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Old 06-09-2008, 09:53 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Want to Mod your Wii?
I want to see this section get some attention. Now I know tons about Wii modding now, and will happily answer any questions you guys have. For example, what chip is best for your Wii, stuff like that. Ask away.

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Is it true you can get a working hack installed on an SD card that unlocks all Japanese Wii-Ware titles? I've considered it, but it would be nice if there's a working hack to obtain VC games, or US Wii-Ware free of charge.
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Old 06-09-2008, 10:02 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Quote: Originally Posted by aadster View Post
Is it true you can get a working hack installed on an SD card that unlocks all Japanese Wii-Ware titles? I've considered it, but it would be nice if there's a working hack to obtain VC games, or US Wii-Ware free of charge.
That is very true, and it is also easy. Please see this thread about VC games, Wii-ware games are very similar. You do it using an exploit in Twilight Princess. PM me for a place to download all the VC games and Wii-Ware titles.

If you get stuck, just ask. Anything else bro?
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Yes, does the Wii have DvD playback? Or can it be hacked to do so?
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1337 i got a wii about a month ago. i played smash bros for a few weeks but i left it at my house and im at my summer cottage. but when i get it up here your going to help me hax0rz it
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Just bought a Wii today but I guess it's boring to me right now. Does anyone know how to keep the blue light on ALL the time?
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Re: Want to Mod your Wii?
email your Wii from your PC and never check the message
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Re: Want to Mod your Wii?
Quote: Originally Posted by 360-Geek View Post
Just bought a Wii today but I guess it's boring to me right now. Does anyone know how to keep the blue light on ALL the time?
What is needed:
- Tear down instructions for the Wii, found here
- An odd nintendo screw driver to open the Wii (explained in tear down instructions)
- A NPN transistor (2n3904 for example, can be bought at radioshack)
- A resistor in the range of 1k-10k ohms
- Some moderate soldering skills.

In this post you can see a schematic of how the light bar is controlled. Imidiately when you plug in power to the console you will get 12V through the resistor to the two LEDs that are connected in series. What turns the LEDs on/off is the NPN transistor that connects/disconnects them from ground. What we will do is add our own NPN transistor and control it so that the LEDs get a path to ground when the Wii is not in standby.

If you know nothing about transistors you can read about it here. What we need is a signal to that turns on the transistor (opens it up) when the Wii is not in standby. The best source I have found for this is the signal that controls the standby LED.

So we will simply connect the base of the transistor to the standby signal through the resistor. Connect the collector to the ground side of the LEDs and the emitter to ground. The picture below shows how to solder it. I haven't done this install in person as I don't have a Wii yet ( Click the image to open in full size. ) so I can't show any install pictures. First one to do this mod will have to snap some pictures of it!

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As you can see there are test points to solder too, and those are easy enough to use. A top install is harder but if there is need for it I'll make a top side install diagram.
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Re: Want to Mod your Wii?
Wii pisses me off.

good post though
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Old 08-04-2008, 08:19 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: Want to Mod your Wii?
Wii pisses me off too.

Good post though
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Old 08-13-2008, 01:12 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Re: Want to Mod your Wii?
ok so here's the deal...I know how to do the Twilight hack and load the homebrew channel. I've done it on many consoles. I tried tonight on my Uncle's and for some reason, it would NOT find the boot.elf even after reformatting the card. Can you please help me here? I got the hack to load, but wouldn't find anything on the card.
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Old 08-13-2008, 01:19 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Re: Want to Mod your Wii?
what are some cool features of Wii modding? mines all hacked and everything but i havent found anything "cool" to do
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Old 08-13-2008, 01:39 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Re: Want to Mod your Wii?
free WiiWare and VC games, homebrew, DVD player....endless possibilities...well to an extent. lol
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Re: Want to Mod your Wii?
Can you do anything besides save games?
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Old 08-13-2008, 08:06 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Re: Want to Mod your Wii?
I stated above. Read next time!
For question above, yes the Wii can be hacked with software to play DVDs ^_^
And Carson or someone wanna help me with my question?
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Old 08-17-2008, 11:55 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Re: Want to Mod your Wii?
Okay. What can i do when i mod a wii? can i play games from different regions? i bought mine in canada. Is there a way to just mod your wii with a SD memory stick or a USB thingy?

Call me a n00b. i dont care. Im into xbox more though. not wii. but i wanna know what u can do with the wii cuz i havent played it since the day i bought it. (5 months ago)
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Old 08-17-2008, 06:18 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Re: Want to Mod your Wii?
uses SD card as stated in the tut
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Old 08-18-2008, 11:15 AM   #18 (permalink)