@jefflongo I did switch to the VGA mode. With no input it shows a blue screen and "VGA" in the top left, with input the backlight shuts off and there's nothing whatsoever.
@Arceus what do you mean by "try connecting the VGA to a different device?" The screen to a different computer, or the...
Correction: I was a complete idiot and didn't realize the screen was so dark because the wii dark or whatever it does when you don't do anything for a while. VGA's still completely broken tho :(
I'm stupid. I bought this off of eBay and didn't realize this listing wasn't the exact same thing. It doesn't have an HDMI socket and it would just be dumb to solder one on, but it's the same board,so ig China's the winner of this round .
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So I bought this screen (https://www.buydisplay.com/default/4-3-inch-800x480-tft-lcd-display-with-hdmi-vga-video-av-driver-board). It works to some degree. when there's no signal the backlight is fine. the buttons work, etc. But when I plug in a VGA source (my PC), the screen goes dark...
Life.
anyways, finally got to working on my wii again. Got a surprisingly good headphone amp for $20. Tested it and it worked (almost perfectly). Hooked it up to my wii (AV pins, preamp powered by 7v). Incredible static.
I'm using shielded wire from some charger (the shield threads also act as...
hmm.... so it appears that this cool looking multimeter I got for Christmas actually sucks.......................a LOT
my wii/regs might not actually be dead....