Could not initialize DIP Module

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So I'd been enjoying my WiiFlow until I stopped about 3 or 4 months ago and 
started to play Smash. No one, not even myself touched the Wii during this time 
period, meaning no chords, USB devices, or the SD card were moved. Then I 
decided today that I would play it to make some progress on Xenoblade 
Chronicles, and it said that I needed to plug an HDD to Slot 0 or restart, but 
it was already plugged in in Slot 0. I waited a bit since the screen kinda just 
froze, and then came up with a yield sign stating: "Could not initialize DIP 
module!" 
This is infuriating to me, as I have not done a thing and everything was 
working fine just a couple of months ago. I'm so stuck and lost... I have no 
idea what else to do. 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 19 Jan 2015 at 2:37