Hacking SoftMods

[SlyGuy]

A couple questions for a helpful member: I know they are a work in progress, but do soft mods hold any advantage over installing a hard mod? Also, what is the compatibility % at now? Do they require any special patching before burning? I have many backups burned and I would rather not have to reburn them all (my old Wii is broken).

Thanks!

 

[mysticwaterfall]

Many posts about this, but to be brief:

Compatibility varies widely.
New version does normal ISO's.
HardMod still (and probably always will be) better.

 

[20clarky08]

but on the plus side of it your Warranty seal is nicely in tact.

 

[noobwarrior7]

A couple questions for a helpful member: I know they are a work in progress, but do soft mods hold any advantage over installing a hard mod? Also, what is the compatibility % at now? Do they require any special patching before burning? I have many backups burned and I would rather not have to reburn them all (my old Wii is broken).

Thanks!

wait wait wait

so your old wii was chipped, and is now broken?

broken how?

if the disc drive is fine, you can swap it with the one in your new wii with the chip attached,
it'll work fine in the new wii.

if you have a brick of some kind, that is probably an easier fix than youd think.

if you need a triwing to do a drive swap, you can easily make one with a dremel.

hard mods still pwn soft mods big time...especially with COD5, you guys are gonna need 6x for good times,
3x is not gonna cover a game that is constantly reading from disc.

 

[Tichinde925]

but on the plus side of it your Warranty seal is nicely in tact.

There is no warranty seal.

If you mean the stickers, you can always buy replacement stickers that cover up the screws.

The warranty is also voided when installing the Homebrew Channel.

 

[subzero401]

you can uninstall softmods

 

[djdynamite123]

hard mods still pwn soft mods big time...especially with COD5, you guys are gonna need 6x for good times,
3x is not gonna cover a game that is constantly reading from disc.

Agreed

 

[noobwarrior7]

but on the plus side of it your Warranty seal is nicely in tact.

There is no warranty seal.

If you mean the stickers, you can always buy replacement stickers that cover up the screws.

The warranty is also voided when installing the Homebrew Channel.

...and he implied that he has a chip.

 

[20clarky08]

just a brief Q

if i installed say HBC and BUL and stuff then my DVD died

if i uninstalled the lot is there a way nintendo know i've done it?

 

[SenorClean]

Nintendo don't seem to care.... there's a nice big reset to defaults button in system settings which nukes more or less everything. If you're really paranoid, you can go to town with anytitledeleter also.

 

[20clarky08]

nice to know Senor

 

[SlyGuy]

A couple questions for a helpful member: I know they are a work in progress, but do soft mods hold any advantage over installing a hard mod? Also, what is the compatibility % at now? Do they require any special patching before burning? I have many backups burned and I would rather not have to reburn them all (my old Wii is broken).

Thanks!

wait wait wait

so your old wii was chipped, and is now broken?

broken how?

if the disc drive is fine, you can swap it with the one in your new wii with the chip attached,
it'll work fine in the new wii.

if you have a brick of some kind, that is probably an easier fix than youd think.

if you need a triwing to do a drive swap, you can easily make one with a dremel.

hard mods still pwn soft mods big time...especially with COD5, you guys are gonna need 6x for good times,
3x is not gonna cover a game that is constantly reading from disc.

Well, it is currently working but there is a pixel problem that is getting worse and worse (random green pixels show up all over the screen). When I have some free cash I will likely get a new wii and then mod it. I suppose I could try and switch the drives but I paid a guy to install the original chip and I would likely have to pay him just as much to swap the drives as I would to have a new open source chip installed.

Thanks for the responses all. Really appreciate the info as this clears up my decision. I'll keep my eye on the softmod project in the mean time.

Cheers!