Which chip and f/w install...

[mattwalker]

Hey Guys,

I recently purchased a wii from a helpful member here and I would like to run the v1.7 update...

(I have 2 x yr old kids who may put in a backup etc and I dont like bricks!!)

I would like to know 2 things:

A/ How do I find out which D2Pro version / chip I have

B/ How do I install the firmware from DVD? Do I just download it from the D2 site and burn it to a disk??

Cheers

Matt

[cwispy]

Yep, just download the resource disk, burn it to dvd-r, run it and follow the instructions on the screen. The first time you run it, the firmware will be updated if it is not the latest version and the second time you run it, you will get the options menu allowing the change of the options such as updates and read speeds etc.

[mattwalker]

Yep, just download the resource disk, burn it to dvd-r, run it and follow the instructions on the screen. The first time you run it, the firmware will be updated if it is not the latest version and the second time you run it, you will get the options menu allowing the change of the options such as updates and read speeds etc.

Awesome!

So does it matter which d2pro I have?

[cwispy]

Yes. It must be one of the 9 wire d2pro's, not the older 13/15/19 wire versions.

[mattwalker]

OK!

So how do I tell without opening the sucker up?

Is there a secret menu on startup or something that I get into?

Sorry for the noob q's!

Life was so much simpler with sony....

[cwispy]

Not really going to be able to tell without checking or asking the person who did it.

[mattwalker]

Damn....

So I need to open it up and have a look then!

Oh well...so be it!

How can I tell which F/w I am running now?

[cwispy]

You need a d2prog programmer to check the firmware version.

[mattwalker]

f**k me! This is hard

Ok so If I open it up and there are 9 wire coming from the chip it is all good?

More than that and ....bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[cwispy]

Yup, you got it

[mattwalker]

OK so here it is:



So now I have (confirmed??) it is a 9 wire can I download the V1.7 upgrade to stop updates?

Which area do I use?

* European Region - bz2 tarball - 95KiB
* Japanese Region - bz2 tarball - 96KiB
* US Region - bz2 tarball - 95KiB


Cheers Matt

[Ljay]

If you have a PAL wii....the European (pal) version, US use the US disk & so on...

[nsdn]

F and E wires look dodgy as...I wonder who did that?, What Ljay said....it will tell u to hold the reset button for 3 seconds then it will all happen for u.

[pak_indo]

F and E wires look dodgy as...I.

farken rough as guts eh....

[mattwalker]

Worked a treat...

Any idea which settings I should use please?

[cwispy]

You should be ok with the defaults that it sets unless you want to block all firmware updates.

[mattwalker]

Region Patcher ON OFF
Audio Fix ON OFF
Orig read speed 6X 3X
Orig DL read speed 6X 3X
Backup read speed 6X 3X
DL back up read speed 6X 3X
Allow system upgrade EUR ALL NONE

Thanks guys ... this was relatively easy!

[mattwalker]

The last one is set to EUR default. What are the repercussions of setting it to none?

[cwispy]

Nothing really. You will just want to set it back if you do decide you want to update firmware cause some new game needs a newer firmware. Otherwise it will be fine with it set to none.

[mattwalker]

Cwispy (and others)

Appreciate the advice...

If I can help you out with anything let me know