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<blockquote data-quote="jesta" data-source="post: 65409" data-attributes="member: 195"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">List of modchips for Nintendo Wii</span> <span style="font-size: 10px">(Page taken from<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wii_modchips" target="_blank"> Wiki</a>)</span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Argon Wii</strong></p><p></p><p> The InFeCtuS <a href="http://www.infectus.biz/news.php" target="_blank">Argon Wii</a> is based on an 350 MHz <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actel" target="_blank">Actel</a> A3P-125 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array" target="_blank">FPGA</a>, which is programmable through a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Test_Action_Group" target="_blank">JTAG</a> connector - in conjuction with either an InFeCtuS 2 device or an Injectus programmer. It has features similar to the D2CKey, and as of firmware v1.3 supports region-free play.</p><p> The InFeCtuS team have said a soon to be released firmware will lower the wire count from 16 to 10 for the D2C chipset as a result of the new competition from the Wasabi modchip. It will also introduce support for all the current Wii chipsets rather than just the D2C chipset (wire count for non-D2C chipsets will be 6). Also the update will grant the ability to upgrade the modchips firmware via DVD - despite InFeCtuS recommending the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Test_Action_Group" target="_blank">JTAG</a> connector as the preffered upgrade method.</p><p> Availability: <span style="color: green"><strong>Available</strong></span> (Released in December, 2007)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Chiip</strong></p><p></p><p> A modchip created by Cadex, the first free Wii modchip to be released. The latest firmware, v0.9.1, supports features such as original game playback (Wii and GameCube), backups from the same and different regions (Wii and GameCube), GameCube homebrew, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%2BR" target="_blank">DVD+R</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-R" target="_blank">DVD-R</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%2BRW" target="_blank">DVD+RW</a> ability without the need for bit-setting, DMS/D2A/D2B chipset ability. The firmware is designed to run on ATmega8L-8 and ATmega8-16 AVR chips.</p><p> Although the project claimed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source" target="_blank">open source</a> from the beginning and a code release has been announced, so far no source code has been released. With none of the announced updates to the web site and project data in several months, the project is likely to be considered abandoned, even though its last version remains available and operational.</p><p> Availability: <span style="color: green"><strong>Available</strong></span> (Released in 2007)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>CycloWiz</strong></p><p></p><p> The second Wii modchip to be released. This chip is able to play not only backups of its own region, but it also partially supports playback of backups from a different region (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL" target="_blank">PAL</a> discs on an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC" target="_blank">NTSC</a> Wii). The CycloWiz's firmware can be updated via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD" target="_blank">DVD</a>, so more options will become available in the future.</p><p> Availability: <span style="color: green"><strong>Available</strong></span> (Released in February, 2007)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>D2CKey</strong></p><p></p><p> One of the few modchips that work on a Wii with the D2C chipset. The D2CKey modchip is specially designed for D2C and newer drive chipsets and as such it will NOT work on other models of Wii. Due to the number and types of soldering that the D2CKey requires (over 30 fine solder points), the team behind it advise that only people with considerable soldering experience install the chip. It also has a partial region free support, but it's successor D2Pro supports fully region free support. However, it is stated on its official website that the D2Prog would upgrade the D2CKey to have all the features that the successor D2Pro uses, which would possibly make it region-free.</p><p> Availability: <span style="color: green"><strong>Available</strong></span> (Released in October, 2007)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>D2Pro</strong></p><p></p><p> An upgrade over the D2CKey, coming from the same manufacturer. The D2Pro requires only 15 wires to function with stability. As such, it is much easier to install than the D2CKey. An additional four wires may be soldered to increase region free compatibility.</p><p> Availability: <span style="color: green"><strong>Available</strong></span> (Released in February, 2008)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>InFeCtuS 2</strong></p><p></p><p> The InFeCtuS 2 is a universal modchip that is compatible with Wii D2C chipsets through a special firmware. The Wii firmware, WIIKTUS, requires <a href="http://www.infectus.biz/news.php?news=2007-11-24%2002.49.08" target="_blank">13-wires</a> for D2C hardware. Three additional connections are required for region-free support. An InFeCtuS 2 with Wii firmware is very similar to the Argon Wii, except that it can be flashed to modify other consoles as well.</p><p> Availability: <span style="color: green"><strong>Available</strong></span> (Released in 2007)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>OpenWii</strong></p><p></p><p> The first GPL-licensed (as of 2.01) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source" target="_blank">open source</a> modchip. Written in C. Source released before or along with binaries. OpenWii is the first open source modchip to support firmware updates via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD" target="_blank">DVD</a>, as well as the first open source chip to support Super Mario Galaxy. Currently (as of 2/29/08 and firmware revision 2.4), the chip supports DVD9 (Dual-Layer) discs and the Gamecube audiofix.</p><p> Availability: <span style="color: green"><strong>Available</strong></span></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Wasabi</strong></p><p></p><p> The Wasabi promises to be the first Wii modchip to support all chipset revisions, from DMS to the latest D2C drives. It also boasts 128kB of flash memory for future firmware updates, a massive upgrade from other chips available on the market. The chip is advertised as being more stable compared to other D2C modchips. It requires only 9 wires to solder for D2C (and 5 for older chipsets), a sizeable step down from current modchips.</p><p> The website also notes that there are a few kilobytes of data stored on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_optical_discs" target="_blank">Wii optical discs</a> that are not present in backups of Wii games. They claim that this data can be used by Nintendo to build a new copy protection, and that Wasabi can defend against this because the extra data can be stored in its high capacity flash memory.</p><p> Availability: <span style="color: green"><strong>Available</strong></span> (Released in March, 2008)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Wi-ic</strong></p><p></p><p> The Wi-ic is capable of Wii and GameCube backup play, supports multi-disc games, GameCube import play with swapping, GameCube homebrew play. Wii import and homebrew play is unconfirmed.</p><p> It has 5 wires that can be installed with a quick solder or gold-plated solder pads. Contains a failsafe update mechanism allowing it to recover from a failed update using the Disc Channel or Photo Channel which requires an extra wire to be soldered. An extra wire on the chip allows for a disabling of the chip to be used.</p><p> Availability: <span style="color: green"><strong>Available</strong></span> (Released in 2007)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Wii-Boss</strong></p><p></p><p> The Wii-Boss is a quick solder compatible modchip based on the PIC 12F629 and includes a programmer kit. It is compatible with any modchip code that supports the 12F629, including YAOSM, Wiinja, WiiFree, and OpenWii.</p><p> Availability: <span style="color: green"><strong>Available</strong></span> (Released in 2007)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jesta, post: 65409, member: 195"] [B][SIZE=5]List of modchips for Nintendo Wii[/SIZE] [SIZE=2](Page taken from[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wii_modchips"] Wiki[/URL])[/SIZE] [/B] [B]Argon Wii[/B] The InFeCtuS [URL="http://www.infectus.biz/news.php"]Argon Wii[/URL] is based on an 350 MHz [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actel"]Actel[/URL] A3P-125 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array"]FPGA[/URL], which is programmable through a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Test_Action_Group"]JTAG[/URL] connector - in conjuction with either an InFeCtuS 2 device or an Injectus programmer. It has features similar to the D2CKey, and as of firmware v1.3 supports region-free play. The InFeCtuS team have said a soon to be released firmware will lower the wire count from 16 to 10 for the D2C chipset as a result of the new competition from the Wasabi modchip. It will also introduce support for all the current Wii chipsets rather than just the D2C chipset (wire count for non-D2C chipsets will be 6). Also the update will grant the ability to upgrade the modchips firmware via DVD - despite InFeCtuS recommending the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Test_Action_Group"]JTAG[/URL] connector as the preffered upgrade method. Availability: [COLOR=green][B]Available[/B][/COLOR] (Released in December, 2007) [B]Chiip[/B] A modchip created by Cadex, the first free Wii modchip to be released. The latest firmware, v0.9.1, supports features such as original game playback (Wii and GameCube), backups from the same and different regions (Wii and GameCube), GameCube homebrew, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%2BR"]DVD+R[/URL]/[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-R"]DVD-R[/URL]/[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%2BRW"]DVD+RW[/URL] ability without the need for bit-setting, DMS/D2A/D2B chipset ability. The firmware is designed to run on ATmega8L-8 and ATmega8-16 AVR chips. Although the project claimed [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source"]open source[/URL] from the beginning and a code release has been announced, so far no source code has been released. With none of the announced updates to the web site and project data in several months, the project is likely to be considered abandoned, even though its last version remains available and operational. Availability: [COLOR=green][B]Available[/B][/COLOR] (Released in 2007) [B]CycloWiz[/B] The second Wii modchip to be released. This chip is able to play not only backups of its own region, but it also partially supports playback of backups from a different region ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL"]PAL[/URL] discs on an [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC"]NTSC[/URL] Wii). The CycloWiz's firmware can be updated via [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD"]DVD[/URL], so more options will become available in the future. Availability: [COLOR=green][B]Available[/B][/COLOR] (Released in February, 2007) [B]D2CKey[/B] One of the few modchips that work on a Wii with the D2C chipset. The D2CKey modchip is specially designed for D2C and newer drive chipsets and as such it will NOT work on other models of Wii. Due to the number and types of soldering that the D2CKey requires (over 30 fine solder points), the team behind it advise that only people with considerable soldering experience install the chip. It also has a partial region free support, but it's successor D2Pro supports fully region free support. However, it is stated on its official website that the D2Prog would upgrade the D2CKey to have all the features that the successor D2Pro uses, which would possibly make it region-free. Availability: [COLOR=green][B]Available[/B][/COLOR] (Released in October, 2007) [B]D2Pro[/B] An upgrade over the D2CKey, coming from the same manufacturer. The D2Pro requires only 15 wires to function with stability. As such, it is much easier to install than the D2CKey. An additional four wires may be soldered to increase region free compatibility. Availability: [COLOR=green][B]Available[/B][/COLOR] (Released in February, 2008) [B]InFeCtuS 2[/B] The InFeCtuS 2 is a universal modchip that is compatible with Wii D2C chipsets through a special firmware. The Wii firmware, WIIKTUS, requires [URL="http://www.infectus.biz/news.php?news=2007-11-24%2002.49.08"]13-wires[/URL] for D2C hardware. Three additional connections are required for region-free support. An InFeCtuS 2 with Wii firmware is very similar to the Argon Wii, except that it can be flashed to modify other consoles as well. Availability: [COLOR=green][B]Available[/B][/COLOR] (Released in 2007) [B]OpenWii[/B] The first GPL-licensed (as of 2.01) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source"]open source[/URL] modchip. Written in C. Source released before or along with binaries. OpenWii is the first open source modchip to support firmware updates via [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD"]DVD[/URL], as well as the first open source chip to support Super Mario Galaxy. Currently (as of 2/29/08 and firmware revision 2.4), the chip supports DVD9 (Dual-Layer) discs and the Gamecube audiofix. Availability: [COLOR=green][B]Available[/B][/COLOR] [B]Wasabi[/B] The Wasabi promises to be the first Wii modchip to support all chipset revisions, from DMS to the latest D2C drives. It also boasts 128kB of flash memory for future firmware updates, a massive upgrade from other chips available on the market. The chip is advertised as being more stable compared to other D2C modchips. It requires only 9 wires to solder for D2C (and 5 for older chipsets), a sizeable step down from current modchips. The website also notes that there are a few kilobytes of data stored on [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_optical_discs"]Wii optical discs[/URL] that are not present in backups of Wii games. They claim that this data can be used by Nintendo to build a new copy protection, and that Wasabi can defend against this because the extra data can be stored in its high capacity flash memory. Availability: [COLOR=green][B]Available[/B][/COLOR] (Released in March, 2008) [B]Wi-ic[/B] The Wi-ic is capable of Wii and GameCube backup play, supports multi-disc games, GameCube import play with swapping, GameCube homebrew play. Wii import and homebrew play is unconfirmed. It has 5 wires that can be installed with a quick solder or gold-plated solder pads. Contains a failsafe update mechanism allowing it to recover from a failed update using the Disc Channel or Photo Channel which requires an extra wire to be soldered. An extra wire on the chip allows for a disabling of the chip to be used. Availability: [COLOR=green][B]Available[/B][/COLOR] (Released in 2007) [B]Wii-Boss[/B] The Wii-Boss is a quick solder compatible modchip based on the PIC 12F629 and includes a programmer kit. It is compatible with any modchip code that supports the 12F629, including YAOSM, Wiinja, WiiFree, and OpenWii. Availability: [COLOR=green][B]Available[/B][/COLOR] (Released in 2007) [/QUOTE]
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