Wii modchips hit a snag, won't work with some recent Wiis
This 1st generation of Wii modchips was humming along so smoothly, but it looks like a recent Nintendo manufacturing modification has rained on their parade for the time being. While the chips do work fine in early Wiis, and that DVD upgradability should keep 'em humming for some time to come, the Wiinja, CycloWiz and WiiKey chips all fail to work with Wiis running the D2B Panasonic chipset, which shows up in certain Wiis, mostly ones purchased in late January / early February. The only way to check for the chipset is to pry open the Wii and look for yourself, and the incompatibility means that even the DVD upgradability won't allow current modchips to run on these systems. Both the CycloWiz and Wiinja teams have confirmed the problem, and are already working on new versions to get around the Panasonic chipset, but you might want to make sure your Wii is compatible before you blow your cash on a non-working modchip.[Thanks, waruwaru]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TVGenius @ Feb 6th 2007 6:10PM
Score 2pts. for Ninty.
jorge @ Feb 6th 2007 6:29PM
I just wish i had a wii to hack into...I can not find one! urgh!
hehehhehe @ Feb 6th 2007 6:50PM
Doh! I just ordered one today. My wii is from early December so hopefully I'm fine.
Kevlar @ Feb 6th 2007 8:08PM
When the Wiis become more plentiful, I might mod mine, but until I can walk into a store and buy one if I mess it up, I'm gonna wait.
Kyle @ Feb 6th 2007 10:48PM
Great... so my Wii that I'm getting from the Feburary 11th shipment release will have this new freaking chipset.
Shaun @ Feb 7th 2007 4:05AM
I really hope Nintendo just lets it go. They should just let people MOD the consoles and use pirate games.
Then in a month or two release an update that turns the console into a brick if it's chipped.
Adam @ Feb 8th 2007 8:58AM
The magic of WiiConnect24, they can hit everybody with a modchip just like they nail satellite tv pirates at big PPV events. Just wipe everyone thathas a chip. And your wii doesn't have to be on.
RufusUK @ Mar 2nd 2007 6:43AM
The Cyclowiz now works with this chipset, so if you have a newer Wii, just make sure it's the newer batch of Cyclowiz you are ordering.