theys worth $30.

but after all that customs hype.

they prolly still worht $30.



you just have a wiikey? no wii?

8/8/2007 12:15:18 PM

bought 2 when they came out, 1 for me, 1 for a friend. mine's installed

8/9/2007 3:56:47 PM

welcome to february

[Edited on August 9, 2007 at 6:13 PM. Reason : .]

8/9/2007 6:13:00 PM

you "backup" assholes really make it hard for me to oppose the DMCA

you know damn well that you're pirating games

8/9/2007 6:52:29 PM

ive already had my cat nearly scratch up a couple of my wii games if the case wasnt closed. its a kitten so he is curious.

THATS WHY WE MAKE BACKUPS

8/9/2007 6:54:34 PM

honest officer the dog ate my homework games - that's why i don't have the packaging or original discs for this spindle full of pirat^H^H^H^H^H back-ups

[Edited on August 9, 2007 at 6:58 PM. Reason : s]

8/9/2007 6:57:32 PM

boohoo

find some worth while to bitch about

who cares if they pirate video games

8/10/2007 8:39:53 AM

i own 5 wii games.

i have 5 burned wii games.

8/10/2007 8:48:13 AM

don't really feel great about game pirating either, but fuck if I'm going to let uncle sam spook me out of doing anything I damn well please with what I bought myself.
I'm tempted to buy a Wii and a wiikey just for the fuck of it.
this is right up there with that proposed legislation I heard rumor about banning baking soda because people can make crack with it

8/10/2007 10:19:24 AM

everytime a retard is executed... an angel gets its wings.

8/10/2007 12:08:37 PM

aww how cute Noen - you thought it would just go away by ignoring it

Quote :

"You mean the [Wii] games that are the same price as every other system?"

you mean like how $59.99 (ps3/xbox360) is somehow equal to $49.99 (wii)?? yea... kind of like that

8/11/2007 1:47:32 PM

my wii is modded strictly to play games from other regions... wtf can nintendo say to that

8/11/2007 10:06:42 PM

"move"

lol

8/12/2007 8:26:29 AM

Looks like they got DVD playback on modded Wiis now. So at least that's one more potentially semi-legitimate (although probably not very legal) reason to have your Wii modded.

http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=19907

8/19/2007 3:00:17 PM

You gotta switch disks and stuff...lot of work to do to watch movies in 480p.

8/19/2007 3:05:48 PM

anyone here get tiger woods '08 backup working? my video resolution is stretched vertically and looks horrible.

9/6/2007 8:05:39 PM

Quote :

"Looks like they got DVD playback on modded Wiis now. So at least that's one more potentially semi-legitimate (although probably not very legal) reason to have your Wii modded."

who doesn't have a dvd player?

10/1/2007 11:59:51 AM

who doesn't wish the wii had stayed in development for 7 extra days so they could have coded the software for hardware that's already present?

10/1/2007 12:19:48 PM

dvd playback would've raised the cost of the console because of 1)the licensing fees and 2)the fact that the wii's disc drive wasn't designed to constantly read/stream the amount of data that dvd playback requires and would have to be replaced with a heartier model

10/1/2007 12:24:27 PM

I modded my console to play DVDs

is the new

I modded my console to play imports/backups

10/1/2007 1:42:08 PM

4 free wiimote jackets to anyone who already owns a wii: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/jacket/jacketrequest.jsp

10/2/2007 8:09:34 AM

I am looking to have my wii modded. two questions:

1) which is the best chip? I am looking at the cyclowiz or the wiikey. Seems from my reading that the cyclowiz might be the better option. But I would love to see what others think.

2) I can't solder for shit. Is there anyone on here that would be willing to do this for me for a fee? If so, PM me and let me know what the deal is.

12/2/2007 9:45:09 AM

^

same here. i would like modding help also.

12/2/2007 11:39:01 AM

i'm not sure if wii modchips are being allowed into the US anymore. I remember that they were going around and pwn ppl with them a few months back. I have a wiikey and am pretty happy with it. I've heard rly good things about Cyclowiz though. Check wiinewz.com.

12/3/2007 11:46:46 AM

i don't think you can get the cyclowiz v2 anymore...pretty sure the wiikey is still available, though

EDIT: wiikey is $18 + $17 shipping at http://www.modchipcentral.com/store/product.php?productid=12

$20 here, but i can't find shipping cost: http://www.foundmy.com/oscom/product_info.php?products_id=221

and they ship in the states...for now, at least



[Edited on December 3, 2007 at 3:40 PM. Reason : .]

12/3/2007 3:35:06 PM

ok, wiikey it is.

anyone willing to do an install? I know some of you guys are good with the iron. I am sure we can work something out.

12/3/2007 3:47:47 PM

bump

I know some of you guys that have installed a wiikey could use some extra cash for the holidays. I need someone to install a wiikey on a D2B chip (legs still there). Is anyone down?

Beuller?

12/13/2007 2:40:47 PM

man up and do it yourself, it's relatively easy.

I'd offer some help but I'm in Charlotte.

12/13/2007 4:35:44 PM

never soldered anything in my life. I don't want to man up and burn a hole into a $250 item. if it was something else, I would. but you know how it is.

12/13/2007 6:00:15 PM

practice on spare components.

12/14/2007 8:22:28 AM

its actually not that bad

ive never soldered anything that small before, but i got 5 of the 6 wires in until my wire cutters froze up and i ripped the brass out of the board.

it sucked. luckily it was the spare wire just for the hack and it had nothing to do with the actual gaming.

12/14/2007 8:38:21 AM

I think I would be ok doing it to the pad points, however, I am pretty sure that I will have to solder onto one of the legs because one of the points is missing. That is the one I am worried about.

12/14/2007 10:51:07 AM

use flux, it helps

12/14/2007 11:12:07 AM

does anybody know anything about when argon chips will ship or have you worked with a dc2key?


[Edited on December 23, 2007 at 5:09 PM. Reason : answered q#1, one left]

12/23/2007 4:54:21 PM

i find it hard to believe this explosive guy is offering to pay someone to solder something and no one helped him

12/23/2007 5:00:02 PM

no one offered. I was shocked. And to be honest, someone should have because it would have been easy money. I finally just cracked it open and did it myself. Turns out I had a D2B chip with the legs (and pad3) intact so it was a simple 6 wire install on the wiikey. Updated to fw 1.9gBeta and it all works like a charm.

12/24/2007 10:11:09 PM

told ya

12/25/2007 2:33:30 AM

Quote :

"what about the kids who just want to keep their expensive as shit games in pristine condition and let the backups get scratched to hell?"

hahahaha...........backups

12/25/2007 4:52:46 PM

you know, some of us do have little cousins/siblings that don't know how to properly care for discs, but enjoy the Wii all the same....

12/26/2007 9:48:38 AM

have any of you had the D2C chipset, and been forced to purchase a different wiikey than you had already bought?

12/26/2007 3:43:06 PM

having been inside the wii and knowing how many wires and where they need to be soldered, there is NO WAY ON EARTH I would even attempt it. Then again, I am am soldering puss. But man, those points are TINY.

12/26/2007 10:51:36 PM

it's only 5 points and only 3 of them are even remotely tricky. Easiest mod I've ever done on a console.

12/27/2007 1:16:03 AM

Did you do it on a newer Wii (with the new chipset)?

I'm hearing that not only is it more difficult, but it requires different updates?

12/27/2007 8:23:14 AM

Quote :

"it's only 5 points and only 3 of them are even remotely tricky. Easiest mod I've ever done on a console."

That's only true on an early wii console. The new D2C chipsets are much much harder and involve a 28 wire install, all on the IC legs of the chip.

12/27/2007 9:46:22 AM

ugh, of course the modchip for the d2c chipset is $45 (and a lot harder to solder) while the one for all other consoles is just $17

guess I shouldn't have waited on getting one of these

12/27/2007 10:11:40 AM