Hacking 1st Wii Modchip

[Sil3n7]

Hopefully if you update your firmware it won't brick your console like microsoft did.

Actually Ive heard that no one has been bricked or banned SO FAR at least with the 360 for having unidentified media on thier consoles.

 

[flipt]

curious, but did anyone else notice the tape in the vcr under the tv in both videos? or is that just me being crazy?

 

[koentje3]

for ppl think this is still fake check the hint in this NFO:

http://gbatemp.info/wii-nfo/image.php?wii0042

^^

 

[rkenshin]

Hopefully if you update your firmware it won't brick your console like microsoft did.

Actually Ive heard that no one has been bricked or banned SO FAR at least with the 360 for having unidentified media on thier consoles.

Yeah, the worst that happened so far for 360 pirates is when they use a really old DVD firmware hack, the 360 wouldn't boot to the dashboard and just give you an error code..

Simple solution would be just to reflash with an updated firmware hack, so all is well..

Though I haven't paid any attention to non-updatable 360 modchips so don't know if they were f'ed after Microsoft's first attempt at stopping pirates

 

[taubstumm]

Yeah there is a VCR in there.
And anyways, why is the url not working?

 

[111111111]

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[sun]

THANKS FOR THIS....
i'm gonna love my wii

 

[perkele]

Just 5 cables to weldÂ

I hope you mean to solder, I'm not gonna weld a Wii.

BTW, €39.95 for this chip is a rip off, those chips cost €2 to make.

 

[kingkong]

Wow! I' really thinking of buying this. And because it's in Spain, I can pay with cash!

no you cant.

in spain they pay with bull blood

 

[Harsky]

Just 5 cables to weldÂ

I hope you mean to solder, I'm not gonna weld a Wii.

BTW, €39.95 for this chip is a rip off, those chips cost €2 to make.

Cost to make product. €2. The rest in tax and booze money.

 

[moshii]

And how do you plan on getting a dump of the Wiinja chip code?

That chip is most probably one of the 8 pin PIC microcontrollers (see microchip.com)... if it's one of the PIC12 series it shouldn't be too hard to dump the hex from the controller, if it's one of the newer ones and they're clever and enable the protection fuses during programming it might be a bit more difficult. I used to knock out batches of PSX chips with a progger I made from 50p's worth of diodes.

Can't wait for a dump of this.. modchip piracy haha.

QUOTEThe chip looks remarkably like a TL082 which is an op-amp used in conjuction with other electronics for basic amplification of signals.

Oh dear god! 8 pin dips are pretty common smart arse... it's called an "industry standard".



I don't think Nintendo will be able to patch this in firmware, if you watched and understood that video about the backdoor 2 thing the was posted here a while ago you'll know it works using the dvd drive's serial port by putting the drive in debug mode and the forcing authentication of non-legit discs. A PIC chip is perfect for this sort of thing... The firmware on the motherboard won't even know what's happened unless the drive reports to it about going into debug mode. What Nintendo will do is change the drive hardware around i.e. remove or hide the serial port and probably remove the debug code from the *drives* firmware in future hardware versions, so buy a Wii now before Nintendo does a Sony and makes massive changes to the hardware every couple of months.

 

[jokeyrhyme]

Is there word yet on running homebrew? I'd be very interested in running something like XBMC or even Linux on my Wii.

I'm surprised Nintendo allowed the drive to read anything other than Wii Games. There's not really any need for it, so if I were Nintendo I would have manufactured the drive so that it just completely ignored DVDs and CDs. As far as I know, nothing on the Wii (with the possible exception of the Photo Channel thing) does anything at all with non Wii Game discs.

Anyhow, as with my 360, I'm going to be waiting for homebrew-possible modchips before I void my warranty.

 

[Mewgia]

Good thing I already got a Wii. I won't have to worry about hardware revisions, yay.
I think I'm gonna wait until there's a chip that is region-free, so I could play imports... I wonder if the region lock is still there on backups? Then you could play imports via backup with this chip...

 

[perkele]

And how do you plan on getting a dump of the Wiinja chip code?

That chip is most probably one of the 8 pin PIC microcontrollers (see microchip.com)... if it's one of the PIC12 series it shouldn't be too hard to dump the hex from the controller, if it's one of the newer ones and they're clever and enable the protection fuses during programming it might be a bit more difficult. I used to knock out batches of PSX chips with a progger I made from 50p's worth of diodes.

Can't wait for a dump of this.. modchip piracy haha.

If you programmed that many PIC12C50x chips, you'd know they also have "programmable code protection", smartass.

But the chip they used could easily be another one like the ATtiny 11.

 

[KKDS]

This is fake.Â

The chip looks remarkably like a TL082 which is an op-amp used in conjuction with other electronics for basic amplification of signals.

That 8 pin dip package has been used for thousands of different chips
op-amps and serial eeproms are just a few uses for this package.

Looking forward to review from gbatemp on it. My guess is that this
is a serial eprom that overwrites the factory FW/SW eliminating
copy protection etc. Hopefully other similar mods will be released
soon. Smaller surface mount serial eprom packages should also
be an option but are more difficult to solder to. - Ken

PIC microcontrollers more likely! Sorry I did not read other post
before submitted this. Got interrupted.

Thats not a lot of money to ask for a well dubugged mod, why try
to rip them off? Write your own PIC code! Make it Region Free!

 

[CAMson]

So does it run RAW isos that can be found in the net????

 

[nloding]

I'm not sold yet. I want the GBATemp review first.

 

[shaunj66]

I'm not sold yet. I want the GBATemp review first.

You'll have to wait until middle/late next week then.

 

[squirt1000]

Looks good and im sure this will be the 1st of many modchips now

Nice and simple is always a good approach as noone wants 20 plus wires like the old ps2 chips!

 

[Alastair]

I'm not sold yet. I want the GBATemp review first.

You'll have to wait until middle/late next week then.

More than happy to!