WiiFree + SMG ?

[higherbeing]

Hey everybody...

So I finally got SMG, and I've read a lot of people are having issues with playing this game... Well I'm one of them now... I've updated my Wii with the firmware update that was on the disk, and I used the Wiikey 1.9g update, first time around it failed and told me to check connections, but after further reading other people problems I figured out that ejecting the disk worked for me... So I got it updated fine, and I got the sounds clip of homer at the end aswell... Yet if i throw in SMG, it still gives me the unauthorized hardware error ARGH... Is there a fix for this that I havent come across yet? Or is Wiifree F*cked when it comes to SMG?

[grabb]

I'm assuming you mean Wiikey, and not Wiifree? Several people have reported that the eject trick will NOT work, even though as you say it looks like it did. If you are still getting the "unauthorized hardware" error, then your wiikey is NOT running 1.9g
There are some threads here about some wiikey clones not being compatible with the wiikey updates... not sure how much of that is confirmed.

[higherbeing]

nope I mean WiiFree... I took my Wii to a store, and they sold me a "WiiFree" chip...

I used a Wiikey update before, and it worked with no problem

is there a way to check what version I'm running on the chip?

[Treikens]

nope I mean WiiFree... I took my Wii to a store, and they sold me a "WiiFree" chip...

I used a Wiikey update before, and it worked with no problem


Wait What? that's not possible! you can't update Wiifree with Wiikey!

[Dafluke24]

I'm pretty sure you have a wiikey instead of a wiifree. you wouldn't have been able to update a wiifree with a wiikey update. I'm using a wiikey clone and the SMG update works. played SMG just now to test it out. not sure about the eject trick but I heard that it doesn't work on clones. I never had to do the eject trick when updating. Plus what store did you take it to? a mod store?

[higherbeing]

I got a WiiFree... I'm 99.9% sure... I bought a Wiikey and tried to install it myself, and f*cked it up in the process, so i took it to a store, and they sold me a chip there... its a black chip with 6 legs... its a very simple looking chip....


it was a local store here in San Diego...

[Dafluke24]

I thought wiifree was 8 legs? Still I'm still baffled how you got the wiikey update to work on the wiifree. But as of now, there is no wiifree update for SMG that I know of and I've checked other forums since my uncle has a wiifree in his Wii

[soright903]

i to have a wii free chip, I am worried that I wont be able to play this game, this is the reason I bought a wii. Anyway can Wii free users play the retail version of Galaxy or are we screwed?

[Gixxer Kid]

Use OpenWii for now until the Wiifree is updated. No need to resolder anything. The layout is the same. It is working with SMG.

Luis

[dipswitch]

i to have a wii free chip, I am worried that I wont be able to play this game, this is the reason I bought a wii. Anyway can Wii free users play the retail version of Galaxy or are we screwed?


You will still be able to play the retail game just fine.

If you have a wiifree installed the only option is to uninstall it and reprogram with another code such as openwii or YAOSM (when it gets fixed). Then put the chip back in and you're good to go.

[higherbeing]

i little confused there... so lemme see if i got this right... I can take out the chip, and reflash it manually with "OpenWii" and reinstall it? or are you talking about a completely different chip?

[gman112287]

there is not another chip. you need to reflash your chip with the code for the open wii.