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Hey guys!
I just wanted to tell you, i`m not dead. I just worked very hard in the last 3 months to find out what i know now. To finally know & understand how hardmods works & what we can do to achieve our goal of WiiU-unlocking, since it´s still not unlocked. And with this new knowledge of understanding what Nintendo did on purpose, we are finally able to unlock the full real potential of WiiUs. However without a hardmod, i fear it`s not working.
So what i`m gonna do is following:
a) order a spare WiiU (i have 3 functional ones, but i don`t want to Risk losing one of them) for like 50 bucks. Or a few more.
b) Implement a so-called USB-power hard-mod. That means, i`m gonna solder out the cheap WiiU´s main coils & i`m gonna solder in 3 new ones with more watts (same voltage). So far it´s safe to assume this is how it`s done.
c) the third step requires finding the appropriate WiiU-file which contains the necessary "usb lock". This is a certain-usb-driver Nintendo (obviously) wrote in order to make sure, no download, and even SD-Card-Access can be faster than 1.5 or 2 mbytes/second. I`m hoping i can do this on my own, but it might be, i`ll need some help of other guys. So we`ve got to modify this usb-driver in order to unlock it.
d) of course we have to test the new coils in order to make sure, the USB hard-mod works without malfunctioning. We simply have to stresstest the WiiU in order to fullfill this.
e) and then if it`s working, we can start it. We can upload this new unlocked usb-driver to the WiiU`s OS (via FTP) & delete the other. And from then on we have Access to everything. USB will then no longer be locked to a measly 2 Mbytes/second. It will then run with about approx 30-40 mbytes/second. but th econsole will also drain more energy
My rough guess to do all necessary steps (order necessary components, do the mod, testing stability of new much better usb/cpu-powerline) it requires about 3 -6 months!
So in the end of 2020 i might be ready (september-december?) and have it finally unlocked. Now that i fully understand why it works like that, and why the WiiU couples the USB power together with the cpu…it`s quite easy!
It`s so typical for Nintendo to cheapen out on the USB power-line!
I would have thought Nintendo learned their homework...But it can make a huge difference on a Mainboard if you use a cheap 5-10 watt-vrm (for 1 Phase) or a more expensive 20-30 watt-vrm for each phase!
And this single usb-issue can lead to many typical problems such as instable cpu, or it can even damage your cpu (in this case WiiU`s cpu) because of instable power-delivery, when your usb-load is too high!
So if you ask: NO, it`s not posssible to unlock WiiU`s USB/SD-card-Speed without first making sure it´s cpu/usb-power is adequate!
Which is why i said above your cpu gets damaged, if you heavily load your usb while also taxing cpu to the max!
Which is why i learned it the hard way. It´s ONLY working without any damage, when you do a usbhard-mod first. In theory you could also make/use an external USB-power-lane, but this isn`s the way i would want it.
Thanks to Corona i finally also have enough time to do this all alone, if necessary. But i just wanted to tell you guys this.
I`m searching for suitable coils now. Wish me luck it won`take forever to be delivered. Costs about 20-30$!
I just wanted to tell you, i`m not dead. I just worked very hard in the last 3 months to find out what i know now. To finally know & understand how hardmods works & what we can do to achieve our goal of WiiU-unlocking, since it´s still not unlocked. And with this new knowledge of understanding what Nintendo did on purpose, we are finally able to unlock the full real potential of WiiUs. However without a hardmod, i fear it`s not working.
So what i`m gonna do is following:
a) order a spare WiiU (i have 3 functional ones, but i don`t want to Risk losing one of them) for like 50 bucks. Or a few more.
b) Implement a so-called USB-power hard-mod. That means, i`m gonna solder out the cheap WiiU´s main coils & i`m gonna solder in 3 new ones with more watts (same voltage). So far it´s safe to assume this is how it`s done.
c) the third step requires finding the appropriate WiiU-file which contains the necessary "usb lock". This is a certain-usb-driver Nintendo (obviously) wrote in order to make sure, no download, and even SD-Card-Access can be faster than 1.5 or 2 mbytes/second. I`m hoping i can do this on my own, but it might be, i`ll need some help of other guys. So we`ve got to modify this usb-driver in order to unlock it.
d) of course we have to test the new coils in order to make sure, the USB hard-mod works without malfunctioning. We simply have to stresstest the WiiU in order to fullfill this.
e) and then if it`s working, we can start it. We can upload this new unlocked usb-driver to the WiiU`s OS (via FTP) & delete the other. And from then on we have Access to everything. USB will then no longer be locked to a measly 2 Mbytes/second. It will then run with about approx 30-40 mbytes/second. but th econsole will also drain more energy
My rough guess to do all necessary steps (order necessary components, do the mod, testing stability of new much better usb/cpu-powerline) it requires about 3 -6 months!
So in the end of 2020 i might be ready (september-december?) and have it finally unlocked. Now that i fully understand why it works like that, and why the WiiU couples the USB power together with the cpu…it`s quite easy!
It`s so typical for Nintendo to cheapen out on the USB power-line!
I would have thought Nintendo learned their homework...But it can make a huge difference on a Mainboard if you use a cheap 5-10 watt-vrm (for 1 Phase) or a more expensive 20-30 watt-vrm for each phase!
And this single usb-issue can lead to many typical problems such as instable cpu, or it can even damage your cpu (in this case WiiU`s cpu) because of instable power-delivery, when your usb-load is too high!
So if you ask: NO, it`s not posssible to unlock WiiU`s USB/SD-card-Speed without first making sure it´s cpu/usb-power is adequate!
Which is why i said above your cpu gets damaged, if you heavily load your usb while also taxing cpu to the max!
Which is why i learned it the hard way. It´s ONLY working without any damage, when you do a usbhard-mod first. In theory you could also make/use an external USB-power-lane, but this isn`s the way i would want it.
Thanks to Corona i finally also have enough time to do this all alone, if necessary. But i just wanted to tell you guys this.
I`m searching for suitable coils now. Wish me luck it won`take forever to be delivered. Costs about 20-30$!
