Hacking Broken DVD drive and softmodding

[knexkid]

So I have my Wii hacked to my liking and I'm thinking about getting a wii off ebay for my parents as a gift. I'm on as tight of a budget as possible so I was gonna look at getting a Wii with a broken DVD drive to softmod and then use a USB loader since that doesn't need the drive at all. My only question is if I get a wii with a broken DVD drive, it ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE

 

[Fudge]

Correct. If you want to softmod a Wii with a broken DVD drive, you need it to be 4.2 or lower.

 

[knexkid]

Awesome, thank you. Also, are the black Wii's all 4.3?

 

[Presto99]

I'm pretty sure they all come with 4.3, unless they were starting to be made before 4.3 was released.

 

[WiiPower]

It's also important how the drive is damaged. If it's too serious, nothing will work. At least the standard usb loaders won't work in this case.

And no i can't tell you how to identify it other than trying, but maybe there's an indicator you can use.

 

[Josh192]

Disc read errors are the Wii to look for. Although I did manage to get an unboxed Wii with with a working disc drive, all the cables and sensor bar for £40 a couple of months ago (with some haggling

). Although that was quite lucky, you may not be so lucky now its getting to xmas.

 

[SenorClean]

Of course you could temporarily put a working dvd drive in it to mod it (ie, the one from your wii...).

Other alternatives would be things like the wode/sundisk/sundrive/wiikey fusion...

 

[Sao Mortel]

Awesome, thank you. Also, are the black Wii's all 4.3?

No some of them are 4.2. But if you go buy in the store today 98% chance its on 4.3

WODE is a the better alternative too.