Hacking Disc Read Errors...

[Alien0036]

Special2k, which burning software did you use?

I've used IMGBurn.

Special2k

from my experience neither recorder nor media nor software makes a difference.
even high quality media on a high quality recorder will result in DRE.
its the chip or the laser adjustment.

mars77

Thats not true, media and burning speed is very important.

I have 7 dvds burned (all verbatin -r), 3 of them give DRE's the others dont. The 3 that dont work were burned at 8x and the ones that do are at 4x.

Also, for GC games (for the Wii games I dont get any DRE's with the 4x discs), it helps if Connect24 is turned OFF and if the console is restarted after turning it off.
I tested this 5 times, with always the same dvd)!!!!

--Connect24 ON
Insert Zelda Wind Waker
DRE, DRE, DRE
Console off
Console on
Insert Zelda Wind Waker
DRE, DRE, DRE
--Connect24 OFF
Console off
Console on
Insert Zelda Wind Waker
OK!!!
--Connect24 ON
Insert Zelda Wind Waker
DRE, DRE, DRE
--Connect24 OFF
Console off
Console on
Insert Zelda Wind Waker
OK!!!

Almost 16h playtime after that without DRE's.

Ps: not sure if its important but my console is in the horizontal position.

 

[xiaNaix]

Why would Connect24 have any effect on the drive? If it does, that is certainly not good news for those worried that Nintendo could disable these chips.

 

[kdanarch]

Why would Connect24 have any effect on the drive? If it does, that is certainly not good news for those worried that Nintendo could disable these chips.

It's probably just a timing issue. Sometimes I throw in a dvd and it doesn't recognize at first but if I take it back out and put it back in, it'll recognize. From what I understand, the first gen modchips just keep attacking the serial port with the password to tell the motherboard the dvd's okay to read. If WiiConnect24 halted the gamecube emulation to check for messages... it might throw off the timing of the attack.

 

[fsimonp]

Another question:
does anyone played madden or marvel ultimate alliance with cyclowiz?
at both i got a error...

ok, madden is now playable

 

[Special2k]

So, i've tested three more games with my wiinja.
All burned with Imageburn, LG GSA-H42L with 16x Speed on Emtec DVD-R.
Red Steel, Zelda Twilight Princess and Gottlieb Pinball Classics work all fine. No DRE's or other problems.

Special2k3

 

[fsimonp]

tested now these games with cyclowiz:

GT Pro Series: Working 100%
Excite Truck: Working 100%
Mario Power Tennis (GC) : 100%
Wario Ware: Videos are bad from time to time but i burned it at 16x
Madden 07: 100%
Marvel Ultimate Alliance: 100%
CoD3: Menu is working fine but than it hung up
Far Cry Vengeance: Working fine untill one passage at first, now 100%

All burned with cheap DVD-R...
ive burned them with Nero 7 and did this function "finalise the disk" with an HP Burner...

 

[g.crow]

tested now these games with cyclowiz:

GT Pro Series: Working 100%
Excite Truck: Working 100%
Mario Power Tennis (GC) : 100%
Wario Ware: Videos are bad from time to time but i burned it at 16x
Madden 07: 100%
Marvel Ultimate Alliance: 100%
CoD3: Menu is working fine but than it hung up
Far Cry Vengeance: Working fine untill one passage at first, now 100%

All burned with cheap DVD-R...
ive burned them with Nero 7 and did this function "finalise the disk" with an HP Burner...

you have completed the games you stated "working 100%" in ervery single aspect?
sometime DRE appears later in the game.
if you didnt finish them be careful with those statements.

mars77

 

[111111111]

This is all going the same way as the gcn.

Some people had drives that rarely gave dre's, some had drives that rarely gave dre's as long as they used certain media and most people had drives that either dre'd some games randomly or dre'd all games in random and fixed places.

If thats the case then nothing any modchip update does will totally fix it, just keep it to a minimum.

Tweaking the gcn drive was always an option, but that will just reduce the life of it for a short term gain.

 

[fsimonp]

tested now these games with cyclowiz:

GT Pro Series: Working 100%
Excite Truck: Working 100%
Mario Power Tennis (GC) : 100%
Wario Ware: Videos are bad from time to time but i burned it at 16x
Madden 07: 100%
Marvel Ultimate Alliance: 100%
CoD3: Menu is working fine but than it hung up
Far Cry Vengeance: Working fine untill one passage at first, now 100%

All burned with cheap DVD-R...
ive burned them with Nero 7 and did this function "finalise the disk" with an HP Burner...



you have completed the games you stated "working 100%" in ervery single aspect?
sometime DRE appears later in the game.
if you didnt finish them be careful with those statements.

mars77

yeah of course, but nevertheless its worth mentioning i think...

 

[Hooya]

After reading more of this thread I think it has everything to do with the chipset. Others have come to this conclusion as well.

DMS chipset = No DRE
D2A chipset = Loads of DRE

Regardless of media, burn speed, bitsetting, burner, software, game.

Isn't there a poll somewhere on the net with this question posted?

 

[Ben_j]

Yep I have a DMS and the only game that still have DRE is Rayman. I have to re-download it... I got DREs with Red Steel too, I couldn't even play it. I re-burned it and it's perfect now...

 

[jaxxster]

The only issue i have (apart from the Tony Hakws sound skips) is with mario sunshine, this game is just about to go to the title screen and then tells me an error has occured. Apart from that i havent had any problems (so far)

 

[dfi]

This guy has the DMS chipset and he's having dre issues.

http://www.wiinja.com/Foros/viewtopic.php?...e7d83d0a00260ef

After reading more of this thread I think it has everything to do with the chipset. Others have come to this conclusion as well.

DMS chipset = No DRE
D2A chipset = Loads of DRE

Regardless of media, burn speed, bitsetting, burner, software, game.

Isn't there a poll somewhere on the net with this question posted?

 

[g.crow]

The only issue i have (apart from the Tony Hakws sound skips) is with mario sunshine, this game is just about to go to the title screen and then tells me an error has occured. Apart from that i havent had any problems (so far)

same here with sunshine (both ntsc and pal) and a lot of other cube games.
wii games work fine (well, if they work at all, there are issues with a few pal games, waiting for cylcowiz update), even tony hawks works fine. wario ware intro stutters.

i tried f-zero gx, menu options are invisible, but can be chosen. whats wrong with this one (official release)?

mars

 

[elomaniak]

is your wii standing verticaly or horizontaly?
when my wii stands horizontaly the GC games give me dre's

 

[Hooya]

is your wii standing verticaly or horizontaly?
when my wii stands horizontaly the GC games give me dre's

You sure that's what you mean? The general idea is that the Wii reads disks better when horizontally _ and worse when it's vertical |

I thought that was it anyway...

 

[Phunt]

Well ive just done my 3rd Wiinja and it was in a LEH103 with DMS chip. I tried Excite trucks and Zelda (the same discs that ran without a problem in the LEH105 i did the other day) And they both gave me DRE's within a minute. Dam this problem is so inconsistant.

 

[brassica]

Hi,

I don't have a Wii yet, but I have some questions and maybe some of you can reply.
First, I am in Europe, so I will get the Pal model.
My burner is a Pioneer 111-D flashed to 111-L 8.39.
I usually burn Ritek 8X DVD-r G05 medias, and Ritek mini DVD-R G04 for my modded Pal Cube with Viper, with latest IMGBurn.
Anyone tried this configuration ( Ritek G05+IMGBurn+Pioneer 111-L 8.39 ) ?
What results did you get with your modchips ?
Are results different from one Pal Wii to another ? I didn't followed this DMS/D2A problem quiet well actually.

Regarding Gamecube games, some of my first isos were patched for the audio fix, the ones after were not ( I was using GCOS before my Viper mod ). So, what happened now on my gamecube, with some games, is that I need to activate or de-activate manually depending on games, so sound isn't messed up.
Do I need to do the same with these Wii modchips ?

Thank you all for your replies.

brassica.

 

[Special2k]

Strange: the last days, i've tested some games, as you can see here.
All work without any problems.
But today i get some DREs with Zelda, Red Steel and Need For Speed Carbon. I didn't changed anything. It seems that the DRE Problem depends on if the Wii has a good day or not

But there are still only few DREs. You can go on playing after re-insert the disc.

Special2

 

[kdanarch]

I wonder if the type of wire you used in the installation has any effect on the likeliness of DREs...