Difference between revisions of "Wii Drivechip Comparison"

Revision as of 08:06, 4 April 2008

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	Wiinja	OpenWii	WiiFree	yaosm	Wiid	WiiReZ	d2ckey	Argon	Wasabi
		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
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
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€
Price	Software	Free!	30€	25€			11€	25€	Free!	Free!	Free!	25€	17€	43€	Free!	60€

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

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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 ! [[Chiip]]
 ! [[Cyclowiz]]
-! colspan="2" | [[WiiKey]]
+! colspan="3" | [[WiiKey]]
 ! [[Wiinja]]
 ! [[Wiinja]]
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 | 1.9s
 | 1.9g
+| 1.9b
 | V2
 | Deluxe
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 ! 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" |
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
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 | DL Backups
 | 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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 |-
 | Homebrew
+| 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" |
@@ Line 179: / Line 188: @@
 |-
 | Backups
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | 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" |
@@ Line 212: / Line 223: @@
 | Homebrew
 | style="background:skyblue" |
+| 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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 ! rowspan="5" | Media
 | DVD-R
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 |-
 | DVD-RW
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 |-
 | DVD+R
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 292: / Line 308: @@
 |-
 | DVD+RW
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 309: / Line 326: @@
 | Dual Layer
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
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 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| style="background:palegreen" |
+| style="background:skyblue" | %
+| style="background:skyblue" | %
 | 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 378: @@
 | Multi Disc
 | style="background:salmon" |
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 374: / Line 395: @@
 | Multi GC Games
 | ?
+| style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 391: / Line 413: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 406: / Line 428: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 421: / Line 443: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 437: / Line 459: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 452: / Line 474: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 467: / Line 489: @@
 | 8KB
 | ?
-| colspan="2" | 8KB
+| colspan="3" | 8KB
 | 1.75KB
 | 3.5KB
@@ Line 482: / Line 504: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 498: / Line 520: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 513: / Line 535: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 528: / Line 550: @@
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:palegreen" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 543: / Line 565: @@
 | 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" |
-| 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:palegreen" |
-| 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" |
-| colspan="2" style="background:salmon" |
+| colspan="3" style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
 | style="background:palegreen" |
@@ Line 604: / Line 626: @@
 | 5
 | 5
-| colspan="2" | 6
+| colspan="3" | 6
 | 5
 | 5
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 | 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 636: / Line 658: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| colspan="2" | ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 651: / Line 673: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| colspan="2" | ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 666: / Line 688: @@
 | 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 681: / Line 703: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| colspan="2" | ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 696: / Line 718: @@
 | 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 711: / Line 733: @@
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | ?
-| colspan="2" | ?
+| colspan="3" | ?
 | style="background:salmon" |
 | style="background:salmon" |
@@ Line 727: / Line 749: @@
 | 2.78€
 | rowspan="2" | 30€
-| rowspan="2" colspan="2" | 25€
+| rowspan="2" colspan="3" | 25€
 | rowspan="2" | 11€
 | rowspan="2" | 25€
@@ Line 752: / Line 774: @@
 | 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 767: / Line 789: @@
 ! [[Chiip]]
 ! [[Cyclowiz]]
-! colspan="2" | [[WiiKey]]
+! colspan="3" | [[WiiKey]]
 ! [[Wiinja]]
 ! [[Wiinja]]
@@ Line 785: / Line 807: @@
 ∴ 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!
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