Unforeseen issue...my sd card is not staying in the NAND-AID, I might have to order another one if something got fried/damaged during the soldering part

Edit:

Yep, a pin came out so I'll be ordering another one. I'll be surprised if I get it right this time around and at least the board is prepped and ready

Well good luck on your 2nd attempt. A couple tips I can give that may help.

If you hold the soldering iron on the leg of the SD Card Slot too long you will melt the plastic inside and that can cause problems.

If the legs on the 4 corners of the SD Card slot are not flush with the NAND-AID the front data pins can break off when soldering them in place. The reason for this is because the pins will be 1mm+ above the NAND-AID PCB and when soldering them in place they will flex down until they contact the PCB of the NAND-AID.

You can push down on the legs when you solder them to make sure they are flush with the board. To prevent the first leg from rising up when you pull the soldering iron away you can use your finger and hold the entire SD Card Slot in place. If your finger starts to burn you know you've had your soldering iron on the SD Card Slot too long, or your iron isn't hot enough to heat up and melt the solder before heating up the SD Card slot.   

I finished soldering. I put in the power ribbon to its spot and booted up. I still have no visuals but it is running. The recovery SD is in the front and the blank attached to the NAND-AID--both 32gb. (light is purple)

Quote from: RollingBox on Oct 05, 2024, 07:53 PMI finished soldering. I put in the power ribbon to its spot and booted up. I still have no visuals but it is running. The recovery SD is in the front and the blank attached to the NAND-AID--both 32gb. (light is purple)

I wouldn't expect the video out to be fixed until you rebuild the console. Assuming the issue with video output is software related as this has been our assumption all along based on earlier tests.

You can now try to rebuild the MLC blind.... the steps to do this with a NAND-AID are as follows:

Turn the console on and blind steps are this:

First Step is to erase MLC/ Delete SCFM.img
 
1. Press power button 9 times (This will bring you to the Backup & Restore menu)
2. Press eject button 1 time
3. Press power button 18 times
4. Press Eject button 1 time
5. Press Eject button 1 time
6. Wait 3 minutes (since we cannot see a video output we don't know if this step is going to be successful or not) 
7. Press power button 1 time (this will put you back into the backup & restore menu)
8. Press power button 19 times
9. Press eject button 1 time
10. Press eject button 1 time
- This should delete the SCFM.img
11. Press power button 1 time (this will put you back into the backup & restore menu) 
12. Press power button 27 times
13. Press eject button 1 time
This will put you in the minute menu where we can rebuild the MLC


You should have the SD Card in the front of the console with all 52 titles for the MLC and the SLC titles to rebuild them. I am assuming your SD card is setup correctly.

Second step is to rebuild the MLC
1. Press power button 2 times
2. Press eject button 1 time
3. You should hear the disc drive spin
4. look at power LED, if its blinking blue or orange this means its working
5. Walk away for 20 minutes
6. Check on power LED if it is solid blue or orange, that means its complete. If its still blinking wait longer
7. pull AC adapter out of console to power it off.
8. post log on your SD Card Wafel_setup_mlc.log for review
9. Remove wafel_setup_mlc.ipx from your SD Card.
10. Put SD card back in the Wii U and power on the console
11. Press power button 2 times, followed by eject button 1 time If everything works you should get the initial setup screen for the Wii U console. 

Should the MLC and SLC just be in the wafel install folder or a folder in the wafel install? Following instructions, that is how I have them currently, as 57 subfolders in the wafel install folder


(Also, I didn't bother reattaching the disc drive back in yet, that's not gonna matter, right?)

Yes that is correct. They should be in the wafel_install directory.

For the rebuilding the MLC part, I'm not getting the blinking light

Edit:

Didn't we do this step before because my wafel install setup was already removed from the SD Card


OpenDir /vol/sdcard/wafel_install: 0
OpenMCP /vol/sdcard/wafel_install: 0
InstallInfo 000500101004c100: 00000000
Install 000500101004c100: 00000000
InstallInfo 000500101004d100: 00000000
Install 000500101004d100: fffcffeb
InstallInfo 000500101004e100: 00000000
Install 000500101004e100: 00000000
InstallInfo 000500101005a100: 00000000
Install 000500101005a100: 00000000
InstallInfo 000500301001a10a: 00000000
Install 000500301001a10a: fffcffbf
InstallInfo 000500301006d10a: 00000000
Install 000500301006d10a: 00000000
InstallInfo 00050030100111ff: 00000000
Install 00050030100111ff: fffcffbf
InstallInfo 000500301001010a: 00000000
Install 000500301001010a: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 000500301001110a: 00000000
Install 000500301001110a: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 000500301001210a: 00000000
Install 000500301001210a: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 000500301001310a: 00000000
Install 000500301001310a: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 000500301001410a: 00000000
Install 000500301001410a: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 000500301001510a: 00000000
Install 000500301001510a: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 000500301001610a: 00000000
Install 000500301001610a: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 000500301001710a: 00000000
Install 000500301001710a: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 000500301001810a: 00000000
Install 000500301001810a: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 000500301001910a: 00000000
Install 000500301001910a: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001010040100: 00000000
Install 0005001010040100: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001010041100: 00000000
Install 0005001010041100: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001010043100: 00000000
Install 0005001010043100: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001010044100: 00000000
Install 0005001010044100: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001010045100: 00000000
Install 0005001010045100: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001010047100: 00000000
Install 0005001010047100: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001010048100: 00000000
Install 0005001010048100: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001010049100: 00000000
Install 0005001010049100: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001010062100: 00000000
Install 0005001010062100: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001010066000: 00000000
Install 0005001010066000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005003010010109: 00000000
Install 0005003010010109: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005003010011109: 00000000
Install 0005003010011109: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005003010017109: 00000000
Install 0005003010017109: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b1004f000: 00000000
Install 0005001b1004f000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b1005c000: 00000000
Install 0005001b1005c000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b1005f000: 00000000
Install 0005001b1005f000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b1006c000: 00000000
Install 0005001b1006c000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10042300: 00000000
Install 0005001b10042300: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10042400: 00000000
Install 0005001b10042400: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10050000: 00000000
Install 0005001b10050000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10051000: 00000000
Install 0005001b10051000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10052000: 00000000
Install 0005001b10052000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10053000: 00000000
Install 0005001b10053000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10054000: 00000000
Install 0005001b10054000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10056000: 00000000
Install 0005001b10056000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10057000: 00000000
Install 0005001b10057000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10058000: 00000000
Install 0005001b10058000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10059100: 00000000
Install 0005001b10059100: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10063000: 00000000
Install 0005001b10063000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10065000: 00000000
Install 0005001b10065000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10067100: 00000000
Install 0005001b10067100: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10068000: 00000000
Install 0005001b10068000: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 0005001b10069100: 00000000
Install 0005001b10069100: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 000500101004a100: 00000000
Install 000500101004a100: fffbf38f
InstallInfo 000500101004b100: 00000000
Install 000500101004b100: fffbf38f
Flush MLC: FFFCFFBF
SetInitialLaunch 0: 1
Flush SLC: 0

Yes we attempted it before but that was the eMMC not the NAND-AID. No blinking light is a problem. What is the power LED doing? 

Light is staying solid purple and getting nothing (visuals) on the final step 11.

I also can't find wafel_setup_mlc.ipx among my used files for this. I only have wafel_core.ipx and wafel_isfshax_patch.ipx

Ran through it again with a located wafel install in the plug in folder and I still get no blinking light

So you turn the console on and you get a solid purple light? Does it start blue, turn orange and then become purple?

Just stays solid purple from start to end

Console needs minute menu files to start. Did you remove those files? 

I am confused where you are currently sitting too, because you posted a wafel_setup log, is this an old log you had?

Also did you verify the soldering connections for the NAND-AID? Can you post a picture?

Here's the shoddy solder job

Okay so that wafel_setup log you posted must be from when we tried to get your eMMC rebuilt so you could do this with video output. Its not relevant now. You can delete it from the SD Card. 

Also NAND-AID looks like it has no solder on the 6 data connections, without them it will not work. As for the rest of it I cannot tell if there are shorts or bridged pins, but any bridged pins will result in this not working.

to be clear the data connection resistors can be seen in my video here:
https://youtu.be/rvxdtk7mOCE?t=453