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How to Modify Your Wii to Play Burned Games

The Nintendo Wii can be modified to play copies of games that have been burned onto a DVD on a computer. The modification does not require opening up the Wii and so, while it voids the warranty, can be reversed at a later time without incident. No special skills are needed, although you will have to first download a Wii softmod program on a PC and transfer it to a Secure Digital card. There are a number of Wii softmod programs, all free to use and that operate in a similar fashion for softmodding the Wii.

Things You'll Need

SD card/SD card adapter

Instructions

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  Download a Wii softmod program to the PC̵7;s desktop--for example, the SoftMii program (see link in Resources). Double-click on the file once downloaded to decompress it to a folder on the desktop.
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  Insert the SD card into the SD card slot on the PC--if there is no SD card slot, insert the SD card into the slot on the SD card adapter and plug the SD card adapter into a USB port on the PC.
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  Double-click on the Wii softmod folder that is on the desktop to open its window. Double-click on the ̶0;HackMii̶1; installer folder that is inside the window. Copy the contents of the ̶0;HackMii̶1; folder onto the icon of the SD card that is on the desktop. Wait as a copy progress bar appears, fills in from right to left and then disappears.
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  Double-click on the ̶0;Bannerbomb̶1; folder in the window. Select a folder from inside of the window that appears on the desktop. Drag the folder onto the icon of the SD card that is on the desktop. Wait as a copy progress bar appears, fills in from right to left and then disappears.
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  Download a Wii boot program to the PC̵7;s desktop--for example, the BootMi program (see link in Resources). Double-click on the file once downloaded to decompress it to a folder on the desktop.
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  Double-click on the ̶0;BootMi̶1; folder that is on the desktop to open its window. Double-click on the ̶0;BootMi̶1; program to launch it. Follow the menu commands, selecting the SD card from the list of choices for ̶0;Devices̶1; when prompted, to install the ̶0;BootMi̶1; files and program onto the SD card.
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  Double-click on the SD card̵7;s icon to open its window. Double-click on the ̶0;HackMii̶1; folder inside of the window. Double-click on the ̶0;HackMii̶1; program inside the folder̵7;s window that appears to launch it. Follow the menu commands to complete an installation on the SD card.
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  Double-click on the ̶0;Installation̶1; folder that is now inside of the ̶0;HackMii̶1; folder. Double-click on the installation file that is inside of the folder to launch it. Follow the menu commands to install the files on the SD card.
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  Right-click on the SD card̵7;s icon once the installation has been completed. Select ̶0;Eject̶1; from the pop-up menu. Remove the SD card from the PC or from the SD card adapter (removing the SD card adapter from the PC afterward).
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  Plug the SD card into the SD card slot on the Wii. Turn on the Wii. Hold down on the "Power" button and ̶0;A̶1; button on the remote until the service menu appears on the screen.
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  Select the SD card from the list of choices presented on the screen. Select ̶0;HackMii̶1; from beneath the SD card. Press the ̶0;A̶1; button on the remote to run the program. Select ̶0;Restart̶1; from the confirmation window when it appears.
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  Go to the ̶0;Homebrew̶1; channel on the Wii̵7;s main screen. Select the ̶0;Homebrew̶1; channel. Click ̶0;Start̶1; on the new screen that appears.
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  Select the SD card from the list of choices presented on the screen. Select ̶0;SoftMii̶1; from beneath the SD card. Press the ̶0;A̶1; button on the remote to run the program. Select ̶0;Restart̶1; from the confirmation window when it appears to reboot the Wii so it can play burned games.

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