Wiinja In House at GBAtemp

[hereticorp]

Could you guys also post some details about the serial so we can figure out someway of determining what chipset it has externally.

It's unlikely that an external serial number would change due to a different chipset used in the DVD drive, the mainboard revision is the same regardless and they're not actually different model DVD drives.

 

[Costello]

here are some pics to keep you waiting:

http://gbatemp.net/up/DSCF0120.JPG
http://gbatemp.net/up/DSCF0124.JPG

http://gbatemp.net/up/DSCF0004.JPG
http://gbatemp.net/up/DSCF0007.JPG
http://gbatemp.net/up/DSCF0010.JPG
http://gbatemp.net/up/DSCF0013.JPG

 

[thegame07]

the poor wii has been gutted like a fish

 

[Hellfenix]

Doing it over XBOX live? lol that is definately an Xbox live vision cam there...

 

[Nex_WhatToDo]

Hope it works out well

wouldnt catch me going inside a games console and soldering....... god the damage i'd do lol!!

 

[kernelPANIC]

Feels like getting ANY of the 3 Wii chips announced so far would be a hasty decision...
You KNOW multiregion chips with some other crap I can't even begin to consider are just a matter of months, if not weeks...
Oh well, I would to ask if it's hard to install for those with little soldering experience.

 

[balpen]

that is the big question is it possible if you have no experience at al

 

[Verocity]

Yeah I think that puts full use to the name wii, a bunch of 'wii' inside. Good luck on the soldering gotta have alot of guts to do that.

 

[miniCooperS]

that is the big question is it possible if you have no experience at al

Is it possible? Yes. Is it a good idea though? Probably not.

It really depends on how careful you can be. I personally haven't soldered in a while, and I've got shaky hands (damn caffeine), so I'm gonna take an old network card or something and practice a bit.

 

[ciama81]

The last time I soldered was when I installed the backlight into my gba. Just don't use too much solder, and you're fine. Oh, and grow a third arm

 

[DarkKiller]

Woo! Have'nt posted in a while, but this is simply great. I really think a review is great!
Also, I'm going to receive my chip from Wiinjamod.com, but I'm not sure if it's reliable at all. Wiinja's site of resellers shows (Denmark) but is in reality (Netherlands). So, damn.

 

[Gamesphere]

OMG, Do you have to dismantle the whole Wii? If so, That is not for me.........

 

[Deleted User]

OMG, Do you have to dismantle the whole Wii? If so, That is not for me.........

not if you use your psychokinesis skills

 

[Arm73]

Good luck guys, I hope you really get it to work !

 

[Jannibal]

Same here, we Sweeds want region free! Tired of waiting weeks/months for the damn translations.

Are there actual translations in Swedish? For what purpose? I thought you people all spoke pretty good English (except that Swedes is spelled Swedes heh...) !
Anyway, maybe this will make me sound like a VG fascist, but I've always thought that if you can't speak basic English, you should quit videogames...

We Swedes have no problem with the English in the games. It's the French, German and Spanish people that always want the games translated, which forces the rest of the european PAL-region to wait for the games to be translated. As the other swedes have already mentioned, we're waiting for the region-free chips.

 

[Scorpei]

Good luck guys, I hope you really get it to work !

Already installed mine (just waiting for confirmation from my supplier to release my review), it works like a charm

.

 

[noacess]

Whats the name of the chip under the Wiinja sticker?

 

[Scorpei]

Whats the name of the chip under the Wiinja sticker?

image bigger

 

[Scorpei]

Woo! Have'nt posted in a while, but this is simply great. I really think a review is great!
Also, I'm going to receive my chip from Wiinjamod.com, but I'm not sure if it's reliable at all. Wiinja's site of resellers shows (Denmark) but is in reality (Netherlands). So, damn.

Not really, taking the cover off is really where it stops (the only thing that is really left is removing the shielding + the drive itself).

 

[rkenshin]

I looked over a guide to take apart a Wii and I must say it has way more screws to take off than my Xbox and PS2 combined