Wii:CIOS Installation

Although bricks are rare, they can still happen and this mod performs permanent changes to your Wii's NAND. With that in mind we recommend you perform a NAND backup if you haven't already. These instructions are not compatible with the Wii Mini. Do not perform these instructions on a Wii Mini as that will likely result in a brick.

Installing custom IOS is essential for using programs such as USB Loader GX to load games off of external storage. Some programs may also work better with custom IOS.

Requirements

• A Wii with a connection to the internet.
• An SD Card or USB drive
• d2x cIOS Installer

Installation Instructions

Recently, due to Nintendo (supposedly) shutting down the Nintendo Update Server's, you now need to change your Wii's Primary DNS to 164.132.44.106 in order to d2x CIOS installer to work. Ensure this has been set before continuing.

1. Download d2x Installer and extract it's contents to your SD Card or USB drive
2. Put the SD card or USB stick into your Wii and launch d2x from the homebrew channel
3. Press continue, afterwards you'll see a screen with a bunch of options, set them to the following.
   • Select cIOS: v10 beta52 d2x-v10-beta52
   • Select cIOS base: 57
   • Select cIOS slot: 249
   • Select cIOS version: 65535
4. Once that is done, press A twice. It will then begin installing our first cIOS.
5. When finished, press A to return to the main screen, set the options to the following:
   • Select cIOS: v10 beta52 d2x-v10-beta52
   • Select cIOS base: 56
   • Select cIOS slot: 250
   • Select cIOS version: 65535
6. Once that is done, press A twice. It will then begin installing our second cIOS.
7. When finished, press A to return to the main screen, set the options to the following:
   • Select cIOS: v10 beta52 d2x-v10-beta52
   • Select cIOS base: 38
   • Select cIOS slot: 251
   • Select cIOS version: 65535
8. Once that is done, press A twice. It will then begin installing our third and final cIOS.
9. When finished, press A to return to the main screen, then press B to exit. You have now installed cIOS and are ready for loading games via USB through homebrew such as USB Loader GX and Wiiflow Lite.

Although most games work with default cIOS settings, certain games may require a specific cIOS to work correctly. The loader of your choice should have settings to load a game with specific cIOS, such as 250 or 251.