No difference only change is the white light on the eject button went away.

At this point I am not sure where the issue might be. Its strange because its just stopping at the firmware being older. I haven't seen one of these do that and then not being able to resolve it by patching the original firmware.

Do you know what firmware was installed on the console? I am curious if its really old and another method must be tried to get it updated. 

You could try contacting SDIO. He can be found over on GBAtemp forums. Wouldn't hurt to have a second set of eyes to look at this. Its possible i missed something and SDIO knows more about the inner workings of this console than I do so he might have another solution you could try.

Edit: If you do find a solution to the problem. If you don't mind please make a post or message me. I will add it to the defuse guide I created that way if someone else comes cross the same issue they can hopefully find it and repair their console. 

thank you for your help with this and if I can get a solution over at gbatemp I will come back here its the least I can do after all your help.

hey so SDIO suggested i remove the wafel_core from the sd card and that did the trick. i had a bit of issues with the wii u booting up i had to redo the patch a few times. at one point it was throwing up error 160-101 then it resolved that to finally allow me to setup the wii u.

QuoteSDIO said:
remove the wafel_core.ipx from the ios_plugins folder and then run the "patch (sd) and boot sdmc:/ios_orig.img" again.


I have done this and it's acting differently i got the blue flashing light for abit but now it has a flashing orange light.

-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Installation Failure detected
- Error value: -196673
- Package:
</vol/mcp_rawpkg/wafel_install/0005001b10056000>
- Title: 0005001b-10056000 (0x0001)
- AppType: 1800001c
- Platform: Cafe
- Target dev: mlcsys01
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Installation failure log will be stored with error code '162-0000'
00:05:11:496: MCP: life time number of fatal errors - 1866
00:05:11:499: MCP: storing current logs as '/vol/system/logs/67.log'
00:05:11:991: MCP: Finished storing current logs as '/vol/system/logs/67.dsc'
install : fffcffbf
bspWrite begin
bspWrite done
WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
installinfo 0005001b10057000: 00000000
installtarget : 00000000
00:05:12:662: Cleaning /vol/storage_mlc01/sys/import/crash
00:05:13:095: MCP: discarding ramdisk cache for '/vol/storage_mlc01/sys/title/0005001b/10057000'
00:05:14:085: NET: Change admin state (2 -> 1)(iface:0 link:2)
00:05:14:087: [WD]>>>> Linkup msg from Net
00:05:14:097: wlc_mlme_join_cmd called with Command 0x3 Length 0x21
00:05:14:103: NET: Change admin state (2 -> 2)(iface:1 link:2)
00:05:14:104: NET: Change admin state (1 -> 1)(iface:0 link:3)
00:05:14:213: [WD]>>>> Linkup msg from Net
00:05:14:223: wlc_mlme_join_cmd called with Command 0x3 Length 0x21
WLC_E_SET_SSID: result 3 aid 0 bssid m
00:05:15:229: NET: Change admin state (1 -> 2)(iface:0 link:2)
00:05:18:231: NET: Change admin state (2 -> 1)(iface:0 link:2)
00:05:18:233: [WD]>>>> Linkup msg from Net
00:05:18:242: wlc_mlme_join_cmd called with Command 0x3 Length 0x21
WLC_E_SET_SSID: result 3 aid 0 bssid m
00:05:19:248: NET: Change admin state (1 -> 2)(iface:0 link:2)
00:05:19:701: mdblk: err=-131094, mid=0x03, prv=0xa2, pnm=[SH64G80]
00:05:19:703: FSA: ### MEDIA ERROR ###, dev:mlc01, err:-2228230, cmd:26, path:/sys

The above keeps getting repeated while the light is flashing orange.

Is this suggesting the folder has an issue and i should try running the mlcrestorer again? and replace the folders on the sd card?
Post automatically merged: Today at 8:48 PM

Iv repeated steps to delete the mlc and this time when running the patch it's gone to a solid blue like with a message on the serial console stating the mlc setup is complete.
Post automatically merged: 40 minutes ago

gone to boot the console with the wafel removed from the sd card it loaded the wii u logo after awhile and then its gone to a black screen the serial console has stopped with the last entry being "iosPanic(): PPC core 0 heartbeat failed!"
Post automatically merged: 32 minutes ago

now the console is showing error code 160-101
Post automatically merged: 27 minutes ago

Attached boot log which ends with error on screen 160-101
Post automatically merged: 23 minutes ago

attempted to boot it a couple more times now its allowing me to setup the console.

This console has been very strange to deal with.

final question now its gone through the setup process is this when i take the defuse off iv already unistalled the isfshax.

I went ahead and removed the defuse and its now working.

Again thank you for your help I have learnt alot.

Excellent! Glad you were able to get the Wii U repaired. Yes you can remove Defuse once the MLC is rebuilt. Once defuse is removed. You can still use UDPIH + ISFShax to do repairs. so it gives you the ability to use that in the future if you have to repair the console again. Of course the best case scenario is that you wouldn't have to do this.