For anyone against this idea, he's got a point, though.
And what point? May I know this? It is a recurring theme – just here on the forum there are more than enough instances with the result: "Ditch it!" – We don't know how many people do such mistakes without asking for help online.
"Just a few Wii less. LOL! Doesn't matter!"
LMAO… funny!
yea... dude... or gal, or whatever, idc, the point is it makes no sense to treat a Wii like a super duper rare holy grail from 700 years ago, I can guarantee you that throwing away a single one will make exactly zero difference in the world, or even its future resell value. If it was a Wii U that would be a lot different for a number of reasons.
Yeah, exaggerate into absurdness to dismiss any objection to blindly throwing away (ignoring other arguments, including those targeted at the special case).
If it was a Wii U that would be a lot different for a number of reasons.
Comparing the number of Wii consoles with vulnerable boot1 to the total number of Wii U consoles will give an interesting result. And these especially interesting Wii consoles can experience problems with a voltage regulator (at least one revision). Not something a few people:
No one tells people to break their devices in stupid ways and then expect easy solutions to their mistakes.
have to actively do (wrong).
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I'm not saying replacement is out of question. It is an unfortunate truth that this is the end result for many (average) users having made a mistake or encountering a random error without modding. But it is not the first and only thing to try. On a forum with technically interested people I'd expect other points of view as well.
At least for consoles with vulnerable boot1 there is the complex hardware flasher repair even without backup and without BootMii already installed in boot2. No, I would not dare to try it myself as the chance to succeed is basically zero with my shaking hands. But there are people who can reliably do it – even if it makes financially no sense (obviously).