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Is my Wiikey dead
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tojjm
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7. February 2009 @ 15:52 |
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Hi i have a Jap Wii fitted with a wiikey, it was working fine with firmware 3.4j, & up to date wiikey updates, the next day turned on wii to play back ups but the ? screen came up, tried the config disc, & update disc & the recovery disc they all came up with the ? screen, but original jap wii games work, can anyone help???, is the wiikey dead?? or am i doing something wrong?? thanks John
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penguin98
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8. February 2009 @ 00:18 |
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The wiikey seems to have occasional problems with the firmware being corrupted.
Your recovery disk may still work though. The recovery disk always shows up as unreadable, the way it works is you put it in and leave the wii on the main menu for 5 - 10 minutes. During this time nothing will appear to be happening, but (hopefully) the wiikey's firmware is being reinstalled.
If it still doesn't work after that then either a solder point came undone or the chip died.
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tojjm
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8. February 2009 @ 14:37 |
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Hi i will try that, after i have recovered is there anything else i have to do? (in nebie terms lol, so i don't muck up)
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penguin98
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8. February 2009 @ 15:38 |
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Well, if you dont use the most recent recovery disk then you'll to upgrade the wiikey firmware again. But besides that theres nothing else you have to do.
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tojjm
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8. February 2009 @ 17:47 |
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Hi penguin98,
i have opened my wii to look at the wiikey, i have been on the wiikey site & printed the installation guide, on the guide the chip on the wiikey has wiikey printed on it, mine does not, but it look the same, now i have 3 wires coming from my wiikey( on the installation photo they are soldered under the numbers on the wiikey, not the wii http://www.wiikey.cn/downloads/legacy/installWiiKey.pdf )& the other ends are put togather & glued the the shell of the chip next to it, i can see that 1,2,3 & 4 (wiikey photo) are soldered
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tojjm
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8. February 2009 @ 18:03 |
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hi sorry for keep asking you questions, but just been looking through everything on the net, & found i have a clone wiikey v1, can i de-solder the clone & fit a WiiKey V4, & do i have to connect all 6 connections?
Thanks John
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aceofspad
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9. February 2009 @ 00:03 |
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Where are you buying this wiikey clone. I know the clones volumerate sells are good but im not sure about everywhere else.
Yea you still have to solder all 6 connections.
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penguin98
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9. February 2009 @ 00:40 |
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Ok, we should be able to figure this out. First off, your install job makes me pretty sure that you have a cut-legs D2B wii, which isnt a problem but it means its going to be hard to fit a new chip on it. Basically solder points 5 and 6 have been cut, so any chip that uses those points will have to solder directly to the traces of the legs on the drive chip.
Secondly, if you've played any first party nintendo games since super mario galaxy (this includes smash bros brawl and mario kart) then you dont have a wiikey clone. Clone chips result in error 001 when trying to play those games.
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tojjm
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9. February 2009 @ 01:33 |
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hi sorry for keep asking you questions, but just been looking through everything on the net, & found i have a clone wiikey v1, & i also found that the 3 wire were not just stuck on the chip case but use to be conected to the chip, i will try & re solder the wires to the chip first
Thanks John
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tojjm
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9. February 2009 @ 01:36 |
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Originally posted by penguin98:
Ok, we should be able to figure this out. First off, your install job makes me pretty sure that you have a cut-legs D2B wii, which isnt a problem but it means its going to be hard to fit a new chip on it. Basically solder points 5 and 6 have been cut, so any chip that uses those points will have to solder directly to the traces of the legs on the drive chip.
Secondly, if you've played any first party nintendo games since super mario galaxy (this includes smash bros brawl and mario kart) then you dont have a wiikey clone. Clone chips result in error 001 when trying to play those games.
i have used mario kart (back up) & it was fine, looks like i might be able to re solder the 3 wires to the chip
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aceofspad
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9. February 2009 @ 02:22 |
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Clone chips (well good ones that is) have never been a problem for me.
But only clone chips from reputable sources are good there are many clone chips that are just horrible.
Besides you could always get a clone chip and convert it to openwii so that you won't have any problems at all.
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