Wii Hardware/NAND - Revision history

Techflash: Clean up formatting, note the NAND I/F

2026-07-15T12:37:03Z

Clean up formatting, note the NAND I/F

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	The [[Wii]] contains a 4 Gigabit (512 Megabyte) NAND flash memory chip. The NAND is used to store, among other things, every IOS installed on the system, each stage past boot0 (which is stored in ROM) of the bootloader process as described on [[Wii Hardware/Starlet\|Starlet]], your system menu and channels, and your game save files.		The [[Wii]] contains a 4 Gigabit (512 Megabyte) NAND flash memory chip. The NAND is used to store, among other things, every IOS installed on the system, each stage past boot0 (which is stored in ROM) of the bootloader process as described on [[Wii Hardware/Starlet\|Starlet]], your system menu and channels, and your game save files.
	There is currently no way to read or write the NAND in [[Wii-Linux]] nor [[NetBSD]], though [[NPLL]] can read the [[SFFS]] filesystem stored on it.
			The NAND is accessed using using the [[Shared Hardware/NAND Interface\|NAND Interface]] of the [[Wii Hardware/Hollywood\|Hollywood]] SoC.

			There is currently no way to read or write the NAND in [[Wii-Linux]] nor [[NetBSD]], though [[NPLL]] can read files from the [[SFFS]] filesystem stored on it.

	== Data Sizes ==		== Data Sizes ==

Techflash: Clean up NAND page

2026-07-15T12:32:11Z

Clean up NAND page

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	The [[Wii]] contains a 4 Gigabit (512 Megabyte) NAND flash memory chip. The NAND is used to store, among other things, every IOS installed on the system, each stage past boot0 (which is stored in ROM) of the bootloader process as described on [[Wii Hardware/Starlet\|Starlet]], your system menu and channels, and your game save files.		The [[Wii]] contains a 4 Gigabit (512 Megabyte) NAND flash memory chip. The NAND is used to store, among other things, every IOS installed on the system, each stage past boot0 (which is stored in ROM) of the bootloader process as described on [[Wii Hardware/Starlet\|Starlet]], your system menu and channels, and your game save files.
	There is currently no way to read or write the NAND in [[Wii-Linux]] nor [[NetBSD]].		There is currently no way to read or write the NAND in [[Wii-Linux]] nor [[NetBSD]], though [[NPLL]] can read the [[SFFS]] filesystem stored on it.

	== Data Sizes ==		== Data Sizes ==
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	== Physical Data Layout ==		== Physical Data Layout ==
	* Block 0 contains boot1, which is the encrypted second stage ~~of the~~ bootloader, loaded and decrypted by Starlet during execution of boot0. There is currently no safe way to modify the contents of this block.		* Block 0 contains boot1, which is the encrypted second stage bootloader, loaded and decrypted by [[Wii Hardware/Starlet\|Starlet]] during execution of boot0. There is currently no safe way to modify the contents of this block.
	* Blocks 1-7 contain 2 copies of boot2, with blockmaps. Boot2 is stored in a modified WAD format, with a ticket encrypted and signed using [[Nintendo]]'s common key. It is recommended to only modify this area when installing ~~Bootmii~~ as boot2.		* Blocks 1-7 contain 2 copies of boot2, with blockmaps. Boot2 is stored in a modified WAD format, with a ticket encrypted and signed using [[Nintendo]]'s common key. It is recommended to only modify this area when installing [[BootMii]] as boot2, and only when you have a vulnerable version of boot1.
	* Block 8 contains the start of per-console data, as well as the header metadata for the NAND filesystem. This and the next 4087 blocks are generally safe to modify, as long as you have [[BootMii]] as boot2 and don't erase the FAT. This is the area that would be exposed with a filesystem by a driver, were one to be made.		* Block 8 contains the start of per-console data, as well as the header metadata for the NAND filesystem (SFFS). This and the next 4087 blocks are generally safe to modify, as long as you have BootMii as boot2 and don't erase the FAT. This is the area that would be exposed with a filesystem by a driver, were one to be made.


	[[Category:Wii Hardware]]		[[Category:Wii Hardware]]

Tech64DD: improve image formatting

2026-07-15T00:01:00Z

improve image formatting

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			[[File:Wii-Nand-Hynix.jpg\|alt=\|thumb\|333x333px\|Hynix branded NAND on a Wii's motherboard]]
	{{seealso\|https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Hardware/NAND https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Hardware/NAND}}		{{seealso\|https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Hardware/NAND https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Hardware/NAND}}

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	* Blocks 1-7 contain 2 copies of boot2, with blockmaps. Boot2 is stored in a modified WAD format, with a ticket encrypted and signed using [[Nintendo]]'s common key. It is recommended to only modify this area when installing Bootmii as boot2.		* Blocks 1-7 contain 2 copies of boot2, with blockmaps. Boot2 is stored in a modified WAD format, with a ticket encrypted and signed using [[Nintendo]]'s common key. It is recommended to only modify this area when installing Bootmii as boot2.
	* Block 8 contains the start of per-console data, as well as the header metadata for the NAND filesystem. This and the next 4087 blocks are generally safe to modify, as long as you have [[BootMii]] as boot2 and don't erase the FAT. This is the area that would be exposed with a filesystem by a driver, were one to be made.		* Block 8 contains the start of per-console data, as well as the header metadata for the NAND filesystem. This and the next 4087 blocks are generally safe to modify, as long as you have [[BootMii]] as boot2 and don't erase the FAT. This is the area that would be exposed with a filesystem by a driver, were one to be made.

	~~== Images ==~~
	~~[[File:Wii-Nand-Hynix.jpg\|250px\|Hynix branded NAND on a Wii's motherboard]]~~


	[[Category:Wii Hardware]]		[[Category:Wii Hardware]]

Techflash: Some formatting fixups

2025-05-08T17:40:43Z

Some formatting fixups

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	{{seealso\|https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Hardware/NAND https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Hardware/NAND}}		{{seealso\|https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Hardware/NAND https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Hardware/NAND}}

	The [[Wii]] contains a 4 Gigabit (512 Megabyte) NAND flash memory chip. The NAND is used to store, among other things, every IOS installed on the system, each stage of the bootloader process as described on [[Wii Hardware/Starlet\|Starlet]], your system menu and channels, and your game save files.		The [[Wii]] contains a 4 Gigabit (512 Megabyte) NAND flash memory chip. The NAND is used to store, among other things, every IOS installed on the system, each stage past boot0 (which is stored in ROM) of the bootloader process as described on [[Wii Hardware/Starlet\|Starlet]], your system menu and channels, and your game save files.
	There is currently no way to read or write the NAND in Linux.		There is currently no way to read or write the NAND in [[Wii-Linux]] nor [[NetBSD]].

	== Data Sizes ==		== Data Sizes ==
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	== Physical Data Layout ==		== Physical Data Layout ==
	* Block 0 contains boot1, which is the encrypted second stage of the bootloader, loaded and decrypted by Starlet during execution of boot0. There is currently no safe way to modify the contents of this block.		* Block 0 contains boot1, which is the encrypted second stage of the bootloader, loaded and decrypted by Starlet during execution of boot0. There is currently no safe way to modify the contents of this block.
	* Blocks 1-7 contain 2 copies of boot2, with blockmaps. Boot2 is stored in a modified WAD format, with a ticket encrypted and signed using Nintendo's common key. It is recommended to only modify this area when installing Bootmii as boot2.		* Blocks 1-7 contain 2 copies of boot2, with blockmaps. Boot2 is stored in a modified WAD format, with a ticket encrypted and signed using [[Nintendo]]'s common key. It is recommended to only modify this area when installing Bootmii as boot2.
	* Block 8 contains the start of per-console data, as well as the header metadata for the NAND filesystem. This and the next 4087 blocks are generally safe to modify, as long as you have ~~Bootmii~~ as boot2 and don't erase the FAT. This is the area that would be exposed with a filesystem by a driver, were one to be made.		* Block 8 contains the start of per-console data, as well as the header metadata for the NAND filesystem. This and the next 4087 blocks are generally safe to modify, as long as you have [[BootMii]] as boot2 and don't erase the FAT. This is the area that would be exposed with a filesystem by a driver, were one to be made.

	== Images ==		== Images ==

SuperbeeLavaman: Write page about NAND

2025-05-08T17:14:15Z

Write page about NAND

New page

{{seealso|https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Hardware/NAND https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Hardware/NAND}}

The [[Wii]] contains a 4 Gigabit (512 Megabyte) NAND flash memory chip. The NAND is used to store, among other things, every IOS installed on the system, each stage of the bootloader process as described on [[Wii Hardware/Starlet|Starlet]], your system menu and channels, and your game save files.
There is currently no way to read or write the NAND in Linux.

== Data Sizes ==
The NAND is split into 4096 sections referred to as "Blocks". Each block contains 64 pages, and each page contains 2048 bytes of data with 64 bytes of error correction info.

== Physical Data Layout ==
* Block 0 contains boot1, which is the encrypted second stage of the bootloader, loaded and decrypted by Starlet during execution of boot0. There is currently no safe way to modify the contents of this block.
* Blocks 1-7 contain 2 copies of boot2, with blockmaps. Boot2 is stored in a modified WAD format, with a ticket encrypted and signed using Nintendo's common key. It is recommended to only modify this area when installing Bootmii as boot2.
* Block 8 contains the start of per-console data, as well as the header metadata for the NAND filesystem. This and the next 4087 blocks are generally safe to modify, as long as you have Bootmii as boot2 and don't erase the FAT. This is the area that would be exposed with a filesystem by a driver, were one to be made.

== Images ==
[[File:Wii-Nand-Hynix.jpg|250px|Hynix branded NAND on a Wii's motherboard]]

[[Category:Wii Hardware]]