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Well, my problems started when I tried to install a Wiikey on my own, but failed. So I removed the chip and everything seemed to be working okay.
A couple of days later I tried to install it again without noticing that I had ripped off one of the solder pads in my previous attempt, but it seemed that everything got in place, but when I tried out some backups, but they wouldn't start and my Wiikey was in a very bad shape, so I threw it away.
This time I contacted a professional solder (who had a lot of experience when it comes to installing Wiikey's) and he could immediately tell that I had two destroyed solder points, so he got to work to solder two wires to the two corresponding legs of the IC chip, but it still wouldn't work. He made all the relevant tests and measurements to make sure no wires/solder bridged or short-circuited anything, but he found no problem. He told me that the only thing he could think of was that the DVD drive had been damaged in some way (I have not yet been able to pick up the Wii from him again, and he had no original game copies to test it with, so I do not know if the DVD reader is able to read original games). This seems a little weird since I was able to play Zelda with it just a couple of hours before turning it in to him to get it chipped.
So, I'm just going to check to see if any of you guys have any idea what my problem might be. I would expect that the most logical thing to do right now is to go and get my Wii back to see if it still works at all, or does anyone of you guys have any other suggestions? Maybe someone knows what my problem is with the Wiikey not working even when soldering to the IC chip's legs? I already know that the problem isn't a faulty chip since the guy who soldered it for me took it out of my Wii and soldered it on to another Wii and it worked fine on that console.
So, any ideas?
/C Hall
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