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foaley77

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« on: June 01, 2007, 06:33:00 PM »
Also Im going to buy a new Wii today can they be modded still have they changed anything to stop people do a mod?
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StrictPuppet

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« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2007, 07:45:00 PM »
You definitely need a triwing.  Appleguru ( http://www.otbmods.com/ ) sells them.  So far all NA consoles are mod-able.
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commandersafi

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« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2007, 09:21:00 PM »
I thought the newer wii's had 3 of the pins removed from the board so you couldnt solder in a chip...
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appleguru

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« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2007, 12:15:00 AM »
Apparently Nintendo is starting to cut 3 IC legs on (some of?) the newly produced wiis to hinder modding. While I haven't seen any like this yet, there are reports of such wiis in the US.

As for the board revision missing pad # 3, that appears to only have been released in Japan and Europe.

In any case, I do several wii mods a day and I've yet to see either of these 'revisions', so chances are you'll be fine. You do still need a triwing however wink.gif
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foaley77

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« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2007, 04:33:00 AM »
thanks guys just going to buy one then.
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popballz

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« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2007, 04:02:00 PM »
i didnt not use a triwing and i got it all taken apart.....

i did just drill some of the screws out  and used a modifed flat head for the rest


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« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2007, 06:50:00 PM »
QUOTE(Hothr @ Jun 12 2007, 01:04 PM) View Post

You can also try to make your own.  There are instructions on the chiip site: http://chiip.descram...hp/Make_Triwing
good luck if you try it


I made a much better one from a T10 torx driver, just grind off 3 of the points till you get a triangle, then using the corner of a file, cut the reliefs in the sides of the triangle, no need to even make it pointy.  Kinda ghetto but at least it looks better than that diagram.
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