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fishbulb8
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21. March 2008 @ 15:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
About a year ago i installed a Wiikey and it worked perfectly without any hangups. Knowing that SSBB would not work with the modchip installed i decided to put in a switch to turn the modchip on and off. This didn't go so well and i decided to remove the modchip to make sure that it works alright. I inserted SSBB and went to the disc channel and it said "Please insert a disc" but i just inserted one and i couldn't eject it either.

I tried other things to the drive but nothing has seemed to work. However, if i take out the CMOS battery and unplug power i can turn it on, turn it off, and turn it on again and the drive reads the game and everything is fine. After i play it and go to the disc channel it can no longer read the disc.

I checked all the wires of the modchip install (i have it back in with a switch right now) with a multimeter and everything is great. I have also bridged the fuse but that did not work.

If i buy a new drive on eBay do you think all of my problems will go away? I have only modified the disc drive itself so i would think that it would fix everything but i'd rather not spend $100+.

Any other suggestions?
rafadawn
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21. March 2008 @ 17:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
New drive will be ok.

Originally posted by fishbulb8:
About a year ago i installed a Wiikey and it worked perfectly without any hangups. Knowing that SSBB would not work with the modchip installed i decided to put in a switch to turn the modchip on and off. This didn't go so well and i decided to remove the modchip to make sure that it works alright. I inserted SSBB and went to the disc channel and it said "Please insert a disc" but i just inserted one and i couldn't eject it either.

I tried other things to the drive but nothing has seemed to work. However, if i take out the CMOS battery and unplug power i can turn it on, turn it off, and turn it on again and the drive reads the game and everything is fine. After i play it and go to the disc channel it can no longer read the disc.

I checked all the wires of the modchip install (i have it back in with a switch right now) with a multimeter and everything is great. I have also bridged the fuse but that did not work.

If i buy a new drive on eBay do you think all of my problems will go away? I have only modified the disc drive itself so i would think that it would fix everything but i'd rather not spend $100+.

Any other suggestions?


Where's the party?!?
fishbulb8
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22. March 2008 @ 12:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Good, that's what i thought.

For now i can play Smash bros. fine if i leave it unplugged and with the battery out when i'm done playing so i think i'll do that for now.
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