Fixing a Brick?

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So yeah. Today, I decided to do an update on my Wii, cause I was still running 3.2U and wanted some of the new features [and some games refused to play]. Followed a guide and everything, and everything SEEMED fine. Then...

I noticed that there was another update, 4.2U. The best way [i've found] is to just use the regular system update and then softmod it so you're starting at a clean install. At any rate, I set the Wii to update, but came back a few minutes later to see that there was some kind of connection problem, and it told me to just try again later. I was going to do it again right away, but instead... The Wii completely rebooted, and took me back to the Preloader. It would not go back to the System Menu. My Wii seems to think that it no longer HAS an OS.

At this point... I've tried various things, but all the Google hits seem to be for softmodding. What I need is like, a .wad or something that will reinstall the default firmware.

I can still access:

- Homebrew Channel

- BootMii menu

- Backup Loader

- Whatever homebrew [wad managers, CIOS installers, etc]

Also, as a sidenote and random lulz, my Homebrew Channel display and controls are completely upside-down and backwards. :laugh: I have no idea why. Everything else displays normally.

Anyone know of anything I can do to remedy this?

[edit] I have a backup of my NAND and all that jazz, but BootMii refuses to restore it because it thinks it's from a different Wii. I'm trying everything I can to make it work, but I don't think it's going to be easy.

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Must have missed that note in the warning about Wii not supporting any modifications, yadda yadda.[/nothelpful]

Might want to try what you can in terms of the softmods if that your only option. I'm not personally aware of any others but the topic here on the 4.x update breaking mods might be helpful.

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While it will still play older [more than say, a few months old] games through the backup loader, that's pretty much all I can play. I'd like to be able to access my VC games and the like.

[EDIT #2] After several hours of trying and working, I actually got it working again. Thanks for the help anyway!

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