Hi guys, I have a Japanese wii and I might need to replace the DVD drive. My question is this, is the region locking done on the DVD drive main board itself or is it done elsewhere? I ask because they are MUCH cheaper to buy from america.
As far as regions go you have nothing to worry about. Any Wii DVD drive can be swapped into any other Wii. You only need worry when you are dealing with DVD PCBs as the new PCBs (D4) are smaller and more consolidated so the larger older drive PCBs do not fit into the physical/mechanical part of the new drives as well as other issues. Just as long as you stick with replacing the whole DVD drive, board and all, you got nothing to worry about.satanishere said:Hi guys, I have a Japanese wii and I might need to replace the DVD drive. My question is this, is the region locking done on the DVD drive main board itself or is it done elsewhere? I ask because they are MUCH cheaper to buy from america.
PPSainity said:As far as regions go you have nothing to worry about. Any Wii DVD drive can be swapped into any other Wii. You only need worry when you are dealing with DVD PCBs as the new PCBs (D4) are smaller and more consolidated so the larger older drive PCBs do not fit into the physical/mechanical part of the new drives as well as other issues. Just as long as you stick with replacing the whole DVD drive, board and all, you got nothing to worry about.satanishere said:Hi guys, I have a Japanese wii and I might need to replace the DVD drive. My question is this, is the region locking done on the DVD drive main board itself or is it done elsewhere? I ask because they are MUCH cheaper to buy from america.
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JoostinOnline said:He (the seller) is wrong. The region settings are all in the NAND. The drive will work fine with your Wii.
Probably because they don't exist.Hells Guardian said:Well thats interesting... Never heard of region lock wii drive before.