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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]]
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 ! [[Chiip]]
 ! [[Cyclowiz]]
-! colspan="2" | [[WiiKey]]
+! colspan="3" | [[WiiKey]]
-! [[Wiinja]]
+! colspan="2" | [[Wiinja]]
-! [[Wiinja]]
 ! [[OpenWii]]
 ! [[WiiFree]]
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 ! [[Argon]]
 ! [[Wasabi]]
+! [[D2Pro]]
 |-
 | v0.9.1
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 | 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" |
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 |-
 | Backups
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
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+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 | DL Backups
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 |-
 | Region Free
+| style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
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 | style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
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 |-
 | Homebrew
+| style="background:palegreen" |Trucha
+| style="background:palegreen" |Trucha
 | style="background:palegreen" |Trucha
 | style="background:palegreen" |Trucha
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 ! rowspan="5" | GC
 | Originals
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 |-
 | Backups
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
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 | style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:skyblue" | $
+| style="background:skyblue" | $
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
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 | Homebrew
 | style="background:skyblue" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 |-
 | Action Replay
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
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 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
+| ?
 | ?
 |-
 ! rowspan="5" | Media
 | DVD-R
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 |-
 | DVD-RW
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 274: / Line 306: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 |-
 | DVD+R
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
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 |-
 | DVD+RW
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 | Dual Layer
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 319: / Line 357: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 327: / Line 366: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:skyblue" | %
+| style="background:skyblue" | %
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 339: / Line 379: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | ?
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
 | Audio Fix
@@ Line 344: / Line 385: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 358: / Line 401: @@
 | Multi Disc
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 374: / Line 419: @@
 | Multi GC Games
 | ?
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 387: / Line 433: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| ?
 |-
 | Led Support
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| colspan="2" 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" |
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 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
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 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
 ! rowspan="4" | Upgrade
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 446: / Line 496: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 452: / Line 503: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
@@ Line 467: / Line 519: @@
 | 8KB
 | ?
-| colspan="2" | 8KB
+| colspan="3" | 8KB
 | 1.75KB
 | 3.5KB
@@ Line 478: / Line 530: @@
 | ?
 | 128KB
+| ?
 |-
 | Open Source
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
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 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 |-
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 508: / Line 562: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
@@ Line 513: / Line 568: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 523: / Line 578: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
@@ Line 528: / Line 584: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 538: / Line 594: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
@@ Line 543: / Line 600: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 553: / Line 610: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
@@ Line 558: / Line 616: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 566: / Line 624: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 574: / Line 633: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 585: / Line 644: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
 | Solderless ∴
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 595: / Line 655: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 604: / Line 665: @@
 | 5
 | 5
-| colspan="2" | 6
+| colspan="3" | 6
 | 5
 | 5
@@ Line 616: / Line 677: @@
 | 5-DMS/D2A/D2B
 -D2C
+| 5
 |-
 ! rowspan="7" | IC
@@ Line 621: / 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€]
 | ?
-| colspan="2" 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 629: / Line 691: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 636: / Line 699: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| colspan="2" | ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 644: / Line 707: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 651: / Line 715: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| colspan="2" | ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 659: / Line 723: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 666: / Line 731: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| colspan="2" | ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:palegreen" | [http://anonym.to/http://www.microchipdirect.com/productsearch.aspx?Keywords=PIC12F629 0.68€]
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 674: / Line 739: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 681: / Line 747: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| colspan="2" | ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 689: / Line 755: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 696: / Line 763: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| colspan="2" | ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" | [http://anonym.to/http://www.microchipdirect.com/productsearch.aspx?Keywords=PIC12F683 0.87€]
@@ Line 704: / Line 771: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 711: / Line 779: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| colspan="2" | ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 719: / Line 787: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 727: / Line 796: @@
 | 2.78€
 | rowspan="2" | 30€
-| rowspan="2" colspan="2" | 25€
+| rowspan="2" colspan="3" | 25€
 | rowspan="2" | 11€
 | rowspan="2" | 25€
@@ Line 738: / Line 807: @@
 | 45€ - 90€
 | rowspan="2" | 60€
+| 45€
 |-
 | Software
+| style="background:palegreen" | Free!
 | style="background:palegreen" | Free!
 | style="background:palegreen" | Free!
@@ Line 747: / Line 817: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" | Free!
 |-
-| colspan="14" |
+| colspan="16" |
 |-
 ! colspan="2" | Stupid color indicator §
 | style="background:rgb(170,160,30)" |
 | style="background:rgb(70,200,20)" |
-| colspan="2" 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 763: / Line 833: @@
 | style="background:rgb(90,220,20)" |
 | style="background:rgb(90,220,20)" |
+| style="background:rgb(55,230,20)" |
 |-
 | colspan="2" |
 ! [[Chiip]]
 ! [[Cyclowiz]]
-! colspan="2" | [[WiiKey]]
+! colspan="3" | [[WiiKey]]
 ! [[Wiinja]]
 ! [[Wiinja]]
@@ Line 778: / Line 849: @@
 ! [[Argon]]
 ! [[Wasabi]]
+! [[D2Pro]]
 |-
 |}
@@ Line 785: / 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;