Hacking 1st Wii Modchip

[nexx]

I dont know why everyones moaning about the price, youre not just paying for the hardware. Im betting a lot of time and hard work went into finding this out and it wont be long till other companies just rip off their work with minimal effort and undercut them so they have to make money some how.

Ill gladly support these guys even though it does look pretty easy to make your own.

 

[rice151]

Not only are get getting one of the first modchip reviews soon, but also the MicroNinja !!! I've been waiting to hear about it, I thought it had dropped off completely since all these new Slot-1's came out.

 

[shaunj66]

Are there any gamebits (screwdrivers) that work on Wii? I'm in the market for one.I think you only need the triwing screwdriver for the Wii and not the reverse torx looking "gamebit" driver.
I have both and they are usually pretty easy to find on eBay.

Yeh you're right. You don't a gamebit for the Wii. A scalpel, small philips and tri-wing is all you need.

 

[Foxstar]

Yeah, i dont think the price is that bad. I was gonna go out and buy me warioware smooth moves for $80, but i could just buy this chip for $70ish (AUS). Doesnt seem to bad too me, even if it is region specific. i will just buy a better chip in a few months.

 

[WarmWoollySheep]

I'm gonna wait until some other retailers get it, like modchipman. I've never heard of the store in the OP.

 

[shtonkalot]

Yeh you're right. You don't a gamebit for the Wii. A scalpel, small philips and tri-wing is all you need.

What is the scalpel for?
Does anyone know of a guide for disassembling the Wii?
Anymore insight on this futura shop before I place an order?

 

[WarmWoollySheep]

Does anyone know of a guide for disassembling the Wii?

opening the wii thread:

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=43176

and I can't find anything out about this futura shop.

 

[ditto_n]

I dont know why everyones moaning about the price, youre not just paying for the hardware. Im betting a lot of time and hard work went into finding this out and it wont be long till other companies just rip off their work with minimal effort and undercut them so they have to make money some how.

Ill gladly support these guys even though it does look pretty easy to make your own.

Uh, no, the method that this chip uses was reveled publicly by some famous console hacker completely unrelated to Ninja. Good on them for being the first to get a chip out there, but this wasn't some grandiose product of a ton of research or anything.

 

[Foxstar]

For anyone wanting to know how to dissassemble the Wii, i found this site here which is pretty good.

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=677908&rl=1

EDIT: Its a bit slow to load though.

 

[shtonkalot]

Does anyone know of a guide for disassembling the Wii?


opening the wii thread:

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=43176

and I can't find anything out about this futura shop.Thanks for that. I'm still waiting for my replacement Wii from Nintendo and I'm already planning to void its warranty

Pity no one seems to have heard of this Futura-Online before now..
QUOTE(Foxstar @ Jan 28 2007, 02:36 PM)For anyone wanting to know how to dissassemble the Wii, i found this site here which is pretty good.

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=677908&rl=1

EDIT: Its a bit slow to load though.

Yep slow to load, but seems to have all the right info. Thanks for the link, it is also linked in the opening the Wii thread mentioned above.

 

[Hellfenix]

For all the people moaning about no region hack, this is because the chip is to be put on the DVD drive itself and not on the Wii Board. This is EXACTLY like the X360, it's not region free because the region lock is done somewhere else on the board. I don't know why hackers haven't beat it yet though, on the X360 I mean...

 

[WarmWoollySheep]

So there could be a chip that doesn't do anything but deal with region-locking, and we can install that separately. If that's so, no need to wait!

 

[Deleted User]

as soon as the datel freeloader will be out, we could use it to swap backups region freely, nope ?

 

[Veho]

Uh, no, the method that this chip uses was reveled publicly by some famous console hacker completely unrelated to Ninja. Good on them for being the first to get a chip out there, but this wasn't some grandiose product of a ton of research or anything.

So we should be able to make our own chip based on what the console hacker revealed to the general public and our knowlege of microcontrollers? I like the challenge, but I don't dare

On one hand, making my own modchip would cost around $6, on the other hand, the Wii cost me $375, and I'm afraid to risk it with my bungling.

 

[GhostStan]

what is the right way on burning the wii games what is the difference of a raw dump vs not raw?

 

[_Mazza_]

The RAW dumps needs to be unscrambled into an ISO that can be burned to DVD, do a google search for wii unscrambler.

 

[lenselijer]

its the same story with every modchip, the hardware cost next to nothing, but the biggest part is the research that goes into it. i cannot find out the codes to send to the serial port in order to let the wii accept backup dvd's, so i will buy the chip.

It uses the backdoor 2, as seen on the german hacker conference. Its like the xenogc chip for gamecube but then with new commands into it, this takes time to find out these commands and thats why the price is 40 euro.

Also tmbinc at the german hacker conference says that backdoor 2 allows gamecube homebrew to run? Is this also true for the wiinja? and why is it not regionfree where the xenogc chip on gamecube does allow games from all regions to run?

 

[GhostStan]

how do you use the wii unscrambler im new on 7this i download it the program but no clue on how to use it

 

[_Mazza_]

google is your friend.

http://www.feelthissite.com/sitedude/wii/f...der=asc&start=0

 

[troublesome]

doesn't the wii have auto firmware update to disable any modding?