Worklog Noah's Wiiner

[Noah]

No video. Mind you I didn't do the U10 relocation the usual way. Since I was going to relocate the MX anyways I ended up keeping it on the board alongside the MX and wiring it from there.

 

[Noah]

That's essentially the board I have.

 

[Aurelio]

Have you done anything about the wifi or bluetooth?
Also what do you mean by "not the usual way"?

 

[Noah]

No WiFi wads are installed and the board was booting fine before trimming without the bluetooth module or the WiFi module present.

I didn't put U10 where U5 normally goes. It's still on the portion of the board I cut out with the MX chip.

 

[Aurelio]

Alright, check if the U10 is powered correctly and check that you get 3.3v on its output

 

[cheese]

That shouldn't cause an issue, though you'll want to make sure to bridge the 3.3v and 3.3v standby lines on that board snippit you have.

 

[Noah]

Both pins at the top of the U10 are outputting 3.3V

 

[Noah]

Did it in the usual spot as well. Both pins are getting 3.3v out yet no boot.

 

[dark_samus]

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Did it in the usual spot as well. Both pins are getting 3.3v out yet no boot.

I'd say check your edge sanding, check for shorts to ground on the voltage lines as well

 

[Noah]

U10 is outputting 3.2V. I'm not sure if the Wii needs 3.3V as a minimum but swapping resistors couldn't hurt.

 

[Noah]

Thanks to @Shank for the help, I got it working BECAUSE I'M A FUCKING IDIOT AND HAD THE SCREEN ON THE VGA SOURCE LMAOOOOOOOOO

 

[Noah]

Da memes

 

[Shank]

Don't forget to double check your resistance to ground with your multimemer and sand thoroughly, guys! Even though it was working, Noah found and fixed a layer short that could have reduced battery life. Double check those 1v and 1.15v lines, even if everything works!

 

[Gman]

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Thanks to @Shank for the help, I got it working BECAUSE I'M A FUCKING IDIOT AND HAD THE SCREEN ON THE VGA SOURCE LMAOOOOOOOOO

LMAO BEEN THERE TOO

 

[ShockSlayer]

ladies and gentlemen, the leader of the portablizing revolution

 

[Noah]

thank you thank you

 

[The_Smeags]

Hmm, tinkered today to no avail. The Wii is still not booting. I'll probably try swapping the resistors from the regulators later and see if I can get some different voltages to come from them.

Right now I'm getting as follows:
3.23V
1.105V
0.956V
5.02V

I'm going to assume the voltages are too low for the Wii to boot but I'll have to wait until later to find that out.

i figured the best way to test it before messing with regs is to simply jumper the voltages off another wii.

 

[Noah]

One problem solved, another arises. USB no longer works. I have relocated the data lines to the vias on the top of the board that go to the CPU yet the drive does not initialize. However, when wired up to the other port, the drive does boot up. Too bad since the that's not the port that PortablizeMii boots off of.

Any ideas? I have made sure that the wires are secure and that there is continuity. I have also made sure that the drive is receiving 5V and grounded.

 

[Aurelio]

Twist the two data lines together

 

[Noah]

The wires?