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    Discussion Delidded the Wii CPU and GPU

    On the 30, the CPU (smaller, bottom chip) has the smaller substrate chip with the smaller package: Broadway-1. The die of the broadway was shrunk prior to this (even as early as some 01 boards IIRC) without changing the package. To my knowledge, power consumption between 01 boards with 65nm and...
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    Question problem with emulators after cutting the wii

    Unfortunately, that's the only solution right now until a someone patches it out. Gnd, 3.3, and 4 data wires should be all you need. Follow the instructions in the guide for MX relocation, and you should have no problem pulling it off. Make sure to include that chunk of PCB unless you plan to...
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    Desoldering VGA

    and flux
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    Discussion Delidded the Wii CPU and GPU

    Delidding for thermal improvements is about removing the bottleneck in dissipating the heat from the die of the chips. With 5-8 watts spread across 2 chips, thermal dissipation from the die of the chips themselves has never really been a bottleneck: it's mostly getting the heat off the heatsink...
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    Shank's Wii Super Thread

    Yes, the existence of this chip is known. It seems to appear interchangeably with the Hollywood-1 on Wii Mini boards. I haven't performed power consumption tests myself, but another user who tested it told me the power consumption delta was not significant. If you can acquire a Wii Mini with a...
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    Worklog My first N64 portable

    Another excellent project! Glad to see you here on the forums!
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    Question NDSL HDMI Out Mod

    Is 2 independent video outputs (one for each screen) achievable or is only a single unified video output?
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    Worklog Retro Lite CM4 - A StonedEdge and Dmcke5 collaboration

    Looks like access is restricted. You may wanna tweak the settings
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    Question NDSL HDMI Out Mod

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    Board scan Virtual Boy Board Scans

    Needed a break from video editing and started the skeleton of a compendium using an incomplete inner voltage layer. One of the inner layers is 100% just a solid 5v plane. The other inner layer... I haven't gotten to yet, but my presumption is that its going to be just a solid GND plane. I have...
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    Board scan Virtual Boy Board Scans

    A while back, I acquired a completely toasted Virtual Boy motherboard. I finally got around to blasting the components off of it, sanding, and scanning. I have scanned the surface layers, but not the internals. I may get to that one day... -I'm like 90% sure there is only one revision of the...
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    Question Disable stock regulators to test the board

    If you haven't installed software to patch out BT/Wifi, you should not trim the board. Instead, blast the regulators off the board with hot air, as mentioned in the previous post. However, your board will still not boot under these conditions. The stock Wii motherboard has 2 3.3v voltage...
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    Question Wii cut off not recognized gamecube controller help please

    Alrightie. Politely answering your question didn't work, so I guess it's time to take a more blunt approach... If you aren't going to listen to our advice, why bother asking? You say it "works perfectly" but it clearly doesn't or you wouldn't be having these problems. Your solder connections...
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    Question Wii cut off not recognized gamecube controller help please

    3.3v and GND can be obtained from wherever it is convenient, such as from your regulators themselves. The wires you are using are far too thick for what you are trying to accomplish. I recommend using thinner wire. You also shouldn't have to hot glue your wires down like that. It doesn't help...
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    Question Disable stock regulators to test the board

    You don't need to relocate the U10 if you don't trim the board. It will still be connected
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    Question Disable stock regulators to test the board

    The light turning off like that means there is some sort of voltage anomaly detected by the 2901. Its hard to tell what the issue is, and we don't really have much documentation on the Wii's voltage regulators behavior. If they detect anything slightly off, they shut off. I would suggest looking...
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    Custom Gamecube Memorycards (Gore!)

    Looks neat. But please reupload the images so they are hosted directly on BitBuilt. Externally hosting images is awful for content archival, as image hosting sites make changes to their policies (coughphotobucketcough)
  18. Shank

    Question Smallest possible Omgwtf trim

    Trimming smaller than the recommended trim lines is one of those things where "if you have to ask, its not for you." The more you cut off, the more things you have to troubleshoot, and the more difficult your soldering points become. If you don't have experience troubleshooting the Wii or...
  19. Shank

    Worklog The Steamii

    mmm I love me some organic geometry
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