Console chips

[Numbers]

This question is probably a long shot, but has anyone here ever modded their consoles with a modchip?

I'm thinking of modding my Wii and 360, but am concerned about 1. voiding the warranties, and 2. messing it up. The 360 mod looks simple enough, but I am concerned about my console getting banned from Live. The Wii mod would require a bit of soldering, which I don't have much experience in.

Anyone have any luck with this?

[Silhouette of Doom]

I recommend not doing it yourself if you have no experience and care about your machine, but they are relatively simple processes. Find someone you know who's done it before, if possible.

[The Ponzzz]

When you say Modchip, are you meaning to play Japanese games?

In that case, every system I've had up till the PS1 was. My father was crazed about doing it because he loved Japanese games (mainly the puzzle games. fighting games and sports).

I am not sure I would do it on a console offering a live connection though. Too risky.

[Blazing247]

There are mods for the 360 that have a switch to turn it on/off depending on if you are playing live/solo so you don't get banned. You're going to void the warranty with just about any hard mod as opposed to soft mods which can generally be reversed but are not "switchable" from on to off, and since you stated you want to do Live that's a no go.

[crazymage]

if you physically open any machine with a warranty yourself, you void it.

[Numbers]

I'd be using the mods to play backed up games. Not too concerned about region unlocking.

For the 360, I was looking at: http://www.team-xecuter.com/blaster360/

For the Wii, I was looking at: http://www.wiikey.cn/

The one for the 360 looks pretty simple. Take the box apart, hook up the Blaster360, hook the Blaster360 to my PC, flash the drive, hack the drive, play backed up games. As long as I used stealth updates for all the console/game updates, I should be fine. Not sure where those stealth updates can be found, though.

The WiiKey seems a bit trickier. I have soldered before, so I know the process, I just haven't done a lot of it. But it looks like they tried to make that product as easy as possible. Just a few drops of solder in all the marked points, and you're set.

The warranties I'll get over, and I know that opening up the console voids it. Just didn't know if it'd be worth it in the long run.

[Methais]

I'd be using the mods to play backed up games.

How exactly does one acquire "backed up" games anyway?

[Silhouette of Doom]

By backing up the games, I bet.

[Methais]

I was referring to how one actually goes about backing up the games, since as far as I know the console won't recognize the game on a regular burned DVD, but
http://royalswagger.com/uploaded_images/CaptainObvious-797351.jpg

[Silhouette of Doom]

You're right, the console won't recognize a game on a regular burned DVD...

That's why you mod it.

[Numbers]

What SoD said. You flash the firmware of the optical drive/install a chip in the console to fool it into thinking the burned media is the right media. You back up the game by connecting the console drive to your PC, ripping and dumping it. You can then burn it to a dual-layer DVD, which will work in your console with the flashed drive/modchip.

[Methais]

I gotcha now.

<--- stupid

[Silhouette of Doom]

You only need a dual-layer DVD if the game is more than DVD-5 standard, 4.7 GB. PS2 games aren't, I don't know how big the 360 games are.

[Sean of the Thread]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYvZnTFpip0