Curious if anyone used any kind of monitor that can run off the wii's 5v 500mA USB ports.

I did some transferring of miis that I made on one system to another and I want to be able to edit them. Save Game Manager GX used to be able to do this, but I don't see an option to do it anymore. It used to be in the top right of the mii selection screen.

I remembered that NetBSD has a Wii port, and an actively maintained one at that, and immediately thought "is it possible to daily drive a wii?"

....and, scrolling down the NetBSD package list for probably way too long, I think it might actually be feasible.
LuaKit seems to be a browser that supports Javascript which is available on the PowerPC NetBSD builds, so you'd be able to do basic internet tasks on the Wii alongside the obvious of playing Gamecube and Wii games.

since a lot of people just use their PCs for accessing the internet, it honestsly might be possible to daily drive a wii, at least for a week. It's a gaming machine so it works for entertainment, it's got NetBSD and everything that comes with the PPC version of that...

Granted, there's the obvious problem of having an incredibly small amount of RAM to use the modern web with, but maybe it'd still work regardless?
I do want to try this soonish as at least a proof-of-concept, just out of curiosity if anything.

rWiiHacks' Support Megathread

General Troubleshooting

NOTE: FLASH DRIVES Are not recommended

If you are using one and you find yourself here for support, please reconsider.

Loader Support Here "My Wii/GC Game Won't Load!!"

If you came here with the problem "I am trying to load my Wii or GC game and it's not working", this is your link.

The rWiiHacks Loader Support Document

Please read through this document if you are having problems loading Wii/GC games with your Wii.

Unlock Your Write Protect Switch

Game and App Directory Structure Visualized

Wii Games

💾 SD Card or USB Drives
| ╸📁 wbfs
	| ╸📁 GameName [GameID]
		| ╸📄 GameID.wbfs

GameCube Games

💾 SD Card or USB Drive
| ╸📁 games
	| ╸📁 GameName GameID
		| ╸📄 game.iso

Applications

💾 SD Card or USB Drive
| ╸📁 apps
	| ╸📁 AppName
		| ╸📄 boot.dol
		| ╸📄 meta.xml
		| ╸📄 icon.png

• Note: meta.xml is not always needed but may provide key app functionality. icon.png is not required and may be added in for aesthetic reasons.

Letterbomb

💾 SD Card
| ╸📁 private
| ╸📄 boot.elf/dol

• Note: You may have several .txt files. These are simply readmes and are not necessary.

CTGP-R

💾 SD Card
| ╸📁 apps
	| ╸📁 ctgpr
		| ╸📄 boot.dol
		| ╸📄 meta.xml
		| ╸📄 icon.png
| ╸📁 ctgpr
| ╸📁 riivolution

How Perform a Syscheck

RiiConnect24's Guide is great for that!

Wiiflow Lite

• Some versions of Wiiflow Lite come with default settings that cause a black screen on load of Wii games.
• Consider updating to the latest version!

1. Open Wiiflow lite settings.

2. Go into NAND Emulation settings (it's got 3 pages of settings about NAND emulation) and make your settings match this:

Page 1-
Select NAND: default
NAND emulation: Partial
Select Saves NAND: default
Saves NAND emulation: off

Page 3-
Saves NAND Partition: SD
Use Real NAND Config: On
Use Real NAND Miis: On

• Try to see if WiiFlow will play any of your wii games again.
• If it still crashes/black screens:
  • Load WiiFlow again
  • Press HOME on the Wiimote
  • Select Reload Cache
  • Try playing a Wii game again

Modding Support Here

The Guide Wii Recommend

• still RiiConnect24's guide is the best out there
  • its very well maintained
  • if this changes, we'll change our recommendation
• do not use out of date guides
  • this doesn't mean all video/youtube guides are bad, just most of them
  • most print/web page guides are wrong/outdated in some way too
  • if you're adamant on not using RiiConnect24's guide please find someone who knows what they are talking about to verify that the one you use isn't wrong BEFORE you start to mod your Wii

Useful Link to Bootmii SD Files

• Here you can find the direct link to the BootMii SD Files
• This is the hackmii site and completely safe.

To Change a Drive From GPT to MBR

• To change a drive to MBR on Windows
  • open disk management.
  • If you're on Windows 8 or higher, do Windows key + X and click on disk management.
  • Once you're there, find the drive you need to convert to MBR and right click on the area where it says "Disk" and then the number of the disc.
  • If it's not already MBR, you'll see an available option to convert to MBR disk. Use that option.

Updating You Wii System Menu to 4.3x

• Hey whattaya know? RiiConnect24 has a guide on that too!

ISO/Game Image Management

WiiBackup Manager

• Software to help you manage your Wii game collection.
• It will split/convert/prepare images for transfer to your Wii Storage.
• It does not do anything for GameCube images.

Witt Tools (Same As Above, But Nerdier)

• has none of the 'frills' of Wii Backup Manager as it's more focused on image manipulation than collection management
• has a much more complex interface (command line, unix-like)
• it does work on Gamecube images

ISOtoWBFS

• Command line
• no collection management
• no complexity
• it simply does one thing; ISO to WBFS
• there is also a WBFStoISO, but it's less useful

CIOS Offline Script (If You Have No network)

• You need to be able to access discord for this, as the help is provided by our bot
• <https://discord.com/channels/582816924359065611/720513394804785162/1052350004020396123>

The Wii and Wifi

• Your router must support 802.11 b/g
• A lot do, but 15 years later, none are enabled by default
• You must be able to re-configure your router
• Phone hotspots often work
• In the hardware section below is a listing for a Wii-Working Ethernet dongle

Miscellaneous Hardware

ID Your Wii's Motherboard Revision

• Wanna know what motherboard revision you have?
• Here's a Graphic
• It's for Wiidual compatibility, but they don't make those anymore.
• It'll tell you if your motherboard is prone to overheat (6 layer boards).

Ethernet Dongle That Works With the Wii

• Nuff said

Replacement Jack Socket Dock Connector Port for Nintendo Wii Right/Left Socket Link Controller

• Of course this section title came straight from AliExpress

SD / USB Storage Tester

• H2Testw

What USB Device Do We Recommend?

• A good enclosure, with a cheap and possibly refurbished hard drive
• The enclosure below is known to work with the Wii
• Which means any hard drive you put in it will also work with the Wii
• within the Wii's size limitation of > 2tb
• Sabrient Tool-free Enclosure
• Most of our staff have these

**** FLASH DRIVES OFTEN CAUSE ISSUES ****

We do not suggest using one.

Modernize Your Wii's Video Output

• To get the best out of your Wii without hardware modifications, you need component cables.
• To be the most compatible with modern televisions, you need an HDMI converter that upscales to at least 720p, the minimum resolution defined in High Definition.
• Below are links for the two items we recommend for doing so.
• SUNNATCH Component to HDMI Converter with Scaler Function
• HD Retrovision Wii/Wii U Premium YPbPr Component Video Cable

Wii2HDMI

• if you are low on funds, this is an option
• do not expect the video, sound, or construction quality to be good for ~10$USD
• Portholic Wii2HDMI

Please leave comments below for updated information or questions.

Meta

Q&A

What is This?

• This is a periodical list of resources for the Wii, and Wii modding. It is maintained by the r/WiiHacks staff and users of our community.

How Often is it Revised?

• As often as needed, when there is time to do so

Can I Contribute?

Comment. Revisions will be discussed in the comments.

If you'd like to be notified when the new revision is out, please also put that in the comments and we'll add you to the list below.

My current setup for my softmodded Wii uses Component cables from the Wii to a RetroTink 2X Pro, which then sends the signal through an HDMI-to-Composite converter to my CRT TV.

It sounds a bit silly, but that is how I am setup at the current moment. I noticed that text is hard to read, and I know that text on my S-Video SNES with the same CRT is much more legible. So, I come here for advice, what do you all think? I just got the component cables for use on modern displays, but am now thinking that I may have to buy an S-Video cable for direct connection to my CRT TV in order to have better picture quality. Not sure what I should do in this situation.

Reminder:

If your issue is loading Wii or GC games, please make sure you're going over our loader support post before asking a question. Also free to also ask in the Support channel on our Discord server.

Otherwise, feel free to ask for and provide help in this thread freely.

Is there a way to get Diablo 1 expansion dlc game on Wii homebrew?