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but...why? the wiiu natively supports storing games on NAND/USB. a disc drive here makes no sense to appease the crowd

There are no disc drives the wiiu supports besides the ones manufactured specifically for it. You have to remember that the firmware on the drives is (most likely) built for the wiiu, and the wiiu verifies the drive with a key only that drive / wiiu has. It is possible to swap disc drives...

This is the completely wrong thread, and any future questions should be on its own thread. Anyway, that component is for the 1.5v rail, personally i would just replace it with a custom reg.

So I'm gonna use this thread to info dump what I've learned about the disc drive, since: A. Currently it's all in a group chat that's intended for other stuff. B. There's almost no information about the disc drive anywhere. C. No idea where else to do it. The only components that require 5v are...

I've just tested them today/yesterday (times are weird). Post for that is here. Also: I've installed Windows on a hard drive, installed fusion, and then I did the same thing I did with OnShape: make a hollow cube and then never touch it again. This project was intended to make me learn 3D CAD...

Some time ago I designed a flex to relocate the DRHs SPI flash. The "Why?" is because the 5GHz module relocation is usually relocated ontop of it. The problem is the flash sticks up quite a bit, so securing the module is tedious. Relocating the flash to the top of the board makes securing the...

Hey all! A few days ago I learned that the later Wii U ODD boards were 2 layers, so I sanded and scanned the VXX72135 (and from now on ill be referring to it as "35"). I did start to sand the VXX72132 (same thing, just "32"), but the 35 is almost identical to the 32 boards....and the 32 is 4...

So I installed Fusion, and now i'm stuck at logging in! Progress nonetheless! But maybe it was a good thing that I held off on the shell. I was looking at my WUP-40 board the other day, and I noticed that the back USB traces are just about right where the module ends: What does it mean? Well...

in the context of portables, correct :P

I appreciate these suggestions, but for FreeCAD I have only heard bad things about it. Never heard of OpenSCAD. Maybe its worth checking out..? As for Fusion, I've tried using that script for it, but I kept running out of space during the install. I should be able to put it on my HDD, which has...

Weird update, and no I still have yet to do the shell.. A few days ago at the grand ol' 3AM I had a random thought. I don't remember what the thought was, but it made me realize that I didn't actually know what turned on the 15v PFET. The ABLIC bypass always forced it on to get 15v across the...

Sadly, I do not. That is routed on the internal layers which I don't have scans for (yet).

I have meh scans of the top layers with all of the components still. Haven't got much further than that though..

Why Revisions Matter Not unlike the Wii, Nintendo had made several changes to the Wii U throughout its short life. The biggest change was the usage of the B1X SoC, which draws less power and generates less heat than the A5X. Here's a general overview of the advantages and disadvantages: A5X...

LOLWUN, just to show that the A5X SoC isnt completely worthless.

Never thought id ever see this, but here we are. The SMC and RTC are not required for boot!! Video showing off the console boot: This shrinks down required board trimming to just the main trim (unless you want to manually wire SLC/MLC) and the relocations required to just SLC/MLC, WiFi...

Yes.

there are IOS patches for some of the IOSes, but atm they are still tucked away in Garys server.

OK it's been way too long since I last wrote here, so here are the updates: 1. bt-rex was mostly a failure, but I was at least able to use the SD card portion, with slight (lol) modifications. - When I imported the scans into KiCAD, the scale was way out of wack, so the BT module footprint was...

I finally got the relocation to work! Only a few months later but hey, better late than never. :P Now the WiFi module technically doesn't need any of the pins going to the SMC/SOC, but there is a pin that needs to be pulled up for the module to function, just like on the BT module. I show that...