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How to Flash a Wii

Nintendo crippled the Wii̵7;s operating system to keep it from being able to do functions that were considered unnecessary or undesirable. This has led many owners of the game console to modify, or ̶0;flash,̶1; their Wii so a special ̶0;homebrew̶1; channel could be added where functions and programs not sanctioned by Nintendo could be acquired. You can flash your Wii in less than an hour using free Wii-flashing software that has been installed on a SD card by a Windows-based computer.

Things You'll Need

SD card reader
SD card
PC

Instructions

Installing Programs/Transfering Files
- 1
  Download a Wii flashing program to your PC's desktop. Double-click on the program's icon when it has downloaded. Follow the command prompts to install a folder with the flashing program onto your PC's desktop.
- 2
  Download a flashing support file program to your PC̵7;s desktop. Double-click on the program's icon when it has downloaded to decompress it to a folder on your PC's desktop.
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  Restart your PC.
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  Attach the USB plug from your SD card reader to a USB port on your computer. Insert the SD card into the card slot on reader. Wait for the icon of the SD card to appear on the desktop.
- 5
  Double-click on the icon of the SD card to open its window. Leave the window open.
- 6
  Double-click on the flashing support file program̵7;s folder on the desktop. Double-click on the folder that is inside of the window that appears. Drag the ̶0;private̶1; folder out from within the window and into the SD card̵7;s window.
- 7
  Double-click on the Wii flashing program̵7;s folder that is on the desktop. Double-click on the Wii flashing program̵7;s folder that is inside of the window that appears. Rename the ̶0;installer.elf̶1; file that is inside of the folder to ̶0;boot.elf.̶1;
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  Drag the ̶0;boot.elf̶1; file out from within the window and into the SD card̵7;s window.
- 9
  Right-click on the SD card̵7;s icon. Select ̶0;Eject̶1; from the pop-up menu. Disconnect the SD card reader from the USB port of the PC. Remove the SD card from the SD card reader.
Flash the Wii
- 10
  Turn on the Wii.
- 11
  Navigate from the "Home" menu to ̶0;Wii options,̶1; then ̶0;Data Management channels,̶1; then ̶0;SD card.̶1;
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  Insert the SD card into the SD slot on the Wii. Click ̶0;Yes̶1; in the window that appears on the screen. Press ̶0;1̶1; on the Wiimote when prompted. Press ̶0;1̶1; on the Wiimote again when prompted.
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  Press ̶0;A̶1; on the Wiimote when prompted. Scroll up to ̶0;Install the Home-brew channel.̶1; Press ̶0;A̶1; on the Wiimote. Click on ̶0;Yes̶1; in the window that appears on the screen. Click ̶0;Continue̶1; on the screen that appears.
- 14
  Click on ̶0;New install̶1; in the window that appears. Click on ̶0;DVDX.̶1; Press ̶0;A̶1; on the Wiimote.
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  Scroll down to ̶0;Exit̶1; and press ̶0;A̶1; on the Wiimote. The Wii is now flashed, and the console now will have the homebrew channel on its home menu.

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