Hi all,

Hope someone can help me out. I am no stranger to chipping consoles but I managed to kill my first wii tonight. The machine belongs to a friend so I feel really bad about it. I stripped the machine down and installed a wiikey. The install went smoothly but when I powered it up all I get is a blank screen. Everything else appears ok, green light, disc spins etc. The chip is now out and it still does the same. Any suggestions? All (both) connections to the drive look fine.

Thanks

Skooby

 

Sorry, can only think of the obvious. Those points are small - be sure no solder is touching two points.

 

Ok, thanks for the quick replies. As above the chip is out and the machine is still not working. There are definitely no bridges on the solder points. The machine itself is one of the very first machines(first week after release) and so is compatible with the wiikey. Unfortunately I never tried the machine before chipping but I have no reason to believe he is lying about it working beforehand.
Looks like I may have to get him a replacement machine.

skooby

 

Maybe you fried something inside.. it's easily done. What watt iron did you use?

 

Is this the first time the wii has run on this tv? Maybe it's not compatible with the video mode the wii is outputting.

Remember, the wiikey is only on the dvd-rom... so even if you do bridge points, the wii should still boot - just the drive won't accept / spin discs.

Unless you damaged something when you pulled it apart, I'd suggest trying a different tv.