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col
12-04-2007, 07:50 PM
Apparently the ntsc version has an update included on the disc which is bricking Wii's. when users turn on the wii a meassage appears saying that a specific file has not been found and they cannot get to the wii menu to format or do anything.
It seems as though it's PAL users who have chipped their wii that it has effected.
A lot of talk about it on this forum.
http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=56916
dylan
12-04-2007, 07:59 PM
whoa nasty! :shock: Mind you I reckon it'd be not so much a brick as a pixies paving slab.
mattman81
12-04-2007, 08:49 PM
May I ask what exactly is meant by the term 'brick'?? I've never come across it before in gaming terms, cheers :)
dylan
12-04-2007, 09:00 PM
I believe it means your machine has locked up & there ain't nothing you can do about it. I guess it means your machine is about as much use as a...
thelocaluk
12-04-2007, 10:10 PM
It serves as a lesson fron Ninty not to mod your Wii with chips because their one step ahead :twisted:
mattman81
12-04-2007, 10:24 PM
argh, so brick is a cleaner version of another word I shall not say here, lol.

Yep, given Nintendo have always strived to protect their products it seems they've found an even more technological method then just gamebit screws.
budtom
12-04-2007, 10:37 PM
So you think they purposely did it to stop chipping? It won't stop it anyway someone will come up with something...and someone will possibly even find a fix for the bricking too. I suppose in some ways it serves people right for chipping their wii's, a bit harsh maybe. I was thinking about getting a chip too, but on second thought not at the moment :lol:
col
12-04-2007, 10:46 PM
On another note, how come we have to wait for another 8 months or so for Paper Mario?
SuperJario
14-04-2007, 02:34 PM
Oh, thats mad! Yeah they probably did it to stop chipping, but like Budtom said, someone will get around it.
captainff
15-04-2007, 01:30 AM
I have read that the brick is caused by NTSC update to firmware version 2.5

If you update your Wii to PAL 2.5 BEFORE putting the disc in then it doesn't try to update and therefore doesn't brick your Wii.

I don't have a chip in mine so cannot vouch for this information personally. However the source is usually fairly reliable.. .. ..