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No true modchips exist yet, as all current chips operate by modifying the DVD drive in some fashion. Until that time, Drivechips have shown great promise in enabling many new features of the Wii.

Presented here is a list of currently released drivechips and their features.

Comparison

Key:	Supported	Partially supported	Not supported

		Chiip	Cyclowiz	WiiKey			Wiinja		OpenWii	WiiFree	yaosm	Wiid	WiiReZ	d2ckey	Argon	Wasabi	D2Pro
		v0.9.1	3.6 (beta)	1.9s	1.9g	1.9b	V2	Deluxe	2.4	2.51	3.0	V3			1.8 (beta)
Wii	Originals
	Backups
	SMG-Protection
	DL Originals
	DL Backups
	Region Free
	Homebrew	Trucha	Trucha	Trucha	Trucha	Trucha	Trucha	Trucha	Trucha	Trucha	Trucha	Trucha	Trucha	Trucha	Trucha	Trucha	Trucha
GC	Originals
	Backups
	Region Free			$	$
	Homebrew
	Action Replay															?	?
Media	DVD-R
	DVD-RW
	DVD+R
	DVD+RW
	Dual Layer
Features	Speed Fix			%	%								?			?
	Audio Fix
	Multi Disc
	Multi GC Games	?							?				?				?
	Led Support
	LCD Support
	Configuration DVD
Upgrade	via Cable
	via DVD
	Flash Memory	8KB	?	8KB			1.75KB	3.5KB	8KB	1.75KB	1.75KB	?	?	1Kb	?	128KB	?
	Open Source														?
Chipset	DMS
	D2A
	D2B
	D2B cut legs °
	D2C
Install	Quicksolder								†	†	†
	Solderless ∴
	Wires	5	5	6			5	5	5	5	5	6	5-7	31	13 or 17	5-DMS/D2A/D2B 9-D2C	5
IC	ATmega8L	2.78€	?	2.78€					2.78€			?	?
	ATtiny2313		?	?					1.69€			?	?
	PIC16F628A		?	?						1.27€	1.27€	?	?
	PIC12F629		?	?			0.68€		0.68€	0.68€	0.68€	?	?
	PIC12F675		?	?					0.74€	0.74€	0.74€	?	?
	PIC12F683		?	?				0.87€		0.87€	0.87€	?	?
	MSP430		?	?					~3€			?	?
Price	Hardware	2.78€	30€	25€			11€	25€	0.68€ - ~3€	0.68€ - 1.27€	0.68€ - 1.27€	25€	17€	43€	45€ - 90€	60€	45€
Price	Software	Free!	30€	25€			11€	25€	Free!	Free!	Free!	25€	17€	43€	Free!	60€	Free!

Stupid color indicator §
		Chiip	Cyclowiz	WiiKey			Wiinja	Wiinja	OpenWii	WiiFree	yaosm	Wiid	WiiReZ	d2ckey	Argon	Wasabi	D2Pro

Trucha = using Trucha Signer
† Via WiiFree EasyConnect
∴ Via Wlip
§ =RGB(Red cells*10, Green cells*10, Blue cells*10). White cells ignored. Choose the greenest modchip! ;)
° Supports D2B chips with cut of IC-legs, without rebuilding them.
% Indeed fixes the reading speed to 3x but doesn't allow setting it to 6x for backups!
$ Can't play PAL backups if region free is enabled (even on PAL Wiis) - for originals region free works flawlessly!

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+{{Update}}
 [[Category:Wii]]
 [[Category:Wii Modchips]]
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 ! [[Chiip]]
 ! [[Cyclowiz]]
-! [[WiiKey]]
+! colspan="3" | [[WiiKey]]
-! [[Wiinja]]
+! colspan="2" | [[Wiinja]]
-! [[Wiinja]]
 ! [[OpenWii]]
 ! [[WiiFree]]
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 ! [[Argon]]
 ! [[Wasabi]]
+! [[D2Pro]]
 |-
 | v0.9.1
 | 3.6 (beta)
 | 1.9s
+| 1.9g
+| 1.9b
 | V2
 | Deluxe
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 |
 |1.8 (beta)
+|
 |
 |-
 ! rowspan="7" | Wii
 | Originals
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 65: / Line 73: @@
 |-
 | Backups
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 81: / Line 92: @@
 | SMG-Protection
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 98: / Line 112: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 105: / Line 121: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 111: / Line 128: @@
 | DL Backups
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 120: / Line 139: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 125: / Line 145: @@
 |-
 | Region Free
+| style="background:skyblue" |
+| style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
@@ Line 140: / Line 163: @@
 |-
 | Homebrew
+| style="background:palegreen" |Trucha
+| style="background:palegreen" |Trucha
+| style="background:palegreen" |Trucha
 | style="background:palegreen" |Trucha
 | style="background:palegreen" |Trucha
@@ Line 156: / Line 182: @@
 ! rowspan="5" | GC
 | Originals
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 171: / Line 200: @@
 |-
 | Backups
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 188: / Line 220: @@
 | style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
+| style="background:skyblue" | $
+| style="background:skyblue" | $
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
@@ Line 202: / Line 237: @@
 | Homebrew
 | style="background:skyblue" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 216: / Line 254: @@
 |-
 | Action Replay
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 228: / Line 268: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
+| ?
 | ?
 |-
 ! rowspan="5" | Media
 | DVD-R
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 247: / Line 291: @@
 |-
 | DVD-RW
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 260: / Line 306: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 |-
 | DVD+R
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 277: / Line 327: @@
 |-
 | DVD+RW
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 293: / Line 346: @@
 | Dual Layer
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 302: / Line 357: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 310: / Line 366: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:skyblue" | %
+| style="background:skyblue" | %
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 321: / Line 379: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | ?
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
 | Audio Fix
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 330: / Line 391: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 339: / Line 401: @@
 | Multi Disc
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 344: / Line 408: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 354: / Line 419: @@
 | Multi GC Games
 | ?
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 366: / Line 433: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| ?
 |-
 | Led Support
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 377: / Line 445: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 385: / Line 454: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 400: / Line 470: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 411: / Line 481: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
 ! rowspan="4" | Upgrade
@@ Line 416: / Line 487: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 425: / Line 496: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 431: / Line 503: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 441: / Line 513: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
@@ Line 446: / Line 519: @@
 | 8KB
 | ?
-| 8KB
+| colspan="3" | 8KB
 | 1.75KB
 | 3.5KB
@@ Line 457: / Line 530: @@
 | ?
 | 128KB
+| ?
 |-
 | Open Source
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 471: / Line 545: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 |-
@@ Line 477: / Line 552: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 487: / Line 562: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
@@ Line 492: / Line 568: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 502: / Line 578: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
@@ Line 507: / Line 584: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 517: / Line 594: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
@@ Line 522: / Line 600: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 532: / Line 610: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
@@ Line 537: / Line 616: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 545: / Line 624: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 553: / Line 633: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 564: / Line 644: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
 | Solderless ∴
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 574: / Line 655: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 583: / Line 665: @@
 | 5
 | 5
-| 6
+| colspan="3" | 6
 | 5
 | 5
@@ Line 595: / Line 677: @@
 | 5-DMS/D2A/D2B
 -D2C
+| 5
 |-
 ! rowspan="7" | IC
@@ Line 600: / Line 683: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" | [http://anonym.to/http://export.farnell.com/jsp/Semiconductors/Microprocessors+/+Microcontrollers+&+peripherals/ATMEL/ATMEGA8L-8PU/displayProduct.jsp?sku=9171533 2.78€]
 | ?
-| style="background:palegreen" | [http://anonym.to/http://export.farnell.com/jsp/Semiconductors/Microprocessors+/+Microcontrollers+&+peripherals/ATMEL/ATMEGA8L-8PU/displayProduct.jsp?sku=9171533 2.78€]
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" | [http://anonym.to/http://export.farnell.com/jsp/Semiconductors/Microprocessors+/+Microcontrollers+&+peripherals/ATMEL/ATMEGA8L-8PU/displayProduct.jsp?sku=9171533 2.78€]
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 608: / Line 691: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 615: / Line 699: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 623: / Line 707: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 630: / Line 715: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 638: / Line 723: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 645: / Line 731: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:palegreen" | [http://anonym.to/http://www.microchipdirect.com/productsearch.aspx?Keywords=PIC12F629 0.68€]
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 653: / Line 739: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 660: / Line 747: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 668: / Line 755: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 675: / Line 763: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" | [http://anonym.to/http://www.microchipdirect.com/productsearch.aspx?Keywords=PIC12F683 0.87€]
@@ Line 683: / Line 771: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 690: / Line 779: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 698: / Line 787: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 706: / Line 796: @@
 | 2.78€
 | rowspan="2" | 30€
-| rowspan="2" | 25€
+| rowspan="2" colspan="3" | 25€
 | rowspan="2" | 11€
 | rowspan="2" | 25€
@@ Line 716: / Line 806: @@
 | rowspan="2" | 43€
 | 45€ - 90€
+| rowspan="2" | 60€
+| 45€
 |-
 | Software
+| style="background:palegreen" | Free!
 | style="background:palegreen" | Free!
 | style="background:palegreen" | Free!
@@ Line 725: / Line 817: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" | Free!
 |-
-| colspan="13" |
+| colspan="16" |
 |-
 ! colspan="2" | Stupid color indicator §
 | style="background:rgb(170,160,30)" |
 | style="background:rgb(70,200,20)" |
-| style="background:rgb(60,220,20)" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:rgb(60,220,20)" |
 | style="background:rgb(200,150,10)" |
 | style="background:rgb(160,180,20)" |
@@ Line 740: / Line 832: @@
 | style="background:rgb(150,190,20)" |
 | style="background:rgb(90,220,20)" |
+| style="background:rgb(90,220,20)" |
+| style="background:rgb(55,230,20)" |
 |-
 | colspan="2" |
 ! [[Chiip]]
 ! [[Cyclowiz]]
-! [[WiiKey]]
+! colspan="3" | [[WiiKey]]
 ! [[Wiinja]]
 ! [[Wiinja]]
@@ Line 754: / Line 848: @@
 ! [[d2ckey]]
 ! [[Argon]]
+! [[Wasabi]]
+! [[D2Pro]]
 |-
 |}
@@ Line 761: / Line 857: @@
 ∴ Via [http://www.wlip.es Wlip]<br />
 § =RGB(Red cells*10, Green cells*10, Blue cells*10). White cells ignored. Choose the greenest modchip! ;)<br />
-° Supports D2B chips with cut of IC-legs, without rebuilding them.
+° Supports D2B chips with cut of IC-legs, without rebuilding them.<br />
+% Indeed fixes the reading speed to 3x but doesn't allow setting it to 6x for backups!<br />
+$ Can't play PAL backups if region free is enabled (even on PAL Wiis) - for originals region free works flawlessly!
 &nbsp;