Hacking Chiip Opensource Modchip

[anitabill]

thanks a lot for your hints.
I was looking the whole time if there was a mistake and an hour ago I found it

the d-sub 25 thing is been numbered from the back. I thought it was the front (that was one of your hints too wasnt it?). Ill repair that and hope that it will work then. will the led light blink or something when programmed (in the programmer not in the wii)?
Ill report if i was successful.
thx again anitabill

On some older computers the LED did not light in the programmer when I flashed it. On the new computers is did blink in the programmer. At first it appears not to blink but let it sit in there 10-20 seconds and it should begin to blink..

Good luck...keep us posted.

 

[klick]

ok i am finished and I think it worked

that is what it said :

C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\BoZz\Desktop\Chiip\AVRDude>avrdude -p m8 -c sp12
-U flash:w:chiip-v1_0_beta5-atmega8.hex -U lfuse:w:0xE3:m -v

avrdude: Version 5.2, compiled on Oct 21 2006 at 01:41:41
    Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/

    System wide configuration file is "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\BoZz\
Desktop\Chiip\AVRDude\avrdude.conf"

    Using Port      Â: lpt1
    Using Programmer   Â: sp12
    AVR Part       Â: ATMEGA8
    Chip Erase delay   Â: 10000 us
    PAGEL         : PD7
    BS2          : PC2
    RESET disposition   : dedicated
    RETRY pulse      : SCK
    serial program mode  : yes
    parallel program mode : yes
    Timeout        : 200do
    StabDelay       : 100
    CmdexeDelay      : 25
    SyncLoops       : 32
    ByteDelay       : 0
    PollIndex       : 3
    PollValue       : 0x53
    Memory Detail     :

                ÂBlock Poll        Page
  ÂPolled
     Memory Type Mode Delay Size ÂIndx Paged ÂSize  Size #Pages MinW ÂMax
W Â ReadBack
     ----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ---
-- ---------
     eeprom     4  Â10  128  Â0 no    Â512  Â0   Â0 Â9000 Â90
00 0xff 0xff
     flash     33   6  Â64  Â0 yes   Â8192  64  Â128 Â4500 Â45
00 0xff 0x00
     lfuse     Â0   0   0  Â0 no     Â1  Â0   Â0 Â2000 Â20
00 0x00 0x00
     hfuse     Â0   0   0  Â0 no     Â1  Â0   Â0 Â2000 Â20
00 0x00 0x00
     lock      0   0   0  Â0 no     Â1  Â0   Â0 Â2000 Â20
00 0x00 0x00
     calibration  Â0   0   0  Â0 no     Â4  Â0   Â0   0
0 0x00 0x00
     signature   Â0   0   0  Â0 no     Â3  Â0   Â0   0
0 0x00 0x00

    Programmer Type : PPI
    Description   : Steve Bolt's Programmer
     VCC   = 4,5,6,7,8
     BUFF  Â= Â(not used)
     RESET  = 3
     SCK   = 2
     MOSI  Â= 9
     MISO  Â= 11
     ERR LED = 0
     RDY LED = 0
     PGM LED = 0
     VFY LED = 0

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9307
avrdude: safemode: lfuse reads as E1
avrdude: safemode: hfuse reads as D9
avrdude: NOTE: FLASH memory has been specified, an erase cycle will be performed

    To disable this feature, specify the -D option.
avrdude: erasing chip
avrdude: reading input file "chiip-v1_0_beta5-atmega8.hex"
avrdude: input file chiip-v1_0_beta5-atmega8.hex auto detected as Intel Hex
avrdude: writing flash (1546 bytes):

Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.67s

avrdude: 1546 bytes of flash written
avrdude: verifying flash memory against chiip-v1_0_beta5-atmega8.hex:
avrdude: load data flash data from input file chiip-v1_0_beta5-atmega8.hex:
avrdude: input file chiip-v1_0_beta5-atmega8.hex auto detected as Intel Hex
avrdude: input file chiip-v1_0_beta5-atmega8.hex contains 1546 bytes
avrdude: reading on-chip flash data:

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.56s

avrdude: verifying ...
avrdude: 1546 bytes of flash verified
avrdude: reading input file "0xE3"
avrdude: writing lfuse (1 bytes):

Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: 1 bytes of lfuse written
avrdude: verifying lfuse memory against 0xE3:
avrdude: load data lfuse data from input file 0xE3:
avrdude: input file 0xE3 contains 1 bytes
avrdude: reading on-chip lfuse data:

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: verifying ...
avrdude: 1 bytes of lfuse verified

avrdude: safemode: lfuse reads as E3
avrdude: safemode: hfuse reads as D9
avrdude: safemode: Fuses OK

avrdude done. ÂThank you.

oh and the led didnt do anything. i dont know y but im happy that i could flash the chip and thats all I wanted

 

[RobertsD]

Yes, it flashed correctly

 

[klick]

hm bad news for me...wanted to install the chiip.. when i opened the wii and saw the soldering points I knew that neither me nor my dad would risk to smash my wii...hmm Ill have to think about something else...is there any shop or something who would solder my chiip/ the ic socket. I dont want to send it to one of those modding shops cause i think i would have to pay for another chip like wiikey or somethin..the chiip is more than enough for me

 

[Fatal]

hm bad news for me...wanted to install the chiip.. when i opened the wii and saw the soldering points I knew that neither me nor my dad would risk to smash my wii...hmm Ill have to think about something else...is there any shop or something who would solder my chiip/ the ic socket. I dont want to send it to one of those modding shops cause i think i would have to pay for another chip like wiikey or somethin..the chiip is more than enough for me

You might be able to find someone to install it on craigslist.

 

[dohclude]

I've got an atmega8l-8pu and I just tried to flash the new openwii with the 6X drive speed... will not load any backups at all for me. what kind of atmega's are you guys using (the people that it worked for)? and what is your region and chip revision? Mine's a D2B.

 

[RobertsD]

I've got an atmega8l-8pu and I just tried to flash the new openwii with the 6X drive speed... will not load any backups at all for me. what kind of atmega's are you guys using (the people that it worked for)? and what is your region and chip revision? Mine's a D2B.

Atmega8L-8
NTSC
DMS

OpenWii worked fine.

 

[blueskies]

I have a atmega8L-8PU, ntsc/dms wii, and openwii 1.2 didn't work completely for me. I mainly wanted to see if the skipping in wario would be fixed. The disc channel read the disc fine, started to load it, then it popped a message from within the game that it couldn't read it. After that, I just put chiip beta5 back on there.

//edit - openwii 1.3 beta seems to work for me on my chiip. all backups work, especially wario with no skipping movies (which is great, because I just played through Jimmy T. Those cats are cool). Too bad the blinking LED on the chiip gave me epilepsie.

 

[nixpins]

I got my parts in from Futurlec on Saturday, and finally sat down to have fun with them tonight. Decided I would only put together the programmer tonight, and (success!), I managed to solder the hell out of my right hand. Yep, Cadex doesn't mention it in the install docs, but burning your fingers is the best way to get your Chiip to work. (Did I mention I'm a soldering newb?)

Anyway, joking aside, I eventually managed to get a working programmer put together, and tested it out. Seems to be working (got a similar output as klick a few posts back), though I won't know for sure until I crack open the Wii tomorrow and actually install it. In the meantime, thanks, everyone, for the informative posts and pictures; I know I would probably still be hacking at my fingers if not for them.

 

[klick]

You might be able to find someone to install it on craigslist.

what is craigslist?

@nixpins
will u try to install the chiip yourself? (cause u said u are a soldering newb)

 

[arthurkok2]

Anyway, joking aside, I eventually managed to get a working programmer put together, and tested it out. Seems to be working (got a similar output as klick a few posts back), though I won't know for sure until I crack open the Wii tomorrow and actually install it. In the meantime, thanks, everyone, for the informative posts and pictures; I know I would probably still be hacking at my fingers if not for them.Â

Have fun soldering the pins on the Wii

 

[gingi]

Can anyone find something wrong with my programmer? (except my sloppy soldering

) It worked several times, but then stopped. I've re-soldered almost everything but it's still not working. Avrdude doesn't recognize the chip and the led doesn't work.
oh, and despite how it looks, the pins on the DB-25 connector aren't shorted

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View from another angle

 

[arthurkok2]

Can anyone find something wrong with my programmer? (except my sloppy solderingÂ

) It worked several times, but then stopped. I've re-soldered almost everything but it's still not working. Avrdude doesn't recognize the chip and the led doesn't work.
oh, and despite how it looks, the pins on the DB-25 connector aren't shortedÂ

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View from another angle

hmm, the chip doesnt look like its in the socket the whole way...

 

[gingi]

Well, that is a problem, I had to struggle to get it even that far in.
I thought there may be a serious problem at first, but like I said I managed to get it to work a few times. Maybe i'll try shortening the chips legs a tiny bit?

 

[Fatal]

You might be able to find someone to install it on craigslist.


what is craigslist?

@nixpins
will u try to install the chiip yourself? (cause u said u are a soldering newb)

It's a site where people can post things they are selling, services, jobs, etc.
Heres the Germany section of craigslist
http://geo.craigslist.org/iso/de

 

[arthurkok2]

Well, that is a problem, I had to struggle to get it even that far in.
I thought there may be a serious problem at first, but like I said I managed to get it to work a few times. Maybe i'll try shortening the chips legs a tiny bit?

DO NOT do that, that is bad.

maybe theres too much solder one of the chip legs?

 

[Fatal]

Well, that is a problem, I had to struggle to get it even that far in.
I thought there may be a serious problem at first, but like I said I managed to get it to work a few times. Maybe i'll try shortening the chips legs a tiny bit?

That wont help. Even if you shorten the legs and it looks like its farther into the socket, the legs still wont be contacting.

 

[gingi]

OK, I managed to get it working, it was my fault after all.

I noticed two very small shorts between the pins of the DB-25 connector, and I don't have any de-soldering tools, so I unsoldered the DB-25 head and replaced it with a new one.
However, I still think the chip sits too high in the IC socket, as the chip flashing works only every other time. Sometimes avrdude informs me that the low fuse and high fuse bytes has been replaced with "ff". But that doesn't really matter, I successfully flashed the Openwii 1.3 firmware once and left it be.
Thanks to everyone that helped me

 

[arthurkok2]

low fuse and high fuse bytes has been replaced with "ff"

that kant be good though

 

[gingi]

It could be the IC sockets I got from futurlec are a bad fit, like what happened to nloding.