Wii Minor Soft modding disaster

[Ezri_Muldoon]

Hello all, I'm seeking some advice.

Just before Christmas I soft modded my WII using the DNS trick to download and install the homebrew channel.

After which I downloaded Hackmii, Priiloader and bootmii using the following guide:
FULL Guide to Homebrew The Wii & Play Downloaded Games 2025 +Nand backup, Open Shop Channel & more!

Everything went smoothly, Until I edited the system menu (I removed some channels such as the the Photo channel) which I found out too late was absolutely something you're not supposed to do.

This has resulted in a DSI/ISI errors.dx2CISO crashes when ever I try to alter/re-apply CIOS settings. USBLoaderGX refuses to do anything past "loading resources" screen where it hangs.
The a2x custom ISO installer likewise hangs and produces .dx2CISO errors.
I've re-formatted my FAT32 SD card to 16kilobytes to help with loading data but its not helped, in fact I then removed and re-installed everything through hackmii 1.2 & reset priiloader at boot but the errors still persist even without the SD Card installed. The problem is the console itself

The good news is the Wii will still play officially released games, but anything involving homebrew channel results in the same DSI/ISI errors that crash the console and force me to do a restart.

I did back up the NAND but I have been hesitant to load it as at this point I have no idea what I'm doing
And unless I can back up the save files already on the console I'm likewise hesitant to do a factory reset as the data is 15+ years old and I have a feeling a factory reset won't actually affect the modified cISO entries

I won't be able to post any pictures of the error codes until Friday as I work away from home in the week, but I just wanted to put out feelers for any advice or go to troubleshooting I'm unaware off.

 

[popckorn]

Reinstall de original NAND and start again.
I keep the unwanted channels in the last page of the System Menu, so I dont see it.
Homebrew and Media on the first page.
WADS in the second page (and SD)
Unwanted (undeletable) channels on the last page.
I never see them, I never leave the two first pages.

Do not despair, the Wii is very noble when it comes to modding.
Cheers!
I love mine, btw, 2TB HDD with retro Anime and TV from the 90s in glorious 480p, using Component Cable.

 

[Zerpina]

Hello all, I'm seeking some advice.

Just before Christmas I soft modded my WII using the DNS trick to download and install the homebrew channel.

After which I downloaded Hackmii, Priiloader and bootmii using the following guide:
FULL Guide to Homebrew The Wii & Play Downloaded Games 2025 +Nand backup, Open Shop Channel & more!

Everything went smoothly, Until I edited the system menu (I removed some channels such as the the Photo channel) which I found out too late was absolutely something you're not supposed to do.

This has resulted in a DSI/ISI errors.dx2CISO crashes when ever I try to alter/re-apply CIOS settings. USBLoaderGX refuses to do anything past "loading resources" screen where it hangs.
The a2x custom ISO installer likewise hangs and produces .dx2CISO errors.
I've re-formatted my FAT32 SD card to 16kilobytes to help with loading data but its not helped, in fact I then removed and re-installed everything through hackmii 1.2 & reset priiloader at boot but the errors still persist even without the SD Card installed. The problem is the console itself

The good news is the Wii will still play officially released games, but anything involving homebrew channel results in the same DSI/ISI errors that crash the console and force me to do a restart.

I did back up the NAND but I have been hesitant to load it as at this point I have no idea what I'm doing
And unless I can back up the save files already on the console I'm likewise hesitant to do a factory reset as the data is 15+ years old and I have a feeling a factory reset won't actually affect the modified cISO entries

I won't be able to post any pictures of the error codes until Friday as I work away from home in the week, but I just wanted to put out feelers for any advice or go to troubleshooting I'm unaware off.

Pretty much what @popckorn Said. i just saw this, and was coming in to tell you more or less the same thing. <Wii's can be finiky about modding sometimes>

also word of warning, watch about installing to many of the Wiiware games, they will eat up your space. and can softbrick the system

 

[Patches]

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[popckorn]

also word of warning, watch about installing to many of the Wiiware games, they will eat up your space. and can softbrick the system

This, install WiiWare games to the Wii and then move them to the SD storage.
Do it 4 by 4, if you do batches larger than 5 or 6 sometimes you will eat all the space in the Wii, which can be bad. Better to have most WiiWare games installed and moved to the SD and only a couple of important ones installed on the System for faster launc.