Hacking Wii Black PAL with D3-2 DVD Drive

[woodoste]

Hi.
I just bought a Wii black (limited edition) and I fully softmodded it:
cIOS v14, Hermes cIOS v4, cMIOS v10, NeoGamma r7 autoboot and USB Loader CFG v48b,
but it can't read any DVD-R or DVD+RW... it returns read error 1120
It's due the infamous D3-2 drive :/

USB loading is perfect, but, damn, I can't watch my collection of DivX
and install my backups using the Wii

Can I change the DVD drive with an old D2 or I must put a modchip ?

Some modchips enable the DVD-R reading, so I guess it's not a hardware blocking.
There will be an hacked firmware like on XBOX360 ?

Cheers

 

[techboy]

Can I change the DVD drive with an old D2
Seeing that the motherboards are likely the same, just buy a D2B or D2C or something and install that. Sell the D3-2 on eBay. Saw a D2B for $78 recently. Probably can find them cheaper.

or I must put a modchip ?
There are no modchips for D3-2 drives yet. New drive or waiting is the solution. The D3-2 drive is missing the DVD Video commands that are used by cIOSes to read backups/warez. We can't abuse what doesn't exist. A chip typically disables the burnt disc protection, so the normal read method can work with backups.

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There will be an hacked firmware like on XBOX360 ?

No hacked firmware for the drive, since we can't reflash them. If we could, drive flashing would have been a better solution vs. cIOSes and loaders.

 

[woodoste]

Thank you

 

[Krestent]

I paid $40 for my D2B

 

[linuxares]

http://shop.ebay.it/items/?_nkw=wii+drive&...i&_osacat=0
Since you are Italian.