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People with Wiikey soldering experience please advise ....
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Cloud637
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26. January 2008 @ 03:49 |
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I got my Wii modded with the Wiikey from someone locally on craigslist. It played backups fine and then it would suddenly not play backups at all and only originals. I took it back to him and he fixed it by "tightening it up and cleaning it". Everything worked fine until 1 month later and the same thing happened. I took it back he then charged me $10 "service charged" to fix. He said all was wrong with it is that "maybe it got knocked around a little bit" (yeah right) So it worked for a week and now the same problem is happening again.
Anyway, I think hes messing up my wii on purpose so he can do his stupid "service charge". I know the wii is capable of playing backups. 1) Do you know what can be wrong with it? 2) Should I open it up myself and "tighten" it up? The wiikey is already there so I wouldn't need to be soldering anything right? Can someone provide me instructions and images of what I should look for? Thanks
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26. January 2008 @ 16:17 |
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I Personally think you need a new wiikey chip any way hope it helps
Shummyr
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Thinone
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26. January 2008 @ 18:14 |
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well i am no expert on chip fitting / testing etc but posts i have read on here usually say test the conections with a multimeter and make sure none of the solder as come away
there are a few ppl on here who can answer better than i can
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Cloud637
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9. February 2008 @ 14:51 |
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Can I just buy a new wii key and replace it with the one in the wii? Are you able to to replace a wii key that has already been soldered into the system? Thanks
zeRo
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Thinone
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10. February 2008 @ 12:51 |
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u can remove the old wiikey and replace with a new wiikey yes
but its just a new install then - all needs desoldering then resoldering
maybe the soldering at fault, not the wiikey?
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Cloud637
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23. February 2008 @ 20:49 |
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I opened up my wii and saw that he soldered to the wrong location. Oddly though, it had worked before, but only for a couple of weeks before it stopped. It never went passed 3 weeks working. Anyway I tried to solder the wiikey to the right location but it still doesnt work. Here's a picture of how it looks. Any suggestions on how to fix it?
Heres a Picture of the Wii Board
This is where the wiikey is suppose to go
Picture after soldering
Picture after soldering
Picture after soldering
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 24. February 2008 @ 01:27
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wiimii
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25. February 2008 @ 14:25 |
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It might not be of help , but recently i modded my own wii with wiikey , d2b/cut legs and its working fine for 1 month +, from what i can see its either a weak connection on the drive chip (3 wires), or possibly a bad wiikey .
If i was you i would not risk doing the install yourself (If your not experienced), and find another installer.
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25. February 2008 @ 15:25 |
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It's not soldered to the wrong location. That first pic that you posted that used to be on the official wiikey site was before they had the wii's with the cut legs (like yours) and before the D2C's. That's an old pic. The problem seems to be where the cut legs are because I can see your pic on the regular solder pads look okay but you don't have a very good close up of where those three red wires are taped to the top of the chipset. That's where I need to see.
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Stabby
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26. February 2008 @ 00:45 |
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Looks like a few cold solder joints too.
If you ask me, that soldering job looks terrible!! But that's my opinion.
Also, the wires are too long. I would shorten up the wires and reflow the solder with a little flux.
Yes, a better pic of the 3 wires on the IC would help a great deal!!
Mod your gaming console today!
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amannyr
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26. February 2008 @ 03:14 |
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He shouldn't be charging a service fee if its his fault the installation isn't working properly. Find yourself someone else on craigslist.
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mao2192
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26. February 2008 @ 20:58 |
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if i were you:
1. i'd stop going back to the guy.
2. i'd be really careful of how i treat the thing... i've got one of my wires soldered right to the chip (which i'm not too thrilled about but it works) and i've taken the thing on flights and it still works
3. find someone who's electronically inclined and have them check it out /fix it
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Stabby
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26. February 2008 @ 21:29 |
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Cloud, PM me.
Mod your gaming console today!
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Cloud637
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3. March 2008 @ 03:06 |
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Here are some updated pics. Hope it helps.
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Cloud637
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4. March 2008 @ 01:31 |
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My friend solder his wii with no wires and it works flawlesssly. If I bought a new chip and soldered it straight on, what will I do about those 3 wires by the pins of the chip? It's like melted. If I soldered a new wiikey with no wires and cut those 3 wires by the pins of the chip, will the wiikey work? Those 3 melted wires wouldnt block my wiikey from working right?
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freddyman
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4. March 2008 @ 02:03 |
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I don't mean to be rude but you obviously have no idea what you are doing and you're not listening to the posts giving you advice. Your pins are cut. Soldering directly to the board won't do jack because the board isn't soldered to the chip because your pins are cut. The wires are necessary to connect your wiikey to your drive chip.
Since your wiikey was working before I doubt it decided to just stop. It's probably a bad solder at one or more of the points on the cut pins. If you don't believe me, then I'd suggest reading some of the posts in this forum on installs and troubleshooting. I'd suggest not fixing it yourself. Take it to a local pro, or hell demand your money back from the original installer if he doesn't fix it. There's no amount of "banging around" that should cause a good solder point to come loose. That's just a sign of a bad install. Good luck.
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