[mercluke]

This tutorial was written by Luke Mercuri

This is the tight-ass's way to get your wii modded

this tutorial is based on the assumption that you can solder, if you cannot solder than this guide will be inaccurate.

getting your chip

if you have a business email address then you can sign up at ReDirect (don't lie about address)
then click the sample button on their web page
and for "product line" select "PIC Microcontrollers" then for "Device Family" choose "PIC 12f683" and next to "PIC12F683-I/P" click the orange square
you then do this with 3 other chips of your choice. when you've chosen your four chips click "checkout" (under "Samples Cart")
and fill out the required info

if you don't have a business email you will need to sign up at this email provider as microchip.com doesn't allow sampling for email providers such as hotmail or gmail

Building The Programmer

you can use the the diagram below:



the parts are available from here:

2.2k resistor

22k resistor

10k resistor

bs170 transistor

pic socket - get two of these (you'll need the other one later)

serial connector

for the usb cable just cut up an old one

if you cant solder than just buy one of these:

JDM Programmer

Programming

download the newest version of YAOSM here:
WiiNewz Forums

download WinPic:
http://www.qsl.net/dl4yhf/winpic/winpicpr.zip

install it and open "yaosm_12F683.hex", click on the "device config" tab and in the drop down menu, choose "PIC12F683"



then click the button with the red arrow pointing at the chip to program it to your chip



Installation

install it in your wii using the spare pic socket (you ordered 2 remember) instead of the chip that is shown in the diagram, this will make the chip future proof as it will allow it to be removed from the wii and be updated via programmer



once installed put chip in socket making sure that the indent matches up with the one on the socket, make sure the first disk inserted in your wii is from your region otherwise you will have to re-program it

end result = modded wii for nothing but mere pocket change


Do not attempt this on your wii unless you have a DMS, D2A or D2B drive chip
you can check this here: Nintendo-Scene Wii Serial Tracker

if you found this tutorial helpful or think that it could use some improvement then please leave some feedback to help make it as easy to use as possible.

[mercluke]

isn't anyone gonna leave feedback (whether it be good or bad) it took me along time to write this you know

[jon1]

and an excellent job you have done my friend..not tried it yet though.

[narutofma]

for the current YAOSM 3.0 Final firmware download.

GO TO

yaosm 3.0 final - TehSkeen.com
oh yea, u need to register tehskeen to download...

[Stallion]

great job on the tutorial, very nicely done!