Hacking Chiip Opensource Modchip

[DGSystems]

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[mikeosoft]

may i make a recommendation on your install?

run the wires through the fan vent so that the socket is outside of your wii that way you can reflash it when needed (quite often with these openwii releases) and to make sure the contacts stay connected between the chiip and the socket.

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[DGSystems]

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[Frankdux]

I got my test boards from ebay, some place in china, I got 8 of them for 6$ canadian.

They worked out nice, I like them.

my next step is to at some sort of status LED on the program to indicate that it actualy is being flashed.

any suggestions?

 

[Frankdux]

Wow this chat went dead fast.

 

[arthurkok2]

Wow this chat went dead fast.

well, there hasn't been anything new to discuss........

 

[Frankdux]

no one has anything to say, suggestions install pics...


here is my new install pics



The red tape square just indicates pin 1.

its a little crude but thats all i could do in the short time frame my master has given me to use my iron.. she commands me to leave it and I have to run.. lol

 

[outphase]

Clean work, but that's way too unsightly for me.

 

[CYatta]

Very...inconspicuous. No one will ever know.

Pretty cool stuff tho. If I didn't have a chip already, I'd probably try one of these free solutions. Looks like fun.

 

[Smack]

Nice work Frankdux. For some reason I wired mine through the flap that covers the GC memory cards. I wanna change it but I just haven't had the time or motivation to crack the Wii open again and snip the wires to my chip. So for the mean time I just pulled the wires around to the back and mounted the chip right above the fan with some electricians tape. Makes the Wii look clean from the front and sides, just not the back

Chiip did release a new firmware v0.9.1

Changes to v0.9.0:

  * No bitsetting required
   This means that more or less all DVD+R/+RW/-RW discs should work now
  * The "reduce DVD speed by quitting and restarting a game"-trick was removed from this version; I will soon add a different way of setting the speed
  * Might improve support for different region originals
  * Again changed the login process a little
  * The Linux and Wiip-AT90S2313 versions were removed from this release as it's only a test release anyway

Frimware v0.9.1 Download

 

[Frankdux]

when your sitting there playing, the chiip doesnt look to bad on the side.. its a easy way to keep and eye on it and make changes.

I just did the numbchuck led mod, and was going to do the Wii remote led aswell but i ran out of 3mm Leds and all i have now is 5mm way to big.

oh well. more modding tomorrow

 

[orb_nsc]

I don't mind my external install for now, but once the feature set is enough that I don't care about updating the chip anymore (or if Chiip or Openwii get DVD updates figured out) I'm going to install mine internally. I also need to clean up the soldering on the led and resistor sometime! I was in a bit of a hurry by the time it came to putting the components on the chip...

 

[bliss-chris]

Install pix, why not? Too bad I don't have pix of my Wii yet but only the chip itself. I'll have to add that next week. Nevertheless, the cable leaves the case through the fan holes with the same grey IDE cables used inside the SUB-D adapter case.

Left side for programming, serial plug on the right side for the Wii connection:

Sorry for the boring colours.

 

[xalphax]

Install pix, why not? Too bad I don't have pix of my Wii yet but only the chip itself. I'll have to add that next week. Nevertheless, the cable leaves the case through the fan holes with the same grey IDE cables used inside the SUB-D adapter case.

Left side for programming, serial plug on the right side for the Wii connection:

Sorry for the boring colours.Â

very clean, professional looking programmer/external chiip

 

[bliss-chris]

Thanks xalphax, it was actually quite fun to build and I was rather disappointed it wouldn't work at first, I even had trouble with original discs

, where the Wii would recognize and start them but crash after a few secs in the game. But after flashing FW 0.9.1 everything's running smoothly.

very clean, professional looking programmer/external chiip

 

[arthurkok2]

Install pix, why not? Too bad I don't have pix of my Wii yet but only the chip itself. I'll have to add that next week. Nevertheless, the cable leaves the case through the fan holes with the same grey IDE cables used inside the SUB-D adapter case.

Left side for programming, serial plug on the right side for the Wii connection:

Sorry for the boring colours.Â

wow, very nice, clean and professional job : ) i used IDE cables for my installation too! they are the shiz

 

[Frankdux]

Clean, nice soldering..


where did u connect the led to. does it light up when its being programed. ??

 

[bliss-chris]

Thanks, Frankdux and arthurkok2!

Yes, the LED's working. It's connected as shown in the circuit diagram on the Chiip website (chip pins 26 and 8 with the resistor inbetween), but the connection's hidden underneath the cables to the serial port. When I flashed the Chiip the first time with FW beta5, it showed the blinkcode for "couldn't find the Wii", but when I flashed it with v0.9.1, it didn't blink, but in the Wii it's on and goes off for a sec when recognizing a disc. Just the way it's supposed to.

Clean, nice soldering..

where did u connect the led to. does it light up when its being programed. ??

 

[Frankdux]

Little upset today.. the left and right direction on my Nunchuck doesnt seem to work out of the box. so now i gotta pull a fast one on walmart or use my receit. lol its easier and fast to just say it doesnt work, it seem when u got a receit things take longer there..



maybe its just me..

 

[roboticas]

Hey guys, my parts arrived today from Futurlec so I decided to mod my wii. For me, Futurlec experience was perfect since I am located in Europe and all other companies wanted $30 - $60 for delivery while Futurlec only $4. The parts came exactly as I expected, and a big thank you to those that took the time posted the Fututrlec list.

So I built everything with great caution, I knew what I was doing since I read A LOT about it in the forums. But..... it is not quite working

I downloaded the windows compiled avrdude from this threat (somebody posted it... THANK YOU!). However I forgot to download the latest firmware, so the firmware on my chiip is beta1.

I installed the chiip without any problems. I turn on the Wii and the LED lights up. There is NO blinking. So I think that means that everything went right with the hardware part (right?).

I tried a backup game with no success. Tried to burn it at lower speed of 4x, again nothing. Media is Verbatim and burner is NEC.

Also, people reported that with beta1 firmware the Wii was not playing the original games. Mine plays them fine. Is this good or bad????


So this is my story. I would really appreciate any help or tips. Thanks a lot!!!!