Reports of Wii U units dying could be due to a specific chip manufacturer
At the beginning of this month, reports came stating that leaving your Wii U dormant could cause the system to die a slow and painful death.
We initially heard that the Wii U suffers from a NAND corruption issue, which could end up bricking the system. All you had to do is not use your Wii U for a decent amount of time for the issue to potentially crop up. Now we’re finding out some more details on the situation, and there’s more to things than we first thought.
Every Wii U has a NAND chip, and it was created by either Hynix, Samsung, or Toshiba. There’s only two ways to know which chip is inside your Wii U; opening it up to find the chip or running homebrew. If you happen to find that you have a Hynix chip, it could mean you’re in for some bad luck.
Apparently Hynix NAND chips are dying much quicker than those from Samsung or Toshiba. In other words, if you have a Wii U with Samsung or Toshiba NAND chips, you should be okay. If there’s a Hynix chip inside, you better cross your fingers and toes that things keep working!
