Wiikey Installation Manual v1.0

[ninor]

http://www.wiikey.cn/images/installWiiKey.pdf

[ASSPOP]

nice, cant wait to get my wiikey. :D

[Xboxmodder999]

I'm waiting for reviews, but this is very likely the chip that I am going to get :)

[jweaver]

Call me a cynic, but it uses the same solder points as Wiinja/Cyclowiz + ONE extra wire.

With this in mind, how have they manage to achieve the functionality that they claim?

Jon

[z3on]

Call me a cynic, but it uses the same solder points as Wiinja/Cyclowiz + ONE extra wire.

With this in mind, how have they manage to achieve the functionality that they claim?

Jon

maybe its the extra wire? :)

[lilskaterpunk]

Wicked! This is the one:D lol one question thought, if I wanna solder it with wires instead of direct where would I solder the wires to on the mod chip? can anyone make a diagram or picture?

[onimike]

Wicked! This is the one:D lol one question thought, if I wanna solder it with wires instead of direct where would I solder the wires to on the mod chip? can anyone make a diagram or picture?

From what I understand, it's the same as the diagram. Connect the points pictured with wires instead of direct soldering it to the board.

I pre-ordered mine from Foundmy about a week ago, can't wait. :)

[enderforever]

When installing with wires, where is the best/safest spot to place the chip?

That one wire install has it in the middle, but something tells me theres a reason there isn't board there in the first place.

[GHETTO.CHiLD]

My guess on that extra solder point is that it either has something to do w/ the stealth feature or the upgrade feature. Possible more the upgrade feature. This is only because the Cyclowiz needs a switch to enable its upgrade, and as far as we know the WiiKey doesn't.

[Perkele]

Call me a cynic, but it uses the same solder points as Wiinja/Cyclowiz + ONE extra wire.
There's no extra wire, just an extra (undocumented?) solder point of the serial port of the DVD drive.
When installing with wires, where is the best/safest spot to place the chip?
They actually designed the PCB in a way it's pretty easy to desolder if necessary, I myself won't use wires where i always used them with the XenoGC.
My guess on that extra solder point is that it either has something to do w/ the stealth feature or the upgrade feature. Possible more the upgrade feature. This is only because the Cyclowiz needs a switch to enable its upgrade, and as far as we know the WiiKey doesn't.
All current Wii chips are said to be stealth and the Wiikey uses a chip that was designed to be upgradeable in place (standalone), unlike the sx28 that is used in the Cyclowiz, that's why it needs a switch to provide enough power.

[alkalinetrio]

Why be so patronising?

Not mentioning any names...(err cyclowiz)

Instead of hailing a product as the ultimate heaven sent mod chip, before it's released, then upon release try defending it as it obviously became clear it wasn't nowhere near upto expectations. Why try and slate any other chips as useless before they're launched? So what if it "only has one extra" wire. As long as it does what it says it does, whats the need to compare it to the other piece of tripe out there that was adding features here, updates there, as it went along and at days before launch!

Wiikey has had the same feature list, bar D2B compatability which it sorted out BEFORE releasing it to the world since day one. I dont care if it only has one wire extra, the point is, if it does what it says it does and does it well, then i'm buying it.

[thevoiceover]

Why be so patronising?




Oh mercy me, God bless catastrophe.

[splattered]

Anyone know where modchipstore ships out of? I ordered the Cyclowiz from Divineo and it took a little over 2 weeks to ship to the west coast.... :)

[PSPWAD]

Anyone know where modchipstore ships out of? I ordered the Cyclowiz from Divineo and it took a little over 2 weeks to ship to the west coast.... :)
If you ordered from Divineo of US/Canada, that's why. Order for China and it will get to you quicker...

[alkalinetrio]

mercy me, indeed :D

ANYWAY, when i said patronising i was kind of refering to the title

"the wiikey and the MAGICAL wire"

[gr04ts]

[07.02.22] Final version picture & resellers added

We have uploaded a picture of the final wiikey version. The PCB is now optimized with a quicksolder interface and additional test pads were added. The final tests were successfully completed - everything works as promised. We will also provide a small boot/configuration menu!


it's only a test PAD or what?

[Perkele]

ANYWAY, when i said patronising i was kind of refering to the title

"the wiikey and the MAGICAL wire"
It really is a magical wire, it's even invisible :D

[blanka2k3]

maybe it has something to do with the "Unique disc backup application via sdcard"

[Perkele]

maybe it has something to do with the "Unique disc backup application via sdcard"
That's done by software and is not so unique as emu_kidid coded the same thing.

[magind]

http://www.wiikey.cn/images/installWiiKey.pdf

Um, it might be my crappy mac... but is that just a one page pdf with one pic on it twice?

[recall2000]

Um, it might be my crappy mac... but is that just a one page pdf with one pic on it twice?
I think it's just a full pic of the DVD drive with a zoomed in pic of the actual solder points. And it's just one page :( Would have been nice to see some instructions on how to use it; i.e. the boot menu and updating via DVD etc.. They're probably trying to keep specifics about features close to their chest until it actually hits the streets. I've preordered one anyway; taking a gamble it lives up to the hype. Fingers crossed.

[Yokotuna]

Why do every news posted about anything other than CycloWiz need to have negative connotation? Of course Wiikey uses basically same points as every other mod, since those are the points for serial access to the Wii drive. This news post is shameful.

[LilaQ]

Is it just me having thoughts about the upgrade ability that you obviously can't turn off per mechanism? Even though they may (atleast hopefully) include a turn-off-option in the "small config menu", I think everything that is not completley cut off physically (via switch) can be overwritten by BIG N. Hopefully we won't see any games coming that will render the WiiKey useless, for atleast new games :/

pls give me your thoughts about this, I may have overlooked something?

LilaQ

[DeFessler]

Is it really as easy to install WiiKey as the manual makes it out. It looks like all it needs is a little solder to connect the wiikey to each point and its shaped so that each point is practicly right next to the chip.

[recall2000]

Is it really as easy to install WiiKey as the manual makes it out. It looks like all it needs is a little solder to connect the wiikey to each point and its shaped so that each point is practicly right next to the chip.
Yep - sit the chip on top of the points. Tape it down. Solder the points. You could use wires if you think you might need to remove it in the future, but desoldering is pretty easy if you have the right kit and a little patience.

[DeFessler]

I wish I had the confidence to do this. I'm gonna go solder a chip into my ps2 and see how I do since PS2s are nearly worthless so me since I got mine from someone with DRE problems and fixed it up.

[bearbate]

Is it really as easy to install WiiKey as the manual makes it out. It looks like all it needs is a little solder to connect the wiikey to each point and its shaped so that each point is practicly right next to the chip.
It is exactly like it looks in the manual...just a little solder directly to the pads on the wiikey...that is why it is called quick solder connections...you don't need any wires at all. Just align the modchip, and put a little solder down. It doesn't get any easier than that.

[Cyclone57]

One extra wire and it looks easier to install. I'm thinking this is the modchip for me :)

[SpanKie]

I wish I had the confidence to do this. I'm gonna go solder a chip into my ps2 and see how I do since PS2s are nearly worthless so me since I got mine from someone with DRE problems and fixed it up.

You don't have the confidence to mod something as simple as this, yet your going to go mod a PS2 :rolleyes: ... are you smokin' something and not sharing it with everyone here !@$#% ;)

[bearbate]

I wish I had the confidence to do this. I'm gonna go solder a chip into my ps2 and see how I do since PS2s are nearly worthless so me since I got mine from someone with DRE problems and fixed it up.
From my experience with soldering both a PS2 and a Wii...The PS2 is extremely hard to solder on. It has extremely tiny solder points, and it you don't have a low wattage iron, you will most likely ruin your PS2 by lifting pads. The Wii is a 1000x easier to solder. If you are not the best at soldering, I would not reccomend that you solder a modchip in your PS2 unless you really don't care about it at all. If you have any more questions, please PM me, I will help as much as I can.

-Bearbate

[alkalinetrio]

Agreed. Yup, some solder points are tiny. Deffinitely just take out an old circuit board from any old piece of junk and practice, i wouldn't recommend doing it even if the value is low. The wii chip looks easy, and presume is. I'm by no means experienced with a soldering iron, but i've got full confidence in taking it apart and wiring it in!

People who give tips to noob solderers always say about dont use high heat guns, or you'll fry the board, always use flux paste etc etc

here's my tip. DON'T TOUCH THE CIRCUITRY. At all.
I always took it for granted thinking small amounts of static wouldn't affect it, until i took my 360 apart, afterwards one fan wouldnt work. Wired the fans up seperately and worked perfect. I'd blown a part on the motherboard that supplied power to the fans. Now i had to rewire them to the dvd's power supply.

SO.. just be careful, if you can't get hold of static dissipative gloves, just reguarly touch metal to release static. Thats all :D

[halomasta203]

I'm waiting for reviews, but this is very likely the chip that I am going to get :)


Same here.:)

[Neglefarot]

i really dont think this is a "revolution" in mod chips, not to the date.

it says the "only upgradeable" wich means this is just a late chip clon from the v2 of the others with diferent shape, wich is more commercial by the way.

if they dont go public on the info about the "magic" wire, there is nothing to get excited about.

[RuneEdge]

The magical wire is there to tell Cyclowiz and the other modchips to **** off.
Why does it even matter what that wire does? If it was worth knowing, wouldnt we know by now?
Or are MaxConsole trying to steal ideas?

[MrSporty]

Blahh .. does no one ever look into the history of drivechips..

The first commercial Gamecube drivechip (XenoGC) had SIX wires. The techs amongst you would liken it to a SPI interface.

VDD , VCC , CLOCK , DATAIN , DATAOUT , MASTER/SLAVE SELECT

The first commercial Wii drivechip (Wiinja) had FIVE wires

VDD , VCC , CLOCK , DATAIN , DATAOUT.

Now why are we having sync problems ..... :P

Wiikey has an extra wire....

MrS

[Perkele]

Hopefully we won't see any games coming that will render the WiiKey useless ...

Recovery mode - Can recover from a bad flash (N can't render it useless)

[rizzles]

while trying to install a faulty (dident know at the time) cyclowiz i kinda ruined the 3 solder points that are together, i'am sending my faulty cyclowiz back off for a wiikey, is it possible to solder the wires onto microchip thing if i follow the little lines on the board from the soldering points to the chip

[apexi350z]

Blahh .. does no one ever look into the history of drivechips..

The first commercial Gamecube drivechip (XenoGC) had SIX wires. The techs amongst you would liken it to a SPI interface.

VDD , VCC , CLOCK , DATAIN , DATAOUT , MASTER/SLAVE SELECT

The first commercial Wii drivechip (Wiinja) had FIVE wires

VDD , VCC , CLOCK , DATAIN , DATAOUT.

Now why are we having sync problems ..... :P

Wiikey has an extra wire....

MrS

So what does the MASTER/SLAVE SELECT actual do on the Gamecube chip?

[MrSporty]

For want of having someone point out a factual or grammatical error.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_Peripheral_Interface_Bus

MrS

[DatVillain83]

I luv these marketing tactics...their words are hardly deceiving with the exception of their ability to mislead the uninformed and... oh...of course sell their product. no gripe here thou cause the wiikey most likely does what its advertised to do but ALL (DVD) chips are inherently “stealth" because the Wii's operating system doesn't have direct access to the modchips firmware nor does it have direct access to the DVD drive's firmware because its stored on SDRAM which is a solid state of computer memory that never/ or rarely updates.

the big N could never know if you modded you Wii unless you sent it to them for repair or if the mod was soldered directly onto the main board. which it is not.

The only update the N could do would result on the NAND flash on the main board. thats where the system-boot firmware is & where channels and such are stored.
bottom line...all chips are stealth but so far only 1 has a flash restore for their updates and thats the wiikey.

[Y2Bogus]

Looking at the install diagram, it looks like it wouldn't be hard for them to turn this into a solderless chip by adding some non-conductive adhesive to the back and having the connectors poke out a bit so that they're forced into place against the contacts like in some of the solder free xbox mods.

[DatVillain83]

i could dig that Y2Bogus. like a ZIF socket. when u put a new intel processor in your computer...it fits right in place!

note: im wrong all chips arent stealth. DVD mods are just safer.

[Yokotuna]

Blahh .. does no one ever look into the history of drivechips..

The first commercial Gamecube drivechip (XenoGC) had SIX wires. The techs amongst you would liken it to a SPI interface.

VDD , VCC , CLOCK , DATAIN , DATAOUT , MASTER/SLAVE SELECT

The first commercial Wii drivechip (Wiinja) had FIVE wires

VDD , VCC , CLOCK , DATAIN , DATAOUT.

Now why are we having sync problems ..... :P

Wiikey has an extra wire....

MrS

Thanks for clearing that up, MrSporty! I guess these other mods fucked up by not including the proper fix for DRE. I will be putting a Wiikey in my console now! :D

[11111]

You don't have the confidence to mod something as simple as this, yet your going to go mod a PS2 :rolleyes: ... are you smokin' something and not sharing it with everyone here !@$#% ;)

WOW soldering a ps2 chip is hard as sh!T! the points are so small. my friend took his sweet ass time modding the ps2. if you want to start trying modding a ps1 and a dreamcast. he ps2 100% you will fry it.

[NeXsus]

agreed compared to modding a ps2 the wii is like a walk in the park while being carried by 4 hot asian girls

can't wait for this 10 min mod ;) come on wiikey preorder

[Jetleg]

Am i supposed to solder 3 4 and 5 too or should they just make contact to the chip?

[bearbate]

Am i supposed to solder 3 4 and 5 too or should they just make contact to the chip?
They all need to be soldered

[Jetleg]

Even the point which is not numbered?

[Kimbonious]

May seem like a dumb question but, would nintendo have a way to block this, like with a fw update or somehting?

[mohomeboy]

I just installed my wiikey, everything worked fine, need to test on wii backups, but gc worked ok.

I wired it in and my chip was a bit messed up, the 4 solder points were connected, i cut them with i sharp knife, and soldered wires to them, then to the wii.

How easy is it, imagine a medium flat head screwdriver, ok that was the size of my soldering iron, as my nice £50 broke the moment i switched it on, at first i thought it was a sign. but insted i look in the attic for my old one and hoped it worked as i still got another week before pay day.

all went well, will post pics if required by anyone. Very Very simple.

The amount of ps2s that i have bricked is stupid well not that bad (3) but i have modded gamecubes, xboxes, wiis, ps2s, and the wii was one of the easiset

[mohomeboy]

May seem like a dumb question but, would nintendo have a way to block this, like with a fw update or somehting?

Sorry for the two posts nintendo have changed the motherboard layout so you can only wire the mod in

[avenaforu]

Overall, WiiKey modchip came through and worked. The ability to load games had a higher success rate than majority of the Wii modchips on the market. Not to mention, its one of, if not the smallest Wii modchip on the market!