Hello there, the first thing I want to do is to greet you all as a new user. With that out of the way, I'll get straight to the problem.
While I'm not new to the whole chip modding thing (succesfully modchipped PS2 for example among many other things), I'm quite new to the Wii scene.
The thing is that I recently bought myself a new Wii - D2B, legs not cut. Because the thing is quite expensive in my area, I was planning to buy all the nessesary thing to my console in few turn. Unluckily to me, the first thing I bought and used was the Network Adapter, and I was stupid enough to upgrade my Wii firmware to the newest one (3.2E). I didn't knew about any problems that would cause by then.
Then, I bought a WiiKey. It looked like a genuine one, version 1, and I was quite sure it was one. After modding (flawlessly, I checked it few times, with multimeter etc. Well, after powering on the console, it turned out that the chip didn't work. I tried many types of media, and tried to boot the config discs, to no outcome. After few days of 'fighting' with the key, I lost hope (I checked it with a programmer and it turned out that it was blocked, which in turn made me suspicious of wheter this was surely a genuine WiiKey).
Then I downloaded hexes and eeproms from WiiNewz and attempted to build and program my own clone based on an AtMega8 chip and 1.9b firmware (also a success, checked it few times). I didn't work either.
It was then, after losing all hope, that I searched the Internet for all possible errors on my side. It turned out that the Wii firmware upgrade could be my ultimate 'defeat'.
So, my question is - did someone had the same thing - unworking WiiKey (clone or not) with the newest firmware? How to get rid of this problem? Or is there a way to downgrade my wii firmware (even hardcore, with a programmer)?
Ps. it still doesn't read ANY burned discs, only originals.
To date there are still no firmware updates that kill modchips. There was one that made freeloader and action replay disks stop working but it didnt effect any chips.
Originally posted by kozaihod: It turned out that the Wii firmware upgrade could be my ultimate 'defeat'.
I don't know where your info came from but 3.2 shouldn't stop wiikey - nothing should at this point. You may have difficulty running firmware updates/configs but there is a hacked config that helps bypass this issue. So basically if your chip is a genuine working wiikey and fitted correctly you'd not be posting here. The configs should show as GC in the disk channel. If you don't get even that then I'd say the chip is not functioning. There is a recovery disk and perhaps you could try that.
I do not know if you have a clone or not. If the chip has silver soldering points you will need to use the config. disc to activate it. If it has gold it should of worked. The silver chips will not work until you load a config. disc. You will know if it is working because the config. disc will show up as a gamecube game. Try the Hacked config 1.3 disc.
I hope this helps.
