Wii U owners on forums and Reddit are reporting their systems suffering from error codes 160-0103 and 160-2155 after sitting unused for a long period — suggesting ...

plus a $25 NAND recovery kit called NAND-AID—there are no guarantees that these methods will be effective. Instead, Wii U users should plug in their consoles, power them up, and ensure that apps ...

There are reports that some Nintendo Wii U systems out in the wild are falling victim to mysterious failures. As is so often the case, certain error codes have been ...

Image by Retro Blast The problem stems from the NAND memory Nintendo opted to use within the Nintendo Wii U. While there were different manufacturers used to source the chips, they appear to be of ...

For context, NAND is what houses save data for games and the like. So, if your Wii U dies, everything you have saved on it is very likely gone forever as there are no reports of anyone managing to ...

Facepalm: When Nintendo released the Wii U in 2012, gamers weren't exactly lining up to purchase the new console. Now, after 12 years, the device is exhibiting signs of hardware unreliability that ...

other members of the preservation scene have claimed that this won't fix some of the other Wii U issues that have reared their heads in recent weeks. Those are linked to the system's NAND Chips ...

[ChipD] successfully installed two NAND flash chips into his Wii. He can keep the stock firmware on one and then flip a switch if he wants to boot using the other chip with a modified firmware.

Retro Blast mentioned a potential fix called NAND-Aid, which could potentially bring a failing Wii U back to life. They gave a shoutout to @Voultar for his work on this, providing a link for ...

According to iFixit, the Wii U's motherboard, alone, contains components from Panasonic, Samsung, and Micron, among others. Panasonic handles the HDMI controller, while Samsung delivers the NAND ...

It's time for the iFixit teardown of the Wii U, bringing on more details about this ... Also inside is a Panasonic HDMI controller, Samsung eMMC 8 GB NAND Flash/Memory Controller, and Samsung ...