I have been out of the wii scene for several years. I hacked several wiis years ago. I am currently setting a wii up for my daughter and am trying to get back up to speed.
I still have several wiis that I picked up at garage sales etc. I am going through them. One of them is a very nice looking red RVL-001 that I remember buying untested, console only, at a garage sale. I bought it cheap figuring at least I can swap into the red case if the wii is bad. I assumed it was since they only had the console for sale with nothing else, they likely kept that suff for their replacment wii.
This wii will power on and off with the power button. I can sync a wiimote and turn the wii on and off with the wiimote. The tv shows "No Signal". I am connecting with a composite cable (Red/White/Yellow). I have tested several different wiis and all hardware and cables work with them.
While powered on I press the A button and then I can hear the main screen background sound.
I wanted to try to change the video setting in case it was set for component cable. I tried turning on without the av cable plugged into the wii, then plug it in after boot, still No Signal.
I hooked up a working wii and figured out how to get to the video output setting by feeling the tactile feedback felt when going over a clickable icon.
When I tried to do this on the No SIgnal wii I never get any tactile feedback. I turned up the volume and realized I could hear the clicks as I went over the icons. I tried changing the video output by sound but am not sure I succeeded.
I believe the bluetooth module must be plugged in because the wiimote connects and can power on/off the wii.
I can't test wifi, but what I have read says the wii won't boot if the wifi is unplugged, so guessing it is plugged in.
I tried holding Reset while powering on to get into priiloader if present, still boots to regular menu background sound.
I read about a repair where the 1.8v was not present which feeds video output:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/transfer-broken-wii-content-to-another-wii.604111/
Is there anything else I can/should try before disassembling to check the 1.8v?
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
MrArcade
I still have several wiis that I picked up at garage sales etc. I am going through them. One of them is a very nice looking red RVL-001 that I remember buying untested, console only, at a garage sale. I bought it cheap figuring at least I can swap into the red case if the wii is bad. I assumed it was since they only had the console for sale with nothing else, they likely kept that suff for their replacment wii.
This wii will power on and off with the power button. I can sync a wiimote and turn the wii on and off with the wiimote. The tv shows "No Signal". I am connecting with a composite cable (Red/White/Yellow). I have tested several different wiis and all hardware and cables work with them.
While powered on I press the A button and then I can hear the main screen background sound.
I wanted to try to change the video setting in case it was set for component cable. I tried turning on without the av cable plugged into the wii, then plug it in after boot, still No Signal.
I hooked up a working wii and figured out how to get to the video output setting by feeling the tactile feedback felt when going over a clickable icon.
When I tried to do this on the No SIgnal wii I never get any tactile feedback. I turned up the volume and realized I could hear the clicks as I went over the icons. I tried changing the video output by sound but am not sure I succeeded.
I believe the bluetooth module must be plugged in because the wiimote connects and can power on/off the wii.
I can't test wifi, but what I have read says the wii won't boot if the wifi is unplugged, so guessing it is plugged in.
I tried holding Reset while powering on to get into priiloader if present, still boots to regular menu background sound.
I read about a repair where the 1.8v was not present which feeds video output:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/transfer-broken-wii-content-to-another-wii.604111/
Is there anything else I can/should try before disassembling to check the 1.8v?
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
MrArcade
Rotflmao 
