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I got a request to do an Ashida shell for @ricewtr. I asked them ahead of time if they were cool with me posting about this and they said they were, so here's the shell I printed for them: This one came out nearly identical to the other one I made in a previous post, so it may seem a bit...

When I made my Louii, I relocated the IR LED that was on the control daughter board for screen control functionality, so I never had the chance to have this issue. Sorry I can't be of more help. @GingerOfOz might have a clue though since he knows the ins and outs of this build pretty well...

The issue you're having with the PMS happens on most portables. You can fix it by going into the PMS settings in RVLoader under settings and changing the battery capacity to something that's incorrect and then immediately changing it back to whatever your battery capacity actually is. If you...

Ahh, my bad. So used to you posting scans, I just assumed that's what it was. Looks good regardless, probably more usable since it's gotta be lower poly.

This would've been useful in some of my past projects and will likely be useful in some of my future projects. Great scans as always Wesk!

If you're making mistakes like this, it may be worth reading into electronics more before you work on this. It can help you prevent making more costly mistakes since components like the one you may have damaged are not cheap. Be aware that while some parts of the PMS may still work after this...

The compendium is more or less finished now: I still have some basic work to do so the final result is polished up nicely and provides a better user experience, so this won't be released for a little while. The traces and planes have all been mapped out though. Once I've gotten feedback from...

You could start by trying to solder to something less populated like this little daughter board: This should be an easier starting point since these aren't like the really small surface mount components on the other boards. If you're having trouble getting a shiny, smooth, round, joint, then...

Yeah, they'll still be able to.

To be clear, bluetooth itself doesn't include motion controls. The motion controls themselves are built into the Wii remotes. If you want to play with a Wii remote as you have described, the motion controls will work fine if you relocate bluetooth. But the portable itself won't have motion...

This is some next level stuff dude! I didn't even realize the PS2 motherboard's CPU and other main components could all be transplanted onto a new board! Absolutely amazing! Bravo dude! Did you use hot air to remove and reball the chips? Or was it something else?

This is pretty wild! The design is a fair bit different from @Wesk 's Ashida, but still seems to be of quality nonetheless. I've seen a number of popups online for Ashida style portables and always assumed they were low quality knockoffs, this one is surprisingly legit though! To be clear...

You wired to the wrong side of that cap, we usually remove those large caps by twisting them off with pliers since they aren't needed anyways. It's possible that since you didn't remove the cap that it should still be outputting video, but I would 100% try wiring to the other side of that cap -...

It's pretty standard to just solder composite video to the screen driver board. Be aware that in order for you to get video output, you must have the screen set to the correct video mode. This means toggling through each video mode until you get video output from the Wii onto the screen for...

I know in a regular U10 relocation the three capacitors around the U5 footprint need to be removed, I've noticed that they're still present here, so I'm not sure if that's an issue or not. Your wires are long and not super well organized which is making this harder to follow. Also, you've...

We need to see pictures of your trim and soldering in order to help you. It's possible you trimmed something critical off the board and don't realize it, or maybe you went into an important component, or maybe your soldering isn't good. Regardless of what it is, we need pictures of the front...

What an amazing and wild project this turned out to be! I love everything about this dude! I seriously hope you win this contest because you deserve it!

These are beautiful! Almost makes me wish I would've bought one. Maybe down the road I will...

Thank you! I didn't really spent too much time polishing up the back since I was a bit strapped for time before finishing this project, but the front came out beautifully if I do say so myself. This project has a ton of room for improvement, and this was really just a rushed first revision...

The front of the compendium is mostly finished. I've still got a number of lines to trace on the right side of the board, but I'm opting to hold off on those until I get most of the back traced since the lines I'm yet to trace all go to the back. Here's how the front is looking: I've only...