Best place to buy a WiiKey Fusion?

unicycler17 said:
http://www.consolesource.com/ecomm/catalog/Wiikey-Fusion-Mod-Chip-For-Wii-p-2999.html

free shipping. Idk if the clones work or not, because they cancelled the order on mine.

--- This website claims to be an official reseller: but they aren't on the WiiKey Website... anywhere.. at all.
I think they sell a fake clone wiikey.

EDIT : Is foundmy a reliable seller?
 
I really hope your wrong.... I got mine from their. And I've been having a hard time.....

However, I registered my Wiikey Fusion serial number at the official site, so I don't think it's a clone.
 
Bought mine from Modchip.ca as they're an official seller. Also, I've bought stuff from them before and they're good in general. They've sort of become my go-to site. My Fusion still hasn't arrived, but it isn't their fault. I've been watching the tracking, and the post office is being slow as Heck. If you're in the U.S. and ordering from them, I suggest something other than normal mail.
 
http://www.modchipcentral.com/store/wii ... river.html
^I'm gonna order it from here, 43.95$ with free shipping (from the US, not canada), and they seem to have mostly positive reviews from other sites.

Questions : what would be the best adapter to use instead of soldering right to the ribbon cable? And where can I find a 3.3v pin on a Rev C cube?
 
Σigma said:
Is foundmy a reliable seller?

They are on the Wiikey site as an official seller, and Shockslayer wrote in a different section that he gets his modchips from there.
idk what the shippings like there though
 
Okay, if someone could post what the shipping's like from Foundmy, that would be great. Also, is there a cheaper adapter board, as that one's 22$ shipped, a bit ridiculous.
 
Theres a list of useable adapter boards in the wiikey mod guide that Ashen made on the GC forever forums. That one that I posted is the best and most popular, although it is quite expensive.

You could try just soldering to the ffc cable leads, and if you mess up, you can buy new drive cables for really cheap.

Σigma said:
And where can I find a 3.3v pin on a Rev C cube?

You can just use the 5v line from the disc drive connectors. Zenl0c says it works
 
unicycler17 said:
You can just use the 5v line from the disc drive connectors. Zenl0c says it works

No. No. No. The maximum voltage of the actel chip is 3.6v if you put 5v to it you will likely kill it!
 
zenloc said:
I have done some serious testing and have made the following discoveries:

The gamecube 3.4v line can accept a much higher voltage. I have put 3.4v to 5.0v through it and everything works fine. Amp draw is about the same on every voltage I've put through. 0.8A to be exact.

As explained before the 5v line is not needed. The memorycards only use the 3.4v line. I have however not tested a memorycard with a higher voltage. That will be tested soon.

The controller will also work with voltages from 3.4v to 5.0v. You can connect the 5v rumble line to the same controller voltage input. That way when you have a small 3v rumble motor you can have a decent rumble in game.

The wiikey which also uses the 3.4v line can also accept higher voltages. I have also put through 3.4v to 5.0v and it still works properly. This also means you can rewire the 5v line from the disc connector to the 3.3v line on the wiikey. Making it connect without extra wires to the discdrive port. If anybody could make a little pcb they could make things allot easier for people who can't solder that well.

Now the whole idea of all these tests are that you can run the gamecube with one 3.7v battery and one regulator. As the gamecubes 3.4v line can have higher voltages the battery can be connected directly. All that's needed is a regulator to output 1.9v which can handle a 6-7 amp draw. This one for example (PTH04T240F)


I also did some game testing and have found out the that you CAN play region games not of your region. I have connected a PAL gamecube to the wiikey switch in PAL mode with the dipswitches and was able to play allot of USA games. Some games just show up with a black screen after the gamecube logo boot but many games I've tried work. The video output isn't always that good because of the way the PAL gamecube video chip handels the resolution. Some games won't fill the whole screen but hey it's better than not beeing able to play out of region games at all. This will also work on USA games with PAL games as far as I know. That has not been tested though so let's keep it open for now.
 
Other people have already had issues running the wiikey off 5v. Check the datasheet for the actel proasic 3. Dont say I didnt warn ya.
 
Bearteam, a member of the GC-Forever community had trouble after sending 5v to his wiikey. He let it sit for a day and it was fine afterwards. Lets hope you're as lucky :D
 
I'll just try soldering to the cable leads: Hopefully it works out ok. Would it be easier to build a 5v to 3.3v regulator off of the disk drive power?
 
Σigma said:
I'll just try soldering to the cable leads: Hopefully it works out ok. Would it be easier to build a 5v to 3.3v regulator off of the disk drive power?

Nah, There are a whole bunch of 3.3v capacitors on the controller/memcard side of the board that are really easy to solder to. Just check some caps with a multimeter to make sure its giving 3.3v
 
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