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Thanks to some tips that showed up in the WiiTracker a slightly different version of the Wii mainboard have appeared. Special thanks go to both otbmods.com and phuongmods.com for not only pointing out the new board in the notes filed but also providing contact information and pictures of the new revision.

The new mainboards apparently have a blue-ish tint to their color as opposed to the regular green colored mainboards. In addition to the different color they are also missing one of the solder points including the trace to that solder point used by some modchips. Namely this effects solder point #3 of the Wiikey install, interesting enough that point is NOT used by most, if not all, other modchips. It's curious if this was done intentionally to thwart Wiikey installations or simply an unhappy consequence of a board optimization. It is unknown at this time if there are any other changes present in these consoles.

For those intersted in knowing whether or not their console has one of these new board revisions: according to the WiiTracker data this new revision effect North American consoles starting with LU519xxxxxx and higher serial numbers.

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[helba]

Confirmed.

More pics.
www.phuongmods.com/
confirmed in Ottawa area as of July 22nd, all wiis after this has these boards, and any wii starting with LU52
I just got another wii with LU52, will post pictures latter. If you direct link to my site, please notify me at phuongmods@gmail.com with "Direct Link" as subject, or the bot will delete your e-mail.

[wisedude]

so is it possible to still install a wiikey on these?  I just recently got my first wii and it's an LU52xxxx  and I was planning on having a wiikey installed....

[Captain N]

yeah, you can.

you just can't use the quick solder method.

100% of these that I've seen have cut pins too 

[sicknasty413]

^ That's dumb. Why is Nintendo so mean 

[eXOBeX]

These have hit the UK too.  Came across one this afternoon, LEH1324xxxxx.
Added the extra wire, no problems.

Incidentally, the pad that leg is soldered to goes nowhere, as I found out when I accidentally detached it from the board

[throwingks]

Just curious, did you add that info to the Wii Tracker?

[eXOBeX]

I have now, along with 3 other Wiis, two of which were missing the pad.
Earliest new board I've come across now is LEH1319xxxxx

[mattsaunders]

Hey guys I got my wii a couple of weeks ago and I have order this

http://www.modchip-store.co.uk/CYCLOWIZ-p-325.html

my wii is LEH1324xxxxxxx

Will the mod chip work or will I have to do more to the wii to play my backups


Cheers

[sicknasty413]

It'll work. It'll apparently require some type of wire install though.

[mattsaunders]

Can anyone tell what the wire install is please.

[sicknasty413]

Look at the 2nd post.

[gump2388]

ok i got this same setup but with the g2c will the wiikey still work. thnks

[throwingks]

ok i got this same setup but with the g2c will the wiikey still work. thnks

Going under the assumption that you mean D2C, Wiikey will not work.

If you mean GC2, then it matters what comes after that. DMS, D2A, D2B, D2C. All will work but D2C.

[gump2388]

yes that what i mean d2c. any fix out there for that or is it just a waiting game.