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Wiikey installation driving me crazy, pictures of my installation
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sebas23
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27. November 2007 @ 09:51 |
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Hello
Have not been able to get my installation of wiikey to work, took a lot of pictures yesterday in hope that someone can help me...
More pictures in very high resolution
As you can see, is it one of those d2b iccircuits with 3 chopped legs and the 5 leg from the left is missing a trace on the pcb, se picture below:
Have reinstalled it many times now. Original works like a charm but backups don't not even the wiikey config disc. It only says "unable to read disk". Have tried a lot of dvd brands and different burners. Even backups witch works in other wii's who has been modified. Have also tried 2 different wiikeys. Is this fixable or should i just sell it and forget about it.... it's not a d2c chip in it...
Thanks in advance
Sebastian
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27. November 2007 @ 15:45 |
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OK several things-
You soldered the two main wires wrong.
And when you soldered to the 3 cut leg traces it looks like it's misplaced.
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illuznist
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27. November 2007 @ 17:31 |
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no offense but thats one messy solder job and normally i wouldnt say anything about bad jobs if they work, but in your case its not working. Do the normal, 1) double check youre soldering the right connections, 2) check for shorts. If you can be more direct and use ONE wire from the chip to your wii. Lastly, if its not working for you, get a pro to do it.
heres a pic from the nice people at consoleworkshop.co.uk
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ferdyjmg
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27. November 2007 @ 18:06 |
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Looks like your wire you used is huge... I used old telephone wires. But i had an original wii so I didnt have to install it like you did
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sebas23
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28. November 2007 @ 01:57 |
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Originally posted by NDarkness:
OK several things-
You soldered the two main wires wrong.
And when you soldered to the 3 cut leg traces it looks like it's misplaced.
The two main wires is not misplaced. nr 1 conection has an alternate connection...
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AfterDawn Addict
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28. November 2007 @ 02:00 |
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Seriously? Huh never knew about that.
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28. November 2007 @ 02:36 |
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My Wii is D2b chipset, I soldered in a Wiinja myself and it worked flawlessly. Use a smaller gauge wire . Looks like your 8 and 7 are bridged also. I soldered my connections to the chip horizontally starting with the center(8) first and had a 20x magnifying glass to check my work. After I was sure it wasn't bridged I used hot glue to seal it in place.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 28. November 2007 @ 02:37
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5couse
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28. November 2007 @ 06:47 |
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Jeez thats really ugly soldering, sorry m8 try and clean it up, then use a single strand of copper from an old ide cable to solder to the chip ( or something similar) multi meter each connection and check your points because that is terrible.
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sebas23
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29. November 2007 @ 12:06 |
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5couse
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29. November 2007 @ 13:24 |
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Hi that looks better m8 good job, ok what i would do is grab your multimeter and test the connections from the furthest point away from the wiikey ie the points were you did the grinding to the ic legs on the wiikey chip ( if you havent already of course )that will tell you how good you soldering job is, if thats done and your pretty sure the wiikey is working but your still getting the read error you may need the "adjusted" 1.3 gcos disk and id get the 1.9g wiikey update disk too it could simply be the media your burning on, try getting some verbatim ( i know everyone says that but they are good disks) burn at 4x and try again
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sebas23
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29. November 2007 @ 13:41 |
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please tell me where to find the "adjusted" 1.3 gcos disk
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jpc1284
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30. November 2007 @ 10:05 |
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no offense but usually when you destory an on board chip like you have done, i wouldnt even expect my wii to turn on. my suggestion would to be put it all back together, sell it to GameStop, Block Buster, or on ebay. I did that with a PS2. My first modchip job was completly botched so i sold it, cut my losses, and bought a new one. Also those wires are way to thick. usually you only need a 30guage wire for those jobs. Like some one else said even cat5 wires work good. The bigger the wire the more internal resistance.
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enligh10
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8. January 2008 @ 14:26 |
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Originally posted by jpc1284:
no offense but usually when you destory an on board chip like you have done, i wouldnt even expect my wii to turn on. my suggestion would to be put it all back together, sell it to GameStop, Block Buster, or on ebay. I did that with a PS2. My first modchip job was completly botched so i sold it, cut my losses, and bought a new one. Also those wires are way to thick. usually you only need a 30guage wire for those jobs. Like some one else said even cat5 wires work good. The bigger the wire the more internal resistance.
Sorry to bring up an old thread...
I can't believe nobody else noticed the fried IC! No wonder so many of the people here think these modchip installs are so difficult. I would think a little common sense would lead one to know that if you melt an IC it's toast.
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