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advice on modding wii?
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markjaide
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15. September 2008 @ 07:22 |
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im thinking about getting my wii modded a guy in the sop near me wiil do it for £70 its te new version wii so he said it will be d2prov3 or argon that he installs,i think this is a fair price but im worried incase my wii breaks its only 1 wk old,is there any nown issues of this affecting the wiis life span?also how easy is it to burn the games?
pls advise
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finook
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15. September 2008 @ 07:43 |
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Chipping your Wii will probly void your Warrenty, £70 pounds is a very good price, make sure he installs the D2PRO9, playing backed up games is harder on the Wii's laser and does shorten it's life span but thats the price you pay + anew laser is cheap, i wouldnt loose sleep over it at all! it is'nt dificult to back up your original games but you need a special drive(type of LG, read forums).
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markjaide
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15. September 2008 @ 08:00 |
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ok thanx whats wrong with the argon then?what do u mean a sppecial drive?
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finook
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15. September 2008 @ 08:28 |
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Special = specific drive there are only 4/5 LG drives that will read wii originals that i know off. it takes a couple of hours to dump them onto your computer in .iso fromat,, if you have backed up wii games in .iso format already use imageburn @ 4speed with good media such as Verbatim DVD-R's, sould only take about 10minutes to copy them,, read the thread on backing up Wii games.
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markjaide
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15. September 2008 @ 08:48 |
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thanx yes i have some already on my pc in iso so i can burn them with any drive right?
why the d2 pro and not the argon??
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finook
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15. September 2008 @ 09:04 |
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Yes you can burn the iso's on any dvd burner,do them at 4x speed.
I don't know anything about the Argon but i have installed many D2PRO9's w/o many issues.
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markjaide
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15. September 2008 @ 09:11 |
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ok thankyou
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nash79
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15. September 2008 @ 10:29 |
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or you can wait till the iso loader rumors are either confirmed or canceled.; then you can mod it in case it happens to be false.
JB PS3 FAT 160 GB/ FW REBUG 3.55 - PS3 Slim 120 GB FW 3.65 - Wii 4.2E Soft/Hard MOD W/USB Loader 250 GB - XBOX 360 PRO 250 GB - XBOX 360 XENON JTAG - PS2 V13 - DSi/Supercard DSTWO - HP Pavilion dv7 - JB Iphone 3G/FW 4.2.1
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markjaide
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15. September 2008 @ 12:03 |
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what is iso loader rumors sorry im new to all this wii stuff!
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nash79
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15. September 2008 @ 15:05 |
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Instead of hacking ur wii through hardware (installing a modchip), you can do it through a software modification. if u can hold on a couple of day, maybe u wont need it :)
JB PS3 FAT 160 GB/ FW REBUG 3.55 - PS3 Slim 120 GB FW 3.65 - Wii 4.2E Soft/Hard MOD W/USB Loader 250 GB - XBOX 360 PRO 250 GB - XBOX 360 XENON JTAG - PS2 V13 - DSi/Supercard DSTWO - HP Pavilion dv7 - JB Iphone 3G/FW 4.2.1
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markjaide
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16. September 2008 @ 08:08 |
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so is that actually going to happen then how do we no?
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psp_n0ob
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16. September 2008 @ 13:37 |
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if you go to here you will see an article. It's going to come out. If you don't want to open your wii, it might be a good idea... However, I am pretty sure that Nintendo will be much more vigilant about trying to close the homebrew loophole once people start loading iso's
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mesba713
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18. September 2008 @ 05:23 |
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I live in qatar and i am getting my wii modified here to play backup
but the seller himself doesnt know what type of chip it is .
Is there anyway i can know if it will play downloaded games.
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finook
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18. September 2008 @ 05:36 |
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Originally posted by mesba713:
I live in qatar and i am getting my wii modified here to play backup
but the seller himself doesnt know what type of chip it is .
Is there anyway i can know if it will play downloaded games.
All i can say is what? is this a riddle:D,
Your getting ur Wii modded? ..OK
The seller? a modder? is selling you a chip but doesnt know what chip he's selling? perhaps he's blind? or he does'nt know what chipset your Wii has?, ie. D2B ,D2C etc..
If this is the case slap your Wii serial number into this site
http://www.wiidrives.com/
, you'd know this is if you wernt too lazy to read the forms?(what chipset does my Wii contain)
riddle me this.
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mesba713
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18. September 2008 @ 05:53 |
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I already now what my wii chip is it is
GC2-D2C
and i know all the mod chips that are available for it but the problem is that here it is hard to modify wii so the seller keep this chip type "confidential"
I know how dumb it sounds but is there any way to know the type of chip he is using
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finook
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18. September 2008 @ 06:40 |
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I don't see any diffence in keeping the chip type confidential? doesnt make sense even if chipping is illigal how would keeping the name of the type make any diffrence?,, it would be like ooo im selling drugs to you but if i keep the name of the illigal drug a secret then it's ok?
Mate i reckon he's 1) maybe trying to con you
2) keeping the name from you because he's installing a cheap crap chip.
Ok well if he's keeping the name from you you won't know what software to download to update it, if it is even updateable?
You can tell if theres a serial programmer cable sticking out the back beside the usb port, post pictures if there is? but i have a feeling he's installing an old chip like the D2CKEY.
You could open up the Wii and have a look at the chip:D peak in the SD port and try and see any lights flashing:D figure out from that.
All in all i find this redicious no offence to you but to whoever is modding your Wii, he needs a good kick up the arse:D
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mesba713
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18. September 2008 @ 07:46 |
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thank you for your help i will try with the seller one more time and i will think he will get 'the kick up his arse' he deserve
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mesba713
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18. September 2008 @ 07:49 |
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one last thing is there any chip tat wont play downloaded games
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finook
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18. September 2008 @ 07:53 |
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Ok the whole point of getting your Wii chipped is to play downloaded games! whats the point in getting it chipped lol.
now search the froms on how to 'back up' your games will give you all the info you need, i think this thread should be closed.........any1?
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