bd2003
04-24-2007, 09:38 AM
Sigh...this has just been one bad experience after another. I dont have the skills to solder it myself, so I decided to bring it to someone who knew what they were doing.
First, I bring my console to a local modder. He seemed to know what he was doing, and it was a simple mod job, so I didnt really think of inquiring about any sort of guarantee. He was installing a cyclowiz, and screwed something up, and destroyed the drive. The Wii booted up to menu, but the drive was dead. It would freeze if it tried to access the drive, play VC games, or do a little "too much". The guy didnt have any Wiis on hand to fix it, but I have him the benefit of the doubt. He said he'd have another drive within a week. Never gave him any money and certainly didnt leave my Wii.
Over a week later, hadnt heard from him. Told him I wanted a drive or a new Wii, and the gangsta came out. Somehow it became *my fault*, because I requested the cyclowiz instead of the crap WiiFree he wanted to put in instead. Basically, unless I was willing to fight or call the cops over this fiasco, I wasnt getting my Wii fixed. The guy was an asshole, and I just didnt have the time for this sh*t over a console.
So I figure I'd swap the drive myself. Tried and failed to get another Wii, even after waiting out in the freezing monsoon in the NE last week.
I decided to just cut my losses, and try to sell it for parts, and just get a new one, premodded maybe. I list it on a message board, and some guy claims he can fix it. I tell him its way beyond a quick fix like a bridged fuse, and he says he's got a spare drive he'll give me from another Wii, that had a Wiinja modded up. He was going to remove the Wiinja, and mod a Wiikey (apparently a clone) that I had picked up. He had a good reputation, and I asked him what would happen if anything went wrong, and he said he'd make it right (although I've heard that one before). He also was going to internalize the gc memory and wavebird receiver.
Fast forward a few days. I had mailed him my Wii, and he received it. He pulled the old drive, removed the Wiinja, modded the Wiikey, installed it (looked perfect), fired it up, and it worked, never froze, played backups and all. Finally! I thought it would just be a few more days, and I could finally use my Wii again.
Then this morning I get the news, in his own words:
"Your going to hate to hear this, & I can't explain it whatsoever. But your Wii killed the other DVD-ROM now. I don't know how or why it did it, but it did. I tested the DVD-ROM in my friend's Wii, it didn't power up.
I tested his DVD-ROM in your Wii, It powered up and read discs.
I'm going to need a little bit more longer to diagnosis what the hell is going on with this console if you don't mind."
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HH!!!!
So after one botched mod by a gangsta, one useless freezing morning in the cold rain, two drives, two modchips, a Wii sent hundreds of miles, and $150, I have nothing to show for it but this post. :(
The guy I sent it to still seems to be a stand up guy, and he said he'd fix whatever went wrong, but now he has my Wii AND my money, and his phrasing of how "the Wii killed the drive" isnt so confidence inspiring.
Is there ANY REASON to believe that the Wii itself caused the second drive to die? Wouldnt it be far more likely that the removal of the old chip, the install of the new chip, or GC mods had something to do with it?
First, I bring my console to a local modder. He seemed to know what he was doing, and it was a simple mod job, so I didnt really think of inquiring about any sort of guarantee. He was installing a cyclowiz, and screwed something up, and destroyed the drive. The Wii booted up to menu, but the drive was dead. It would freeze if it tried to access the drive, play VC games, or do a little "too much". The guy didnt have any Wiis on hand to fix it, but I have him the benefit of the doubt. He said he'd have another drive within a week. Never gave him any money and certainly didnt leave my Wii.
Over a week later, hadnt heard from him. Told him I wanted a drive or a new Wii, and the gangsta came out. Somehow it became *my fault*, because I requested the cyclowiz instead of the crap WiiFree he wanted to put in instead. Basically, unless I was willing to fight or call the cops over this fiasco, I wasnt getting my Wii fixed. The guy was an asshole, and I just didnt have the time for this sh*t over a console.
So I figure I'd swap the drive myself. Tried and failed to get another Wii, even after waiting out in the freezing monsoon in the NE last week.
I decided to just cut my losses, and try to sell it for parts, and just get a new one, premodded maybe. I list it on a message board, and some guy claims he can fix it. I tell him its way beyond a quick fix like a bridged fuse, and he says he's got a spare drive he'll give me from another Wii, that had a Wiinja modded up. He was going to remove the Wiinja, and mod a Wiikey (apparently a clone) that I had picked up. He had a good reputation, and I asked him what would happen if anything went wrong, and he said he'd make it right (although I've heard that one before). He also was going to internalize the gc memory and wavebird receiver.
Fast forward a few days. I had mailed him my Wii, and he received it. He pulled the old drive, removed the Wiinja, modded the Wiikey, installed it (looked perfect), fired it up, and it worked, never froze, played backups and all. Finally! I thought it would just be a few more days, and I could finally use my Wii again.
Then this morning I get the news, in his own words:
"Your going to hate to hear this, & I can't explain it whatsoever. But your Wii killed the other DVD-ROM now. I don't know how or why it did it, but it did. I tested the DVD-ROM in my friend's Wii, it didn't power up.
I tested his DVD-ROM in your Wii, It powered up and read discs.
I'm going to need a little bit more longer to diagnosis what the hell is going on with this console if you don't mind."
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HH!!!!
So after one botched mod by a gangsta, one useless freezing morning in the cold rain, two drives, two modchips, a Wii sent hundreds of miles, and $150, I have nothing to show for it but this post. :(
The guy I sent it to still seems to be a stand up guy, and he said he'd fix whatever went wrong, but now he has my Wii AND my money, and his phrasing of how "the Wii killed the drive" isnt so confidence inspiring.
Is there ANY REASON to believe that the Wii itself caused the second drive to die? Wouldnt it be far more likely that the removal of the old chip, the install of the new chip, or GC mods had something to do with it?