chipped wii help please

[tempo123]

Hi all, I have a bought a second hand wii with "can't read disc error", when I opened up the wii I saw with surprise that the wii has been chipped.....but I can't find any informations on wii hardmodding. Anyway I need a bit of a help because you can see on the picture there is a plastic ribbon white conductor that wasn't plug in anywhere...is it correct? where should it go? Can't find any logic on this drive. I have only find solder less youtube videos but nothing like this. Any idea what to do? I know how to change the lens but a bit unsure on how to handle this chip.Many thanks

[happy_highlander]

softmod it and use hdd rather than tear you hair out m8

[Doomingdr]

Soft mod is the way to go, I have a 250gb hard drive i play my games from and never had a problem

[tempo123]

softmod it and use hdd rather than tear you hair out m8

Yes I can do that mate and I know that with a softmod the end result is brilliant, but I am really interested on how this chip has been soldered and how can I use it again. I suppose it is more a question of "fun learning" than playing the console. Any idea where I can get a diagram and some reading about it, please?

[Doomingdr]

I have a chip laying around some where will have a look at the connections but if i remember rightly the cable connects to the cd drive directly and then another cable would connect to the wii motherboard - the downside to mine was that the drive packed up and I needed to get a new one off ebay. The newer drives did not allow for the chips to be used.

[12345guy12345]

I THINK THE CHIP IS CALLED WII KEY AND THERE IS ALSO A WII KEY 2 I HAD ONE FITTED YEARS AGO BUT AFTER ABOUT A YEAR OR SO NEW GAMES WHERE GIVING A 002 ERROR BUT OLDER GAMES WORKED SO I JUST SOFT MODDED NOW I CAN PLAY OFF HD THE PLACE THAT DID CHIP IT ARE PLAYBACKUPS.COM WITH INFO THERE ABOUT THE CHIP

[tempo123]

Thanks mate, well if you have a look on my picture you can see that there are a lot of soldered cables and just a white long ribbon cable there that I have not a clue where it goes, it does not fit any of the possible connectors on the drive. I understand your point, it is what I find online with solderless way to chip the wii drive, but my case is different because a lot of single cables have been soldered to the drive in differen positions... I am clueless....

[tempo123]

I THINK THE CHIP IS CALLED WII KEY AND THERE IS ALSO A WII KEY 2 I HAD ONE FITTED YEARS AGO BUT AFTER ABOUT A YEAR OR SO NEW GAMES WHERE GIVING A 002 ERROR BUT OLDER GAMES WORKED SO I JUST SOFT MODDED NOW I CAN PLAY OFF HD THE PLACE THAT DID CHIP IT ARE PLAYBACKUPS.COM WITH INFO THERE ABOUT THE CHIP

Thanks but it is not very clear to me what the guy does.....I suppose I just go for softmodding...quick and easy.