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Chipping Nintendo Wii

New D2C chipset can be chipped easily at our workship while you wait, as in the picture top left.

Don't be tempted to attack the D2B Ic on the older Wii's, we can attach directly to the legs that have been cut.Bottom left is the completed install. Just below the finger you can see the wires attached to the three cut legs.

Shame on chip manufacturers that are instructing their customers that their chips can easily be installed on the Three Legs Cut (TLC) version of Wii. It is absolutely irresponsible to suggest that this modification can be done by novices. Wiikey and any other chip producers should think less about their profit and more about their customers who are damaging the Wii's in droves.

We can repair these units, but stop with the dremel, before you go too far!

An Integrated Circuit can be written off with these heavy handed methods of soldering.

We never damage a unit to modify it!

It is just isn't necessary.

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If you have a serial number LEH135 or above, your unit is a D2C chipset. This requires a more complex modification. The best chip currently for theD2C is the D2Ckey. We have been installing this chip since November 2007 and it has proved itself reliable and without problems. Newer chips coming on the market with less wires have encountered a series of problems.

This is a complex install. Top left is connections taken through a microsope of just some of the 31 wires required.

This installation takes about 1 hour, so it is advisable to leave the unit with us and dont expect an installation done in a rush.

We now have stock of the D2Ckey. The current price for this modification is £100.

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Our Nintendo Wii Modchipping  service is the best in the country.

Nintendo Wii Modchipping involves soldering a modchip to the DVD drive of your Wii to  bypass the copy protection routines that prevent you from playing your perfectly legal backed up games.

Nintendo Wii Modchipping is carried out with only the best enamel coated copper wire, and fitted by our highly experienced modchip engineers. 

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For older versions of the Nintendo Wii (LEH 134 or lower):-

Supply and fitting the latest Yaosm 12f629 modchip is £55 - Compatable with Mario Kart copy protection

We can supply and fit other chips such as the Wiikey and Cyclowiz but do not recommend these as they can easily be wiped by the new Nintendo in game flashing routines. Yaosm utilizes static encoding and cannot be erased in this way.

If you have ordered a Wiikey, Cyclowiz, Wiinja chip etc. and found out that it doesn't work after you installed it, we can install it for you and repair any damage to the board that you might have done. The Nintendo Wii is very well made and there is not much we cant fix on the board. We advise strongly against any grinding down of the Integrated Circuits in an attempt to attach wires to the cut legs. This can be accomplished with simple good soldering techniques.cae

Playbackups is based in North Manchester and is dedicated to the modification of games console. All modchip installations are carried out with the latest and best modchip available for that console at the time.

D2C2 - Modchip available.

D2D - Modchip D2Pro available.

D2E - Modchip D2Pro available.

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Playbackups offers Nintendo Wii Modchipping service by post throughout the UK. If your worried about sending your whole console and are confident enough to remove the Wii's Dvd drive, you can post that to us and we will Install the modchip and send it back by return of post. Just add £5.00 for the return postage.

If your sending the full console, do not send any of the accessories, add £8.25 postage.

For those who are a little unsure on the legal aspects:- In the UK you are allowed to have 1 backup of every original game you own. To play this perfectly legal backup you require the installation of a Modchip, or Modified Firmware. We provide Modchip services for this purpose.
On certain consoles the game region restriction is also defeated. This allows you to play legally purchased foreign games from different regions.

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Testimonials:

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Leeds Football fan:-

Had the kids wii chipped today so it will play backed up games. After trolling through the net i came across a lad from just over the boarder. A quick phone call and a 45min trip had me at his door console in hand. The bloke was spot on 20mins later all was done.

I'd thought of doing it my self and how right i was to get it done professionally. He explained everything on what to do, what not, why and why he used each type of chip (apparently other chips will be flashed by newer disks rendering them useless, something this one won't fall foul to).

He had numerous consoles dotted about the place for people that had sent them to him who weren't in travelling distance and best off all the uk law means its all perfectly legit.

If you are thinking of doing it, then its well worth getting it done correctly and cheaply too.

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Jacob:

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"Just got my newly chipped PS2 back after only a 3 day turnaround from Aberdeen to Manchester and back to Aberdeen, excellent service and price from wiimodchips@btinternet.com, easy payment and perfect shipping!" Paul P, Aberdeen

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Saw the ad on the web, thought it sounded like a safe job plus was only
15 mins away. Got there and 25 mins later the Wii was chipped. Great
service and advice given.

Barny

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found steves number weds night, called him thursday morning, arranged a longer break of work and drove up where he fitted the chip streight away. infact a friend of mine tried to chip the wii and shorted it out, steve piked up on this streight away, more then helpfull and plenty of advice given, nice chap, definatly use him again, recommended to anyone. Jay From Rotherham

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Hi Steve,

First, let me thank you for chipping the WII for me, all the games I
have tested work fine, including Super Mario Galaxy!!!

Here is the review I would like you to post on your website:-

I came across this website and arranged to have my WII done. Once I was
there, it took him about 20 minutes and the job was done.
Best of all, no dremelling like other modchip installers tell you to do
with the cut legs on the IC.

Soldering was expertly done, he certainly knows his stuff!

Tested a few games including the troublesome SMG and they all worked
flawlessly.

If you are thinking about getting your WII done, don't go anywhere
else!!.
I will be sending anyone I know to have them done by Steve. Down to
earth bloke as well!!

10/10. Highly recommended.

Regards,
Mark.

“I have had a number of consoles adapted over the years to enable me to play my backups and Steve is far & away the most professional, accomplished and knowledgeable person that I’ve come across for all the consoles he adapts (PS2, Xbox, Wii & PSP). Indeed, I had already flashed my PSP so I can use my memory card but he was happy to impart some of his knowledge for free to ensure my PSP firmware was up-to-date !

Arranging to have the work done on my Wii was very straightforward, Steve was very accommodating (despite it being a Saturday) and aware of the distance I was travelling (nearly 300 miles), especially as we were combining it with a visit to see family & friends, so our timetable was rather fluid. However, nothing phased Steve and he was happy to let me sit and watch him work on my console, as my wife dropped me off and went shopping for an hour whilst the work was completed.

As well as using Steve’s test discs, I had brought my own backups with me and he was happy to try them out to my satisfaction (again this is very different to some other experiences I have had in the past when the modifier got very nervous of this type of request [presumably because they were unsure of the quality of my discs]).

All in all, therefore, Steve provides an excellent, quality service and is not just after taking your cash and getting you out the door. I would absolutely recommend him to anyone looking to have their console modified and will be certainly promoting his services to all my friends. Best of all, he can turn very technical details into straightforward English, so if you are not technically minded, don’t be put off as Steve will be able to make it all very easy to understand !

Cheers
Mike”   

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