Hacking [PICTURES] Snaps of your Wiikey Install

Louse76 · Mar 30, 2007

QUOTE(Edster @ Mar 24 2007 said:
QUOTE(juggernaut911 @ Mar 24 2007 said:

y r u guys using tape????????
sorry if n00bish... dont know jack bout this

Tape just to hold the wires and the chip down.

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No, less to hold the chip down, and more to provide insulation for the portions of the wire that were over-stripped, or stripped by excessive tinning of the wire.

Next time I'll tin excessively, then cut a bit off the end before I solder to the board.

Louse76 · Mar 30, 2007

QUOTE(pcsoon @ Mar 24 2007 said:
Wow! Your install pics are awesome. I'm still awaiting to receive my wiikey (clone?). I have attempted soldering in the past but never with much satisfaction.Â I always feel like I need a 3rd hand. One to hold the wire, one for the iron and one for the solder. How do you guys do such clean jobs? Is there a device or clamp that helps hold the wire? Do you just build up the point with the solder first and then re-melt it? I plan to practice before doing my install but any tips would be greatly appreciated.Â

I didn't hold the wire against the board. I tinned the wire and got a little bit on the iron, and that was more than enough.

My tests with ONLY tinning the wire actually were the cleanest.

And as for holding the wire then, I just bent it upward so it could support itself (still on the spool).

Hit · Mar 30, 2007

OMFG

Must all this be done to install the wiikey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8epujddQTc&eurl=

I thought it just was up only need to open and solder it and done

Bloodgod · Mar 30, 2007

6mins of that video. after that you can start installing your chip.

Hit · Mar 31, 2007

QUOTE(Bloodgod @ Mar 30 2007 said:
6mins of that video. after that you can start installing your chip.

Thx

i was shocked i have seen an other video to and its not had just open remove the cover thing and then the first chip must be rotated to add the wiikey

testure · Apr 2, 2007

Here's my install.... Not the best, not the worst.

I've done several PS2 installs so have some experience. Wiikey was much easier than any of the PS2 installs.

rukiri · Apr 4, 2007

are those burn marks on the PCB? does it work alright?

in the world of soldering, less is more guys. If you're having trouble putting down just a dab of solder, just practice more on an old vid card or whatever first. don't risk your precious wii because of a little impatience.

but hey, if it works, it works.

QUOTE(testure @ Apr 2 2007 said:
Here's my install....Â Not the best, not the worst.Â

I've done several PS2 installs so have some experience.Â Wiikey was much easier than any of the PS2 installs.

WunSick · Apr 4, 2007

its probably just flux.

opnr2000 · Apr 4, 2007

My install of the wiikey original from Eurasia.

alucard77 · Apr 4, 2007

Your install is not the best I have ever seen, but I have to say, your picture is one of the most professional pictures of a wiikey install I have ever seen.

BTW, your install is really good though. Your picture makes it even look better.

testure · Apr 7, 2007

No burn marks, it's flux. I couldn't get the solder to take on those points so I used some flux. Didn't have anything around to clean up the leftover flux.

QUOTE(rukiri @ Apr 4 2007 said:
are those burn marks on the PCB?Â does it work alright?

in the world of soldering, less is more guys. If you're having trouble putting down just a dab of solder, just practice more on an old vid card or whatever first. don't risk your precious wii because of a little impatience.

but hey, if it works, it works.

mustnap · Apr 9, 2007

This is my 6th Wiikey installation..

and i have 3 more to come.. lol..

Redsquirrel · Apr 11, 2007

well this is another of my wiikey install (on friends machine) but he did help a bit on a few of the points.

sorry tape over it..

ill take better shots on the next one i do

Lazycus · Apr 12, 2007

!!! How did you get your cables plugged back into the DVD drive? You are just asking for trouble having the wires like that. That's a great location for the chip but you should have routed the wires out of the way. Putting it back together had to have put pressure on your chip wires, your ribbon cable, your white DVD cable (power?), or all of the above. If it's still acting dodgy I would take it off and make a clean install.

Redsquirrel · Apr 12, 2007

LazyCus, yeah i see what your saying but I didnt leave it like that before i put the wii back together.

I moved all the wires so that the dvd cable goes in fine etc - i just didnt take a better picture.

When i did my own mod, i stuck the chip in the middle of the board where the center of the dvd drive is. Had no probs at all.

Im doing several more mods soon, and i think ill keep in the same place as the photo, but will re-route the wires better.

Hop · Apr 12, 2007

Just watch the video on youtube, Dam no wonder we have a Wii shortage. There's not enough screw to go around lol.

opnr2000 · Apr 12, 2007

A pic before putting tape on the board...

DirtyH · Apr 13, 2007

Stupid me forgot to take pictures of the install.
So i had to restage it in photoshop.

This is how I installed the wiikey in my friends wii:

It sits just perfectly snug in that corner and needs no additional fixation.
I ordered mine from konsolenprofis.de (german shop) which also provided some ultra thin wire.

Looks nice, works perfect and easy removeable.

asteriaa · Apr 14, 2007

I think self-installing is impossible when see wiikey,
so, I go to shop(electrinic device repair shop) , and he installed wiikey.
He not use wire. just directly install

EvoTroy · Apr 14, 2007

I took it to my father to do it because he has soldering experience, but he studied it for a few minutes and decided not to. Luckily, he knew someone who worked at a factory that assembled circuit boards and stuff, so I got it done for free.

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