Neek2o Setup and installation guide

[happy_highlander]

Ok here goes then..Same as usual READ EVERYTHING.

List of requirements...

1. External hard drive must be formatted to fat32 with 32kb clusters. If your hdd has multiple partitions you MUST use the FIRST partition.

2. SD card 16mb is enough or bigger if you prefer but no bigger than 2gb and not sdhc. formatted to fat or fat32.

3. Modmii version 4.7.6 or higher.

4. Patience...Do not try to rush this it doesn't take long.

1. HDD preparation....If like a lot of us your wii has been modded for a whiile then your hdd will be formatted to wbfs, this will need to be changed to fat32 but you don't want to lose or transfer all your backups.....Try this http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f16/wbfs-fat32-ntfs-229900/.
This has been reported as not working for everybody so if you have time transfer the games then convert to fat32 and move them back.
The next problem you may come across is that your pc is windows xp and can only format 32gb as fat32 you will need to use this program EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com (http://download.cnet.com/Easeus-Partition-Manager-Home-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html).............WARNING MAKE SURE YOU FORMAT THE CORRECT DRIVE/PARTITION You only have yourself to blame if you lose any data.

2. SD card preperation. Insert sd card into pc go to my computer and right click sdcard. select format from dropdown and pick either fat or fat32.

3. Grab modmii from http://code.google.com/p/modmii/downloads/detail?name=ModMii5.0.0.zip&can=1&q=modmii

4. You are now ready to go.

Launch modmii on pc I won't go through the first instruction cause if you can't follow that bit you have no right trying to go any further.

Select "S"
Select "3"
You now have a choice if you want to load your backup games from usb hdd then choose UNEEK+DI "UD" (this is the method we will be using as it suits most people).
If you store your backup games and wiiware on sd then choose SNEEK/SNEEK=DI "S/SD"

Now select "D" this will copy the required sd files (required for all setups) to the modmii folder on your pc.
Now select "D" again this will copy the hdd files to the modmii folder.

Select the region you wish to build a nand for. I would recommend you use a nand region the same as your original. If you have backups from different regions you can build another nand later. But I'm sure most of your backups are in the original region of your wii.
"U" USA
"E" EUROPE PAL
"J" JAPAN
"K" KOREAN

You now have a choice of wii versions I suggest "4.3"

Now select "Y" to have the homebrew filter channel

Now select "Y" for cios 249 rev 14 (required for some apps and wiiware)

Now select whether or not you require NMM. If you use gamecube games select "Y" if not and have no intention of using them select "N"

Now select "Y" to install priloader to emu nand

Now select "Y" for emu compatible usb loader joyflow (wiiflow based)

Now select your emu nand theme (optional)

Now select what channels you want on emu nand (optional)

Now select "Y" to buid your nand and file structure folders.

You will get a popup box saying you are now complete..Just leave it where it is and wait 3 or 4 mins and in the main modmii window it will say at the bottom complete press any key to return to main menu.

That's it you are now ready to transfer the folders from the modmii folder on your pc to the relevant places..

Copy the contents of the COPY TO SD folder to the sd and copy the contents of the COPY TO USB to the hdd you prepared in Section 1.

YOU MUST HAVE A BACKUP GAME ON YOUR FAT32 PARTITION FOR NEEK2O TO LOAD

Use Digital Kaos - Downloads - Wii backup manager 0.4.0 build 65 (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/wii/16/wii-backup-manager-0-4-0-build-65-1853/) to transfer any iso game files you may have saved on your pc to your fat32 partition. This will create a wbfs folder and install the backups into it in .wbfs format.

Plug the hdd into the wii and put the sd card into the wii (both prepared earlier)

Launch HBC then select mmm and navigate to wad manager, press "a" to load from sd then navigate to wad and install neek2o channel wad.

Go back to wii system menu and select neek2o as you would any other usb loader. This will launch your emu nand and may take a bit of time on first boot.
YOU WILL NEED TO SYNC YOUR WIIMOTE WITH THE EMU NAND
I would recommend a temp sync with home button if the emu nand is not going to be used as your primary nand. Or you will need to re sync to your real nand.
To return to your true nand and wii system launch the neek2o channel in your emu nand setup. This will reload the original system menu.

That's you all done.

Follow the instructions and you will have no problems but if you get stuck just shout up.

It has been reported that wifi is not very stable so this setup may not be ideal for your online play just yet. Not to much of a problem as this launches just like a usb loader.
Wifi will work perfectly if you have used your own wii's serial number in the nand of the same region by copying the "shared 2" folder from an original nand backup dump that had a working wifi connection but the password for wifi must still be the same so it was on the nand backup. Easiest way to be sure is to do a nand backup then dump the nand to copy the folder needed. Don't forget to delete the nandscfg file from the sneek folder in the hdd or changes to your nands folder will not be recognized.

Edit................whenever adding or removing games from the fat32 partition you must also delete the diconfig file from the sneek folder or the new games will not be recognised same goes the opposite way deleted games will stay on the list....Neek2o will create a new diconfig file when launched

[hilhorst]

I installed neek2o by following this installation guide. It all seems to have worked just fine until I get to the point where I'm in the emulated nand and try to load a disc from my FAT32 drive. I can see the list of games just fine, but when I select a game and go to the disc channel, it says it can't read the disc. From JoyFlow I get the error that it's not a proper wii or gc game and then it freezes. From PostLoader I get an almost illegible dump and it freezes.

The same games run fine from the HD from CFG USB loader (except for some freezing problem, which is why I'm giving neek2o a try). It's FAT32, with WBFS backups.

Any ideas? Would be greatly appreciated!

[happy_highlander]

I installed neek2o by following this installation guide. It all seems to have worked just fine until I get to the point where I'm in the emulated nand and try to load a disc from my FAT32 drive. I can see the list of games just fine, but when I select a game and go to the disc channel, it says it can't read the disc. From JoyFlow I get the error that it's not a proper wii or gc game and then it freezes. From PostLoader I get an almost illegible dump and it freezes.

The same games run fine from the HD from CFG USB loader (except for some freezing problem, which is why I'm giving neek2o a try). It's FAT32, with WBFS backups.

Any ideas? Would be greatly appreciated!

How did you put the games onto the hdd and can you post your file path to your wbfs file. Try deleting the diconfig file from neek2o file on the hdd and then restart it allowing neek2o to create a new diconfig file

[mactattie]

I've installed neek2o following the guide but can't get it to even load after selecting the channel. A brief message pops up on screen saying something about loading but then all I get is a blank screen?
My game files are all on fat32 hdd in .\wbfs folder
Could the issue be because I have a stubbed ios249?
Any help greatly appreciated.

[happy_highlander]

I've installed neek2o following the guide but can't get it to even load after selecting the channel. A brief message pops up on screen saying something about loading but then all I get is a blank screen?
My game files are all on fat32 hdd in .\wbfs folder
Could the issue be because I have a stubbed ios249?
Any help greatly appreciated.

That is exactly the problem....How did you manage to stub ios 249, and on what nand is the stubbed 249, if it is on your true nand then you will be lucky if anything works. Almost all aspects of the softmod use 249 to run from. If it is on the true nand then use the cios 249 from the d2x pack and if it's on the emu nand you built when preparing neek2o, go back into modmii and build a new nand installing 249 when it asks if you want it

[mactattie]

Can't exactly remember how I did it, but when it comes to me, prob a mixture of impatience and stupidity!
I've previously followed the d2x guide here d2x - GAF's Wii Homebrew Tutorial (http://gwht.wikidot.com/d2x) and installed d2xv6 with ios base 56 to slot 248 and ios base 57 to slot 247. All my homebrew is working and all the games I have are working from cfg usb loader, except tintin from part 32, which is how I got to this guide.
How do I go about using cios 249 from d2x?
Thanks, and apologies if I've linked to a guide I shouldn't have!

[happy_highlander]

Can't exactly remember how I did it, but when it comes to me, prob a mixture of impatience and stupidity!
I've previously followed the d2x guide here d2x - GAF***039;s Wii Homebrew Tutorial (http://gwht.wikidot.com/d2x) and installed d2xv6 with ios base 56 to slot 248 and ios base 57 to slot 247. All my homebrew is working and all the games I have are working from cfg usb loader, except tintin from part 32, which is how I got to this guide.
How do I go about using cios 249 from d2x?
Thanks, and apologies if I've linked to a guide I shouldn't have!

Way out of date mate use this http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f16/d2x-v7-cios-pack-install-instructions-235450/ this is a full set of d2x wads just install them with your wad manager you have only installed 2 of 6 cios. Word of warning though when you use this pack the cios you use to load your games will change as this pack uses 249 for the [56] base and 250 for the [57] base so whatever game used to load with 248 will now load with 249 and whatever you loaded with 247 (black ops mw3) will now load with 250. Or you could just install the 249 wad. Don't know how it will react with already having another cios based on [56] but I don't think it will matter

[hilhorst]

There are quite a lot of games on my harddrive. I copied them all by hand to a folder named "wbfs" (lowercase) in the root of the drive. So the full path to one of the games (when I mount the drive on windows) would be: "F:\wbfs\STNP41.wbfs". Also on the root of this drive are the "nands" and "SNEEK" directories that ModMii 4.8.2 created. The drive was formatted as FAT32 on Windows 7 by the standard windows util. I copied the wbfs files from my Mac. I checked the partition with EASEUS Partition Master 9.1.0, to verify that it actually was FAT32, but I couldn't figure out how to check the clustersize. It's the only partition on the drive and it's a primary partition.

When you say delete the diconfig file from neek2o, do you mean the one at "F:\SNEEK\diconfig.bin"? Is that even supposed to say SNEEK, because I'm 100% sure I chose the UD option in ModMii 4.8.2. Shouldn't that be UNEEK?

When I choose this drive in Wii Backup Manager everything shows up just fine and when I press 1 when in emulated nand I also get the entire list of all the games on my HDD.

[happy_highlander]

There are quite a lot of games on my harddrive. I copied them all by hand to a folder named "wbfs" (lowercase) in the root of the drive. So the full path to one of the games (when I mount the drive on windows) would be: "F:\wbfs\STNP41.wbfs". Also on the root of this drive are the "nands" and "SNEEK" directories that ModMii 4.8.2 created. The drive was formatted as FAT32 on Windows 7 by the standard windows util. I copied the wbfs files from my Mac. I checked the partition with EASEUS Partition Master 9.1.0, to verify that it actually was FAT32, but I couldn't figure out how to check the clustersize. It's the only partition on the drive and it's a primary partition.

When you say delete the diconfig file from neek2o, do you mean the one at "F:\SNEEK\diconfig.bin"? Is that even supposed to say SNEEK, because I'm 100% sure I chose the UD option in ModMii 4.8.2. Shouldn't that be UNEEK?

When I choose this drive in Wii Backup Manager everything shows up just fine and when I press 1 when in emulated nand I also get the entire list of all the games on my HDD.
that is the correct diconfig mate sorry bout that. I have no idea why it is still called sneek. try to build a new neek2o setup from modmii...I have just tried to build a new set up from scratch using modmii 4.8.2 and it didn't download have the files I needed nor was I able to install the neek2o wad......Tell you what m8. I'll upload an sd card setup that is working and a usb setup that is working with both 4.3e nand with red theme and 4.3u nand with green theme. That way if you cant get anything to work you can give them a try. It will have to be tomorrow now though

[hilhorst]

That woud be greatly appreciated, thanks.

BTW: I also got an error installing the neek2o wad (Ticket (-2011), or something) which was fixed by changing the IOS from 58 to 249 from within MMM before installing the wad.

[mactattie]

I actually have the same issue as hilhorst, no neek2o folder, just sneek.
I ran modmii again this morning but still got a sneek folder instead of neek2o or uneek.

[happy_highlander]

I actually have the same issue as hilhorst, no neek2o folder, just sneek.
I ran modmii again this morning but still got a sneek folder instead of neek2o or uneek.

that is the correct folder my mistake will change the guide sorry for any confusion

[happy_highlander]

There are quite a lot of games on my harddrive. I copied them all by hand to a folder named "wbfs" (lowercase) in the root of the drive. So the full path to one of the games (when I mount the drive on windows) would be: "F:\wbfs\STNP41.wbfs". Also on the root of this drive are the "nands" and "SNEEK" directories that ModMii 4.8.2 created. The drive was formatted as FAT32 on Windows 7 by the standard windows util. I copied the wbfs files from my Mac. I checked the partition with EASEUS Partition Master 9.1.0, to verify that it actually was FAT32, but I couldn't figure out how to check the clustersize. It's the only partition on the drive and it's a primary partition.

When you say delete the diconfig file from neek2o, do you mean the one at "F:\SNEEK\diconfig.bin"? Is that even supposed to say SNEEK, because I'm 100% sure I chose the UD option in ModMii 4.8.2. Shouldn't that be UNEEK?

When I choose this drive in Wii Backup Manager everything shows up just fine and when I press 1 when in emulated nand I also get the entire list of all the games on my HDD.
Her you go mate MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OA7T2I80) this set up and both these nands are working. They both connect via wifi once configured for your router but I haven't been able to get online play with them. I have only tried them on fifa 11 but cannot connect to ea servers. Once I kick the little one of the wii I will try mw3 online

[mactattie]

Way out of date mate use this http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f16/d2x-v7-cios-pack-install-instructions-235450/ this is a full set of d2x wads just install them with your wad manager you have only installed 2 of 6 cios. Word of warning though when you use this pack the cios you use to load your games will change as this pack uses 249 for the [56] base and 250 for the [57] base so whatever game used to load with 248 will now load with 249 and whatever you loaded with 247 (black ops mw3) will now load with 250. Or you could just install the 249 wad. Don't know how it will react with already having another cios based on [56] but I don't think it will matter

I've now installed the d2x-v7 cios pack and run neek2o after installing the wad. Getting a bit further in that there is now continuous activity showing on my usb where previously flashed for a few seconds and nothing.
Roughly how long should the initial load of neek2o take?

[hilhorst]

If I understand correctly neek2o is mainly a way to start sneek or uneek from a channel instead of always starting it at boot, right? The channel you install from the neek2o wad, is that an actual channel, or is it a forwarder to a homebrew app on the SD?

So, except for installing the channel wad, will the rest of the files be the same as for a normal sneek(+di) or uneek(+di) setup but with neek2o support in kernel.bin and the nands in a folder named "nands"?

Loading games from USB is done by the DI part, right? So is that where the problem is? I chose uneek+di in ModMii and I checked and di.bin is in usb:\SNEEK\di.bin.

I also tried an usbstick instead of my harddrive, because I read somewhere that neek2o can be kind of picky about what harddrives it will work with. Didn't solve a thing, though.

I tried ModMii 4.7.2, 4.8.0 and 4.8.2. All to no avail.

I would love to give your setup a try.

[happy_highlander]

I've now installed the d2x-v7 cios pack and run neek2o after installing the wad. Getting a bit further in that there is now continuous activity showing on my usb where previously flashed for a few seconds and nothing.
Roughly how long should the initial load of neek2o take?

What are you getting on the screen. If it is a black screen then there is a good chance the hdd is plugged into the wrong usb port or wrong file structure on the fat 32 partition which must be the first partition on the hdd or it will not be recognized. The initial boot is only a few seconds. the d2x pack is of no use to you for neek2o, cios are not required under full emulation the games load from the original wii ios, hence the excellent game compatability. Make sure the fat partition is the first on the drive and that the file structure is correct, if in any doubt download the setup from the post above yours and try that then if you want to use a different nand you can either use your own or create another one

[hilhorst]

DL-ing your setup now, but my family is demanding some attention, so it will be a couple of hours before I can try this. I'll report back later.

[happy_highlander]

If I understand correctly neek2o is mainly a way to start sneek or uneek from a channel instead of always starting it at boot, right? The channel you install from the neek2o wad, is that an actual channel, or is it a forwarder to a homebrew app on the SD?

So, except for installing the channel wad, will the rest of the files be the same as for a normal sneek(+di) or uneek(+di) setup but with neek2o support in kernel.bin and the nands in a folder named "nands"?

Loading games from USB is done by the DI part, right? So is that where the problem is? I chose uneek+di in ModMii and I checked and di.bin is in usb:\SNEEK\di.bin.

I also tried an usbstick instead of my harddrive, because I read somewhere that neek2o can be kind of picky about what harddrives it will work with. Didn't solve a thing, though.

I tried ModMii 4.7.2, 4.8.0 and 4.8.2. All to no avail.

I would love to give your setup a try.

You understand it perfectly so if you have a nand that you used for sneek previously it will work for neek2o, and yes the neek2o channel is a forwarder which still can only look to sd which is why the sd card still needs to be plugged in. The setup I put on is a mixture of files from modmii 4.8.0 and 4.8.2 they don't conflict but I couldn't get anything to work when compiling from the latest modmii hence adding the older working setup to the folders

[happy_highlander]

DL-ing your setup now, but my family is demanding some attention, so it will be a couple of hours before I can try this. I'll report back later.

No problem mate but I'll lay bets on it that you will become non existant once the younger ones have tin tin to play lol

[mactattie]

What are you getting on the screen. If it is a black screen then there is a good chance the hdd is plugged into the wrong usb port or wrong file structure on the fat 32 partition which must be the first partition on the hdd or it will not be recognized. The initial boot is only a few seconds. the d2x pack is of no use to you for neek2o, cios are not required under full emulation the games load from the original wii ios, hence the excellent game compatability. Make sure the fat partition is the first on the drive and that the file structure is correct, if in any doubt download the setup from the post above yours and try that then if you want to use a different nand you can either use your own or create another one

I briefly got a message saying 'Loading - please wait', then just the black screen. With the wii flat, the usb is plugged into the lower port.
I'm in the process of backing up the games to another usb and will reformat the one for the wii ensuring the cluster is correct.
When I load the neek2o wad, should I be selecting a particular ios?
Many thanks for all your help so far, I just hope I've not missed a crucial part of the process!

[Keithuk]

I briefly got a message saying 'Loading - please wait', then just the black screen.

Thats the message it showed when I ran Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 you have to change the IOS to run using 250 in the Settings.

[happy_highlander]

I briefly got a message saying 'Loading - please wait', then just the black screen. With the wii flat, the usb is plugged into the lower port.
I'm in the process of backing up the games to another usb and will reformat the one for the wii ensuring the cluster is correct.
When I load the neek2o wad, should I be selecting a particular ios?
Many thanks for all your help so far, I just hope I've not missed a crucial part of the process!

neek2o is not recognising the hdd or file structure on the hdd or the partition position is wrong. The wad is just a forwarder if you can see it on the menu as a channel it is working..the neek2o channel looks at the sd which then in turn points it at the hdd and emu nand. Just make sure you have the correct file structure or just use this Digital Kaos - Downloads - Neek2o without nands (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/wii/16/neek2o-without-nands-1917/) I have put together an sd setup and usb (hdd) setup that is working you will have to use the nands youalready have but this will give you the correct folders to point everything where it should be pointing

[happy_highlander]

Thats the message it showed when I ran Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 you have to change the IOS to run using 250 in the Settings.

neek2o doesn't use cios keith it loads everything form the wii's original ios you don't have to change anything. Once it is setup properly all games behave as though they are original discs. With the exception of online play but i'm working on that

[Keithuk]

Well he didn't say which game he was using HH only the screen which was the same as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on mine.

[happy_highlander]

Well he didn't say which game he was using HH only the screen which was the same as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on mine.

It's not the game that is giving the black screen it's when he tries to launch his emu nand

[hilhorst]

You understand it perfectly so if you have a nand that you used for sneek previously it will work for neek2o, and yes the neek2o channel is a forwarder which still can only look to sd which is why the sd card still needs to be plugged in. The setup I put on is a mixture of files from modmii 4.8.0 and 4.8.2 they don't conflict but I couldn't get anything to work when compiling from the latest modmii hence adding the older working setup to the folders

I tried your setup, but the result is still the same. It still won't read the disk from within the uneek emulated nand.

Is there a particular IOS you have to use when starting neek2o? I read something about neek2o and cios not playing nice together. Can this maybe be the source of my problem?

I just installed the D2X v7 cios pack. Does the neek2o channel forward to neekbooter.dol and if so, is there a way to run this under one of the IOSes from D2X v7. Doe that even make sense and could that even make a difference?

[happy_highlander]

I tried your setup, but the result is still the same. It still won't read the disk from within the uneek emulated nand.

Is there a particular IOS you have to use when starting neek2o? I read something about neek2o and cios not playing nice together. Can this maybe be the source of my problem?

I just installed the D2X v7 cios pack. Does the neek2o channel forward to neekbooter.dol and if so, is there a way to run this under one of the IOSes from D2X v7. Doe that even make sense and could that even make a difference?

You don't start neek2o with an ios. I have my forwarder installed by reloading mmm to ios 236. If it is not reading from those folders then it is not recognizing the hdd. You definately have your fat 32 as the first primary and active partition and definately have at least one .wbfs game file on it within a wbfs folder. Remember neek2o will not start if there is no game on the partition. Sorry if I'm going over old ground, I can't remember what you have already tried

[priyankk]

It's not the game that is giving the black screen it's when he tries to launch his emu nand

HH, have followed your neek2o setup guide, however the screen goes blank on clicking nee2o channel. On clicking the neek2o channel, it shows Press A to continue and then it goes blank, HH will need you help..

[hilhorst]

You don't start neek2o with an ios. I have my forwarder installed by reloading mmm to ios 236. If it is not reading from those folders then it is not recognizing the hdd. You definately have your fat 32 as the first primary and active partition and definately have at least one .wbfs game file on it within a wbfs folder. Remember neek2o will not start if there is no game on the partition. Sorry if I'm going over old ground, I can't remember what you have already tried

I can start neek2o just fine. I can switch from us to eu and back to the actual nand. It's just when I'm inside the neek2o emulated nand that it refuses to load anything from the HDD. Not from the neek2o menu (it gives an error that it can't read the disc, but the system keeps working), not from JoyMii (says its not a Wii or GC game and freezes) and not from PostLoader (does an illegible stackdump, Exception (DSI) and freezes).

So I'm not having a problem with neek2o per se. At the point where I'm loading the game within the emulated nand it's more a +DI thing than a sneek/uneek/neek2o thing, right? I'm sorry if I gave you the impression that it was a problem with starting neek2o.

I'm reformatting the disk to be 100% sure it's FAT32 with 32k clusters, but I'm pretty sure that if that were the problem, it would have worked from my usb-stick. After that I'm out of ideas.

[happy_highlander]

It has got to be the hdd. The main issue some folks have been having is that the hdd is slow to start up and neek2o had finished it's checks before the hdd kicks in. There is a workaround by aging a delay into the code in the neek kernel (I think) but it requires adding a new string and the use of a hex editor. Check your pm

[mactattie]

neek2o is not recognising the hdd or file structure on the hdd or the partition position is wrong. The wad is just a forwarder if you can see it on the menu as a channel it is working..the neek2o channel looks at the sd which then in turn points it at the hdd and emu nand. Just make sure you have the correct file structure or just use this Digital Kaos - Downloads - Neek2o without nands (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/wii/16/neek2o-without-nands-1917/) I have put together an sd setup and usb (hdd) setup that is working you will have to use the nands youalready have but this will give you the correct folders to point everything where it should be pointing

I have now manged to get neek2o running, the issue was the cluster size on the hdd as you said.
The way I eventually got it going was to create a primary fat32 partition of less than 32gb, which seemed to be the only way I could set the cluster size to 32kb, and a second fat32 partition with the games.
However, I now have the same issue as hilhorst in that joyflow crashes out. Is this going to be due to cluster size again?
Sorry for yet again hassling you, you must be getting well fed up with me by now!

Edit, I think the underlying problem is the either way I've originally set up the hdd, or something about the hdd itself. Will now wear the hat of shame and sort the thing out!

[happy_highlander]

I have now manged to get neek2o running, the issue was the cluster size on the hdd as you said.
The way I eventually got it going was to create a primary fat32 partition of less than 32gb, which seemed to be the only way I could set the cluster size to 32kb, and a second fat32 partition with the games.
However, I now have the same issue as hilhorst in that joyflow crashes out. Is this going to be due to cluster size again?
Sorry for yet again hassling you, you must be getting well fed up with me by now!

Edit, I think the underlying problem is the either way I've originally set up the hdd, or something about the hdd itself. Will now wear the hat of shame and sort the thing out!

The games must also be in the first partition. When I get back home I'll upload the program that I used to format a 500 gb position on a 1tb hdd using win xp (old I know). By the way my joyflow has just started crashing for no apparent reason as well so I will be building a brand new nand later. I think the problem with joyflow is bad files from modmii.I will probably end up mixing and matching my nands till I get one that works properly, and I still can't get online play to work. I can connect to internet but not nintendo servers

[happy_highlander]

HH, have followed your neek2o setup guide, however the screen goes blank on clicking nee2o channel. On clicking the neek2o channel, it shows Press A to continue and then it goes blank, HH will need you help..

Same answer as the rest hdd/folders are not being recognized and remember you must have a game on the same partition or neek2o will not load

[happy_highlander]

I have now manged to get neek2o running, the issue was the cluster size on the hdd as you said.
The way I eventually got it going was to create a primary fat32 partition of less than 32gb, which seemed to be the only way I could set the cluster size to 32kb, and a second fat32 partition with the games.
However, I now have the same issue as hilhorst in that joyflow crashes out. Is this going to be due to cluster size again?
Sorry for yet again hassling you, you must be getting well fed up with me by now!

Edit, I think the underlying problem is the either way I've originally set up the hdd, or something about the hdd itself. Will now wear the hat of shame and sort the thing out!

Try this it will allow you to format more than 32gb as fat 32 Free Download Magic Partition Manager freeware: EaseUS Partition Manager, Disk & Partition Copy and Partition Recovery Software. (http://www.partition-tool.com/download.htm)

[mactattie]

I now have everything working with the much appreciated help of happy_highlander.
I don't know what the exact issue was with my hdd as when I initially went to format it from both windows7 and easeus, the only options I had were ntfs or exfat. Strangely, after switching the removal policy of the drive from quick removal to better performance, I was then able to format as fat32 with 32kb clusters?
At the end of the day, I basically managed to make what is a very straightforward process very complicated by not following the guide correctly, ie:-

List of requirements...

1. External hard drive must be formatted to fat32 with 32kb clusters.

To anyone else with the same instruction blind-spot as myself, follow happy_highlanders first instruction.... READ EVERYTHING!

[happy_highlander]

I now have everything working with the much appreciated help of happy_highlander.
I don't know what the exact issue was with my hdd as when I initially went to format it from both windows7 and easeus, the only options I had were ntfs or exfat. Strangely, after switching the removal policy of the drive from quick removal to better performance, I was then able to format as fat32 with 32kb clusters?
At the end of the day, I basically managed to make what is a very straightforward process very complicated by not following the guide correctly, ie:-

List of requirements...

1. External hard drive must be formatted to fat32 with 32kb clusters.

To anyone else with the same instruction blind-spot as myself, follow happy_highlanders first instruction.... READ EVERYTHING!

Glad you got it sorted mate. Have you tried online gameplay yet

[Keithuk]

I don't know what the exact issue was with my hdd as when I initially went to format it from both windows7 and easeus, the only options I had were ntfs or exfat.

Windows will only format large drives with NTFS or Exfat but I've formatted them FAT32 with Easeus no problem.

[mactattie]

Not tried online yet but will have a go either tonight or tomorrow morning and let you know what happens.

[Keithuk]

Well I use EASEUS Partition Master 9.1.0 (http://www.filehippo.com/download_easeus_partition_master_home/) on 2 computers and its free.

[happy_highlander]

Well I use EASEUS Partition Master 9.1.0 (http://www.filehippo.com/download_easeus_partition_master_home/) on 2 computers and its free.

Me as well keith that's the link I put on earlier. I use another one for for particularity picky drives called swissknife

[happy_highlander]

Not tried online yet but will have a go either tonight or tomorrow morning and let you know what happens.

I've managed to get it working, it is a ballache though but if you can't get yours to work give me a shout and I'll go through it with you. Let me rephrase that.....It was a ballache, it's a piece of p1ss now that I have figured it out.

[mactattie]

I've managed to get it working, it is a ballache though but if you can't get yours to work give me a shout and I'll go through it with you. Let me rephrase that.....It was a ballache, it's a piece of p1ss now that I have figured it out.

lol, know that feeling well!
I've been temporarily banned by the wife and kids from playing about with the wii though, so will be a few days before I get to fiddle again

[happy_highlander]

lol, know that feeling well!
I've been temporarily banned by the wife and kids from playing about with the wii though, so will be a few days before I get to fiddle again

No problem. I have a full working set up now all wifi including black ops works but it takes a but of figuring out.

[lolof]

hi all,
I have followed the instructions, unfortunately I cant start to install neek2o channel wad because it is not present in the wad directory. In addition modmii told me that nswitch was missing and failed to dowload because md5 problems....
What can I do ? Thank you in advance

[happy_highlander]

hi all,
I have followed the instructions, unfortunately I cant start to install neek2o channel wad because it is not present in the wad directory. In addition modmii told me that nswitch was missing and failed to dowload because md5 problems....
What can I do ? Thank you in advance

Get rid of the incomplete files and run modmii again

[peterp13]

HH,

I've follow the guid and have neek2o channel showing in my system menu, I can click it and get into neek2o, then I see a screen with only one channel (like a disc or sth), and when I click "start", if flashes a message saying "loading, please wait" then goes black, and after a while the disc drive on the wii keep flashing, but still nothing on the screen.

I compare the file structure with what you posted in "neek2o no nand", and find out that modmii only created folder "bootmiineek" and "sneek" in the "copy_to_sd" folder, there is no any other stuff as shown in your rar file.

Also, in the "nands" folder under "copy_to_usb", which is created by modmii, there is only a empty subfolder "pl_us" in it (..\modmii\copy_to_usb\nands\pl_us).

Could you please let me know what I am missing?

Thanks,

[peterp13]

modmii create a bunch of wad files in the modmii/temp/wad folder, I've only installed the one named "neek2o_NK2O_1.wad" using the wad manager, is that a problem?

thx

[happy_highlander]

modmii create a bunch of wad files in the modmii/temp/wad folder, I've only installed the one named "neek2o_NK2O_1.wad" using the wad manager, is that a problem?

thx

You can either start from scratch again or use the folders and files from the neek2o no nand set up. It is working perfectly you just need to add your own nand into the copy to usb folder, which should be a nands folder on the root of your fat 32 partition with pl_us or pl_eu or both. Not quite sure what's up with modmii at the minute but it seems a bit hit and miss on whether you get the correct files.

[peterp13]

Thanks for the reply, HH.

But could you please also let me know where to find a nand file? or how to creat one myself?

tanks again

[peterp13]

fyi, i've run modmii 5.0.0 again, but same outcome. no enough folders created.

[happy_highlander]

Thanks for the reply, HH.

But could you please also let me know where to find a nand file? or how to creat one myself?

tanks again

you use modmii but instead of selecting all the files for sneek setup you choose create nand only and it will build you a nand in the region and wii version of your choice. Or you could do it the hard way and use your own nand backup that you made when you done your soft mod. I would go through the process with you but if you are new to this kind of setup then it will only confuse you, best thing to do is run modmii again and build a 4.3 nand in whatever region most of your games are in. If you want to use online play you will need to use the region that is the same as your original and then insert YOUR wii serial number when prompted.

[happy_highlander]

fyi, i've run modmii 5.0.0 again, but same outcome. no enough folders created.

didn't know it was up to 5.0.0...I'll update mine and run it to see what it gives me but just use the files from the working setup and add your nand build in it

[peterp13]

sorry, HH. I am not sure how to add nand file, pleasw let me know where could I get it, or how do I make one?

thanks

[happy_highlander]

sorry, HH. I am not sure how to add nand file, pleasw let me know where could I get it, or how do I make one?

thanks

I have just run the new modmii and got a perfect download of all required files for a neek2o setup. Like i said modmii will build you a nand

[happy_highlander]

I can build you the file structure and nand of your choice to get you up and running but online gameplay won't work as you need to use your serial and files (works best from a backup of your original nand) that relate to your nintendo online connection

[peterp13]

Thanks, HH.

I guess I want 2 nands, one for 4.3 Usa, the other for 4.3 Pal.

[peterp13]

I really have no idea what I am missing. I followed guide and run modmii 5.0 then it creates the following folders:

copy_to_sd\bootmiineek
copy_to_sd\sneek
copy_to_usb\nand\pl_us (empty)
copy_to_usb\sneek
temp\wad

then:
copy the above 2 copy_to_sd folders to root of my SD.
copy neek2o_NK2O_1.wad from temp\wad to \wad in SD.
copy the above 2 copy_to_usb folders to root of my HDD (which is formated as fat32 in 32kb, the drive is 8G).
copy all Wad files in the above temp\Wad to \nand\pl_us in my HDD

turn on wii, go to hbc then use wad manager to install neek2o_NK2O_1.wad to get the neek2o channel in sys menu.

then click the above channel, and click the "start" button.

All I got is a quick flash message "loading, please wait" then screen goes black, and after a while my disc drive on wii keep flashing.

Any idea to fix this?

Thanks.

[peterp13]

I really have no idea what I am missing. I followed guide and run modmii 5.0 then it creates the following folders:

copy_to_sd\bootmiineek
copy_to_sd\sneek
copy_to_usb\nand\pl_us (empty)
copy_to_usb\sneek
temp\wad

then:
copy the above 2 copy_to_sd folders to root of my SD.
copy neek2o_NK2O_1.wad from temp\wad to \wad in SD.
copy the above 2 copy_to_usb folders to root of my HDD (which is formated as fat32 in 32kb, the drive is 8G).
copy all Wad files in the above temp\Wad to \nand\pl_us in my HDD

turn on wii, go to hbc then use wad manager to install neek2o_NK2O_1.wad to get the neek2o channel in sys menu.

then click the above channel, and click the "start" button.

All I got is a quick flash message "loading, please wait" then screen goes black, and after a while my disc drive on wii keep flashing.

Any idea to fix this?

Thanks.


Forgot to mention in the previous post, I do have the wbfs folder in my hdd and has back up games in it, which I know is important for neek2o to load.

[happy_highlander]

I really have no idea what I am missing. I followed guide and run modmii 5.0 then it creates the following folders:

copy_to_sd\bootmiineek
copy_to_sd\sneek
copy_to_usb\nand\pl_us (empty)
copy_to_usb\sneek
temp\wad

then:
copy the above 2 copy_to_sd folders to root of my SD.
copy neek2o_NK2O_1.wad from temp\wad to \wad in SD.
copy the above 2 copy_to_usb folders to root of my HDD (which is formated as fat32 in 32kb, the drive is 8G).
copy all Wad files in the above temp\Wad to \nand\pl_us in my HDD

turn on wii, go to hbc then use wad manager to install neek2o_NK2O_1.wad to get the neek2o channel in sys menu.

then click the above channel, and click the "start" button.

All I got is a quick flash message "loading, please wait" then screen goes black, and after a while my disc drive on wii keep flashing.

Any idea to fix this?

Thanks.

Your pl_us nand should be around 150mb and contain a few folders. For some reason you are not building the nand or completing the file download as you should not have anything in temp wads folder. There should be no need transfer anything from temp wads to wads. What would you like on the nand. You can have red,green, blue, orange or original themes. Channels that can be added are wii speak, mii channel, weather, news and shopping. Let me know what theme and channels you want and I will build you a default 4.3 U S A nand with the correct file structure in place.

[peterp13]

Thank you, HH.

I really don't know why Modmii didn't create all the stuff for me, I ran it base on the guide and it ran through without reporting any errors.

I'd like the green theme and all channels, everything else can be the default (yes or all).

Thanks again for your help.

[peterp13]

Hi, HH.

I think I know why my problem, it's my computer, I finally manage to get it worked out on another computer with the same program. I will try to put it on my wii to see how it goes.

So you don't need to build anything for me.

Thank you for your help.

[happy_highlander]

Hi, HH.

I think I know why my problem, it's my computer, I finally manage to get it worked out on another computer with the same program. I will try to put it on my wii to see how it goes.

So you don't need to build anything for me.

Thank you for your help.

Ok mate no problem but if you can't get it to work let me know and sort you out a set up

[peterp13]

Hello, HH.

I've tried but getting the exact same result. I even erase the neek2o channel using the wii menu and reinstall it using Wad manager. Still got black screen after clicking "start" within neek2o.

By the way, in your guide you mention to install neek2o channel using postloader then wad manager, does it make any diff?

Thanks,

[happy_highlander]

Hello, HH.

I've tried but getting the exact same result. I even erase the neek2o channel using the wii menu and reinstall it using Wad manager. Still got black screen after clicking "start" within neek2o.

By the way, in your guide you mention to install neek2o channel using postloader then wad manager, does it make any diff?

Thanks,

postloader is the neek2o equivalent of hbc which contains your wad manager. It seems there is a problem with either the files or the fat32 partition make sure it is definately the first partition and is set to primary and active and I will build a nand and filestructure that will work.

Edit sorry bout the postloader bit that has now changed to mmm thanks for pointing that out mate guide has now been changed. Launch hbc and select mmm reload to ios236 then go to wads and install neek2o channel.

[peterp13]

Great, HH.

I will wait for your nand then erase the neek2o channel and install again via hbc->mmm.

Also to let you know my hdd is usb drive and has only one partition.

Thanks again

[happy_highlander]

Here you go peter MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P7FJ2ZY7) this is a 4.3u nand with green theme all channels added and working neek2o setup. Remove all traces of neek2o and sneek from your wii, sd and hdd, then install these files to their relevant places. Start hbc then launch mmm. Reload to ios236 or ios249 then go to wad manager and install neek2o wad. If neek2o doesn't launch with this setup it is your usb pen drive that is not compatible

[peterp13]

I did it with no luck. I used 2 diff u drives with the same result, so I am not sure if it's the USB that gives me trouble.

by the way, does the flashing on the wii disc drive (a little after screen goes black) tell us any clue?

Thanks for your time again, HH.

[peterp13]

Not trying to argue or anything, but just for your info that one of the u drive I tried is Kingston 8G datatraveler G3, which seems to be reported as compatible with wii. USB Devices Compatibility List - WikiTemp (http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/USB_Devices_Compatibility_List)

So I really am out of ideas of what I did wrong.

[happy_highlander]

Not trying to argue or anything, but just for your info that one of the u drive I tried is Kingston 8G datatraveler G3, which seems to be reported as compatible with wii. USB Devices Compatibility List - WikiTemp (http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/USB_Devices_Compatibility_List)

So I really am out of ideas of what I did wrong.

It is compatible with the wii but may not be compatible with neek2o. It can be quite picky due to the fact that it runs it's checks very quickly so if the drive does not spin up fast enough or in your case have a fast enough read speed, neek2o can be finished it's checks for a nand and files before the drive had given it access, if you must use that drive there is a workaround but it means using so hex editor write a new command line in neek2o tho delay the start up of the program to allow for three drive to catch up

[peterp13]

Thanks, HH.

I will find other USB drive to try. At the same time, could you please point me to where I cound find info about delaying the neek2o start up?

Much appreciated.

[happy_highlander]

Thanks, HH.

I will find other USB drive to try. At the same time, could you please point me to where I cound find info about delaying the neek2o start up?

Much appreciated.

I certainly can mate check your pm

[blacky1973]

Here you go peter MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P7FJ2ZY7) this is a 4.3u nand with green theme all channels added and working neek2o setup. Remove all traces of neek2o and sneek from your wii, sd and hdd, then install these files to their relevant places. Start hbc then launch mmm. Reload to ios236 or ios249 then go to wad manager and install neek2o wad. If neek2o doesn't launch with this setup it is your usb pen drive that is not compatible

hi could you possibly re-upload the file as its stating its unavalible, thanks

[happy_highlander]

hi could you possibly re-upload the file as its stating its unavalible, thanks

Try it again it's working for me just downloaded it as a guest

[blacky1973]

hi, hoping you could help me,
ive followed your guide but i am unable to get anything to work,

i have the neek2o on my home screen but 9 times out of 10 when i try to load/open it, it fails and im left with a black screen. on the odd occasion it does open i go to joyflow to play games direct from hdd i get a message saying "not a wii or gc disc/game"

am i doing something wrong, if so what?

my wii firmware is 4.1e

thanks.

[happy_highlander]

hi, hoping you could help me,
ive followed your guide but i am unable to get anything to work,

i have the neek2o on my home screen but 9 times out of 10 when i try to load/open it, it fails and im left with a black screen. on the odd occasion it does open i go to joyflow to play games direct from hdd i get a message saying "not a wii or gc disc/game"

am i doing something wrong, if so what?

my wii firmware is 4.1e

thanks.

Yes you are doing something very wrong. If you are trying to use the file that you say isn't working then that was a build made for an american wii. Have you followed the guide from the very beginning and followed all instructions to the letter. Every step on the guide is very important as is the format details and file structure.

[blacky1973]

Yes you are doing something very wrong. If you are trying to use the file that you say isn't working then that was a build made for an american wii. Have you followed the guide from the very beginning and followed all instructions to the letter. Every step on the guide is very important as is the format details and file structure.

hi, no im not using that file, im doing as the guide says to the letter but as i say im getting the black screen or the "not a wii or gc disc" message.

thanks you

[happy_highlander]

hi, no im not using that file, im doing as the guide says to the letter but as i say im getting the black screen or the "not a wii or gc disc" message.

thanks you

Last person that had that problem had not formatted hdd to fat32 with 32kb clusters which is very important

[blacky1973]

hi all i did was follow the guide, i already had wbfs games on hdd so used the wbfs2fat converter that you included in your guide, but still having problems.

[happy_highlander]

hi all i did was follow the guide, i already had wbfs games on hdd so used the wbfs2fat converter that you included in your guide, but still having problems.

Can you post the list of files modmii downloaded for you for both sd and usb but the fact that it works sometimes indicates that the hdd is not spinning up fast enough all the time and instead of using joyflow to launch games (it is just and add on) when in the main screen of neek2o press 1 on the wiimote this will bring up the list of games on the hdd select the game you want from that list and it will show up in the disc channel now launch it from the disc channel.....This is how to run the games in full sneek and is the most compatible as you aren't using another go between (joyflow) but if in doubt run modmii again and download a full new set up and try that. Sometimes modmii throws out a bad file transfer. It is still very new.

[peterp13]

hi all i did was follow the guide, i already had wbfs games on hdd so used the wbfs2fat converter that you included in your guide, but still having problems.

you may want to format your drive yourself then move the converted games back after. Because I notice that the wsbf converter did not format my drive to fat32. So use easeus to format it exactly as required.

[peterp13]

I wonder if there is a place where lists all neek2o compatible drives, what a time saver that could be.

Maybe I am too lazy.

[happy_highlander]

you may want to format your drive yourself then move the converted games back after. Because I notice that the wsbf converter did not format my drive to fat32. So use easeus to format it exactly as required.

That is the safest and most efficient method peter but it does take some time depending on how many games you have....However it is the way that I changed my wbfs drive to fat32 it did take almost 8 hrs to take the games off it right enough. I am thinking I may edit the guide as wbfs2fat doesn't seem to be working for everybody, there does seem to be more successes than failures though.

[blacky1973]

Can you post the list of files modmii downloaded for you for both sd and usb but the fact that it works sometimes indicates that the hdd is not spinning up fast enough all the time and instead of using joyflow to launch games (it is just and add on) when in the main screen of neek2o press 1 on the wiimote this will bring up the list of games on the hdd select the game you want from that list and it will show up in the disc channel now launch it from the disc channel.....This is how to run the games in full sneek and is the most compatible as you aren't using another go between (joyflow) but if in doubt run modmii again and download a full new set up and try that. Sometimes modmii throws out a bad file transfer. It is still very new.

hi files on sd card:- apps, bootmiineek, sneek, wad.
files on usb:- nands, sneek.

btw what is 32kb clusters and how do i get them?

[happy_highlander]

hi files on sd card:- apps, bootmiineek, sneek, wad.
files on usb:- nands, sneek.

btw what is 32kb clusters and how do i get them?

You are missing 1 folder and 3 files from sd card. You should have a ploader folder and 3 .dol files neekbooter.dol, priibooter.dol and priibootergui.dol and the 32kb clusters are set during formating. Some hdd will work on 64kb clusters but not many which is why I have stated fat32 with 32kb clusters. Run modmii again or grab the setup from 4.3u download link and just swap the nands folders with the one from your setup.

[blacky1973]

You are missing 1 folder and 3 files from sd card. You should have a ploader folder and 3 .dol files neekbooter.dol, priibooter.dol and priibootergui.dol and the 32kb clusters are set during formating. Some hdd will work on 64kb clusters but not many which is why I have stated fat32 with 32kb clusters. Run modmii again or grab the setup from 4.3u download link and just swap the nands folders with the one from your setup.

done all of that mate, got the game to load from the disc channel but again the screen went black, think it may be my hdd on its way out as there is a light on it that should flash as its getting used but it aint flashing, going to buy another tomorrow and try again, thank you very much for all your help.

[happy_highlander]

done all of that mate, got the game to load from the disc channel but again the screen went black, think it may be my hdd on its way out as there is a light on it that should flash as its getting used but it aint flashing, going to buy another tomorrow and try again, thank you very much for all your help.

no problem mate use aesus to partition the new hdd it allows youto set the cluster size during format and also allows you to format any size drive to fat32 from xp not just up to 32gb

[peterp13]

It is compatible with the wii but may not be compatible with neek2o. It can be quite picky due to the fact that it runs it's checks very quickly so if the drive does not spin up fast enough or in your case have a fast enough read speed, neek2o can be finished it's checks for a nand and files before the drive had given it access, if you must use that drive there is a workaround but it means using so hex editor write a new command line in neek2o tho delay the start up of the program to allow for three drive to catch up

Many thanks to Happy_Highlander.

I finally passed the neek2o installation, it's all due to the HDD. Folks, try to use real HD instead of flash drive as the HD seems to be up for the task more.

Though, I now have problem playing games, games creah in Joyflow, any idea on how that could be resolved?

[peterp13]

After installing neek2o, I tried playing tintin, but seems to still freeze at checkpoints like previously when using usb loader, any idea why?

Also, the game play seems to have hipcup/slow_motion, I wonder if Joyflow is slow in loading up the HD.

[happy_highlander]

After installing neek2o, I tried playing tintin, but seems to still freeze at checkpoints like previously when using usb loader, any idea why?

Also, the game play seems to have hipcup/slow_motion, I wonder if Joyflow is slow in loading up the HD.

Don't use joyflow to load tin tin. When on the main menu screen of neek2o press 1 on the wiimote this will bring up the list of games on your hdd. Select the game you want to play and it will appear in the disc channel. Now load from disc channel, this is the only way to load in a true sneek environment, joyflow still seems to have a few bugs

[blacky1973]

thanks for your help yesterday, finally got it working (i think), anyway i have 1 further question for you,

i created a nand for europe games but i have lots of games from usa, am i right in thinking if i also created a nand for those games i just put that folder into the nand folder on my usb/hdd then rename it "pl_us" and rename the nand folder for european games "pl_eu"

is this correct?

thanks.

[happy_highlander]

thanks for your help yesterday, finally got it working (i think), anyway i have 1 further question for you,

i created a nand for europe games but i have lots of games from usa, am i right in thinking if i also created a nand for those games i just put that folder into the nand folder on my usb/hdd then rename it "pl_us" and rename the nand folder for european games "pl_eu"

is this correct?

thanks.

No you need to build a 4.3 u nand with modmii you cannot rename a euro nand but don't jump the gun. Try your ntsc games on your emu nand, you might get a surprise at just how many of them work, if you do decide to create a u.s nand, when you install it into the nands folder you will need to delete nandscfg file from the sneek folder on the hdd or neek2o won't recognize it. Do you know how to switch nands from within neek2o

[peterp13]

Don't use joyflow to load tin tin. When on the main menu screen of neek2o press 1 on the wiimote this will bring up the list of games on your hdd. Select the game you want to play and it will appear in the disc channel. Now load from disc channel, this is the only way to load in a true sneek environment, joyflow still seems to have a few bugs

Thanks, HH. Your suggested way seems to work for games in the same region of my wii only. Does it mean i have to create different NAND to play games in diff region? When I use joy flow, it works on games regardless of the region.

[happy_highlander]

Thanks, HH. Your suggested way seems to work for games in the same region of my wii only. Does it mean i have to create different NAND to play games in diff region? When I use joy flow, it works on games regardless of the region.

Generally yes you always play the games in their own region. There is a region free hack (supposedly) and I assume it is while loading through joyflow which is still not great for everyone but I'm sure it will get better the same way standard usb loaders did. I'm gonna have a few words over the weekend and see if there is an update for joyflow

[peterp13]

Thanks, HH. I will create a PAL nand just to see how tintin goes.

[happy_highlander]

Thanks, HH. I will create a PAL nand just to see how tintin goes.

Do you know how to switch nands within neek2o and remember to delete the nandscfg file in the sneek folder on the hdd or the new nand won't be recognised but i think i just said that somewhere else. Remember to create a 4.3 nand and tintin will work perfectly within it by loading from the disc channel

[peterp13]

Do you know how to switch nands within neek2o and remember to delete the nandscfg file in the sneek folder on the hdd or the new nand won't be recognised but i think i just said that somewhere else. Remember to create a 4.3 nand and tintin will work perfectly within it by loading from the disc channel

Hi, HH.

I built a Euro nand using modmii, then copy only the pl_eu folder into nands in my HDD, I also removed nandscfg from sneek in HDD. Then I go ahead launch neek2o, after it's opened the pl_us nand, I tried switching to the new pl_eu nand from the setting menu, but got "mode not supported" on my tv with black screen. Now that even after rebooting my wii, when I launch neek2o, my tv says "mode not supported" with a black screen.

Could you advise what I am missing?

Thanks

[happy_highlander]

Hi, HH.

I built a Euro nand using modmii, then copy only the pl_eu folder into nands in my HDD, I also removed nandscfg from sneek in HDD. Then I go ahead launch neek2o, after it's opened the pl_us nand, I tried switching to the new pl_eu nand from the setting menu, but got "mode not supported" on my tv with black screen. Now that even after rebooting my wii, when I launch neek2o, my tv says "mode not supported" with a black screen.

Could you advise what I am missing?

Thanks

Have no idea I have both e and u nands running it could be the tv setting not recognizing the pal format
Edit........it is definately the tv settings just read your post again and the reason neek2o is always booting to a black screen is because you have launched the e nand. Do you have an option in tv setting to change to pal 50hrz or something like that, if you haven't or don't want to mess about with it delete pl_eu nand and the nands cfg and this will reboot neek2o to your pl_us nand. There is a third revision of joyflow released and also a full channel instead of booting from a forwarder which may work better as it isn't booting from sd. Leaving everything to run from your neek nand on hdd

[blacky1973]

hi my wii has firmware 4.1e, when it comes to building the nand do i have to choose wii version 4.1 or does it not matter what version i choose? thanks.

[happy_highlander]

hi my wii has firmware 4.1e, when it comes to building the nand do i have to choose wii version 4.1 or does it not matter what version i choose? thanks.

If you build a 4.1 nand the newer games might not work as they will try to system update and can't...Build a 4.3 nand as it's the latest version. As long as you build a 4.3e you will still be able to use your wii serial number in modmii to allow online play (maybe) but we'll come back to that if necessary. Remember essentially you are building a brand new wii when you create the nand so you can have whatever you want.

[peterp13]

Have no idea I have both e and u nands running it could be the tv setting not recognizing the pal format
Edit........it is definately the tv settings just read your post again and the reason neek2o is always booting to a black screen is because you have launched the e nand. Do you have an option in tv setting to change to pal 50hrz or something like that, if you haven't or don't want to mess about with it delete pl_eu nand and the nands cfg and this will reboot neek2o to your pl_us nand. There is a third revision of joyflow released and also a full channel instead of booting from a forwarder which may work better as it isn't booting from sd. Leaving everything to run from your neek nand on hdd

I agree, HH. That's most likely the case, my TV is not a multi-systems so I guess it only supports NTSC.

I will wait for getting the new Joyflow to see if that helps.

Thanks, HH.

[happy_highlander]

I agree, HH. That's most likely the case, my TV is not a multi-systems so I guess it only supports NTSC.

I will wait for getting the new Joyflow to see if that helps.

Thanks, HH.

Try this peter LINK REMOVED it's the r3 version of joyflow replace the joyflow folder in the sd card with this one.........Or try this LINK REMOVED it's the full channel remove the forwarder channel the same way as you would remove a channel on your real nand and put this in the wads folder on the sd card and load with mmm......THIS MUST GO ON THE EMU NAND...............UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES INSTALL THE JOYFLOW FULL CHANNEL TO YOUR REAL NAND. Try running the r3 version from sd first peter, just because it's easier to change but if that still doesn't work I think you will have more success with the full channel, as it runs from the neek2o nand there should be less chance of errors as the it's reading files from the same media location as the program file instead of cross locations...........I WILL REPEAT THAT I ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY IF ANYONE USES ANY OF THESE FILES ON THEIR TRUE WII NAND. These files are for emulated nand only. This is another benefit of neek2o you can install any file you like with no risk of bricking your wii.


EDIT Do not use the links in this post they are older version and will not work with neek2o

[priyankk]

Thanks HH for your help !!

[peterp13]

Try this peter JoYflow_1_0_pb_3.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/?2eci471wz8s0en6) it's the r3 version of joyflow replace the joyflow folder in the sd card with this one.........Or try this Joyflow channel.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/?5jxjkn9e7vb7lti) it's the full channel remove the forwarder channel the same way as you would remove a channel on your real nand and put this in the wads folder on the sd card and load with mmm......THIS MUST GO ON THE EMU NAND...............UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES INSTALL THE JOYFLOW FULL CHANNEL TO YOUR REAL NAND. Try running the r3 version from sd first peter, just because it's easier to change but if that still doesn't work I think you will have more success with the full channel, as it runs from the neek2o nand there should be less chance of errors as the it's reading files from the same media location as the program file instead of cross locations...........I WILL REPEAT THAT I ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY IF ANYONE USES ANY OF THESE FILES ON THEIR TRUE WII NAND. These files are for emulated nand only. This is another benefit of neek2o you can install any file you like with no risk of bricking your wii.


Hello, HH.

I tried downloading the new Joyflow from your post and put the folder into apps in my sd, I also cleaned up pl_eu in my HDD. Then I can launch my usa nand without problem, yet when I proceed to lauch joyflow from there, it shows the Joyflow logo, then the flashing of joyflow/wiiflow, then just reboot itself back to the my usa emu nand, but never show me the games selection screen.

So to verify, I restore the old joyflow folder into apps in my sd, then the games listing is back to normal within Joyflow (old).

So I wonder, is the link you provided in the post not the right one? I checked the modified date of the files from that rar file and it shows a pretty old date (March 2011), doesn't seem like a recent release.

Could you please help?

Edit: It looks like from Modmii 4.8, the Joyflow version was updated to 2.3, so I am guessing 1.0 is an old one.

[happy_highlander]

It may be the wrong file in the link. I'll see if I can find the latest version but it may still be worth while trying the full channel. Had a look around and It seems modmii is giving you the latest version......Just a thought have you tried launching them with postloader as this can also be used for games.

[blacky1973]

Hi HH, since the last time i spoke to you ive managed to get neek2o working, the problem i now have is, ive since download more games, converted them to wbfs format, and put them in the wbfs folder on my hdd, when i start up neek20 on my wii and press 1, none of the games ive just put on are showing, it is the same when i go to joyflow aswell, only the games that were already on the hdd are showing, all games are the same format (pal), any ideas whats wrong? thanks.

[happy_highlander]

Hi HH, since the last time i spoke to you ive managed to get neek2o working, the problem i now have is, ive since download more games, converted them to wbfs format, and put them in the wbfs folder on my hdd, when i start up neek20 on my wii and press 1, none of the games ive just put on are showing, it is the same when i go to joyflow aswell, only the games that were already on the hdd are showing, all games are the same format (pal), any ideas whats wrong? thanks.

yes mate I know exactly what's wrong,if you read the whole of the setup and installation guide at the very bottom it tells you that whenever you add or remove a game you need to delete the diconfig file from the sneek folder on the hdd or the changes will not be recognised. You can now do it from within neek2o by pressing 1 on wiimote then "+" and navigate down to update games cache....

[blacky1973]

yes mate I know exactly what's wrong,if you read the whole of the setup and installation guide at the very bottom it tells you that whenever you add or remove a game you need to delete the diconfig file from the sneek folder on the hdd or the changes will not be recognised. You can now do it from within neek2o by pressing 1 on wiimote then "+" and navigate down to update games cache....

Cheers mate your a legend.

[Harry999]

Hi HH,

I have followed your guide to the letter but cannot get passed the black screen and blue flashing of the disc drive.

I have a Pal 4.2E and I am using a flash drive as I have nothing else available. This flash drive is formatted as fat32 with 32kb clusters and I can load games off the drive no problem.

My ModMii's NANDS output is only half of the 150mb that you mentioned. I have tried ModMii on 2 PCs, but both times the folder size is 75mb tops.

Any thoughts as to what the problem is? Could you perhaps post an EU nands package on MegaUpload as the US one that you posted earlier does not work either!

Thx in advance m8!

[BARBADEARVORE]

Hi,
I could never load the nand by neek2o channel. It gives-me allways the black screen and the flashing blue light in the dvd drive.
Instead, I managed to load the nand in another way:
In the sd card i have make a copy of the "bootmiineek" folder and rename it "bootmii".
Then, in the Homebrew channel i press the home button and then select "launch bootmii". Then i wait for a litle bit and finaly the emulated nand is loaded. I'm using sd/usb content that i have downloaded from previous HH post. Hope this could help.

[happy_highlander]

Hi HH,

I have followed your guide to the letter but cannot get passed the black screen and blue flashing of the disc drive.

I have a Pal 4.2E and I am using a flash drive as I have nothing else available. This flash drive is formatted as fat32 with 32kb clusters and I can load games off the drive no problem.

My ModMii's NANDS output is only half of the 150mb that you mentioned. I have tried ModMii on 2 PCs, but both times the folder size is 75mb tops.

Any thoughts as to what the problem is? Could you perhaps post an EU nands package on MegaUpload as the US one that you posted earlier does not work either!

Thx in advance m8!

It is unlikely that neek2o will run from a flash drive. Everyone who has tried has failed to boot emu nand and the fact that you cannot launch a us nand means you won't be able to launch an eu nand. That us package is a working setup, granted you will struggle to play pal games but it will load as long as you have games in a wbfs folder on a compatible fat 32 partition. The size of the nand depends on what you have installed to it so if you have not installed any channels when prompted it may only come out at 75mb, I haven't tried a bare bones nand so can't comment

[blacky1973]

Hi HH,

I have followed your guide to the letter but cannot get passed the black screen and blue flashing of the disc drive.

I have a Pal 4.2E and I am using a flash drive as I have nothing else available. This flash drive is formatted as fat32 with 32kb clusters and I can load games off the drive no problem.

My ModMii's NANDS output is only half of the 150mb that you mentioned. I have tried ModMii on 2 PCs, but both times the folder size is 75mb tops.

Any thoughts as to what the problem is? Could you perhaps post an EU nands package on MegaUpload as the US one that you posted earlier does not work either!

Thx in advance m8!

Here is a working EU NAND, It works 100% i am using it on mine.

MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OF10JHYP)

hope it helps

[Harry999]

Guys, thanks for all the replies but I am at a loss...

Have formatted my usb hdd (at the cost of countless hours of uploading but can do this again overnight) as fat32 with 32kb clusters and have used the EU nand that was just uploaded - still a black screen with blue flashing disc drive (even when I load in HBC via bootmii)!!

Any other thoughts?

[Harry999]

...I should add that I am running 4.2E but also the US nand does not work. Running it from the channel has me come back into the standard Wii menu as if nothing happened, and renaming to bootmii and then running that from HBC goes to the black screen with blue flashing disc drive)...

[happy_highlander]

...I should add that I am running 4.2E but also the US nand does not work. Running it from the channel has me come back into the standard Wii menu as if nothing happened, and renaming to bootmii and then running that from HBC goes to the black screen with blue flashing disc drive)...

Wrong file structure or no game in wbfs folder on hdd

[happy_highlander]

Hi,
I could never load the nand by neek2o channel. It gives-me allways the black screen and the flashing blue light in the dvd drive.
Instead, I managed to load the nand in another way:
In the sd card i have make a copy of the "bootmiineek" folder and rename it "bootmii".
Then, in the Homebrew channel i press the home button and then select "launch bootmii". Then i wait for a litle bit and finaly the emulated nand is loaded. I'm using sd/usb content that i have downloaded from previous HH post. Hope this could help.

that isn't a bad workaround mate and is an alternative to using priiloader to auto boot postloader to autoboot to neek2o which is the other way to delay neek2o enough for hdd to spin up. I'll keep this in mind and redirect folks to this post if you don't mind.

Edit...............By the way good first post welcome to DK

[Harry999]

Wrong file structure or no game in wbfs folder on hdd

Re file structure, I simply copy the files in the "copy to xxx" from your RAR-file to the root of the SD and USB HDD. Also, have now formatted the drive, but added 2 games back in. These are within their separate folders in the WBFS-folder on the HDD.

Am I missing anything?!

[happy_highlander]

Re file structure, I simply copy the files in the "copy to xxx" from your RAR-file to the root of the SD and USB HDD. Also, have now formatted the drive, but added 2 games back in. These are within their separate folders in the WBFS-folder on the HDD.

Am I missing anything?!

that is correct as long as the files are not still inside the copy to folder it should now boot.

[Harry999]

That's the thing tho, it doesn't

Could it have to do with the fact that I am running 4.2E and these NANDS are destined for 4.3? Have been mocking about this thing the entire day...

[happy_highlander]

That's the thing tho, it doesn't

Could it have to do with the fact that I am running 4.2E and these NANDS are destined for 4.3? Have been mocking about this thing the entire day...

It is nothing to do with the nands you are essentially installing a virgin wii onto your hdd so you can have whatever you like. Did you say you have tried renaming the bootmiineek folder on the sd to bootmii then launching from hbc have you tried from scratch with modmii 5.0.0. There was a new version of neek2o released 2 days ago

[Harry999]

It is nothing to do with the nands you are essentially installing a virgin wii onto your hdd so you can have whatever you like. Did you say you have tried renaming the bootmiineek folder on the sd to bootmii then launching from hbc have you tried from scratch with modmii 5.0.0. There was a new version of neek2o released 2 days ago

Yeah have renamed the bootmiineek to bootmii and am running from HBC, but have tried with the channel as well - no luck with both.

I'll try with 5.0 tomorrow and will let you know. Much appreciate your help with this, hopefully I'll get it sorted...

[BARBADEARVORE]

After all the help i received reading this forum i am glad that have i've helped also. :)

[BARBADEARVORE]

that isn't a bad workaround mate and is an alternative to using priiloader to auto boot postloader to autoboot to neek2o which is the other way to delay neek2o enough for hdd to spin up. I'll keep this in mind and redirect folks to this post if you don't mind.

Edit...............By the way good first post welcome to DK

After all the help i received reading this forum i am glad that i've helped also. :)

[happy_highlander]

Yeah have renamed the bootmiineek to bootmii and am running from HBC, but have tried with the channel as well - no luck with both.

I'll try with 5.0 tomorrow and will let you know. Much appreciate your help with this, hopefully I'll get it sorted...

Just had another thought (couldn't see the wood for the trees) How did you put the files onto the sd and hdd.....If you dragged and dropped, try copy and paste but my preferred method from a rar file is to extract them straight onto the drive I want to use them on

[Harry999]

Yeah have renamed the bootmiineek to bootmii and am running from HBC, but have tried with the channel as well - no luck with both.

I'll try with 5.0 tomorrow and will let you know. Much appreciate your help with this, hopefully I'll get it sorted...

So I have tried yet another few things, here it goes:

1) ModMii 5.0.0 for SD/HDD but still get the same black screen with blue flashing drive

2) The same but now only SD - to see if it could be a compatibility issue with my HDD. Still can't get passed the black screen but no blue flashes (maybe not enough room left for the emu nand and thus getting stuck?)

The ModMii app has more options, would I be better off to try some of those? Could it be my Wii and do I need to stub other cIOS (other than 249 and 250 with DX7)?

[happy_highlander]

So I have tried yet another few things, here it goes:

1) ModMii 5.0.0 for SD/HDD but still get the same black screen with blue flashing drive

2) The same but now only SD - to see if it could be a compatibility issue with my HDD. Still can't get passed the black screen but no blue flashes (maybe not enough room left for the emu nand and thus getting stuck?)

The ModMii app has more options, would I be better off to try some of those? Could it be my Wii and do I need to stub other cIOS (other than 249 and 250 with DX7)?

It is not your wii.....you are essentially building a new one with the nands from modmii. It has to be a comparability issue with the hdd. You cannot run a uneek setup from sd you would have to try a sneek setup but I have never tried neek2o from an sd only setup. to try it you need to build a sneek + di instead of uneek + di. I have never tried it as I don't have a spare sd big enough to load the nand and at least one game onto it

[BARBADEARVORE]

I don't know if this matters, but i read in a brasilian forum that we need to have bootmii instaled as IOS, even if you have it installed as boot2.

[Harry999]

It is not your wii.....you are essentially building a new one with the nands from modmii. It has to be a comparability issue with the hdd. You cannot run a uneek setup from sd you would have to try a sneek setup but I have never tried neek2o from an sd only setup. to try it you need to build a sneek + di instead of uneek + di. I have never tried it as I don't have a spare sd big enough to load the nand and at least one game onto it

Yeah I built a sneek+di with modmii for SD only, but it stalls into a black screen (w/o blue flashes). Added Wii Play as a game and had left 200mb free on the SD, perhaps too little?!

Anyway the uneek+di with 5.0.0 also still stalls into a black screen with blue flashes from the disc drive.

My HDD is a Freecom XXS 640gb, which I have been using successfully for playing with WiiFlow and USB Loader GX.
Would you know if this drive is incompatible with neek2o?

[happy_highlander]

Yeah I built a sneek+di with modmii for SD only, but it stalls into a black screen (w/o blue flashes). Added Wii Play as a game and had left 200mb free on the SD, perhaps too little?!

Anyway the uneek+di with 5.0.0 also still stalls into a black screen with blue flashes from the disc drive.

My HDD is a Freecom XXS 640gb, which I have been using successfully for playing with WiiFlow and USB Loader GX.
Would you know if this drive is incompatible with neek2o?

I don't really know where to go from here. Just had another idea.....You are aware that neek2o boots without an sd now. I Can launch neek2o without an sd card in and still play games as long as I use the 1 button launch them in full sneek. Try booting without the sd just with the nands folder and sneek folder in the hdd. It is definately not recognizing the nand you have built whether it be file structure or just not reading the hdd. When I get home I'll upload my nand for you to try

[Keithuk]

My HDD is a Freecom XXS 640gb

Well the Freecom XXS 640gb must one of the self powered HDD's that works USB Compatibility List (http://www.wiihacks.com/recommended-faqs-guides-tutorials-only/36504-usb-compatibility-list.html)

This Modmii I've seen talked about on here. I downloaded 5.0 but it runs like an old DOS program and there is no help files in the package. Which letter do you type in so it scans the sysCheck.csv in the app folder so it know which IOS's need updating?

[Harry999]

Well the Freecom XXS 640gb must one of the self powered HDD's that works USB Compatibility List (http://www.wiihacks.com/recommended-faqs-guides-tutorials-only/36504-usb-compatibility-list.html)

This Modmii I've seen talked about on here. I downloaded 5.0 but it runs like an old DOS program and there is no help files in the package. Which letter do you type in so it scans the sysCheck.csv in the app folder so it know which IOS's need updating?

I simply hit "S" for a clean install. Is that wrong?

[Keithuk]

I simply hit "S" for a clean install. Is that wrong?

Maybe not for you.

I don't want a clean install I installed HBC 8 months ago I just want it to tell me which wads need updating.

[happy_highlander]

Well the Freecom XXS 640gb must one of the self powered HDD's that works USB Compatibility List (http://www.wiihacks.com/recommended-faqs-guides-tutorials-only/36504-usb-compatibility-list.html)

This Modmii I've seen talked about on here. I downloaded 5.0 but it runs like an old DOS program and there is no help files in the package. Which letter do you type in so it scans the sysCheck.csv in the app folder so it know which IOS's need updating?

Have you got into the main menu....It all becomes clear when you get the list of options available

[Keithuk]

Yes I have the main menu:

W = Modmii Wizard + Guide <Start here to mod your Wii!>
U = USB-Loader Setup + Guide
H = Hackmii Solutions <Upside-Down HBC\No Vulnerable IOS Fix> + Guide
SU = sysChecker Updater <update only your outdated softmods> + Guide
S = SNEEK Installation, Nand Builder, Game Bulk Extractor

1 = Download Page 1 <System Menu's, IOSs, MIOSs, Channels, etc>
2 = Download Page 2 <Apps, USB-Loader Files, Cheatcodes, etc>
3 = Download Page 3 <System Menu Themes>
4 = Download Page 4 <cIOSs, cMIOSs>

A = Advanced Downloads and Forwarder DOL\IOS Builder
C = Build Config Files for BootMii, Wad Manager or Multi-Mod Manager
FC = File Cleanup: Remove un-needed files after Modding

O = Options
CR = Credits
E = Exit

Sorry I don't know why I didn't see it before but it looks like SU.

[happy_highlander]

Yes I have the main menu:

W = Modmii Wizard + Guide <Start here to mod your Wii!>
U = USB-Loader Setup + Guide
H = Hackmii Solutions <Upside-Down HBC\No Vulnerable IOS Fix> + Guide
SU = sysChecker Updater <update only your outdated softmods> + Guide
S = SNEEK Installation, Nand Builder, Game Bulk Extractor

1 = Download Page 1 <System Menu's, IOSs, MIOSs, Channels, etc>
2 = Download Page 2 <Apps, USB-Loader Files, Cheatcodes, etc>
3 = Download Page 3 <System Menu Themes>
4 = Download Page 4 <cIOSs, cMIOSs>

A = Advanced Downloads and Forwarder DOL\IOS Builder
C = Build Config Files for BootMii, Wad Manager or Multi-Mod Manager
FC = File Cleanup: Remove un-needed files after Modding

O = Options
CR = Credits
E = Exit

Sorry I don't know why I didn't see it before but it looks like SU.

you got it mate after you put in su it will prompt you for your syscheck

[happy_highlander]

Yeah I built a sneek+di with modmii for SD only, but it stalls into a black screen (w/o blue flashes). Added Wii Play as a game and had left 200mb free on the SD, perhaps too little?!

Anyway the uneek+di with 5.0.0 also still stalls into a black screen with blue flashes from the disc drive.

My HDD is a Freecom XXS 640gb, which I have been using successfully for playing with WiiFlow and USB Loader GX.
Would you know if this drive is incompatible with neek2o?

MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OA7T2I80) here you go this is a definate working setup. If you can't get this to load it is either a bad format or incompatible hdd

[Harry999]

MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OA7T2I80) here you go this is a definate working setup. If you can't get this to load it is either a bad format or incompatible hdd

The format should be good; I deleted my previous partition with EASEUS and created a FAT32 partition, which I then formatted with 32kb clusters (again using EASEUS)...

I'll copy the contents of this latest RAR to the SD and HDD resp. I will then attempt to run with the channel and via bootmii in HBC. Hopefully it will work this time around.

You mentioned running w/o SD, how would this work?! I copy the folders in "copy to usb" to the root of the HD and forget about the folders in "copy to sd" but how would I then go about to get it going?

Thanks again!

[Keithuk]

you got it mate after you put in su it will prompt you for your syscheck

Ok I've run SU and it says I need:


IOS11v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP]).wad
IOS20v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP]).wad
IOS30v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP]).wad
IOS40v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP]).wad
IOS50v14889(IOS50v4889[FS-ES-NP-VP]).wad
IOS52v15661(IOS52v5661[FS-ES-NP-VP]).wad
IOS60v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP]).wad
IOS70v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP]).wad
IOS80v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP]).wad
cIOS202[60]-v5.1R.wad
cIOS222[38]-v4.wad
cIOS223[37-38]-v4.wad
cIOS224[57]-v5.1R.wad
cIOS249[56]-d2x-v7-final.wad
cIOS250[57]-d2x-v7-final.wad
Its added the 15 wads into the wad folder I may try them sometime I may install the Digital Kaos - Downloads - d2x v7 Final (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/wii/16/d2x-v7-final-1913/) first then run it again.

Cheers HH. ;)

[happy_highlander]

The format should be good; I deleted my previous partition with EASEUS and created a FAT32 partition, which I then formatted with 32kb clusters (again using EASEUS)...

I'll copy the contents of this latest RAR to the SD and HDD resp. I will then attempt to run with the channel and via bootmii in HBC. Hopefully it will work this time around.

You mentioned running w/o SD, how would this work?! I copy the folders in "copy to usb" to the root of the HD and forget about the folders in "copy to sd" but how would I then go about to get it going?

Thanks again!

Just use the copy to usb and launch from the forwarder but this set up works with sd in as well

[Harry999]

Just use the copy to usb and launch from the forwarder but this set up works with sd in as well

Ok guys, I am ashamed to say, but I've thrown in the towel and simply burned Tin Tin to disc. Prolly the easy way out as I anyway have the Wii chipped.

I tried the confirmed to be working NAND but w/o success...

Gotta say tho that the system checker works fantastic - I didn't realize that sooo many things on my Wii were out-of-date and the fix is super easy (WADs automatically downloaded and an install guide made up instantly).

Am finally running Tin Tin w/o it hanging every save point, and that was the end-goal :-)

Thanks to all for your help.

[BARBADEARVORE]

Hi HH,
I have three NANDs working well.
Two of them (4.3u/e) were created by ModMii and the other (4.2e) is a copy of my original NAND modified with a ModMii theme.

I can switch betwen the 4.3e and 4.3u without problem. But, if i switch to the 4.2e(original) the screen turn black and nothing happens.
I have to turn off the wii and then turn on again.
But now, when i come back to sneek, the 4.2e(original) NAND is loaded without a problem.
I can switch to one of the others NANDs, but if i came back same thing happens.

Isn't that strange?
Any thought how to solve this?

Thanks

[happy_highlander]

Hi HH,
I have three NANDs working well.
Two of them (4.3u/e) were created by ModMii and the other (4.2e) is a copy of my original NAND modified with a ModMii theme.

I can switch betwen the 4.3e and 4.3u without problem. But, if i switch to the 4.2e(original) the screen turn black and nothing happens.
I have to turn off the wii and then turn on again.
But now, when i come back to sneek, the 4.2e(original) NAND is loaded without a problem.
I can switch to one of the others NANDs, but if i came back same thing happens.

Isn't that strange?
Any thought how to solve this?

Thanks

There is a good chance it's happening because you have already altered the original nand to softmod it. Is there any reason why you are using your original nand instead of the 4.3 e If it's because you are struggling with wifi on the modmii nand that's an easy fix. Copy the "shared 2" folder from your original nand into the modmii designed 4.3 e

[BARBADEARVORE]

There is a good chance it's happening because you have already altered the original nand to softmod it. Is there any reason why you are using your original nand instead of the 4.3 e If it's because you are struggling with wifi on the modmii nand that's an easy fix. Copy the "shared 2" folder from your original nand into the modmii designed 4.3 e

I have already copied the shared2 folder to the other two NANDs.
Wifi is working fine.

I just wanted to use my own NAND because of the savegames, Miis, wii sports scores.

But that's no problem, i will transfer that data to the new NAND.

Thanks for your help

[happy_highlander]

I have already copied the shared2 folder to the other two NANDs.
Wifi is working fine.

I just wanted to use my own NAND because of the savegames, Miis, wii sports scores.

But that's no problem, i will transfer that data to the new NAND.

Thanks for your help

if you struggle to download the black ops update which you might then you will need to extract the download content ticket manually from the original nand then it will work

[raeter]

hi. i have 2 questions after installation.

how do i run hbc after i run neek2o chan? i'd like to install a few wads. i saw the postloader chan. in the emulated nand and it froze. am i suppose to do something else?

also, how can i use multiple nands? lets say i put pal (installed with), ntsc, and jap nands in nands folder. if i click neek2o chan, which will run? how can i switch?

thank you.

[happy_highlander]

hi. i have 2 questions after installation.

how do i run hbc after i run neek2o chan? i'd like to install a few wads. i saw the postloader chan. in the emulated nand and it froze. am i suppose to do something else?

also, how can i use multiple nands? lets say i put pal (installed with), ntsc, and jap nands in nands folder. if i click neek2o chan, which will run? how can i switch?

thank you.

hbc does not work in emu nand you use postloader but remember it will only run from sd so you will need the postloader folder on the sd card or it will not load (freeze). to switch nands you press "1" on the wiimote while on the main menu then "+" then navigate down to where it tells you what nand you are currently running press right on the dpad until you get to the nand you want to be on.

[raeter]

oh, i thought it would read from usb after installing. that works, ty!

[happy_highlander]

oh, i thought it would read from usb after installing. that works, ty!

For some reason postloader will still only load from sd and so will joyflow. Remember when you load a game by using the "1" button method it is in full sneek mode and much more compatible. So if you have any problems loading a game with joyflow or postloader, use this method

[hermy]

is there an easy way to see if this disk is already 32kb clusters? i know its fat32...

[keytouch]

hi HH,
hi ALL,

i found this thread, cause i was searching for a "tintin freeze - workaround".

have my wii softmodded for a wile and until "ubisoft" released his "tintin"-game i was really lucky with my cfg usb loader.

but i like tintin and thatfor i tried your guide and was happy how easy it was to create a uneek+di. everything worked
"out of the box" and also "tintin-game" (the onlyone in my fat32-partition) was detected at the first run!

BUT...:giveup:... if i used the "1" on the wiimote to start tintin (over the disc channel) it started correctly and then,
every 10-15 sec. there was a small output in the middle of the screen saying something like "...loading from disc..."

there's no more freezing at all, but the gameflow is gone!!

do you have any ideas whats wrong with it?

thanks a lot for your work!

greetings...

[happy_highlander]

hi HH,
hi ALL,

i found this thread, cause i was searching for a "tintin freeze - workaround".

have my wii softmodded for a wile and until "ubisoft" released his "tintin"-game i was really lucky with my cfg usb loader.

but i like tintin and thatfor i tried your guide and was happy how easy it was to create a uneek+di. everything worked
"out of the box" and also "tintin-game" (the onlyone in my fat32-partition) was detected at the first run!

BUT...:giveup:... if i used the "1" on the wiimote to start tintin (over the disc channel) it started correctly and then,
every 10-15 sec. there was a small output in the middle of the screen saying something like "...loading from disc..."

there's no more freezing at all, but the gameflow is gone!!

do you have any ideas whats wrong with it?

thanks a lot for you work!

greetings...

andreas

Sounds like it's struggling to read the drive at the correct speed. Is it a usb flash/pen drive, usb powered hdd or mains powered hdd. First thing I would suggest is to try loading it with joyflow or postloader, not sure if this will cause it to freeze at every auto save again though.

[keytouch]

Sounds like it's struggling to read the drive at the correct speed. Is it a usb flash/pen drive, usb powered hdd or mains powered hdd. First thing I would suggest is to try loading it with joyflow or postloader, not sure if this will cause it to freeze at every auto save again though.
hi again, it was my fault!!! i had to tested it twice if the hd has 32kb clusters. did it then again, but with acronis. now it's working. and again it shows us how important these settings in the 32kb cluster size is!!!!

Thanks a lot HH!

greetings...

[happy_highlander]

hi again, it was my fault!!! i had to tested it twice if the hd has 32kb clusters. did it then again, but with acronis. now it's working. and again it shows us how important these settings in the 32kb cluster size is!!!!

Thanks a lot HH!

greetings...

glad to hear it's working, but it is a bit of pain how picky it can be and glad to see you point out how important the cluster size is

[keytouch]

glad to hear it's working, but it is a bit of pain how picky it can be and glad to see you point out how important the cluster size is

hi HH, just a short question...
when i change 1st time to the uneek environment everything works fine. then, after played "tintin":proud: for a wile, changing back to the real nand makes also all things (cfg loader, hbc, etc.) working as they should. but if i then leave over the powerbutton on the wiimote (wii goes into suspend-mode - orange light) and power it up again on the next day then trying to go to the uneek environment again, it starts with a black screen and i have to make the wii powerless, to get it starting again. reproduceable all the time. by the 2nd "change" back into the uneek environment i did also not see any hd access (blinking flashlight on the hd).
i remember, there are some homebrew-apps, that power down the wii to another state (red light). this is the state i see, after making it powerless and repower it again.
Maybe this "state" is needed for me after using the real nand and go into suspend-mode.
do you know some of these "homebrew-apps" that can bring a wii into the "red-light" state?

greetings...

EDIT: just in time i found the reason myself...its the "wiiconnect24 standby option" in the wii option menu...if this is turned on, the wii goes into the "orange-light-suspend-mode" (that nearby also means 10watts).
if you disable this function it goes into the "red-light-suspend-mode" (this means 1watt).
So here you can also save much money.
this evening i will try out, if this works for me with my "black-screen-problem" and give some status.

EDIT2: after setting the "wiiconnect24 standby option" to "off" there is no more problem at all!

[super13]

I have modded wiis for years now but new to this. when I try to load the neek2o wad from the mmm all i get is a "ticket (-2011)" and wont install the channel. Can you help me on this.

[super13]

i boot the channel and it goes black screen. I know it said it would take a while but how long is a while?

[happy_highlander]

I have modded wiis for years now but new to this. when I try to load the neek2o wad from the mmm all i get is a "ticket (-2011)" and wont install the channel. Can you help me on this.

You are trying to install into the wrong ios reload to either 236 or 249

[happy_highlander]

i boot the channel and it goes black screen. I know it said it would take a while but how long is a while?

A long time is few seconds you are getting a black screen for 1 of 2 reasons either you don't have a game on the fat 32 partition or your emulated nand is not being recognized for which there is a number of reasons, but with knowing your setup I can't say what it is. Remember the install instructions are very specific as far as file structure and hdd format goes as neek2o is very picky

[heavymagik]

Have 2 wiis running SNEEK+DI now, but how can i get them to boot strait to it without using the NEEK chanel?.

[BARBADEARVORE]

i boot the channel and it goes black screen. I know it said it would take a while but how long is a while?

Happened the same thing to me.
I only managed to solve this when I've launched UNEEK+DI by bootmii.

[happy_highlander]

Have 2 wiis running SNEEK+DI now, but how can i get them to boot strait to it without using the NEEK chanel?.

set priiloader to autoboot to your sneek .dol file on the sd

[happy_highlander]

i boot the channel and it goes black screen. I know it said it would take a while but how long is a while? Try this
Hi,
I could never load the nand by neek2o channel. It gives-me allways the black screen and the flashing blue light in the dvd drive.
Instead, I managed to load the nand in another way:
In the sd card i have make a copy of the "bootmiineek" folder and rename it "bootmii".
Then, in the Homebrew channel i press the home button and then select "launch bootmii". Then i wait for a litle bit and finaly the emulated nand is loaded. I'm using sd/usb content that i have downloaded from previous HH post. Hope this could help.
cheers for reminding me barbadearvore

[heavymagik]

Yes but then it loads postloader, and i dont want it to.

[happy_highlander]

Yes but then it loads postloader, and i dont want it to.

I know it's a pain but set postloader to autoboot to sneek dol so that your boot sequence is priiloader> postloader> sneek. It's a bit of a merry go round but will work

[slipx]

It is compatible with the wii but may not be compatible with neek2o. It can be quite picky due to the fact that it runs it's checks very quickly so if the drive does not spin up fast enough or in your case have a fast enough read speed, neek2o can be finished it's checks for a nand and files before the drive had given it access, if you must use that drive there is a workaround but it means using so hex editor write a new command line in neek2o tho delay the start up of the program to allow for three drive to catch up

Hi HH

Been battling with neek2o for ages now and suspect its because the HD is not spinning up fast enough. Glad I found this forum. Please can you share how I can edit the file to delay the start of the program.

Thanks

[happy_highlander]

Hi HH

Been battling with neek2o for ages now and suspect its because the HD is not spinning up fast enough. Glad I found this forum. Please can you share how I can edit the file to delay the start of the program.

Thanks

Look at the post directly above yours this method will slow it down enough or rename your bootmii neek file to bootmii and then launch bootmii from hbc because of the rename this will launch neek2o instead of bootmii

[slipx]

Ok will give that a try. How do I set postloader to autoboot neek2o ?

Managed to get into uneek mode, still shows flashing blue light through. My setup is Priiloader-->Postloader-->autoboot neek2o

[happy_highlander]

Ok will give that a try. How do I set postloader to autoboot neek2o ?

Managed to get into uneek mode, still shows flashing blue light through. My setup is Priiloader-->Postloader-->autoboot neek2o

what do you mean you got into uneek mode but still have a flashing blue light do you mean neek2o has launched but you still can't load games, or you still are not in your emu nand

[slipx]

I managed to figure out how to configure postloader to autoboot into neek2o. Problem is it still goes to black screen with drive flashing blue light.

I also tried renaming modmii folder but same problem. Using rev72 of neek2o.

Postloader can see both usb and sd card. Picks up my backup games in the wbfs folder on the usb. Not sure what else to try?

[happy_highlander]

I managed to figure out how to configure postloader to autoboot into neek2o. Problem is it still goes to black screen with drive flashing blue light.

I also tried renaming modmii folder but same problem. Using rev72 of neek2o.

Postloader can see both usb and sd card. Picks up my backup games in the wbfs folder on the usb. Not sure what else to try?

Ok stop priiloader and post loader autobooting and try this

Originally Posted by BARBADEARVORE
Hi,
I could never load the nand by neek2o channel. It gives-me allways the black screen and the flashing blue light in the dvd drive.
Instead, I managed to load the nand in another way:
In the sd card i have a copy of the "bootmiineek" folder and rename it "bootmii".
Then, in the Homebrew channel i press the home button and then select "launch bootmii". Then i wait for a litle bit and finaly the emulated nand is loaded. I'm using sd/usb content that i have downloaded from previous HH post. Hope this could help.

[slipx]

Ok stop priiloader and post loader autobooting and try this

Originally Posted by BARBADEARVORE
Hi,
I could never load the nand by neek2o channel. It gives-me allways the black screen and the flashing blue light in the dvd drive.
Instead, I managed to load the nand in another way:
In the sd card i have a copy of the "bootmiineek" folder and rename it "bootmii".
Then, in the Homebrew channel i press the home button and then select "launch bootmii". Then i wait for a litle bit and finaly the emulated nand is loaded. I'm using sd/usb content that i have downloaded from previous HH post. Hope this could help.

Tried that. Still black screen and flashing blue light. Maybe I should just try the hex edit?

[happy_highlander]

Tried that. Still black screen and flashing blue light. Maybe I should just try the hex edit?

before you try anything else are you sure that you have everything formatted correctly and the correct file structure....You have never said are you using a mains powered hdd or usb powered hdd, the majority of the people that cannot get this to install are using usb powered hdd check our pm

[slipx]

I'm giving up now. neek2o simply does not run on a seagate freeagent go. Even after recompiling the fs-usb module to introduce a wait loop for the drive to respond and all the other tips suggested above. If anyone else manages to get it working I'd be interested to hear.

Cheers

[happy_highlander]

I'm giving up now. neek2o simply does not run on a seagate freeagent go. Even after recompiling the fs-usb module to introduce a wait loop for the drive to respond and all the other tips suggested above. If anyone else manages to get it working I'd be interested to hear.

Cheers

I'll keep my ear to the ground and if I hear any progress on usb powered drives I'll let you know.

[asd123a]

thank you great post like it

[swinelord]

Total Noob needs help. Trying to use a thumb drive as it is all I have but can't format with 32 kb clusters. Even Easus partition manager will only let me create 16kb clusters. Are 32 kb clusters imperative? Used ModMii to get sd and usb file setup and backup file on thumb drive will load with usb loader GX but can't get neek2o channel to recognize nand - just get a black screen and then wii reboots. All help appreciated. Going to try and get sd and usb without nand files and try with ModMii created nand and will report back.

[happy_highlander]

Total Noob needs help. Trying to use a thumb drive as it is all I have but can't format with 32 kb clusters. Even Easus partition manager will only let me create 16kb clusters. Are 32 kb clusters imperative? Used ModMii to get sd and usb file setup and backup file on thumb drive will load with usb loader GX but can't get neek2o channel to recognize nand - just get a black screen and then wii reboots. All help appreciated. Going to try and get sd and usb without nand files and try with ModMii created nand and will report back.

Thumb drive won't work and 16 kb clusters splits it up into to many parts

[swinelord]

Thanks for prompt reply. Gave up on thumb drive and found an old Kaser 250 GB usb drive in a drawer. Formatted FAT32 and I think cluster size is 32 (is there a way to check from Vista). Anyway still no go. Using the Neek2o channel wii just reboots after a few seconds of a black screen and takes me back to system menu. I do have a backup file on this drive that reads fine with USB loader GX. Will try the no nand setup provided by Highlander and report back. Is there anyway to know if an HDD is compatible?

[Keithuk]

Is there anyway to know if an HDD is compatible?

Only checking the drive model in USB Compatibility List (http://www.wiihacks.com/recommended-faqs-guides-tutorials-only/36504-usb-compatibility-list.html) and Wii USB Compatibility List (http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/USB_Devices_Compatibility_List). Your Kaser 250GB doesn't appear to be listed.

[swinelord]

Good news! Got neek2o to work using the launch bootmii from the homewbrew channel with bootmiineek renamed to bootmii. Yeah!!!! Thanks to all posters and again for the rapid response and special thanks to Highlander for uploading the neek2o no nand files!
Bad news - never content with success I tried to get Pokemon Ranch to load for my daughter. Added to my emu nand using ShowmiiWads and it appears as a channel but when I tried to load I just got a black screen. Thought it might be an IOS problem so checked what IOS it uses which is 35. STUPID me I tried to load IOS 35 from the Multi Mod Manager and crashed my neek2o setup. Now I can't get back into neek2o despite having erased SNEEK folder from USB drive, retransferring the nand I was using with the working setup and reformatting the sd card and recopying HH's setup back on. Any ideas on what I could be doing wrong. I figure I may have bricked my emulated NAND but if I erase it and copy a backup NAND back on it should work no?

[swinelord]

Update to my last post - through some trick of the Hacking gods neek2o is back up and running! Anyone out there had any success with Pokemon Ranch? (my daughter really wants to play this game).

[swinelord]

Yet another update - now I can get into my emulated Nand but post loader, wiiflow etc. won;t work - get 3 flashes from disc led. I remember that this represents an error code but haven't looked it up yet.

[speedx]

Hi there,

I have in the past been able to softmod my kid wii by installing the USB GX loader. For him it is very easy to use but some recent games are not playable (ie, Tin Tin and part of Disney Universe).

While reading through some sites the instrallation of neek2o was recommended. I have followed the steps in the tutorial up and until running the SD and USB together for the first time. Once I boot up, and go to HBC all I get are 3 options (Joyflow, MMM and postloader). From what I gather, I should run preloader. However, all I get is a countdown looking for the USB and then an error message that the Configuration file is missing. While the countdown is going the controller is unresponsive and then once the error message shows up stating that I should boot from USB or SD, it simply hangs there.

I have the SD formatted in FAT and the USB (Western Digital My Passport USB3.0) in FAT 32 using EASUS. I have the USB set as primary partition and have 6 games (for testing purposes) in the WBFS folder, which were copied with Wii Backup Manager.

I don-t know what else to do. I have read about deleting the config file in the USB within the BIN file (not exactly sure what tool to use for this)... But I take it that this should not be the problem just yet, as I am unable to finish even the installation of the channels.

Anyway, any help is greatly appreciated. I am no expert on Wii at all (:alberteinstein:), so any patience is welcome as well.... (:tomato:)

Thanks to all!

[happy_highlander]

Launch mmm from hbc then go to wad manager and install neek2o forwarder channel. You then use the forwarder to launch neek2o the same as you would any usb loader

[speedx]

Hi HH,

I solved part of my problem, which was not clear in the instructions... As per one of your many responses:

"Edit sorry bout the postloader bit that has now changed to mmm thanks for pointing that out mate guide has now been changed. Launch hbc and select mmm reload to ios236 then go to wads and install neek2o channel."

This, clearly made the difference to installing the SNEEK channel.

Now, (as usual nothing is easy) the problem is the black screen after pressing START in the Sneed Channel... I will redo my USB Drive to see if I may have missed anything... My only concern is if the drive, for being USB3.0 may have an incompatibility... (WD My Passport WDBACX7500ARD-01)...

Anyway, as you DID mention ... PATIENCE, and lots of it are needed...

Thanks for any help...!

[speedx]

My problem was that I had IOS58 selected and not ios236 as you mentioned... Before, I was unable to install the channel from MMM, until I changed that part... thanks!

[happy_highlander]

I'm not sure how well usb 3.0 drives work with the wii as I think the wii is only usb 1.1. One thing that may work for you having a faster access drive is to format to fat 32 with 64kb clusters as apposed to 32kb. I'm sure that was how we got round an issue with a usb 3.0 drive before

[wrattler]

i boot the channel and it goes black screen. I know it said it would take a while but how long is a while?

this is what im getting also.. i think i need to check my directory structure.

[samjoandco]

I have a WII with US region NTSC setup , I also installed neek2o with the same US region so that i dont have to sync remotes every time. I suppose you cannot plan PAL version of tintin on that. it keeps freezing on startup.

Can we have multiple neek2o setups (pal & ntsc ) on the same wii?
can someone please point me to links on how to configure it without the hazzle of syncing remotes every time.

[happy_highlander]

I have a WII with US region NTSC setup , I also installed neek2o with the same US region so that i dont have to sync remotes every time. I suppose you cannot plan PAL version of tintin on that. it keeps freezing on startup.

Can we have multiple neek2o setups (pal & ntsc ) on the same wii?
can someone please point me to links on how to configure it without the hazzle of syncing remotes every time.

Yes you can have both pal and ntsc on the same wii. Use modmii to built a 4.3 pal nand then add it to your nands folder. Delete the nands config file in the sneek folder on the hdd then launch neek2o. Press "1" to enter full sneek mode then "+" for settings, navigate down to select emunand then press right on the dpad this will change your nand. Don't forget to switch back as it doesn't do it automatically for you

[mattblackhq]

Firstly, thanks for the install instructions. I have followed them to the letter and everything is working, but in a fashion. I'm trying to run a backup of tintin to test the neek2o features. I can run the game from JoyFlow, but the disk access crawls making the game crash eventually. I'm running the system in UNEEK+DI (using modmii and your instructions running latest ver 75) and trying to access the games through a usb enclosure. If I use game loader gx in the real nand then usb disk access is fast and tintin runs really well until the game attempts to save (as expected). In Neek2o nand, the cut scenes in TinTin are pratically unwatchable and eventually crashes. My 2gb SD card is formatted to 32 sectors per cluster and also my usb hdd is formatted the same FAT32 32 sectors per cluster. I've tried about a dozen installs - all with the same outcome. I've used two seperate enclosures with different disks.

Looking at the modmii gui there seemed to be an option for SNEEK +DI which promises nand on SD, but also run games from a usb HDD.I havent managed to get this to work - i suspect it could be a typo on the installer? This setup would make more sense to me if the slow down is caused by emulating and running the nand environment from the same drive as i'm loading a game from.

Can anyone give me a heads up on why tintin is running so slowly? - also i tried a couple of other games which also crawl along. Thanks for your time reading this reply and i hope that you can help me, theres something wrong somewhere!

Much appreciated.

[happy_highlander]

Firstly, thanks for the install instructions. I have followed them to the letter and everything is working, but in a fashion. I'm trying to run a backup of tintin to test the neek2o features. I can run the game from JoyFlow, but the disk access crawls making the game crash eventually. I'm running the system in UNEEK+DI (using modmii and your instructions running latest ver 75) and trying to access the games through a usb enclosure. If I use game loader gx in the real nand then usb disk access is fast and tintin runs really well until the game attempts to save (as expected). In Neek2o nand, the cut scenes in TinTin are pratically unwatchable and eventually crashes. My 2gb SD card is formatted to 32 sectors per cluster and also my usb hdd is formatted the same FAT32 32 sectors per cluster. I've tried about a dozen installs - all with the same outcome. I've used two seperate enclosures with different disks.

Looking at the modmii gui there seemed to be an option for SNEEK +DI which promises nand on SD, but also run games from a usb HDD.I havent managed to get this to work - i suspect it could be a typo on the installer? This setup would make more sense to me if the slow down is caused by emulating and running the nand environment from the same drive as i'm loading a game from.

Can anyone give me a heads up on why tintin is running so slowly? - also i tried a couple of other games which also crawl along. Thanks for your time reading this reply and i hope that you can help me, theres something wrong somewhere!

Much appreciated.

Don't load it from joyflow, to run a game in true sneek settings, press "1" on the wiimote when on the main screen this will bring yup all the games you have on the hdd. Select tin tin and if you don't change games again by pressing 1 tin tin will stay showing in the disc channel. You can them just run it from there. To change games press 1 and select another game, this will now stay in the disc channel instead of tin tin and so it goes on

[mattblackhq]

Thanks for the help Highlander, I tried that this morning and still get the same issues. I think, in my quest to get it working through JoyFlow, I may have installed some cios wads. I understand that this should not be necessary and so I will remove the nand and try again. I'll let you know of my results.

If there was an issue with my HDD then I would have had a fail by now and when accessing usb through my real nand, its rapid.

Food for thought . . . . .

Thankyou.

[happy_highlander]

Thanks for the help Highlander, I tried that this morning and still get the same issues. I think, in my quest to get it working through JoyFlow, I may have installed some cios wads. I understand that this should not be necessary and so I will remove the nand and try again. I'll let you know of my results.

If there was an issue with my HDD then I would have had a fail by now and when accessing usb through my real nand, its rapid.

Food for thought . . . . .

Thankyou.

You will have messed up the nand by installing cios, so you are correct in thinking a new nand will sort it out, if there was any sort of issue with hdd not bring compatible with neek2o it just wouldn't load mate

[mattblackhq]

Ok at lunch I built a new nand from modwii - chose not to install the cios rev 14 and then followed your guide. This was marginally better, but still the cut scenes are unwatchable. Any further ideas? I'm downloading an NTSC version to see if there is a problem with the backup iso I made.

[happy_highlander]

Ok at lunch I built a new nand from modwii - chose not to install the cios rev 14 and then followed your guide. This was marginally better, but still the cut scenes are unwatchable. Any further ideas? I'm downloading an NTSC version to see if there is a problem with the backup iso I made.

You will need cios 249 rev 14

[mattblackhq]

You will need cios 249 rev 14

My issues have been resolved. I used an old 256mb SD card instead of my 2gb Sandisk ultra card, I reformatted it to FAT 16 32k clusters. I then re-formatted my Hard drive to FAT32 32k clusters. Finally, when prompted in Modmii I went for install 72 instead of 75.

Unfortunately, because I changed various things all at once I cannot pin point the issues - if anyone gets a similar problem whilst running games (any with video cut scenes like tintin or the last story) then I would first go for the 72 install and see if that works. If not try a smaller SD card. If all else fails reformat the drive with the aforementioned fat 32 formatting tool in the tutorial.

Oh and don't forget to include the cios v14 when asked. I can confirm that v14 works alongside the above config.

Thanks to Highlander for the help, it's very much appreciated! :captain:

[happy_highlander]

If you have chosen to install uneek + di then you don't need an sd card to launch neek2o everything you need is in the copy to usb folder. Try launching neek2o from the forwarder without the sd card in it should work mines does.

[bgorman]

just posting

[happy_highlander]

just posting

Try reading the forum rules and put your first post in the introductions sections, you stand a much better chance if getting help if you can't get something to work.

[dempseyuk]

It has got to be the hdd. The main issue some folks have been having is that the hdd is slow to start up and neek2o had finished it's checks before the hdd kicks in. There is a workaround by aging a delay into the code in the neek kernel (I think) but it requires adding a new string and the use of a hex editor. Check your pm

hi HH anychance you can let me know how this is done i have been at it for 2 days now its booted up twice the rest of the time its just a black screen

[happy_highlander]

hi HH anychance you can let me know how this is done i have been at it for 2 days now its booted up twice the rest of the time its just a black screen

It's not required anymore mate, the code is written in to the newer versions to slow it down as much as possible without it crashing. You only needed to write it in yourself in the early versions of neek

[handerton]

ive followed the guide and made it to the screen to set up my wii my wii but when it finishes it says i have currupted system files any help?

[happy_highlander]

Sorry mate I'm not quite sure where your stuck. What have you done and what files do you have.

[girugamarc]

When I load the neek2o channel it says "Loading, please wait." and then it hangs at a black screen. What am I doing wrong?

[happy_highlander]

When I load the neek2o channel it says "Loading, please wait." and then it hangs at a black screen. What am I doing wrong?

The folder structure is wrong or hdd of not compatible, this if a very picky setup, try downloading again from modmii it only takes 1 bad file and none of it will work

[kokoronikui]

Need some help here. I used the latest modmii to create a sneek+DI installation for neek2o. I installed the neek2o wad and it runs but I get stuck at the menu when the Wii prompts me to press the "A" button to sync the controller. From there I cannot proceed as the controller doesn't respond (as if it gets disconnected) http://gbatemp.net/public/style_emoticons/default/frown.gif



I initially tested a 500gb FAT32 HDD with 16kb cluster format. Got stuck at a black screen. 2nd time, I used a 1gb thumbdrive (fat32/16kb).. shows me the press "A" button screen and wiimote gets disconnected. Now I'm going to try a 4gb (fat32/32kb).. wish me luck http://gbatemp.net/public/style_emoticons/default/frown.gif


Crap, got stuck at a black screen again.. http://gbatemp.net/public/style_emoticons/default/frown.gif
I used neek2o build 80 if that's stable. And mine's a hardmodded Wii with 4.1J so my emulated nand is 4.3J. AFAIK, since it's the same region I do not know why I get a black screen or what's causing my wiimote to lose sync..



This is what's inside my SDcard root folder :


http://i45.tinypic.com/zlrink.png


I also assume that I need to create a wbfs folder in my USB/HDD drive and copy a *.wbfs game inside for neek2o to work?

[kokoronikui]

My issues have been resolved. I used an old 256mb SD card instead of my 2gb Sandisk ultra card, I reformatted it to FAT 16 32k clusters. I then re-formatted my Hard drive to FAT32 32k clusters. Finally, when prompted in Modmii I went for install 72 instead of 75.

Unfortunately, because I changed various things all at once I cannot pin point the issues - if anyone gets a similar problem whilst running games (any with video cut scenes like tintin or the last story) then I would first go for the 72 install and see if that works. If not try a smaller SD card. If all else fails reformat the drive with the aforementioned fat 32 formatting tool in the tutorial.

Oh and don't forget to include the cios v14 when asked. I can confirm that v14 works alongside the above config.

Thanks to Highlander for the help, it's very much appreciated! :captain:
Must the sdcard be formatted to 32k clusters as well??

[happy_highlander]

Must the sdcard be formatted to 32k clusters as well??

You say you chose sneek in modmii, if that is the case then yes your sd card will need to be 32kb clusters and you will only be able to load games from sd not hdd....If you want to load games from hdd then you should have chosen uneek + DI

[NpDump]

black screen when loading neek2o so posting to rechecking and seeing if modmii was the issue when making path structure

[happy_highlander]

black screen when loading neek2o so posting to rechecking and seeing if modmii was the issue when making path structure

Could be file structure, but it is more likely to be that hdd is not formatted correctly. It must be first partition of multiple partition hdd and it must be fat 32 with 32kb clusters and there must be a game iso on the drive or neek2o won't load.

[NpDump]

Could be file structure, but it is more likely to be that hdd is not formatted correctly. It must be first partition of multiple partition hdd and it must be fat 32 with 32kb clusters and there must be a game iso on the drive or neek2o won't load.
my harddrive is partition 1 active primary:fat32 cluster 32kb and partition 2 is ntsf primary how ever i dont have a game iso on my drive will .wbfs work or do i need to convert? whats the file path? usb:\games\xxxxxx.iso?

[happy_highlander]

my harddrive is partition 1 active primary:fat32 cluster 32kb and partition 2 is ntsf primary how ever i dont have a game iso on my drive will .wbfs work or do i need to convert? whats the file path? usb:\games\xxxxxx.iso?

The game goes in a wbfs folder that is on the root of the drive and is in wbfs format. Wiibackup manager is the best to add games to fat 32 drive.

[NpDump]

The game goes in a wbfs folder that is on the root of the drive and is in wbfs format. Wiibackup manager is the best to add games to fat 32 drive.
k was making sure all of them are correct then idk what my deal is i just get black screen nothing happens waited over a hr nothing is there any signs that neek2o is booting?? disc flashes? my hhd blinks raipdly and then light stays solid after a min or so i just upgraded to 1tb wd my passport and no probs with loading games no spin down issues i know some wd drives do tho.. i know im doing everything right is there any other special wads or anything besides the channel forwarder neek2o_NK2O_1.wad im going to try again on the 320gb wd passport essentials and see what that does

[happy_highlander]

k was making sure all of them are correct then idk what my deal is i just get black screen nothing happens waited over a hr nothing is there any signs that neek2o is booting?? disc flashes? my hhd blinks raipdly and then light stays solid after a min or so i just upgraded to 1tb wd my passport and no probs with loading games no spin down issues i know some wd drives do tho.. i know im doing everything right is there any other special wads or anything besides the channel forwarder neek2o_NK2O_1.wad im going to try again on the 320gb wd passport essentials and see what that does
re download everything from modmii It only takes one bad file or you could use these Digital Kaos - Downloads - Neek2o without nands (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/wii/16/neek2o-without-nands-1917/) but you will have to add your own nand which may be the part that's causing the crash..........Remember this is one of the pickiest setups I have ever come across..

[fmjvicious]

i am still having issues with this

[fmjvicious]

It has got to be the hdd. The main issue some folks have been having is that the hdd is slow to start up and neek2o had finished it's checks before the hdd kicks in. There is a workaround by aging a delay into the code in the neek kernel (I think) but it requires adding a new string and the use of a hex editor. Check your pm

could u plz pm me the same thing with some instructions as im having the same problem

[fmjvicious]

forget that i got things working however can u tell me how to have 2 nands 1 EU and 1 USA. id like to switch between the 2 depending on which version of the game i have. i currently have the 1 EU nand working :withstupid:

[happy_highlander]

forget that i got things working however can u tell me how to have 2 nands 1 EU and 1 USA. id like to switch between the 2 depending on which version of the game i have. i currently have the 1 EU nand working :withstupid:

Use modmii to build a new nand but choose U instead of E

[fmjvicious]

i gave up and started a fresh. just did it with a us nand since i only want this to play tintin which is in ntsc. The trouble now is Tintin show in the disc channel but when i press start in freezes on the wrist strap warning page :bawling:. can u help?

[happy_highlander]

Sorry can't help with that one. I have eur tin tin working perfectly. If you have a good E setup look in the downloads section and you will find a little program I uploaded that allows you to change the region of an iso. It works perfect on cod so should work with tin tin
Here is the link to the region changer thread http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=1402004

[fmjvicious]

Sorry can't help with that one. I have eur tin tin working perfectly. If you have a good E setup look in the downloads section and you will find a little program I uploaded that allows you to change the region of an iso. It works perfect on cod so should work with tin tin
Here is the link to the region changer thread How to change the region or display name of any wii iso (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=1402004)


Does this mean ill have to go back to an EU nand?

[happy_highlander]

It's up to you all I know is that the pal version of tin tin works perfectly with neek2o and tbh I've never had much luck with any other region online. You do know that joy flow will also run the games but runs them in region free mode. It want very stable in the beginning and I haven't used it since so it may be much better now

[Keithuk]

I've probably said before in this long thread my PAL Tin Tin works for 30 minutes then locks up, you just restart it and carry on.

[fmjvicious]

I get the same result when using joyflow. Ill try the ISO region changer on a E setup and see if that works. If not ill have to get my hands on a PAL version of tintin and try that.

[SANTIALCALA]

Sorry for my english.

I?m interesting in download neek2o without nands for trying in my wii. I?m using uneek without problems but when I run neek20 channel i obtain a black screen and wii hangs. How uneek still works i think that the nands in the USB stick are ok. I suspects d2x v8 ios 249 base 58

[SANTIALCALA]

Her you go mate MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OA7T2I80) this set up and both these nands are working. They both connect via wifi once configured for your router but I haven't been able to get online play with them. I have only tried them on fifa 11 but cannot connect to ea servers. Once I kick the little one of the wii I will try mw3 online


Can you upload file to another server due megaupload small problems. Thanks in advance.

[luizaug]

Thanks a lot.!

[happy_highlander]

Can you upload file to another server due megaupload small problems. Thanks in advance.

Sorry m8 those nands are long gone. Just use modmii to set up some new ones for yourself.

[blackvaio]

Is "Neek2o Setup and installation guide" applicable to newer version 6.2.3 of ModMii or does it need some modifications in the given steps?

[happy_highlander]

Is "Neek2o Setup and installation guide" applicable to newer version 6.2.3 of ModMii or does it need some modifications in the given steps?

If you still have the option to set up sneek then yes. I haven't used modmii for a while so it may have changed slightly.

[ntpsq]

neek2o was working fine for me for weeks until it randomly started to black screen whenever i tried booting it through system menu or a game through wiiflow. i think it was because i tried configuring it to work w/ post loader. now it just goes black screen and my drive flashing repeatedly? anyone know what could be the problem? :( edit: nand wont show in showmiinands so its prolly corrupted somehow :/

[happy_highlander]

What nand won't show. ... your true nand or your neek2o nand. If it's the one you you built for neek2o just build another one

[Hashis420]

ok lets see if i can type this and it all make sense. ive installed neek2o following your guide 5 times now and everytime no matter what nand i use or how many times i rebuild everything with modmii it simply wont work and idk why. ive tried copying my shared2 folder and the .sys file from my true nand but no success. i have a game in my wbfs folder and have formatted my usb and sd in fat 32 with 32 cluster size. regardless of what i do as soon as i get to the health warning screen i go to push a and it freezes and ive let it sit for long amounts of time to account for first boot slowness. please help for i am clueless as to why this isnt working.:banghead:

[happy_highlander]

Most likely the hdd is not compatible. ...I have stated it is very picky as to what it will work on.

[tigershuffle]

Hello,,, and thanks for the guide etc :)

Ive got emu-nand working, but everytime i switch on it boots to the bootmii screen (so i just press "reset" on wii and it starts up.
I re-modded from scratch with Modmii and installed as Boot2 and IOS.
Is it just a matter of sorting out my bootmii on the SD.
Just dont want to rename the wrong folder etc.

Im also trying to get the Rockband Dlc working in the Emu-nand.
Got all games on 1st FAT32 partition and back up of original iso of Rockband and GHWor on 2nd NTFS partition as well.
Not sure what to do next as the guides all refer to emu nand from scratch but i used Modmii..
any clues?

[happy_highlander]

Your wii is going Stair to bootmii screen because the folder on the sd is still called bootmii. Rename it to bootmii1 and it will stop doing it or just remove it altogether. How are you trying to load rockband. As you shouldn't be trying to load through wiiflow type loader but straight from neek2o screen. The only way to get dlc to work is to download it onto a real nand then pull it off using show me nand and manually install it into emu nand with show me nand

[tigershuffle]

Thank you......and yes still had Bootmii and Bootmiisneek ...so renamed Bootmii to BootmiiA
and Bootmiisneek to Bootmii...all fine now.

Thanks for the other instructions....will give it a go. Makes perfect sense even to a dunderhead like me :)

[SIATHEPIRATE]

Hi everyone, I just installed neek2o according to the instruction on this thread. I use a 16GB Toshiba USB flash and formatted to FAT32 with 32Kb clusters.
everything goes well except when I start the neek2o it flashes back to wii menu, anybody can help please.:confusion::confusion:

[SIATHEPIRATE]

Ok here goes then..Same as usual READ EVERYTHING.

List of requirements...

1. External hard drive must be formatted to fat32 with 32kb clusters. If your hdd has multiple partitions you MUST use the FIRST partition.

2. SD card 16mb is enough or bigger if you prefer but no bigger than 2gb and not sdhc. formatted to fat or fat32.

3. Modmii version 4.7.6 or higher.

4. Patience...Do not try to rush this it doesn't take long.

1. HDD preparation....If like a lot of us your wii has been modded for a whiile then your hdd will be formatted to wbfs, this will need to be changed to fat32 but you don't want to lose or transfer all your backups.....Try this http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f16/wbfs-fat32-ntfs-229900/.
This has been reported as not working for everybody so if you have time transfer the games then convert to fat32 and move them back.
The next problem you may come across is that your pc is windows xp and can only format 32gb as fat32 you will need to use this program EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com (http://download.cnet.com/Easeus-Partition-Manager-Home-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html).............WARNING MAKE SURE YOU FORMAT THE CORRECT DRIVE/PARTITION You only have yourself to blame if you lose any data.

2. SD card preperation. Insert sd card into pc go to my computer and right click sdcard. select format from dropdown and pick either fat or fat32.

3. Grab modmii from ModMii5.0.0.zip - modmii - ModMii v5.0.0 - ModMii - Google Project Hosting (http://code.google.com/p/modmii/downloads/detail?name=ModMii5.0.0.zip&can=1&q=modmii)

4. You are now ready to go.

Launch modmii on pc I won't go through the first instruction cause if you can't follow that bit you have no right trying to go any further.

Select "S"
Select "3"
You now have a choice if you want to load your backup games from usb hdd then choose UNEEK+DI "UD" (this is the method we will be using as it suits most people).
If you store your backup games and wiiware on sd then choose SNEEK/SNEEK=DI "S/SD"

Now select "D" this will copy the required sd files (required for all setups) to the modmii folder on your pc.
Now select "D" again this will copy the hdd files to the modmii folder.

Select the region you wish to build a nand for. I would recommend you use a nand region the same as your original. If you have backups from different regions you can build another nand later. But I'm sure most of your backups are in the original region of your wii.
"U" USA
"E" EUROPE PAL
"J" JAPAN
"K" KOREAN

You now have a choice of wii versions I suggest "4.3"

Now select "Y" to have the homebrew filter channel

Now select "Y" for cios 249 rev 14 (required for some apps and wiiware)

Now select whether or not you require NMM. If you use gamecube games select "Y" if not and have no intention of using them select "N"

Now select "Y" to install priloader to emu nand

Now select "Y" for emu compatible usb loader joyflow (wiiflow based)

Now select your emu nand theme (optional)

Now select what channels you want on emu nand (optional)

Now select "Y" to buid your nand and file structure folders.

You will get a popup box saying you are now complete..Just leave it where it is and wait 3 or 4 mins and in the main modmii window it will say at the bottom complete press any key to return to main menu.

That's it you are now ready to transfer the folders from the modmii folder on your pc to the relevant places..

Copy the contents of the COPY TO SD folder to the sd and copy the contents of the COPY TO USB to the hdd you prepared in Section 1.

YOU MUST HAVE A BACKUP GAME ON YOUR FAT32 PARTITION FOR NEEK2O TO LOAD

Use Digital Kaos - Downloads - Wii backup manager 0.4.0 build 65 (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/wii/16/wii-backup-manager-0-4-0-build-65-1853/) to transfer any iso game files you may have saved on your pc to your fat32 partition. This will create a wbfs folder and install the backups into it in .wbfs format.

Plug the hdd into the wii and put the sd card into the wii (both prepared earlier)

Launch HBC then select mmm and navigate to wad manager, press "a" to load from sd then navigate to wad and install neek2o channel wad.

Go back to wii system menu and select neek2o as you would any other usb loader. This will launch your emu nand and may take a bit of time on first boot.
YOU WILL NEED TO SYNC YOUR WIIMOTE WITH THE EMU NAND
I would recommend a temp sync with home button if the emu nand is not going to be used as your primary nand. Or you will need to re sync to your real nand.
To return to your true nand and wii system launch the neek2o channel in your emu nand setup. This will reload the original system menu.

That's you all done.

Follow the instructions and you will have no problems but if you get stuck just shout up.

It has been reported that wifi is not very stable so this setup may not be ideal for your online play just yet. Not to much of a problem as this launches just like a usb loader.
Wifi will work perfectly if you have used your own wii's serial number in the nand of the same region by copying the "shared 2" folder from an original nand backup dump that had a working wifi connection but the password for wifi must still be the same so it was on the nand backup. Easiest way to be sure is to do a nand backup then dump the nand to copy the folder needed. Don't forget to delete the nandscfg file from the sneek folder in the hdd or changes to your nands folder will not be recognized.

Edit................whenever adding or removing games from the fat32 partition you must also delete the diconfig file from the sneek folder or the new games will not be recognised same goes the opposite way deleted games will stay on the list....Neek2o will create a new diconfig file when launched





Hi,
I know this thread is old but I'm having problems with neek2o
I folowwed all steps and installed neek2o, I use a 216 GB USB flash drive for my games and it's formatted to FAT32 with 32 Kb clusters.
when I start the neek2o from wii menu it just flashes back after a while to wii menu again would you please help

[Keithuk]

Welcome to DK SIATHEPIRATE.


SIATHEPIRATE;2047269]Hi,
I know this thread is old but I'm having problems with neek2o
I folowwed all steps and installed neek2o, I use a 216 GB USB flash drive for my games and it's formatted to FAT32 with 32 Kb clusters.
when I start the neek2o from wii menu it just flashes back after a while to wii menu again would you please help

I don't use neeko2 but just so we know whats installed on your system please post a sysCheck19 (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/wii/16/syscheckb19-2442) report as instructed in that link.

That seems a bit extravagant a 216GB flash drive when you can pickup larger USB hard drives at a fraction of the cost.

[happy_highlander]

Hi,
I know this thread is old but I'm having problems with neek2o
I folowwed all steps and installed neek2o, I use a 216 GB USB flash drive for my games and it's formatted to FAT32 with 32 Kb clusters.
when I start the neek2o from wii menu it just flashes back after a while to wii menu again would you please help

Have you remembered to put a game on the drive as this is the most common cause for neek2o jumping straight back to original nand closely followed by incompatible drive. Neek2o is very picky. Keith a syscheck won't really help you with this issue as neek2o doesn't run on custom ios it runs a simulated nand on original ios which is why it is so compatible with games. Pry the same can't be said about it's compatibility with drives.

[Keithuk]

Thats ok sorry I said anything.

[happy_highlander]

Not having a go Keith just pointing out that you won't see anything wrong that will make neek2o work in a syscheck. It is a whole different ball game to a regular softmod with many more pitfalls for not a huge amount of gain now that cios are as stealthy as they are now. The only game I know of that needs neek2o is tin tin. Almost everything else will run from cios nowadays.

[Keithuk]

That ok HH I know your not having a go at me your just putting me right on whats need to run neek2o.

Well all I can say why are they bothering with neek2o when a correctly softmodded Wii will play virtually any game on the market.

I won't tell you how many games I have as I wrongfully did before.

[happy_highlander]

Lol at games. I agree that neek2o is not as necessary as it used to be. I only installed it in the first place so that I could write a tutorial on how to install it as there was no install instructions from the devs.

[ctroxtell]

Having some troubles with neek2o. I've installed it and it starts up but it freezes up after it reboots into the emulated nand. The first time I only made it as far as typing in the date, the second time I was quick enough that I got it all setup, told me to "Press A" by where the health check would of been and then the entire system freezes up. Attempting it again resulted in the same error, its like after so many seconds it locks up no matter where you are. Got my external hdd with 32gb fat32(1st partion), is there another way for me to have an unlimited amount of wads installed?

[happy_highlander]

Yes use either sneek (sd card) or uneek (hdd) does the same as neek2o but is s bit more permanent. There are loads of tutorials around

[trixter2004]

So having trouble running neek2o....I got it installed fine, but every time I launch it, it gets to Reloading bootmii IOS! and freezes.....any ideas? I have cIOS installed but in reading this thread, that doesn't seem to make a difference. Also, I have a 232gb external hd in FAT32 with 32 byte clusters with only one partition and I have 4 games in the wbfs folder. Any help would be appreciated! :)

[happy_highlander]

Try building another nand. Preferably in the same region as your console until you get it running. It is very very picky.

[multirotor]

I have this working more or less after trying several different drives and nand builds.
The most recent ModMii does not build a working COPY_TO_SD for UNEED+DI for me (it just blackscreens).

I found some guide which included a zip of the SD and I tried that -> starts ok.
ModMii does build working nands.

I can now boot SNEEK from boot2 and it starts up every time. I have used a Toshiba Stor-Alu 1TB (usb powered) and a Samsung Storage Station 1GB (mains powered) with success.

Onto the problem: Some games work and others don't. The ones which do not work will just hang after starting the game. DVD change happens ok, the game starts, there are the usual screens about using the remotes and the game intro starts but then it hangs.
Just Dance 2014 will display a message "read disc" on a black screen. Medal of Honor 2 will hang on the "EA" screen.

My guess is the emulated nand is missing some IOS file. The games are missing the update partition, so I guess the IOS does not get required updates.
I tried updating from Nintendo, that failed as well.
I have built 4 different nands with ModMii but the games always fail on exactly the same spot.
I tried to run PimpMyWii on one of the nands. That did update quite a few IOS but still the same problem.

Both games are working fine on the real nand with USB Loader GX.

Any hints ? Thanks !