First of all, hello everyone. I am a new wii owner and I have been asking the same questions all over the web for weeks, and couldn't get proper answers. I see that you guys and gals are pretty good with soft-mod help, so If you don't mind I have several questions, and depending on your answers I'm planning to ask more on this topic. Here I go:
I believe that you need to know that I own a backwards compatible (vertical, white) wii, I do not know which version it is (I'll be able to check in 4-5 days when I get home).
1. I want to mod this thing, but I guess I need two pieces of basic equipment, a 2gb sd card and a hdd. The question is, I already have a seagate hdd (it is not in fat32 format), that I've been using to store anime/movie/games. I know that seagate has the highest compatibility with wii, but does the hdd I'm going to use need to be in fat32 format? More importantly does it have to be formatted in a special way, which will turn it into an hdd that is dedicated to wii alone?
I also would like to add that using hdd's in long term gaming causes some heating problems. After hooking that thing up for 5-6 strait hours, doesn't it cause any problems? If it does, would you suggest me to get ausb flash, with 32gb (more or less) to hook it up and use my hdd as a hub for storing games in the long term? Would it cause any problems (in speed or loading times maybe).
2. There are wii games in many formats iso, wbsf, scrubbed... I really don't know which ones to use, but I prefer my game to be not ripped of any content and I'd like to play my wii games from a usb device. Which ones are the way to go?
3. I alsou would like to play gamecube games, I already bought a third party memory card (chinese knock-off, 128mb) . I heard unlike ps2 that they don't cause any problems. Anyway, I also need a wireless gamecube controller, but wavebirds are impossible to find, and I didn't read anything good about 3rd party controllers. So I'll go with the original gamecube controller plus an extension cord (if I can find one), do you have a better suggestion?
4. Should I play gamecubegames from dvds? or play them from the usb devices? Are there compatibility issues? I heard that they made a virtual gamecubememory card, does it work properly, or should I use my 3rd party memory card?
5. Do I have to use any particular brand or model of sd card?
6. I know that we have tons of tutorials around here, and I appreciate them. However, like I said, I'm more comfortable with a video tutorial since I can see the whole process with my own eyes and I will not have to deal with the terminology. I already found a few videos that could help me out, I could ask you to confirm them for me, however I don't know how things go around here. Would it be okay if I would share a youtube video, or if you guys would suggest me one?
7. By the way, is there anything I should be extra careful about? For instance I read that I need to remove all my gamecube hardware from the wii before the soft mod process. Do I also need to block the internet connection as I did with my ps3?
8. I have a couple of original games, can I play them before and after my softmod process and not screw up anything?
I know that this is a long list of questions, but I would really appreciate if you could help me out with them. Like I said, more wiil be coming soon.
Thank you.