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Wii Hardware \ wiikey config disc, what am i doing wrong????

Mr_Luke
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what am i doing wrong?
it loads to the wii menu thing, the disc channel thinks there is a gamecube dsic in there
i click on it to make it load it
and then i just get this stupid message an error has occured please eject disc and blah blah blah
the config disc i downloaded was the 1.3 version
25/11/2007
Newcastle
avt85
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chances are you've updated your wii console to 3.1E? If you have, you will need to set up a GCOS bootdisk in order to boot your wiikey config disc.
25/11/2007
Sydney
Mr_Luke
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i do all the updates the wii says are available
how do i make it work?
any help would be really handy
25/11/2007
Newcastle
leeman34
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use wiikey 1.9g update
25/11/2007
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Mr_Luke said: i do all the updates the wii says are available

how do i make it work?

any help would be really handy



Maybe try burning the disc slower. What speed did you burn the config disc at?
25/11/2007
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Mr_Luke
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i burnt the disc at 2x
with the 1.9g update how do i make it work?
just burn the 1.9g to a disc and then run it?
25/11/2007
Newcastle
avt85
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apparently some modified wii's even after a 1.9g update, you still get that error when inserting the wiikey config disc from the wiikey site, in order to fix this problem (as previously stated) you need a GCOS bootdisk that will allow you to set the boot function as that of a Gamecube game and then swap to the config disc. Alternatively, someone is distributing a copy of the wiikey config disc 1.3 built into the GCOS bootdisk functionality. I have been using this version instead of just the normal config disc. Link is attached below:

rapidshare.com/

NOTE-this GCOS config disc is version 1.3 for PAL wii consoles.
25/11/2007
Sydney
Mr_Luke
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thanx for the link
and with this disc everything goes smooth for u?
25/11/2007
Newcastle
avt85
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yeah, haven't had a problem yet. Been using the sdbackup functionality on it just fine too. Quick note, at the initial setup screen it says a wiikey config disc base 1.2 (that's only referring to the header file of the GCOS bootdisk) but the actual version of the config disc is the 1.3.
25/11/2007
Sydney
Mr_Luke
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cool thanx for that
i dont have to have the 1.9g thing installed for it to work?
25/11/2007
Newcastle
avt85
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no but I believe you have to at least have 1.9b installed to you use the 1.3 config disc. I had wiikey 1.9b while using config disc 1.3.
25/11/2007
Sydney
Mr_Luke
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ok cool thanx disc loaded up and stuff so thing sare looking good
just wondering is there any special way you formatted your sd card before using it in the gecko?
and once i load up the disc which bit makes the things put the game on the sd card?
25/11/2007
Newcastle
avt85
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yes, there is a special method or should i say program you need to use to format your sd card for first time use for game dumping. If you download config disc 1.2, a tool called dumptool.exe will be included. Use that to format your sd card by running the program under your windows xp command console. start>run>cmd then using command lines, browse to the directory where you have dumptool and run it. Initial command would be dumptool i -c which formats and creates a wii dump file in your sd card. Note, i is the drive letter of your removable drive (SD Card).

Can you rephrase your second question? I don't quite seem to get your point there.
25/11/2007
Sydney
Mr_Luke
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like once the sd card is full cause i have a 2gig card
how do u get the 2gig of data onto the pc
and then once the card is full again how do i join the 2 lots of info together before i burn them?
25/11/2007
Newcastle
avt85
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you can do the extraction in 2 different methods and both of which uses the dumptool.exe program provided by the wiikey 1.2 configuration disc.

Option 1
Run the dumptool.exe using your windows xp console command, described above, and use the command dumptool i -sd (taking into account 'i' stands for your sd card drive letter) and it will extract the data game chunk from your sd card and create(and append it) an iso file automatically. Keep doing this for every chunk until all the game has been dumped.

Option 2
Run the dumptool.exe program as per normal but instead of using the -sd parameter you would use the -d option and have the command dumptool i -d which will extract the current game chunk stored in your SD card and saves it as an *.rvl file. Keep using this method for extracting all your game chunks and once you've acquired all chunks, use the copy command under the command console
copy /b file1.rvl+file2.rvl+file2.rvl game.iso to join them together to form one final iso wii game file.

Note- file1, file2 and file3 would be the name of the game chunks and game.iso would be the name of the iso file you want it to create once all files are joined.
25/11/2007
Sydney
Mr_Luke
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one more question when i type the command to setup the sd card for the first time get and error opening device
25/11/2007
Newcastle
avt85
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are you using an internal sd card reader that came with your system? Try using a USB SD Card reader, they seem to work better in reading and formatting the sd card for wii game dumping. Had a similar problem with my sister's notebook computer.
25/11/2007
Sydney
djpopeye
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can n e one help me got the wiikey but it wont read the set up disks tryed all of them is there something i need to do the guy told me it was not programmed yet ?/
04/12/2007
manchester
djpopeye
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i forgot to say my firmware is 3.1 e
04/12/2007
manchester
gokuSS4
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how far have you got i had a few drama doing it as well ?

djpopeye said: can n e one help me got the wiikey but it wont read the set up disks tryed all of them is there something i need to do the guy told me it was not programmed yet ?/



www.mywii.com.au/ check this link
04/12/2007
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djpopeye
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there must be some problem wit it being 3.1 e checked wiikey.cn i need to try find a firmware early to the one i have to back date it
04/12/2007
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avt85
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djpopeye said: can n e one help me got the wiikey but it wont read the set up disks tryed all of them is there something i need to do the guy told me it was not programmed yet ?/


by setup disc do you mean the config disc? If so, is this the same config disc from the wiikey website? If it is, then you will need to get yourself a copy of a config disc with a built-in GCOS boot functionality or at least a GCOS boot disk creator.

Link is below and is for a PAL wii console.

rapidshare.com/
04/12/2007
Sydney
djpopeye
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try that b 4 it is something to do wit the firmware update if i could go back to a early the config disk would then work
04/12/2007
manchester
avt85
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I'm currently running firmware 3.1e on my wii and haven't had any problems running GCOS config disc. what firmware version of wiikey are you using?

04/12/2007
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djpopeye
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i am unsure it will only wii play and no wont play chipped games
04/12/2007
manchester
 
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