Curse the tri-wing screws...I'm still waiting for the screw driver I ordered from ebay.
I've got everything else and I already built the chiip and programmer....just can't open the Wii!
I built one. It's a mess right now. Functional, but a mess. Once I get it clean up, I'll post a picture of it.I would love to see a close up picture of the programmer, with the capacitor in there. If someone has built this, want to share?
I would love to see a close up picture of the programmer, with the capacitor in there. If someone has built this, want to share?
My Futurlec order is going on 12 business days and no arrival, and they obviously don't care. So I'm a little pissed right now. And I'm not ordering from them again.
It's great to hear beta 5 works though, that means it's one less time I'll have to flash to the chip!
You might want to email them regarding your order. I placed an order on 2/28 and and asked for an update on 3/5. They responded same day and apparently, they are backordered on the atmega microchip and ic socket and were holding my order until re-stock. On 3/6 I asked them to cancel my order, which they did on 3/8. They are located in Thailand so there is a delay in responding to emails.
I ended up buying some 12F629 PIC microprocessers and a PIC programmer off ebay. I'm planning to go with WiiFree or the PIC version of Chiip if/when it comes out. I've already installed an external socket on my Wii (those solder points are tiny) and all I need to do when i get the PIC is program and snap into the socket.
Yeah, if you look at the new Chiip site, you'd see how they used Scorpei's method to make an external port. The guy who posted above me did it. I'll do it as soon as someone tells me what they used to cut their wii. whenever i cut stuff the cuts look like s***.