I am planning on purchasing a mod chip for my wii and would like some help to make sure I get the right one. According to nintendo-scene's serial tracker:
Your Drive Chip is most likely GC2-D2B.
Your Drive Pins are most likely not cut.
This is a mod chip that I found at a reasonable price but am checking here to make sure from folks who know their stuff more than I that it will work for my version wii. It claims to be compatible for all versions (i'm guessing they program it with the proper firmware for me before shipping)
With all due respect to Stabby (who doesn't like Wiiclips), I would like to provide the opposing viewpoint.
I have installed 2 modchips using the Wiiclip. One was a Wiikey and the other was a D2Pro9. Prior to installing them, I consulted with some hardware design engineers at my workplace and explained what I was trying to do and what the Wiiclip was for.
Those that I showed it to agreed that it was a satisfactory solution. They noted that soldering would be more secure, but the design was solid for the intended purpose with the caveat that if the unit were relatively stationary (i.e. not moved here and there), the product should perform well.
I installed the Wiiclips over 6 months ago and neither installation has had any problems. I am satisfied with Wiiclip as a method for installing modchips. I believe that there aare others on this forum who are satisfied as well.
My only concern is the people out there who have never soldered before or do not have an understanding on how electronics work. Unless you buy a WiiClip with the modchip already soldered into the clip, the majority of owners who buy them separate and try to solder the chips in themselves seem to have the most problems.
I'm sure these Clips are fine if a console is stationary, but if you are like myself and have children, a game console is never stationary unless you bolt it down..lol If the console takes a spill, the clip may come loose or pop off altogether.
Other than that, you make a valid point. Well done.
Stabby, you bring up a good second point which I neglected to point out.
Some (including my preferred vendor) modchip vendors will pre-solder the modchip to the clip for a nominal fee. IMHO, this is well worth it, especially for those who might consider themselves "Soldering challenged".
hello all im also after getting my wii chipped but have no experience of soldering , ive emailed 2 sellers of solderless chips my serial number of my wii and both recommend the d2pro already soldered on a clip .
its probably the way ill do it as im not confident about soldering and it looks very "easy" to fit .
links to show you the sellers im talking about and a nice little video to show you how "easy" it looks to install -
My only concern is the people out there who have never soldered before or do not have an understanding on how electronics work. Unless you buy a WiiClip with the modchip already soldered into the clip, the majority of owners who buy them separate and try to solder the chips in themselves seem to have the most problems.
I'm sure these Clips are fine if a console is stationary, but if you are like myself and have children, a game console is never stationary unless you bolt it down..lol If the console takes a spill, the clip may come loose or pop off altogether.
Other than that, you make a valid point. Well done.
No offense taken.
:-)
Hi just a quick note for anyone else reading this post. There are new modchips which just clip into the ribbon cable in the Wii. There are now 3 new mod chips to choose from in the next generation of solderless mod chips, these are: DriveKey, FlatMod and Wasabi DX.
