 15:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok thanks larry... could i use a hard drive attached to the wii to put games on?? if so.. what is the biggest size i could use??

mandy
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larrylje
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_ 		20. December 2009 @ 15:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Use the CFG USB Loader guide in my sig. There is a Compatibility list there for USB Devices. Some have used up to 1TB to put on games. I use a 500GB drive myself.
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