Solderless Wii modchips on the way?
by Eric Caoili 
{ May 7th 2007 at 4:40PM }
If you've been curious about fixing your Wii to dabble with homebrew or play titles from other regions, but don't trust your abilities enough to mess with the console's innards, there might be a solution in the works for you. WiiNewz forum member Takrin recently posted photos of his hardware project in progress, a prototype modchip that requires no soldering to install. With nothing to attach the modchip to though, how does it stay in place? Takrin suggests "double sided tape on one side" and "foam which presses it to your drive on the other." That doesn't sound like a very stable setup, but we hope to see this development spawn more sophisticated and accessible mods in the future. To be honest, if a monkey can't install it, we probably wouldn't be able to either.
[Via MaxConsole]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jayenkai @ May 7th 2007 5:12PM
Never modded a system in my life, not even for Homebrew.
And I'm sure as hell not about to start with "foam which presses it to your drive on the other."
I'll stick to my Dreamcast and DS, thanks!
Number One @ May 7th 2007 6:17PM
Imagine not having to pay for cheap half assed ports that you're just dying to try for the heck of it... and all it would cost is 4 gigs and a bit of time...
Ghen @ May 9th 2007 10:36PM
double sided tape sounds safer than my own personal soldering skills heh.