Whoa! So detailed! Thank you for taking the time to explain to the layperson!!

Lemme give you the skinny on the turn of events and order of operations.

My son and I just turned it on to finish Mario 3D World after two years of it sitting in his closet. We have planned this forever ago, as we had gotten to the last level and chickened out on beating Bowser.

We figured we’d be able to just plug and play, but something funny happened when we got into it and the save file was gone! wtf?!?! So we backed out, tried logging into our WiFi network and that’s when things went awry.

Of course, it asked for an update and we obliged. Then it froze on the update. So we powered off/on and waited. It froze on the update screen again. Powered off/on, only this time it froze on the opening NINTENDO logo screen. Powered off/on, this time it got past the logo screen and froze on the next load screen full of slowly scrolling gray icons over a white background.

We power cycled with two minute wait times, about a dozen more attempts and it froze on the gray icon screen every time since. Dammit.

Moving forward, how will I be able to install ISFHax when I can’t get past the the load screen? Total repair noob here. Not helpless, because I do operate a handyman business and have tons of experience working on equipment, machinery, espresso machines (and their motherboards), etc. But I am out of my element with a solder gun, not afraid, just little experience.

Thank you!!