MW61

Would it be possible to post a picture of the metal clip you are referring to?
I'm currently waiting for my D2Pro9 v1 (and triwing) to arrive. If I need a v2 I don't want to waste any effort soldering.

Thanks!!

reezy

I am beginning to think I may have one of the new unmoddable Wii's
its has the aformentioned line of text on the pcb, but the metal piece above the spindle is present, and I have both lines of text on my chip

pics are below

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Spartan

[quote=reezy;15918]I am beginning to think I may have one of the new unmoddable Wii's[quote]

I thought the new d2pro9 V2 would MOD any Wii new/old. I ask this because I bought a new Wii two days ago and will obviously fall into this category if this is the case!

bensibensa

Is spartan right or there exist again another batch of unmodable wiis ?

ModderMan

All Wii's Brand New and Old are ALL MODDABLE ATM.... d2pro9 v2

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bensibensa

Thank you very much for this clear answer !!

MW61

Yeah the name of this post should be changed to "How to identify the D2C2 Wii". Modderman - can you confirm the metal clip that supposedly identifies a D2C2 Wii is the one in Reezy's top picture in the above post?

vanDrunen

I modded about 20 more Wii's and they all had D2C2 drives and they all looked a bit different, but there was a pattern!

If the large chip on the DVD drive is a "GC2" chip, then is is a VERY OLD D2C drive (moddable with ANY D2C compatible chip). If it is a GC2-D1A (like in Reezy's second picture), then it is a more recent drive and you have to look further to check if it's a D2C2 or not... Read on:

A typical D2C v1 drive has a second line of code written on the smaller GC2-D2C chip like in Reezy's 3rd picture. In later versions this second line was gone... and then it came back again in the latest versions. Only a missing second line does NOT mean that it is a new "D2C2" drive!

If the second line is MISSING on the D2C chip and the PCB has "MDK 337V-0" written right above the bottom flatcable, then it's 80% sure a D2C v1. Almost none of these drives have the metal clip on top of the spindle like in the picture on the bottom of this post. The ones that do have the metal clip are D2C2.

If the second line is MISSING on the D2C chip and the PCB has "APCB" written right above the bottom flatcable (linke in Reezy's 4th picture), then it's 80% sure a D2C2 drive. These drives come mostly with and sometimes without the metal clip on top of the spindle (the clip is not a 100% sure indication in this case).

In summary: The drives with the D2C chips with missing lines were probably made during a transition period. The metal clip is a sure giveaway for it being a D2C2. A combination of "no second line on d2C chip" and "APCB written on the PCB" also indicates a D2C2 drive (even without the metal clip).

If the second line IS WRITTEN on the D2C chip and you also have the metal clip like shown in the following picture, then it's a D2C2 for sure!!

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The clip I was talking about is the one right above the white plastic cog in the drive. The one in the picture has a "2" stamped in it and is most often seen on DVD drives that have both lines on the D2C chip. D2C2 drives with a D2C chip without the second line mostly have a clip without anything stamped in it. This clip is a very good indication of a D2C2 drive.

Compare this picture with Reezy's first picture... Reezy does NOT have the clip and has both lines written on the D2C chip. So his drive seems like a D2C v1 drive. The only D2C2 drives I have seen that did not have a clip had no second line on the D2C chip AND had "APCB" written on the PCB.

MW61

Thank you very much for the information! Sounds like I have a ver 1 which is good because I bought a D2Pro v1 back at the end of May - just arrived yesterday!

To confirm - I have the second line on the D2C chip and no metal clip. I do not have the "MDK" or "APCB". In fact my board has nothing there. Instead, on the other side of the opening under the gold flat ribbon cable is VEP72109 followed by AMW7026CO. On one corner of the board there is a simple 94V-0 above a 0738 in a digital clock font. Also my serial is LU5545...

Would you agree it is likely a rev 1?

djsmallz

It has d2c and line of serial number. hasnt any markings on board. and has metal part with 2 enscribed. Which drive do i ha? d2c2?