HerjansEagleFeeder
Gold Member
Remember when they built their consoles like tanks, designed to last ages?
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cireza
Member
Well that sucks. I hope that some competent hackers out there manage to find a solution to bypass NAND, looks like this will become a necessity.
ZoukGalaxy
Member
Shit, mine also didn't booted since many years, really hope I will be not doomed too, so many games to play
nush
Member
Mine survived the trip too.
Killer8
Member
I've been reading that supposedly the white 8GB Wii U never used the Hyinx NAND, which is more susceptible to deterioration than the Samsung and Toshiba NAND. I'll be getting one of these as a replacement to my (hopefully temporarily) busted black 32gb Zelda unit. Only using an external HDD for everything and powering it on every couple of months should hopefully dodge the issue happening in the long term. Installing CFW on the system and backing up the NAND also seems to be essential.
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Tams
Member
Mine's a Japanese one, so it might have been in a different batch.
In Japan the 32GB Deluxe version was white and the 8GB standard black. But given how supply chains work, who knows.
For storage, I'm going with an endurance microSD in a compact card reader. Solid state memory isn't quite the lottery it used to be, and it's not like MLC was ever used for SD cards and the like.
In Japan the 32GB Deluxe version was white and the 8GB standard black. But given how supply chains work, who knows.
For storage, I'm going with an endurance microSD in a compact card reader. Solid state memory isn't quite the lottery it used to be, and it's not like MLC was ever used for SD cards and the like.
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Happosai
Hold onto your panties
Switch may end up similary. Given the stock battery on mine can easily drop to zero if unplugged for 3 weeks. Makes me wonder how it'll hold up some years down the road. Saw someone post that they don't make em' like they used to. That's fo sho. NES and Super Famicom are still running smoothly.
Kupfer
Member
This is a problem with (old) batteries in general. But fortunately we can replace them relatively easily - unlike chips soldered to the mainboard for example.
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This is also starting to occur with the Xbox 360 S with the 4GB models, where the eMMC module just dies. My advice is to store a little as you can on the internal flash, using USB storage is preferred.
Could also affect the 12GB PS3 models also. But you can switch those to an internal HDD pretty easily. eMMC flash memory just isn't very reliable.
Could also affect the 12GB PS3 models also. But you can switch those to an internal HDD pretty easily. eMMC flash memory just isn't very reliable.
Moses85
Member
Very scary.
I have 5 WiiUs
Zelda CE, which I use
2 white und 2 black consoles (all sealed)
Tams
Member
Yo be fair, the sealed ones are never going to be unsealed now.
Well, maybe by some rich YouTuber (or whatever platform then) in the future.
Tams
Member
Eventually got around to dumping/backing up my NAND. Took about an hour for the 32GB version. I feel quite relieved.
I've installed Tiramisu and Aroma. I haven't had a chance to play around with them.
Damn, I miss old Opera though. Cloudflare won't even let the Wii U Opera browser load Neogaf!
I've installed Tiramisu and Aroma. I haven't had a chance to play around with them.
Damn, I miss old Opera though. Cloudflare won't even let the Wii U Opera browser load Neogaf!
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I enjoyed my Wii U and because Switch was mainly Wii U ports it took me till TotK to finally get a Switch. Well, now I am very glad I got a Switch and will double dip whatever I want to play because the Wii U is dead to me. The only thing I would really need it for is to play some Wii games like RE Darkside Chronicles, but if my Wii U has or will die then I can just get a Wii.
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Quantum253
Gold Member
I guess that's the risk with NIB. Should retain the value based on what the community puts on it, however.
That's if it's collecting NIB or collecting to have a use.
https://www.pricecharting.com/game/wii-u/wii-u-console-deluxe-black-32gb
BootsLoader
Banned
Naniiiiii!!?!?!??!
alucard0712_rus
Banned
Turn it off from the menu, not just stand by.
Tams
Member
Looks like I skipped the right generation. Think I'm going to play some Metroid Prime 3 tonight.
Honestly, it's still a great console, though not as good as when it was in its prime.
You've missed out.
Papa_Wisdom
Member
I boxed mine up years ago when I got cemu up and running on my pc. The mario kart 32 gig bundle I think it was. Thinking about maybe going and getting it to see if it still works. Pretty sure I had Nintendont on it along with the Metroid trilogy. Are they worth anything these days (assuming it works) I’m very ocd about keeping things in as perfect condition as I can therefore the console and box are pretty much mint.
Happosai
Hold onto your panties
Likewise. Although I don't miss the 3 Wiis I sold off with all that shovel ware.Looks like I skipped the right generation. Think I'm going to play some Metroid Prime 3 tonight.
Sleepwalker
Member
What tutorial did you follow for homebrew? I need to go and do it on mine. I turned it on a couple weeks ago and it worked fine thankfully but really need to dump the nand and stuff.
Tams
Member
Just the recommended one for Tiramisu. I then installed Aroma afterwards (literally just copying the files onto the SD card in the top directory (it just adds the extra files for Aroma).
The only issue I had was an error with reading the SD card at one point, but I just formatted it and put the files on again, and gave the contacts a quick clean. After that it worked fine.
Sleepwalker
Member
Thank you! Will attempt it tomorrow.
Tams
Member
If you're backing-up/dumping the NAND (as you should), then make sure the SD card you use is one capacity higher than the NAND. So at least 16GB for the 8GB and 64GB for the 32GB.
I'd go for a 128GB card as it's worth it for the slight increase in cost. After that, the price difference is too much.
Sleepwalker
Member
Its a black 32gb, I have a 64gb sd card, hopefully itll be fine. The console is factory reset anyway so no games or data.
Im planning on getting an external hdd for it as well.
BlackTron
Member
Let's not be defeatist. I'm open to the possibility to a third, possibly even fourth, Wii U death. Bookmark this post guys.
Tams
Member
64GB will be fine, you just won't have as much space in it for games. I believe the whole NAND gets dumped, even the 'empty' space.
As for external storage; I've gone with an endurance microSD card in a small USB A card reader.
Apparently the Wii U constantly (or is it often?) writes to the external storage, so it'll wear out older cheaper SSDs and flash memory. Storage controllers have gotten a lot better these days though.
Sleepwalker
Member
Yeah ive read that about SSDs, also read that there's no real benefit to use an SSD for the wii u, so im going to go with a regular ole spinning hard drive.
Tams
Member
Bear in mind that only a 2.5" one will be powered over USB. A 3.5" one will require its own power source.
But if you have the space to have HDDs next to it, it's a good choice.
Sleepwalker
Member
Yeah I'm going to grab a Y cable so it can be powered from both usb ports, at least thats what I heard works.