I Need Help - First Wii/GameCube Portable

[txxghostxxt]

Hey guys I'm going to give a brief over view of my plans and then ask some questions after.

I need some help on my first portable project. I am planning on using the wii motherboard as my base. I want to softmod it so that it will run GameCube games / n64 / Snes games then use the GameCube controller as the main input device. I have softmodded before and have no issues with that part of it.

My first of many questions to come.

- Is there a definitive guide somewhere for cutting down the size of the Wii motherboard. I have seen some threads on here of people having issues with the slimming down but none that are very helpful. I am more looking for a guide like Ashen has in this thread. http://forums.modretro.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=6476

- Also big question on the best case to use or how to even start to come up with a case? I like the idea of the GC-Lynx but again i have don't know where to start on this subject.

- Oh and I promise last question for now what is the best/cheapest screens to use i have looked into a bunch but haven't found any for under $60 or so. Am I crazy for asking for a screen that has low cost? I am thinking of maybe using a digital photo frame display? Would that even work?

Any way thanks for taking the time to read this thread as well as any advice you can give.

 

[chairsgotoschool]

wii cutting just isn't done as much. people generally just trim the gold ground on the edge. blargman tried trimming it up but last I heard one of the voltage lines was connecting to ground somewhere and he hadnt tested it yet.

find a case you like or can fit it all into. or make your own case. the wii has a tall heatsink which is a pain. zn-40 and zn-45 cases are popular might be to small for a wii though. I was making a wii portable and I just used the original wii case, cut holes, bondo'd in a screen frame and GC controller face.

search ebay and amazon for tft screens they are cheap and quality isn't great but they are cheap and usable. I used 2 5" screens one had good quality the other had interference issues both were $20. more recently I got a 7" from amazon for 25-30$ its pretty nice I'm working on the interference issue with it but that is my fault, using the original setup it looked good.