So my RVT-H was working fine up until just a few minutes ago. I was playing a game which is somewhat prone to freezing. The game froze, so I held down the power button to turn it off. When I turned it on it just gave me a black screen. Any ideas on what to do? EDIT: I just realized that I think I know what might've caused it. Just as the game froze I pressed the Home button. This is what it looked like right before I shut it off. I'm gonna leave it to cool off for about 24 hours and see if that fixes it. Some people who have experienced the "Black Screen of Death" have reported that unplugging it, waiting, and then replugging it fixes it. I have no idea if this will work for me though.
Hi SWEGTA, I saw your video on YouTube regarding this issue. In response, I have a few tips and suggestions for you. Since you don't have your GameCube controller right now, you could try this in the meantime: Lay the RVT-H on its side and look at the bottom of it. You should see a small door with a screw on it. Unscrew that screw and take the plastic tray out. It has a battery which just holds the date & time in it. You could try leaving it out for a while and then try turning the RVT-H back on. Fingers crossed this does the trick and it was just a simple CMOS issue. I think that once you do get your GameCube controller if you hold down the D-Pad buttons on the GameCube controller upon startup, it should bring up a menu that allows you to reinstall the Wii System Menu. This shouldn't erase the entire hard drive completely, it should only repair the menu. I have done this before without issues, but I would still back up your HDD just for extra measure. ---------------- To back up your RVT-H's HDD, do the following: 1. Disassemble the RVT-H (you can use a Wii disassembly guide, it works very similarly). I used this tutorial: . * Be very careful when doing this as to not rip any wires, or break any plastic. 2. Take the HDD out of the RVT-H (there are screws underneath the board securing the HDD to it) 3. Plug the HDD into an adapter like this one (this is what I used): https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-USB-DSC9-SATA-Drive-Converter/dp/B00DQJME7Y 4. Download HDD Raw Copy Tool: http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool/ 5. Select the HDD in the list as the SOURCE, and save it as a Raw (dd) image somewhere else on your computer. 6. Wait for it to finish and you should be good. I would copy it twice, just to make sure you get a good copy. -------------------- Another helpful note is this: ------------------- Whenever you turn your RVT-H on, make sure you do these steps whenever you want to shut it off: 1. Hold down the INSERT button until the blue light flashes a bit and shuts off completely, along with the yellow one next to it. 2. Hold down the POWER button until the light turns red. The reason I'm letting you know about this is because if you just shut the system off without doing the above, it can damage the contents on the HDD. This only applies if you have already mounted a disc, though. If you don't have anything mounted yet, you can just turn it off normally. Just wanted to let you know so when you use it next, you don't risk damaging it further. ---------------- And lastly, I noticed that in the video at one point you said that someone else said you could just plug the RVT-H's HDD into your computer and boot off of that. I just want to save you some time and let you know that that is not possible. The Wii (and RVT-H) use PowerPC processors, which are very hard to find on computers today. Some old Macs used those, but even if you got one it wouldn't help you anyway because they weren't designed to run Wii code from an HDD it can't even properly read/understand. On the contrary, I am in the process of trying to figure out how the RVT-H stores games on its HDD and, if I can, I'll try to write a utility to "extract" the games from its HDD, as well as image the HDD without having to open the whole thing up. Anyway, best of luck to you and hope all goes well. -kkslyder
Update: I tried the Gamecube controller method and it worked! I'm beginning to suspect more and more that the problem really is being caused by a broken Bluetooth module. The black screen, no sound, something halting it from booting properly, the fact that it crashed just as I pressed the Home button, etc. I don't know if that really is the case, but I'm hoping it is. I have no idea when I'll be able to replace the module. Hopefully it'll be within the following two weeks or so.
