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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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@@ Line 22: / Line 24: @@
 ! [[Chiip]]
 ! [[Cyclowiz]]
-! [[WiiKey]]
+! colspan="3" | [[WiiKey]]
-! [[Wiinja]]
+! colspan="2" | [[Wiinja]]
-! [[Wiinja]]
 ! [[OpenWii]]
 ! [[WiiFree]]
@@ Line 32: / Line 33: @@
 ! [[d2ckey]]
 ! [[Argon]]
+! [[Wasabi]]
+! [[D2Pro]]
 |-
 | v0.9.1
 | 3.6 (beta)
+| 1.9s
 | 1.9g
+| 1.9b
 | V2
 | Deluxe
 | 2.4
 | 2.51
-| 3 rc1
+| 3.0
 | V3
 |
 |
 |1.8 (beta)
+|
+|
 |-
 ! rowspan="7" | Wii
 | Originals
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 62: / Line 73: @@
 |-
 | Backups
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 79: / Line 94: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 86: / Line 103: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 92: / Line 111: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 100: / Line 121: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 105: / Line 128: @@
 | DL Backups
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 114: / Line 139: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
 | 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" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
@@ Line 132: / Line 163: @@
 |-
 | Homebrew
+| style="background:palegreen" |Trucha
+| style="background:palegreen" |Trucha
+| style="background:palegreen" |Trucha
+| style="background:palegreen" |Trucha
 | style="background:palegreen" |Trucha
 | style="background:palegreen" |Trucha
@@ Line 147: / Line 182: @@
 ! rowspan="5" | GC
 | Originals
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 161: / Line 200: @@
 |-
 | Backups
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 177: / 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" |
 | style="background:skyblue" |
@@ Line 190: / Line 237: @@
 | Homebrew
 | style="background:skyblue" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 203: / Line 254: @@
 |-
 | Action Replay
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 215: / 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" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 232: / Line 291: @@
 |-
 | DVD-RW
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 244: / Line 305: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | 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" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 260: / 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" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 275: / Line 346: @@
 | Dual Layer
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 284: / Line 357: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 291: / Line 366: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:skyblue" | %
+| style="background:skyblue" | %
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 300: / Line 377: @@
 | ?
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| ?
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
 | Audio Fix
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 310: / Line 391: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 318: / Line 401: @@
 | Multi Disc
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 323: / Line 408: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 332: / Line 419: @@
 | Multi GC Games
 | ?
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 343: / Line 432: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | 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 354: / Line 445: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 361: / 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" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 375: / Line 470: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 385: / Line 480: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
 ! rowspan="4" | Upgrade
@@ Line 390: / Line 487: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 399: / Line 496: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
@@ Line 404: / Line 503: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 414: / Line 513: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
 | Flash Memory
 | 8KB
 | ?
-| 8KB
+| colspan="3" | 8KB
 | 1.75KB
 | 3.5KB
@@ Line 427: / Line 528: @@
 | ?
 | 1Kb
+| ?
+| 128KB
 | ?
 |-
@@ Line 432: / Line 535: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 442: / Line 545: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 |-
-! rowspan="4" | Chipset
+! rowspan="5" | Chipset
 | DMS
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 457: / Line 562: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
 | D2A
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 471: / Line 578: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
 | D2B
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 482: / Line 592: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+|-
+| D2B cut legs °
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 |-
 | D2C
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 497: / Line 624: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 504: / Line 633: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 514: / Line 643: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | 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 524: / Line 655: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 532: / Line 665: @@
 | 5
 | 5
-| 6
+| colspan="3" | 6
 | 5
 | 5
@@ Line 542: / Line 675: @@
 | 31
 | 13 or 17
+| 5-DMS/D2A/D2B
+-D2C
+| 5
 |-
 ! rowspan="7" | IC
@@ Line 547: / 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 555: / Line 691: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 561: / Line 699: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 569: / Line 707: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 575: / Line 715: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 583: / Line 723: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 589: / 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 597: / Line 739: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 603: / Line 747: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 611: / Line 755: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 617: / 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 625: / Line 771: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 631: / Line 779: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 639: / Line 787: @@
 | ?
 | ?
+| style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 646: / Line 796: @@
 | 2.78€
 | rowspan="2" | 30€
-| rowspan="2" | 25€
+| rowspan="2" colspan="3" | 25€
 | rowspan="2" | 11€
 | rowspan="2" | 25€
@@ Line 656: / 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 665: / 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 680: / 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 694: / Line 848: @@
 ! [[d2ckey]]
 ! [[Argon]]
+! [[Wasabi]]
+! [[D2Pro]]
 |-
 |}
@@ Line 700: / Line 856: @@
 † Via [http://wiifreeeasyconnect.com WiiFree EasyConnect]<br />
 ∴ Via [http://www.wlip.es Wlip]<br />
-§ =RGB(Red cells*10, Green cells*10, Blue cells*10). White cells ignored. Choose the greenest modchip! ;)
+§ =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.<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!
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