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73 responses so far ↓

• 1 neji // May 17, 2008 at 8:11 am

  nice work!

  a pal disc whould be nice

• 2 Naamah31 // May 17, 2008 at 8:18 am

  Great work !!!

  Does you give me the permition to use it for WUM ?

  of course NTSC/J and PAL versions should be usefull too !!!

  Thanks

• 3 Mark // May 17, 2008 at 8:28 am

  An NTSC-J disc would be great. And I’m amazed that you managed to pull this all together so quickly with everything else you’re doing…this is awesome.

• 4 tona // May 17, 2008 at 9:00 am

  Might I suggest renaming it “USA” instead of just NTSC to avoid confusion?
  PAL/USA/JPN are usually the standard names.

• 5 Dasda // May 17, 2008 at 9:01 am

  @Bushing: Oh no! WUM is attacking.

• 6 Naamah31 // May 17, 2008 at 9:40 am

  @Dasda : I attack nobody, I ask for the right to use it…

  If he does not agree, I will not. I am just a pacifist happy wii user
  no offense…

• 7 Biohz // May 17, 2008 at 9:48 am

  Thanks!!! work great.
  Saludos desde Chile

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• 9 Underyx // May 17, 2008 at 10:08 am

  Works on the PAL?
  Er… I mean we need a PAL version…

• 10 -x1_0_nt- // May 17, 2008 at 10:15 am

  bushing, when you try to extract it displays a error along the lines of unknown format or corrupt file.

• 11 FEG // May 17, 2008 at 10:36 am

  Interesting… but could this be used strictly as a Wii update for someone without an internet connection?

• 12 Bagasso // May 17, 2008 at 10:47 am

  Valew Galera funcionou 100%, muito obrigado mesmo, Brazil Tanks.

• 13 dciso // May 17, 2008 at 10:49 am

  I am glad to see you have decided to releases this. I must admit it has been hard sitting on it with all the requests for help on the issue. I am sure this is wii help alot of people out there.

  Also for all of you out there who hate the RapidShare cats I have also put this on my server for download @ http://www.console-scene.info/files/wii-ntsc-systemmenu-v289.rar

• 14 Underyx // May 17, 2008 at 11:08 am

  DEFCON 1!!!
  Brazil is attacking with tanks!!! (look above, @Bagasso’s post)
  LOL

• 15 prinzhernan // May 17, 2008 at 11:43 am

  Hey there. Grats on the effort~!

  Can you make one for a bricked jap wii please? I installed the damn SSBB-U on it and it semi-bricked my options.

• 16 Newbie // May 17, 2008 at 12:28 pm

  I bet we will see “IOS## injector” for this disk soon. It might be wise to provide few instruction on how to do it properly. IMO, it shouldn’t that difficult. Otherwise this nice blog will be swollen from PAL/USA/JPN repair disks requests…

• 17 Ares // May 17, 2008 at 12:37 pm

  PERFECT!!! My cousin have a NTSC/J bricked WII, I would love to kick his ass online some day (my wii never got bricked), if you could do a NTSC/J unbricker it would be great. Or make a how-to make a unbricker-disk so other plp could help.

  Tks.

• 18 Cloudream // May 17, 2008 at 1:50 pm

  There is a huge need in disc for NTSC/J in China…

  Great work~

• 19 bailli // May 17, 2008 at 2:37 pm

  Nice work bushing

  Does this work too if you had that system menu version installed before you semi-bricked your console?
  Or in other words: Did you set some kind of flag inside the __update.inf to force an install of the updates?

• 20 Matt // May 17, 2008 at 3:17 pm

  Very nice work. But why did you use Rapidshare with it’s impossible CAPTCHAS? Megaupload would be much nicer for people in the US (where many people using this will reside). I don’t need it, just saying.
  Would the wads work with the Wad Installer as well, or does the installer do something different?

• 21 Padova // May 17, 2008 at 3:52 pm

  Thank you so much… another semi-brick fixed in brazil!

• 22 bushing // May 17, 2008 at 3:53 pm

  @ Naamah31: Sure, go ahead, thanks for asking.

  @Others: Sure, I will make PAL / JPN versions ton^H^H^Hsoon.

  @Matt: Okay, I’ll try Megaupload. I hate those new CAPTCHAs, too. In theory these would work with a wad installer, but I would not recommend it unless you absolutely have to. Seems safer to use Nintendo’s code to actually perform the installation of the system menu.

  @bailli: No, I did not set anything to force an update — unfortunately, that’s not possible (a restriction enforced inside of IOS prevents installing an older version of an existing title).

  However, due to the way these things work, that is not a possible scenario. Er, let me try to be clearer.

  There is a recommendation “always upgrade to the latest software using the system menu to prevent bricking”. The reason that works is because the version of the System Menu that comes on a new game has always been older than the latest version available on the update server. I don’t know why this is the case — probably because it takes several weeks to manufacture DVDs.

  So, if you live in the USA and update using the system menu, you’ll get SystemMenu v.289. (aka 0×121 — see the entry for “00000001-00000002 at http://wii.marcansoft.com/wiimpersonator/reports/20080309-040542.log).

  If you boot MK PAL, it will try to install SystemMenu v.258 (see http://wiibrew.org/index.php?title=Title_Database). So, if you have already updated to 289 using the system menu, you’re “safe”.

  So, nobody who already had 289 installed could have bricked their system (with any game that has been released). We’ll have to update this disc image the next time a game is released with a version newer than 289.

• 23 Licker // May 17, 2008 at 3:56 pm

  Thanks bushing,one cuestion: this can be used for update my wii perfectly functional? I dont have internet in my house
  Saludos from Mexico!

• 24 NTSC Semi-brick fix disc « Gabriel Steinbach // May 17, 2008 at 4:00 pm

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• 26 Andrew // May 17, 2008 at 4:31 pm

  hi there, I’ve extracted the RAR to an ISO file and then burn the image using Nero, but when I tried the resulted disc on my semibricked NTSC-U Wii, accessing it thru the disc channel, the ststem say “unable to read the disc”. Did I do something wrong?
  I’ve also tried using ImgBurn with no luck…
  help please…

• 27 Shrew // May 17, 2008 at 5:05 pm

  This is brill, any chance you could do ones for UK PAL mate, as i am constantly worried about bricking mine.

  Thanks in advance.

  Shrew

• 28 TioSolid // May 17, 2008 at 5:18 pm

  MU smells like shit for everyone outside the US. Rapidshare really has lame captchas, but at least you can download the file

  Thanks for your fine release Bushing

• 29 ChucktheTekkie // May 17, 2008 at 5:38 pm

  I complained to Rapidshare about the new captchas.

  They do not care that people are having trouble.

• 30 isbr // May 17, 2008 at 6:50 pm

  worked for me. thanks bushing!!

  (was semi bricked by MK NTSC-J, now updated to 3.2U)

• 31 James Ryan // May 17, 2008 at 7:36 pm

  I cannot wait for the JAP version. Please make it as soon as possible.
  My Wii was bricked by SSBB – U and I don’t wanna wait for another Nintendo game for update.

• 32 Naamah31 // May 17, 2008 at 8:15 pm

  @bushing : ok, let’s go.
  but just a little question : how did you managed to do it (making the partition, packing the iso and sign it) ?
  because I tried a long time without succes to make such an update (one with just BOOT2 and all ISO up to the 36, to make an universal Brick Blocker update). I was using the Trucha Signer application and hex edit the files (_update.inf, fs.bin, …), but never successed…
  I used an existing update partition, change the inside files, change the fs.bin, change the inside file again, and sign it. So my custom partition is ALWAYS the same size as the initial partition. But you just released an 36MB partition (unseen size), so I guess you did it from nothing (instead of modifying existing partition), am i right ?
  Are you using some personnal tools (non public) ?

  Thanks a lot

• 33 Andrew // May 17, 2008 at 8:24 pm

  Thanks bushing for your work.

  But could someone tell me how to get this to work please? I’ve tried unpacking it and burn the ISO but it jsut not working. Wii says “unable to read disc”. What did I do wrong?

• 34 Lochie // May 17, 2008 at 9:19 pm

  U need modchip man

• 35 Andrew // May 17, 2008 at 9:23 pm

  Hi Lochie, I assume you’re responding to my post.
  I do have modchip, my NTSC-U was working fine until I load update from wiiFit (Aus/Pal).

• 36 Dave // May 17, 2008 at 9:25 pm

  @Andrew:

  I assume you have a modchip to read the burned disk?

• 37 NTSC Semi-brick fix disc « VettaCossX’s Console Hacking Site // May 17, 2008 at 9:53 pm

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• 38 WIIUSER // May 17, 2008 at 9:55 pm

  I tried it and it worked on my wii. I have been waiting for someone to do this for almost 2 months! Thanks

• 39 Andrew // May 17, 2008 at 10:40 pm

  Hi Dave,

  yes I have been playing burned disc since I bought the system, never had problem.

  Also, I can not mount the ISO on my PC, does that mean anything? (I’ve done this only to see if the file works OK)

• 40 gueat // May 17, 2008 at 11:09 pm

  Nice work. Worked very well on my semi thxlol

• 41 ppkhoa // May 17, 2008 at 11:23 pm

  Maybe i’ll try this US version on my wii … What could happen ？ Ijust want to see how the wii will be bricked or it just change the system menu to English … anything could happen ! I’m using NTSC-J so i’ll try the US version soon ! (sent by internet channel)

• 42 TonG // May 17, 2008 at 11:32 pm

  nice great! My wii ntsc/j brick form ssb .i wait for the ntsc/j version. Please make it as soon as possible.

• 43 Me! // May 18, 2008 at 12:52 am

  Got an Ntsc semi bricked wii with wii fit pal. Does this disc fix it?
  Tnx

• 44 jan777 // May 18, 2008 at 1:50 am

  will this also be of use to those not semi bricked?

  cause like if you got an out of date wii then you use this will it get updated?

• 45 chelz // May 18, 2008 at 2:40 am

  http://www.evilshare.com

  There are places besides RS and MU

• 46 Thrash // May 18, 2008 at 4:05 am

  Thanks so much for this bushing, hopefully us PAL users could see a version too? Thanks for everything so far, I really appreciate it

• 47 bushing // May 18, 2008 at 6:17 am

  @Naamah31: Sorry, I have no magic tool to do this. I took a “small update” image (from a normal game, with only IOS and BOOT2) and hacked up the partition header and TMD (with a hex editor!) to create a 36MB partition. (There was some trial and error there — there is nothing magic about that number, but it must be at least 30MB or so to hold both IOS30 and the System Menu.)

  I then hacked up the FST (again, using a hex editor) to rename the files and move them to the beginning of the partition, injected the files with the Trucha Signer, and then used dd to pad the end of the image with zeroes to make sure that the images could be burned successfully.

• 48 ric@rdo // May 18, 2008 at 6:22 am

  I burned this ISO and my Wii sad “Unable to read the disk”. My Wii is Modchi (D2CKey) and I play a lot of burned games. What could I try?

• 49 jR // May 18, 2008 at 7:26 am

  having the same problem as Andrew.

  Burnt the iso twice …wii will still not read the disc maybe i will try one more time burning it at 2x speed instead of 8x?

• 50 Unicron // May 18, 2008 at 7:29 am

  With the current progress in homebrew, do you think you could make something like a “disc loader” to load custom update discs without the need for mod-chips, kinda like the Gecko region free, except with a lock, allowing ONLY custom update discs to be loaded(and then allowing nintendos own system to update)? This would be great for those who have bricked their Wii’s through Gecko region free, and don’t have a mod-chip(or to update your Wii without wireless). Even tough i don’t need it, it would be great for those who do.

  And by the way, Great Work!!!

• 51 jR // May 18, 2008 at 7:53 am

  RE: burning slower did the trick. confirmed working. a BIG thanks to bushing!

• 52 ric@rdo // May 18, 2008 at 9:49 am

  jR. What is your chip? Is D2C?

• 53 Homebrew Channel and Wii Unbrick Info | Restart // May 18, 2008 at 12:40 pm

  [...] What Bushing has done in his work is basically made a disc (available for all the regions – put the one corresponding to your region) which includes the latest update from nintendo. So if you semi-bricked your Wii, then all you need to do is download the disc from here(JAP), here(PAL) or here(US) and pop it into the console and let it update. Viola! You should now have a normal working Wii!! You can read up more on it here and here. [...]

• 54 Mikele // May 18, 2008 at 2:22 pm

  Bushing what game have that update? I wanna update my wii to 3.2u. your release dont do a full update (i try) to 3.2u.

• 55 nerdyone255 // May 18, 2008 at 5:16 pm

  worked like a charm. big upps to bushing and all the awesome stuff hes going. love the site, cant wait for homebrew channel.

  you rock

• 56 e3xtreme // May 18, 2008 at 5:29 pm

  is there any chance of making a disc, that starts when inserting, I have a full bricked wii and dont have the possibility to load the wad

  nice work btw

• 57 ASSEMbler // May 19, 2008 at 4:07 am

  Excellent

• 58 Santiago404 // May 19, 2008 at 7:08 pm

  Got mine bricked with Mario Kart PAL (its a NTSC system)
  Used Philips DVD-R media, burned on 4x speed using Nero 8.x.x and system cant recognize the disc.
  My modchip is D2c pro
  Tryed all ways to insert disc, after power was up, before loading disc channel, after loading disc channel, etc, and no success so far.

• 59 duantang // May 20, 2008 at 12:09 am

  At first thank you for the disc

  I’ve got a problem though:
  I got my Wii from my cousin ( with modchip )
  but i didn’t know which verion it was so I used the Ntsc-u disc… It was still semi bricked.
  now i’ve got the ntsc-j disc but if i enter the disc into my wii, it says “unable to recognize disc”

  So my question is: is there a way to re-update it again?

  Thanks in advance
  BUSHING

• 60 port21 // May 20, 2008 at 3:23 am

  Wii w/ wiikey installed
  got semi’d by mario kart wii.
  Burnt this iso @6x on sony dvd-r media with imgburn and it worked flawlessly.

  Thanks bushing! Excellent work my friend.

• 61 Andrew // May 20, 2008 at 6:57 am

  Unfortunately burning on 2x speed doesn’t do anythin for me. Still “unable to read disc”. Frustrating.

• 62 Ron // May 20, 2008 at 10:20 am

  it works! =)

• 63 will // May 20, 2008 at 11:09 am

  I finally unbrick my wii, thanks so much!

• 64 duantang // May 20, 2008 at 2:36 pm

  ok i’ve found out that my wii is a jap version one

  For burning discs:
  is it nessasary if you use dvd-r or dvd+r?

• 65 Zealot // May 31, 2008 at 11:02 am

  Thank you so much for making this!!

• 66 Baron Davis // Jun 2, 2008 at 2:30 pm

  Thanks so much

• 67 Sam // Jun 3, 2008 at 5:48 am

  I’m having JAP console and my console is bricked since last 3 months, kindly get me a solution to this as well.

  Thanks in advance,
  Sam

• 68 iONiX // Jun 10, 2008 at 2:14 pm

  thanks so much you saved me from waiting for another huge update

• 69 paul // Jun 15, 2008 at 11:29 am

  I just got the Hulk disk and it is asking to update is there a file to download here for that update?

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