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Paper Mario and BRICKED Wiis
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carsmile
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25. April 2007 @ 08:15 |
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Dunno if this is any help 4 you guys
take out the battery and leave the console for a few hours, THEN press
and hold the power button for a few seconds with no power to the wii( the
light will come on and go off).
I assume this will dissipate all the power from the flash ram
worth a try..?
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kito76
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27. April 2007 @ 13:16 |
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dont help...
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Thinone
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27. April 2007 @ 17:06 |
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Originally posted by hotchef:
convert with wiiregion to PAL and you have 2.2 are you safe?
is this conversion easy?
thansk
chef
all u do is open wiiregion, point it to the iso and choose PAL and click ok
takes seconds
i have 2.2E
when u are fully updated via net
put in paper mario
it will STILL say it wants to update - click ok and in a cpl of seconds it starts the game
mine is wiikey and 2.2E PAL wiii with iso changed to PAL via wiiregion
hope this helps
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surfnet90
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28. April 2007 @ 13:04 |
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This is a duplicate of my post in the main discussion because it might apply to the Paper Mario Bricked Wii discussion...
I updated my NTSC Wii (with a Wiikey already installed) with the Paper Mario NTSC game update WITHOUT being connected to the internet and having updated that way. The update failed, my WII rebooted and not it will not play backups, only original discs. I then updated the Wii through the Internet which worked, but backups will still not play...
Should I replace the chip with another Wiikey or Cyclowiz, or am I out of luck because the 512 flash ram has been altered?
Prior to this I had no problems playing any of my backups (burnt on Ritek DVD-R at 4x. I did already try unplugging the Wii and removing the battery backup, but the problem remains....
thanks for you help....
surfnet90
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Thinone
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29. April 2007 @ 01:16 |
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your problem sounds unrelated to paper mario bricking issue
the only problem was if u had a PAL wii that was updated with an NTSC update
I, although not a installer of chips would say go recheck the connections on your chip - i think either wires loose or chip knackered -
either way nowt to do with paper mario
if originals are working - ur wii aint bricked
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surfnet90
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30. April 2007 @ 06:24 |
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this is a reply to my prevous post
I fixed the problem of my NTSC Wii only playing originals after the Paper Mario update by reinitializing the Wii - by reformatting the Wii memory AND erasing the internet channel and any other channels.
The Wiikey now works great. After reconnecting to the internet and updating to the latest firmware, I put in Paper Mario and let it update, it now works along with other Wii backups.
surfnet90
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Thinone
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30. April 2007 @ 09:06 |
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wonder if this will fix the bricked PAL wiis?
hope it does for their sakes
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30. April 2007 @ 09:43 |
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Totally different situation with surfnet90 problem. He had issues with updating a NTSC Wii unit with the NTSC game. Something went wrong somewhere with that update. Glad you got it back to normal surfnet90.
But the Wii PAL units that where bricked are due to region locks on the Wii hardware. This disabling the unit because they updated their PAL Wii's with the NTSC firmware.
I have read the only way of fixing this problem is if someone figures a way to re-flash the unit with the correct firmware or a hacked version firmware.
This is being worked on at this time.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 30. April 2007 @ 09:50
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Thinone
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30. April 2007 @ 09:55 |
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well i had thought the same - would have been a nice result though
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30. April 2007 @ 10:00 |
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 30. April 2007 @ 10:07
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blkhawk
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1. May 2007 @ 15:13 |
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Originally posted by carsmile:
Have learned a few things about this problem..
The bricking has nothing to do with NTSC or PAL wiis with any mod chip
It is NOT being connected to the internet..
Even if you have the latest update if you are not connected to the net
it will brick your wii..
no way.... There is no way Nintendo will publist something under the assmption that the Wii will be always connected to the Internet.... espeically Nintendo is trying to use Wii to get to the non-hard-core game... whom have a even greater chanace to not even have broadband connection...
no.. I don't buy this.
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blkhawk
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1. May 2007 @ 15:19 |
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Originally posted by surfnet90:
This is a duplicate of my post in the main discussion because it might apply to the Paper Mario Bricked Wii discussion...
I updated my NTSC Wii (with a Wiikey already installed) with the Paper Mario NTSC game update WITHOUT being connected to the internet and having updated that way. The update failed, my WII rebooted and not it will not play backups, only original discs. I then updated the Wii through the Internet which worked, but backups will still not play...
Should I replace the chip with another Wiikey or Cyclowiz, or am I out of luck because the 512 flash ram has been altered?
Prior to this I had no problems playing any of my backups (burnt on Ritek DVD-R at 4x. I did already try unplugging the Wii and removing the battery backup, but the problem remains....
thanks for you help....
surfnet90
I read the following from WiiNewz :
go to Data Management and delete ALL "Channels"
Reformat your Wii.
and that fixes THAT guys problem..
maybe you wanna try ?
good luck
I read from
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shuggy
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4. May 2007 @ 13:50 |
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Hi my wii stuck on Opera we swapped the drive and that sorted the problem. Nintendo in england were going to exchange it for £52 for if i didnt get it fixed 5 day turn around i was told. I told them it was chipped and that didnt make any difference to them. Nintendo told me they knew of the problem and said it was the wii couldnt be sorted Hope this may help someone
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STUARTCAT
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10. May 2007 @ 13:13 |
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HI HOW AND WERE DID YOU GET YOUR DRVIE SWAPPED AS I AM ONE OF THE FEW
WHO INSTALLED PAPER MARIO ONTO MY PAL WII AND BRICKED THE THING ANY HELP ON WHO COULD FIX THIS PROB FOR A PRICE WOULD BE GREATFULY RECIVED I HAVE A NEW WII NOW ON TOP OF THE BRICK WII AS A REMINDER TO CHECK FORUMS LIKE THIS FIRST BEFORE ANYTHING SILLY AGAIN CHEERS
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Thinone
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10. May 2007 @ 13:49 |
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hi Stuart
when you check these forums for answers maybe reading the rules of NOT posting in caps would be a start :P
other than that . welcome
there are lots of people waiting for the magic fix so you are not alone, work is in hand at the moment- from what i have read, it may not be too far off into the future
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Klaxx
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10. May 2007 @ 20:15 |
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So lets make this whole topic simple...
NTSC + Paper Mario = OK
Pal + Paper Mario = Problems
Eh?
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shuggy
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10. May 2007 @ 20:50 |
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i was lucky the guy who chipped my wii had a broken wii so he unplugged the drive and plugged it into mine no soldering you could ask nintendo for a price for a drive cheap phone call number in the manual the employees were very helpful even thou it was chipped sorry cant be of more help
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10. May 2007 @ 21:15 |
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@Klaxx
Quote:
So lets make this whole topic simple
NTSC + Paper Mario = OK
Pal + Paper Mario = Problems
Eh?
It isn't as simple as above. But is actually simple if you follow the guide lines below (U=USA J=JAPAN)...
NTSC(U) PAPER MARIO + NTSC(U) WII = OK
PAL PAPER MARIO + PAL WII = OK
NTSC(J) Paper Mario + NTSC(J) Wii = OK
NTSC(U) PAPER MARIO + PAL or NTSC(J) Wii = Not ok if the Wii is not updated with the latest firmware.
PAL PAPER MARIO + NTSC(U) or NTSC(J) Wii = Not ok if the Wii is not updated with the latest firmware.
NTSC(J) PAPER MARIO + PAL or NTSC(U) Wii = Not ok if the Wii is not updated with the latest firmware.
It is easy to keep this from happing.
1. Keep your system up to date with newest firmware before playing newer games that possibly could have Wii System updates on them.
or
2. Only use the same region game that your system is in...
PAL Game + PAL Wii
NTSC(U) Game + NTSC(U) Wii
NTSC(J) Game + NTSC(J) Wii
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STUARTCAT
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10. May 2007 @ 23:59 |
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Ok sorry bout caps on i need to learn caps on caps off caps on caps off a bit like the karate kid
p.s i hate paper mario!
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Klaxx
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11. May 2007 @ 07:10 |
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larry ur my hero lol
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arwood
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16. May 2007 @ 19:36 |
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Please Help, i have the same problem with surfnet90 which i have a NTSC wii, played NTSC paper mario (rent in Rogers so it should be NTSC) and the wiikey start to have problem,at first wii couldn't read the back up disc until you put a oringal in, load it and load the back up again) and finally it just stopped working. Now it work fine on oringal disc but would not read any back up disc. i tried to method from surfnet90 (which is, formate your wii, put in paper mario. His wiikey came back for his but not mine) please help ~
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23. May 2007 @ 04:24 |
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So i found out that you HAVE to be up to date and that you HAVE to be on the net, is this only for the first time you load it up or is it every time? If my net goes down one day and i put it in, risk of bricking?? Thanks.
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STUARTCAT
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27. May 2007 @ 06:27 |
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So i take it there is still no one out there who can fix my bricked wii yet if anyone knows a company who can please post here cheers
i dont want to send to nintendo as it is chipped
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AfterDawn Addict
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27. May 2007 @ 07:07 |
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No fix for a brick yet. I am sure there will be allot of talk when 1 does come available.
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shuggy
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27. May 2007 @ 11:43 |
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when i spoke to nintendo i told them my wii was chipped ,it didnt matter they said £52 to repair it or replace it so dont worry about it being chipped if you go to them they know it happens good luck
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