which wii ic's do i transplant so my new wii thinks it's my old one?

[phreak97]

i reckon this wii is gone.. but i dont want to lose my saves or virtual console stuff.. so im thinking of trying to transplant whichever ic's contain all the information for my console. i know which one the 512mb flash memory is, but i dont know if thats all i need.. each console has something which makes it unique so the virtual console games will only work on that console and no other.. i need to put that bit in the new wii too..

anyone know anything about this?

[l_oliveira]

Sadly it's not possible due to:

The said data is kept on the motherboard NAND flash
The NAND flash is encrypted with a unique per console key set
The contents are protected aganist copying. 


To recover them unfortunately you need to repair the console.

[phreak97]

can i not transplant the whole bit that reads this key set?

[l_oliveira]

No, because they're e-fuses on the Holywood chip

[phreak97]

damn:(

nintendo will replace my wii with a new one for $250 and transfer what data they can, but i dont get to keep the old one..

[l_oliveira]

I think you should go for that as it's the only way for you to recover your online purchases and keep your wii friend list.

[phreak97]

theyre saying they might also be able to work something out where i keep the old wii, but itll mean buying a wii from somewhere else.

[l_oliveira]

Because data recovery involves extraction of the encryption information, I am pretty sure the wii will have to be repaired prior to the extraction...

There is a diagnosis port on the holywood (GPU and I/O) chip (GPIO) which can be used for that work, but in the very least they really need the holywood chip running to perform the data recovery.

[phreak97]

yeah, the transfer via serial is just to credit me with the appropriate number of wii points for the games i had downloaded, no real data recovery, but i'd be happy with that. i dont know if theyll do it for me, but i've spoken to someone else who they did it for in the us.

[l_oliveira]

Well .... It's about Nintendo we're talking about. It's all about service, here.
They can retrieve your shopping history easily with your wii's barcode/sticker.
Sadly, kiss your saved game data goodbye ... lol

[phreak97]

yeah, i've kinda gotten used to the idea of losing all my saves, there werent any games i was currently playing on wii anyway. shopping history is what i'm after, that's what actually cost me money.