Originally posted by lawtyger:

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Like I said, I've been told there is a 95% chance my Wii has a wiikey in it. But at this point, opening the Wii will only destroy strip the screws further and Nitendo smartly used a number of various different types of screws and sizes.

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Originally posted by lawtyger:

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Originally posted by lawtyger:

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Like I said, I've been told there is a 95% chance my Wii has a wiikey in it. But at this point, opening the Wii will only destroy strip the screws further and Nitendo smartly used a number of various different types of screws and sizes.

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I Just got a hold of the guy I bought the Wii from and he is saying it is definitely a WiiKey mod chip. I'm feeling a little more comfortable about moving forward but would still like to know if anyone knows what would happen if I put in the 1.9g update and it turned out I didn't have a Wiikey?

Would SMG just not play? That would be an acceptable result.

What I wouldn't want to happen is all my other backups stop playing. Attempting this to play SMG isn't worth that to me - if it were MarioKart for Wii, then maybe it would be :)

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Originally posted by lawtyger:

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What I wouldn't want to happen is all my other backups stop playing. Attempting this to play SMG isn't worth that to me - if it were MarioKart for Wii, then maybe it would be :)

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Originally posted by wiigame:

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YAY, I finally was able to get the 1.9g firmware and the 1.3U firmware installed to my wii.

1.Can someone please tell me what to do next, and if it is safe to use the updates on Super Mario Galaxy if it is in my same region.

2.I have read in some forums that after installing this, previously working backuped games will not work anymore. Is this true for some?

3.Once I install this update on SMG, will I be set for other games that also have updates like Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, and not have to install those updates on those games?

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Originally posted by brido84:

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A mate twisted my arm to install a WiiKey in his new Wii, luckily he had gotten a an old chipset as I wouldn't attempt a D2CKey, Installed the WiiKey fine, updated the Wii of the net, updated the WiiKey no problem, everything went perfect, put in a copy of SMG to check and it played straight off, I thought that It installed an SMG specific update, guess this must be included in the most recent update off the net (or one of the games he got with it Fifa and M & S at the Olympics), strange.

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Originally posted by wiigame:

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Can someone please tell me what the reason is for people's backups not working anymore once SMG is updated on their Wii, and they have the wiikey with the latest firmwares.

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Originally posted by wiigame:

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Is it better to use the update with the update on SMG using a backuped or real version of the game. I am asking this, since I want the best results. Please tell me if it is better to update the wii using the real SMG or a backup.

THANK YOU

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It makes no difference whatsoever.

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Originally posted by penbralat:

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If you're having update "issues" read below

Step 1: Run the update that SMG requires prior to installing the
1.9g fix.

Step 2: Run the 1.9g fix (burn this image w/ ImgBurn which is free).

Step 3: You will be prompt to run the update by either using a GC
controller (press A button) or by pressing reset (I was
using a GC controller for my update.

Step 4: You will see a % bar at the bottom. Once this update
completes you MUST run the second update!!! You will see a
WARNING to not turn off your console during the second
update. Once this is done you will receive a message to
insert SMG and to restart the system.

Step 5: ENJOY the game!!

Most people I see having issues w/ updates and/or fixes only run the first update thinking that the second one's the same thing; it's not.

* I did this on a US console w/ the NTSC (US) image.
** The 1.9g update is in .rar format. Extract the .rar file to a
specified directory. You will have 4 files: JAP, US, & PAL (I
believe). Burn the .ISO for your console's region and burn using
ImgBurn. That's it! I hope this helps.

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Originally posted by rafadawn:

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As of today, There are three conditions to be met for your Wii and Wiikey to run backups impeccably:

1) Wii must be updated at 3.1
2) Wiikey must be at 1.9g
3) Region Override must be ON

Other than this, the only things that would prevent backups from running are:

1) Bad or Broken soldering job
2) Bad media
3) Wrong region games
4) Games which need to install an update, but have been patched by Wiibrickblocker
5) Clueless people that even after countless posts stating tha same thing still can't figure out how to follow directions.

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