Hacking Wasabi!!! Greatest thing since sliced bread?

[Bob Loblaw]

on a D2B board does the wasabi hook up to the same points as wiikey?

 

[OzModChips]

No
totally different
thats why its so damn good. If you have cut pins, there is no need to do anything fancy

 

[Heran Bago]

Isn't this the same wasabi team of PSP fame?

 

[arsehat]

Its a good idea, but if it was that good don't you think d2ckey/d2pro would have made one? I asked they why not, and they said a proper solution for a clip would cost 100 USD +. These e-cheapo ones will be no good.

I've had a good look at photos of the Spanish ones, and yeah, they look like crap and I'm not surprised they didn't work too well. Especially the cut-legs version, that always seemed more hopeful than practical to me.

I've now had a good look at the photos of the Wii Clips, and yeah, they're obviously not mil-spec, but I think they're probably a lot better than the spanish ones. I think there's probably going to be enough tension in those contacts for them to work reliably, so long as they don't pop off the chip itself. But can't see how, apart from spring tension, that thing's kept on the chip.

Seems I was wrong about how long it'd take, though - someone's already taking orders for D2CKeys with these things attached to them, according to Google.

Weren't there a few solderless PS2 modchips? What was reliability like on those, and how did they connect?

 

[Armadillo]

There was one solderless ps2 modchip. The dms EZI , it clipped over the chips on the ps2 board. It was shit , unreliable and had a tendency to kill ps2s and to top it off , the damn thing was so expensive you may aswell of paid someone to fit a proper chip.

Clips never work , didn't work on the ps2 , didn't work on the ps1 (first internal vcd players had a clip) and won't work for this.

 

[CZroe]

We at www.ModchipCentral.com are getting our shipment on Monday. So if you are from USA / Canada, order away as I'm sure we will sell out quick

I see that you sell pre-modded "new" drives that would leave behind new Wiis without drives. It only makes sense to accept a used drive to sell with the new Wii's that those came from (also pre-modded), but the description appears to advocate selling them elsewhere. Can I assume that you are buying used drives to sell with those Wiis? I'm wondering how much it would be to sell you a used D2C for a pre-modded D2C or how much an unmodded used but fully functional D2C drive typically goes for on the market. Yes, I know this is dynamic and changing (the Wasabi will certainly change the value of a D2C drive!), but even just a snapshot from this point in time would be useful.

 

[ahtin]

We are based in Taiwan.

We also have stock of wasabi now.

We are welcome people living in Asia to buy from us.

Please visit www.pianko.net (Chinese Blog)

If you would like to order Argon, D2pro, Wasabi, you can also write mail to me

[email protected]

may I have a sample

 

[Defiance]

...And as as soon as they come out with a quick-solder method for D2C boards Nintendo is going to release an even more complicated chipset...

Man I wanna mod my Gamecube but no one has any freaking Xeno GC's in stock! (Going off-topic, sorry.)

 

[bubbleboy]

Mark my words.. within 6 months there will be a reliable, solderless clip-on chip for the Wii.

Too bad for the modders, soldering a few wires will be obsolete and so will they.

 

[pianko]

We are based in Taiwan.

We also have stock of wasabi now.

We are welcome people living in Asia to buy from us.

Please visit www.pianko.net (Chinese Blog)

If you would like to order Argon, D2pro, Wasabi, you can also write mail to me

[email protected]

may I have a sample

Sure, please mail me since I don't know your email.

 

[Hansel]

Got my Wasabi installed today (thanks Ozmodchips

). Works great, although I did get a bit of a crash whilst browsing the Mii Parade. We'll see what happens with that.

 

[jeklnoo]

That's why i'm still waiting to mod my D2C wii...previous modchips were too hard to install. the new argon & wasabi chips w/ their lower wire counts look good, but i'm gonna wait another month or two to see how they work in the long run.

 

[DaMummy]

youre missing out, theyll prolly sell out first week and wont be available for another 2 months

 

[rejin]

im thinking about getting this but i have never mod anything be4 so i think i would wait for feedback and ask around if ppl think its easy

 

[arsehat]

Man I wanna mod my Gamecube but no one has any freaking Xeno GC's in stock! (Going off-topic, sorry.)

http://psxbox.net/product_370.html

I ordered one there last week; don't know how long it'll take to arrive, though.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

I have a quick question about the installation. On this diagram:

http://wasabi.net.cn/wasabi10.pdf

Under the D2B column there's a yellow line between the D and E points

Does that mean you have to bridge those connections?

 

[OzModChips]

Yes

 

[tsutsutsu]

the main argument regarding wasabi vs argon/infectus, is that the argon will be able to update using the jtag. they say if something drastic changes, they'll be able to completely remake the firmware from scratch, instead of making you buy a new chip.

does this feature hold any water? does wasabi have anything like the "100% future proof" argon?

...or maybe i'm following the infectus propaganda wagon a bit much...

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Yes

Nice thanks. That's what I was thinking but wasn't sure.

 

[mikesnickname]

the main argument regarding wasabi vs argon/infectus, is that the argon will be able to update using the jtag. they say if something drastic changes, they'll be able to completely remake the firmware from scratch, instead of making you buy a new chip.

does this feature hold any water? does wasabi have anything like the "100% future proof" argon?

...or maybe i'm following the infectus propaganda wagon a bit much...

From what I understand, the wasabi chip is not as verstitle as the agron with its jtag. So as per future proofing, I dont think anyone would argue that hardware wise, the argon is probably a better bet. It is also likely that the argon and dcpro are more stealthy as their firmware cannot be directly read from the dvd drive, whereas the wasabi can be (which is a trade-off because it is more convenient for updating).

Someone let me know if i'm completely off.

mike.