If not, it would only be due to a different pinout. They are probably close though, meaning we could probably get it to work just by cutting some traces and rewiring them.

Or if it's ridiculous just straight up wiring a slot would be easier.

SS

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Yea, I'm curious to see if the chip has a "GC Loader" like the wiikey and WODE do, or if it only has the little screen to select iso's from. Hopefully it has a loader so we can ditch the little screen.

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I've got a DOL-002, ntsc, made in brazil. I take a little look on the mobo and looks exactly the same as US ones. But it's DOL-CPU-10, it'll not work with wiikey fusion, right?

EDIT: Please take a look in this document and see what they said about Gradient's DOL-002. They said something about a very special IPL version 5.0

http://wiki-scene.com/GameCube

wired my wiikey fusion today

i only wired the data lines, and then a common ground and 3.3V

The cube boots and shows there is a disk drive, and if i click my NC switch (wii eject) the wiikeys led shines like it does on my wii..
But it has never gone any further, the cube says it can't read the disk...

What should i do, could anyone help?

Also it's worth noting that there are wii games on my sd card... don't know if it has any role...

Thanks guys

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Check out a video of my portable GC !

Is the Wiikey updated to firmware v1.5? If you haven't updated it, it wont boot unless a SD card is inserted with ONLY the v1.5 update on it. After you update, you can have whatever you like on the SD card.

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it is actually in 1.5.. but thanks for the info..

any other suggestion (don't really want to rewire everything...)

EDIT: i actually uptaded it on my wii first, don't know if that changes anything

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Well, I can re-confirm that DOL-CPU-10 is incompatible. I somehow missed the finer points of IPL versions when reading the guide (and still a little confused). After nothing but freeze ups, I eventually found this thread and realized my problem.

I do have another Cube: DOL-101 / DOL-CPU-50. So that makes it NTSC-U v1.1 or v1.2, and compatible right? Thanks

EDIT:
I went ahead and tried, it works great. This is really cool - thanks for the awesome guide, Ashen.

Hey there! I know, I'm a little late for this "Wiikey Fusion on the Gamecube" thing, but I just haven't had the time yet - so I hope it'll still be okay to write.

• I'm not really into this IPL/Rev./DOL stuff, but I figured - according to the compatibility list here - since I found "DOL-001(EUR)" on the bottom of my Gamecube case plus the fact, that it's PAL, it's got to be compatible. Is that my first mistake already?

• C, NC and NO is a bit confusing to me, don't know if it's because of the different meanings of "open" translated to German, but: PIN 29 Wiikey Fusion is always connected to GND except for when I press the button? Or the other way round: when I press the button, then there is a connection between PIN 29 Wiikey Fusion and GND and otherwise PIN 29 is just left blank?

• Is there anywhere a list of Wiikey Fusion LED status meanings to be found?

That's it for now, I really would appreciate every hint or advice... Thanks

//EDIT: additional to the second point above, what my problem is: does "normally open" mean "circuit open" (no connection) or "connection open"?

Hey j4yf0x- I was a latecomer too.. maybe this will help.

• No idea whether your GC is compatible, but it has been said that the majority seem to work. See my earlier post - I did run into one of the motherboards identified as not working.

• Pin 29 should be connected to GND with a "normally closed" switch [*google translate="stromlos geschlossen" / "normal angeschlossen" ?]. So, it is always connected to GND unless you are pressing the switch. You can use a 2-pin switch for this and just ignore the 1.9v to common (C) pin as shown in the guide.

• This is how my LED behaves when working correctly:
  Power on the GC and the LED begins flashing a faint blue (barely noticeable).
  Press the switch and the LED flashes bright blue for a second or two. (gc-linux should load)
  Then it will randomly flash bright blue as you are playing a game.
  A red light means something is wired incorrectly. An incompatible GC motherboard will not cause a red light - the LED should act normal, but games won't load.

Heya j4yf0x, you are correct in that all PAL GameCube models are Wiikey Fusion compatible. The IPL revision doesnt matter at all if you have a PAL Cube. You are also correct that pin 29 on the Wiikey must always be connected to ground (normally closed or circuit closed). The only time you want to break this connection is when you initially boot up the GameCube and press the button to load the linux based bootloader.

I don't know of any LED error list that exists for the Wiikey Fusion. The Wiikey team is pretty secretive about the internal workings of the chip. Pretty much what you want to see is:

When you boot the GameCube = Very faint continuous flashing of the blue LED. You need to look real close to see it.
Pin 29 button pressed to load the bootloader = Bright blue flicker of the blue LED.
Game running = continuous flickering of blue LED indicating "disc loading"

Red LED flicker or continuously on is generally bad and usually means there is something misconnected or connected wrong. The red LED does sometimes flicker if there is no SD card inserted though too.

EDIT: Harvey beat me to it. ;D

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