I Bought 4 BROKEN Nintendo Wii's - Let's Try to Fix them!
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I Bought 4 BROKEN Nintendo Wii's - Let's Try to Fix them! I bought 4 broken Nintendo Wii consoles to see if I could fix them. Issues include: damage to gamepad, parental controls, sticky gamepad buttons, no signal from console, disc drive issues, and an eject button problem.
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(And for those commenting about the title, I'm fully aware of the differences in the Wii and Wii U but they both didn't fit in the title very well so one of them had to go!)
I'm sure on release everyone had the thought. Have they told me enough information? Is it a Wii expansion? Is it the same thing?
That line of capacitors is what causes a no video problem
Meh, Nintendo stuff is all the same. Anyone who’d be interested in a Wii being fixed is gonna be interested in Wii U’s as well (and vice versa)
The white Wii could be software bricked from a bad soft mod install. Sadly no real way to recover it without a NAND backup.
use this to remove parental pin.
It's been a while since I've worked on a Wii U, but if you reset the parental controls, by either calling Nintendo or using the online password generator made by the homebrew community (if it still works), then you can factory reset the console. The previous owner's Nintendo Network ID will be cleared during a factory reset. If that doesn't work, just call Nintendo. They reset a couple locked consoles I've had before, no questions asked.
I second this. I also called Nintendont and got it fixed
Salt master key generator
Yeah, agreed, call Nintendo. I've had them reset a Wii U as well.
I think u may also reformat the system by booting to the Wii partition. I believe it was done by holding a button while booting
one of my friends had a parental locked 3DS, i easily cracked it with an online site like at the beginning of this year so yeah it does still work.
For the WII that has no video signal try replacing the caps especially near the video port. MattKC bought a WII for $1 when he was in Japan and it worked, but barely. He replaced the caps and it worked normally. If those caps degraded further, there would be no video signal at all. Keep in mind a lot of these were made in 2006 and back then SMD mounted caps were trash. (It makes me wonder if my wii still works)
Me while watching thinking about that
That was the first thing I would have thought to do
Damn makes me wonder if mine is still good. Its been sitting for a few years...
Unless the Wii is bricked
I recently took out my old Wii from my storage to play Metroid prime. Needless to say the same thing happened as in this video. Couldn't make it work.
So some good news and bad news for the white Wii:
The fan is spinning which means the Wii is at least getting past boot1, the second stage of the Wii's bootloader. That likely rules out an issue with the Hollywood GPU, as in order to reach boot1, boot0 inside Hollywood has to work and verify boot1 first.
After that, the most likely thing that's wrong is someone softmodded this console in the past and damaged the main operating system. When that happens, you get the same symptoms as a failed Wi-Fi module: no signal and the disc drive will not spin up. In that case, there's not much you can do to fix it as it would require reflashing the NAND flash, but the signing keys for those are located in Hollywood. It's not really possible to extract those keys without the Wii functioning, so if you really wanted to fix it, you'd need to swap in a Hollywood-NAND pair, which is probably way more work than it's worth.
Is there somewhere I can look for more information on this? I haven't been in the Wii hacking scene for quite some time, but I have a stack of broken Wiis and I do believe at least one of them is just bricked. I know it'll definitely be more work than it's worth, but I'd 100% love to do it in my spare time.
You can call Nintendo support, I bought a secondhand Wii U and they reset the account remotely
They no longer manufacture Wii Us and no longer provide support on the Wii U as well.
@@abhiramakella7146 they still do on their support website
This video brought back bitter sweet memories, I have a broke Wii U console that I have kept for years but I haven't been able to fix it because nobody fixes them. I'm glad you're fixing a few as they don't make them anymore and nobody bothers to repair them.
I love the Wii and Wii U so I’m glad to see you fixing them. Hopefully in the future we can see some gamecube repairs? That’d be fun to see you fix
I might try that. Never fixed one of them before.
@@Tronicsfix hey, I called Nintendo support a long time ago and had my Wii u reset
@@Tronicsfix hey dude long time subscriber here! One small question, in the first wii u, why didn't you change the internal hard drive, with the same wii u software pre installed instead of just bricking the console. Like I did it in my ps4 and it works. So why isn't it possible in the wii u / why didn't you replace the hard drive ?
@@xtreamfortnite1633 he probably didn’t cos Wii Us don’t have hard drives im pretty sure they use flash memory
@@bls3746 you are correct
this is one of my favorite channels on you tube.just watching you fix staff and getting things to work just gets me fired up.i love fixing staff too
Nintendo actually sold a better battery for the Gamepad. I remember upgrading mine. It was a big improvement and I am shocked that battery wasn't just included in the deluxe set. One of many mistakes they made with the Wii U.
Yeah, right? It would've helped a lot with deluxe set sales
@@Patrick77001 The original battery was trash tier. 2-3 hours for a controller is unforgivable. I just kept the charger on an extension cable until I learn about and got the better battery.
Cool, but where can I find one for my WiiU?
@@princegroove nowadays, I think you can only get 3rd party ones, or maybe some second-hands
@@heavyarms55 I wish I had a better battery mine has expanded and only lasts for a few seconds
For the Wii #2 the display problem could be caused by the surface mount capasitors near the av cable socket, check if they're working fine, also a reflow on the actual socket doesn't harm
I have a GameCube that turns on but doesn't display anything, no sound, no video, no signal. Do you know what may be causing this ?
The wii u is definitely the best console for homebrewing, and its such a great console for backwards compatable content/games
you can play almost every nintendo game on a modded Wii U with fan emulators and vc games, all for free
@@XRelays yep
Your PS5 cleaning tutorial saved me this morning. I decided I'd start the day by giving it another cleaning. Began to do the usual routine. Got around to using the canned air on the cooling fan and the stupid straw shot loose into the fan area, and managed to perfectly get lodged inside where I couldn't reach it. I panicked because I don't have a tool kit with TR8 bits like you recommended. I managed to find a small flathead for glasses repair and it just fit enough to get the fan screws loose but your video showed me the black plastic cover above the connector wire. Managed to get it out without damaging my PS5 or removing the tamper sticker. God knows it's near impossible to get replacement parts right now on new gen consoles. Had mine since launch too. Don't want to try sourcing one now in today's market! lol I need to order an iFixit Pro kit as soon as I can spare to!
So glad you were able to get that out! Yes, that toolkit is amazing!
thanks for all the game stuff you do you really help me fix a lot of stuff keep up the good work
Thanks Steve for working on the Wii and Wii U! After the PS2 these are my favourite consoles. The homebrew community is active and the games are great.
loving the videos keep up the good work 👍
You're a living legend to all of us gamers! Thank you for the awesome video!
Awesome video tronicsfix
Truth be told, it’s the gamepads that are gonna become harder and harder to find. In 10 years, the ratio of gamepads to Wii u consoles is gonna be totally lopsided (it already kinda is).
It was way harder than it should’ve been to find a Wii U with the game pad on eBay. At least one that was reasonably priced :(
I wonder if third party game pads will ever be a thing.
My gamepads broke
Love your videos so much I watch them alot helps not be alone at home
The Wii was my first console ever. It’s so cool seeing these getting fixed
Hey Steve! Long time viewer of yours, I was hoping you would be able to upload full length uncut videos at some point maybe to another channel of yours. I like to view the entire process of teardown and putting back the consoles.
Thank you!
Great video Steve, I've never seen inside a wii / wii u before.. found it really interesting.. would love to see you do something with a gamecube
Great video as always . Keep the good work :)
This was a good video ! Can you do more of the good ol PS4 repair videos ? Kinda missing those.
one of the problems with the ifixit Tech pro toolkit is that their driver tip is too wide sometimes to squeeze into those small grooves to screw/un-screw. Other than that their sets are great I use them all the time to repair all sorts of things people bring me.
Your videos are so calming 😍
Love the Wii-U , underrated system.. great for soft modding/emulators also!!!
I do enjoy the close up shots you do
For the first wii u that you showed try making a new account on the wii u it showed up on the game pad on the top right of the screen
Not gonna lie, my favorite videos you do are the ones that are based on Nintendo systems. Don’t know why but they just tickle my fancy ;-)
Finally, the repair that I had waited for so long!!
Tronicsfix, you should try other bluetooth and wi-fi modules on the no screen Wii. Get the one that Wii that Works to get sure is functional. Majority of Wii that i fix It in the past are them. Great work btw!
Nice, man. Thank you for the video. 🙃
I love your videos keep up the good work I want to see fix Gameboy’s
Funny you mention the xbox. I am working on repairing the traces on an OG xbox right now where the clock capacitor leaked so badly it ate some of the traces. Had to order a microscope though for the area around the resistors (eyesight isn't what it used to be).
Nicely done Steve!
When Steve said, "i'm just gonna soak this in some IPA" my mind immediately went to beer. Do I have a problem?
very cool video wish you all the best
Thank you very much!
I always get a kick out of watching you work on devices even when you occasionally can't fix one.
Sometimes I’ve had to repair Wii systems that were stuck in component mode. This presented itself as a no signal issue when plugged in with regular av cables. Trying plugging in component cables for the Wii and see if you can manually adjust the picture settings with your other av cables.
I like that you showed that ribbon cable mistake.
Another good video. I have a Wii-U and you are making me want to open it up! But I won't! lol Thanks again for the info!
Steve. Brilliant and entertaining content, as always. Please lose the intrusive and irritating background noise ("music").
Good stuff man
Hey, love the content. I noticed you dont do PS3 and X360 fix videos, any specific reason?
I wanted to get a Wii U before the VC store went down. Think I’ve missed that window 😂. Great work
I'm sure someone beat me to this already, but the module in the front is the Bluetooth, the one under the drive is the wifi. If there are issues with either it won't boot. However, yours is clearly booting so that isn't the problem. You'd get a red light otherwise. Video problems are always the video encoder or the row of caps next to the video output connector (the 220uF caps and the other cap, I forget what value). Wiis are a pain in the ass to fix.
This didn't work for me :(
That's not entirely true. The console will still turn on with a failed Wi-Fi or Bluetooth module, you'll just get no output like here.
@@wiimaster2847 Recap didn't work for me either.
@@andreasweet6635 Not surprising. Recap isn't the issue too frequently.
Hi im really enjoy your videos and i wounder where you get your spare parts for the gaming consoles.
For wii #2 I would check the silver surface mount capacitors by where the AV port is
I had the same issue with mine and worked great after I replaced them
What worries me about the preservation of Wii U units is the battery pack. The gamepad will not turn on if there is no battery present and you only use the power adapter (a really poor design decision on Nintendo's part). So if the battery dies and you can't get a battery replacement, you have a dead console. Or someone can figure out if you can bypass the battery with some soldering and rewire work on the PCB.
Damn, I was really looking forward to you fixing the disc drive, mine also has issues with it but I couldn't repair it by myself
I repaired the screen of my wii u gamepad, it was fun to disassemble and a little tricky to reassemble but in the end it it fully functional and that is the important part.
Just got a Wii with the same button problem on Eject and Power. It's easy enough to work around with power button (just use a Wii Remote's power button to turn it on) but the eject was annoying. Thankfully I don't plan on playing much physical media, more homebrew and emulation so that doesn't really bother me much. Good to see that I'm not the only one with a weird button like that. Easy fix.
i cant have enough of this videos gimme moree
So glad you're enjoying.
Nice Key and peele reference at the start :)
Is there no way to factory reset that parental locked Wii U? Considering the very little I know about software, it seems there is 'always' an admin way to reset hardware. I know you can get to the bios of most consoles by holding certain buttons for so long, so is it possible to discover that and try it on the Wii U?
Hahahaha. I loved the TV saying Moving Mountains. If that is a TCL TV, I have one too that occasionally displays funny sayings. Just yesterday when I was switching back to my computer input it displayed Hamster wheel Engaged. I think that is a nice little touch.
Agreed!
Well done, mate!
The first wii u. I think there is a way to remove and fr the console. It's technically not bricked "Good to know Joe" explains the multiple ways to get it removed and running like normal.
I don't know if it's just me, but this video seems blurrier then normal, was it unfocused? are you using a different camera?
On that note in general, any plans to film in 4K at some point? Would be really cool to see your detailed work in higher definition!
@TronicsFix I have repaired my fair share of wii consoles. usually if a known good bluetooth chip or wifi chip does not fix the no display issue replacing those caps near the heatsink solves a no display problem. hope this helps.
Nice Video. Keep it up
Thanks, will do!
I just got a Wii U a couple of weeks ago and it had the same problem, parental code + nintendo id password, its easy to remove the parental control, just try like the 100 most common pins, eventually you gonna nail it
Wondering what microscope you use to show the video when you're working on the boards (assuming the black device in front of you at 19:32). The link for microscope in the video description doesn't have a camera/monitor from what I can tell.
I have a question about ps4 pro. I have a HDMI cord that may be about 4 meters long and occasionally (like once every couple of days) I get a static screen when either turning it on (only happened once doing that) or when I boot up or exit a game (usually disc games)but if I unplug the HDMI cord from the TV and plug it back in it solves the problem without fail. I was wondering if that is something I should be worried about or if it's just something that has to do with how long my HDMI cord is
The Wii with no video might have faulty capacitors. I remember watching MattKC's $1 Wii video and he fixed it by replacing them iirc.
So MattKC had a similar Wii with no video output and it turned out that the capacitors on the video filtering circuit tend to go bad. You can try either replacing them (the capacitors on upper back side of the board) or bypassing the filtering circuit by taking an output directly from the video chip..
The difference is MattKC did have video output, it was just very poor.
@@wiimaster2847 He did not get an output at all via component cables.. Only composite had poor output
For the Wii that is not booting/unfixable: try holding down reset while powering it on. Maybe it is softmodded and if it boots directly to PriiLoader you can factory reset the console from there.
If this is not working (because you don’t have an sd card with the Homebrew stuff on it) you can softmod a working one and steal the sd card from there.
I managed to save a „dead“ Wii with the first method (holding reset while booting).
Can you sync a gamepad to a WiiU that’s not booting?
@@amarant8916 sorry i have no knowledge about Wii U, I was talking about the normal Wii
Hey TronicsFix, I have a delema. I soldered a new charging port on my Nintendo switch lite motherboard but the heat ended up melting the battery connector port right next to it 😔. Is it possible to fix? If so how would I get the part for it? I can't find it anywhere online.
I was wondering who i can contact to repair nintendo wii consoles? I have an og release day wii system that I have that has atleast 20 virtual console games from the store. Long story short lightning strike fried a couple tvs and this system. It will turn on when I plug the power block in the outlet but as soon as I push the systems power switch on to play it automatically shuts off. I've bought a new power supply years ago and it did nothing for it still same outcome. It's been dormant in a tote for 7/8 years since I couldn't figure out the issue and didn't want to crack open the system.
I think that the master key works removing the parental controls even if you have a nintendo account, but not sure never owned a wiiu, there are tons of webpages to get the master key you could try that, i did that to one of my 3ds and i could restore it to factory without issues
By any chance, would you have any tips on fixing a Wii U gamepad with a fading blue light problem ? thanks !
Wii & Wii U are a couple of my favorite Nintendo consoles. Excellent first party games plus and incredible amount of games to play from classic consoles. And modding them allowed you to play even more. Sure they had some gimmicky games but there’s far more incredible games to be had on these two consoles. Odd that Nintendo locked the games to the Wii but switched this to the user account on the Wii U
This is kinda funny as I've been recently giving my Wii U some love by playing some SM3DW and Skylanders Trap Team on it
are you not able to wipe the system externally via a bootable sd image for the 4th console?
The right stick on my son's Nintendo Switch Lite has serious drift in it and looks like the housing for the stick may be broken. Is that an easy fix?
Wii u was so much fun man. Glad mine is still working
Lots of suggestions in the comments here of things to try, hopefully Steve makes a part 2/revisit video of these, it sounds like the Wii U at least should be salvageable, the Wii is 50/50, if it's caps due to baking in standby mode then probably yes, if it's the NAND due to a bad homebrew attempt, then no. I seem to recall the Wii's were pretty difficult to brick via homebrew unless you were doing it really wrong, so fingers crossed you give the caps a shot and get lucky!
Hey I'm having some problems with my ps4 and cant really afford to send it of to Sony and was wondering if knew what the problem isI can turn it on but at some point it will just fully turn of I've re done thermal past and cleaned it fan seems to be ok but just don't know what to do
Hey tronics just wondering if you could try fix my xbox one s digital i dont know if water has entered it but it keeps powering off but it comes on sometimes then fails to boot on
Nice Video, but why is there Lieferando music in the Background? 😂
did you not create a new user on the first wii u? i was able to on one i bought, it was on the menu with the character select
Hey man, I actually have a problem with my gamepad right now. My gamepad has a wireless distance of about 4 inches, it has to be directly next to the console to work. I bought a new wireless chip and installed it, but after that, it made it not connect to the console at all. After re installing the old chip, it worked again, but the same extremely short distance problem. Any tips?
My Wii U Gamepad suddenly stopped working and I thought it was a battery issue (because I hadn't charged it in months) but I bought new batteries and nothing happened. Would love to be able to fix it instead of having to get another one.
I got a question what happens when your Wii U game pad is charging and goes orange but when you unplug it it stays orange and doesn’t turn off and even when you changed to 3 different other battery’s it still doesn’t turn on the most you get is a fading blue light and then back to the Wiiu gamepad staying on orange light
This might be too simple but for the Wii that doesn't have picture try changing the screen size on the tv from wide to full sometimes the Wii won't automatically change the aspect ratio and will be stuck on 4:3.
On #4, wouldn't you be able to short any of the chips (memory or something) to reset it? In theory you would think that it would erase the logins and other controls. idk....
I remember a video I saw a while back. If you get no signal for display on the wii, isn’t it the caps that are bad? The ones in a row there
Did you try the HD AV cable on the white wii ik instead the Regular AV cables.
I think the white wii is on the 480p video output.
If you use the normal av cable it will show no picture
I like how his tv says “Is it on?” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂, 7:10
I've ran into that problem before with those screw drivers where they just don't fit.
I always wanted 2 know has he ever brought anything 2 fix and it's caught on fire or blown or even sent a shock through
Hey Tronics, bought a lot of dozen Wii U consoles from a auction lot with 2 of them being network locked with no local account, I contacted Nintendo directly and they removed those accounts remotely, all you need is the serial number and a internet connection, this was done last year and I'm pretty sure it can still be done. As others have stated you can use the mkey generator found online to get a a parental masterkey.
hey the first wii that had no signal most likely was soft modded and someone bricked it, so that's why it doesn't fully boot up
My Wii (old modell that can play GameCube games) doesn't work anymore. It turns on normally and I can play games I downloaded, but for the disc drive it just shows me what game is in there in the main menu but then doesn't start the game. I tried such a disc drive / laser cleaning disc but that hat no effect sadly
How about a video about upgrading a ps3 with upgrading the next/tokin capacitors? I would like to see your delicate process in the modification. Thanks.
Wii/Wii U consoles were so easy to softmod. Messing with CIO’s etc would sometimes brick them.
As far as I know, it’s possible through cfw to remove a NNID. You can also take a shot at calling Nintendo and have them remove it.
It would be interesting to analyze the possible causes of the breakdowns of the Nintendo Wii U, which have been breaking lately. Planned obsolescence?
I have one that has not been used much, it has been treated with love and from one day to the next it stopped turning on.
Great video of these iconic Nintendo models, although on a personal level I doubt their good work as a durable product by Nintendo. They no longer provide support even if it is paying for the work.
On the Wii, hold reset when you power on in case priiloader is installed. Saved me once in the past. You'll need a hardmod if anything else