Thannyo
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Hi !
I'm making this thread to keep track of my first Wii moding
My goal is to make a Noldendo Wii Miicro (with slight modifications) to get skills and being prepared to build an ashida after.
But first, here is the board used :

I installed RVloader on it making sure to patch out wifi. I tested it with a game and everything works fine.
Then I relocated U10 and re-tested. And once again, It booted.

Then I removed the BIG memory card slot and tested once again. And it booted.
Now it's time for the trim. I made couple of errors here :
- I didn't remove components that were on the path of the dremel before the cut.
- Because of that, I ripped while cutting and damaged a corner on the cut
But since C301 is removed, I hope that this dent didn't kill my trim.
- My dremel need new brushes. It vibrates a lot. Because of that, the cuts are quite rough

So now it's time for sanding. and removing all the components around the edges.
I got up to 600 grit since I don't have 800
Here are my resistances values :
Then, it's testing time ! I hooked up a PMS and a battery (I don't know if it's possible to use the pms without a battery but I didn't managed to do it). Pushed the button and... Nothing...
The CPU and GPU get warm, voltages are good but I got no video signal.
I did a little bit of troubleshooting today and tried different things but nothing worked so far.
What I tried :
- Removing the 1.8v regulator and using the one from the PMS
- Tested my cable with a working wii just to be sure.
- removing some more edges components.
- Sanding more
- Add the 5v on the video port.

I'll try to investigate more next week. If someone have any idea, feel free to answer to this thread or ping me on discord.
Thanks for reading.
I'm making this thread to keep track of my first Wii moding
My goal is to make a Noldendo Wii Miicro (with slight modifications) to get skills and being prepared to build an ashida after.
But first, here is the board used :

I installed RVloader on it making sure to patch out wifi. I tested it with a game and everything works fine.
Then I relocated U10 and re-tested. And once again, It booted.



Then I removed the BIG memory card slot and tested once again. And it booted.
Now it's time for the trim. I made couple of errors here :
- I didn't remove components that were on the path of the dremel before the cut.
- Because of that, I ripped while cutting and damaged a corner on the cut

- My dremel need new brushes. It vibrates a lot. Because of that, the cuts are quite rough


So now it's time for sanding. and removing all the components around the edges.
I got up to 600 grit since I don't have 800
Here are my resistances values :
Then, it's testing time ! I hooked up a PMS and a battery (I don't know if it's possible to use the pms without a battery but I didn't managed to do it). Pushed the button and... Nothing...
The CPU and GPU get warm, voltages are good but I got no video signal.
I did a little bit of troubleshooting today and tried different things but nothing worked so far.
What I tried :
- Removing the 1.8v regulator and using the one from the PMS
- Tested my cable with a working wii just to be sure.
- removing some more edges components.
- Sanding more
- Add the 5v on the video port.


I'll try to investigate more next week. If someone have any idea, feel free to answer to this thread or ping me on discord.
Thanks for reading.