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IMPORTANT:
Before you submit your Wii details, please take a second to go through the how to guide to make sure you find and enter the correct (proper) information. There have been too many submissions with invalid data on other sites and I want to get it right on this one. Thank you.
How to find the serial, copyright year, DVD controller chip, cut pins, missing pad, and metal clip
Note:
You have to open (and possibly void the warranty) to find the necessary details required to submit a new entry.
1. Profile details:
Your name/nick:
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Your e-mail:
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(for editing)
Show e-mail address publicly
Verification code:
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- Enter code:
(case-sensitive)
2. Wii details:
Country:
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Select...
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States
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Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Bouvet Island
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Côte d'Ivoire
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo (DRC)
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia (Hrvatska)
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Faroe Islands
Fiji Islands
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Honduras
Hong Kong SAR
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao SAR
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Korea
Northern Mariana Islands
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Reunion
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Samoa
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Sri Lanka
St. Helena
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Pierre and Miquelon
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Swaziland
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands (British)
Wallis and Futuna
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Serial number:
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0
The full serial number is required, 11-12 characters
Located at the bottom of the Wii, near the battery
Model number:
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Select...
RVL-001(EUR) / PAL
RVL-001(AUS) / PAL
RVL-001(USA) / NTSC-U/C
RVL-001(JPN) / NTSC-J
RVL-001(KOR) / NTSC-M
RVL-001(TWN) / NTSC-M
RVL-001(CHN) / NTSC-M
RVL-001(HKG) / NTSC-M
There are 5 different Wii regions world-wide
Copyright year:
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Select...
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
It's printed near the model number, bottom label
DVD board serial:
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(starts A, AM, AMX, NMX, etc)
Ranges 6-10 characters, full preferred but optional
Printed on yellow background, near orange ribbon
Drive chip:
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Select...
GC2-D1A
GC2R-D2A
GC2-DMS
GC2-D2B
GC2-D2C (v1/v2)
GC2-D2E
GC2-D3 (v1,v2,no drive chip)
GC2-D4 (v1/v2) (small circuitboard)
Find it near the ribbon-cable on the driveboard
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Required:
On the DVD drive chip, are there any
cut pins / legs
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Select...
Don't know
Yes, 3 pins cut / missing
No, pins are NOT cut
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Required:
Does the driveboard
miss the third pad
used for 1st gen-modchips, e.g. WiiKey?
Select...
Don't know
Yes, it's missing
No, the pad IS present
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Required:
Does the DVD drive have the new
metal clip
on top of the unit near the spinning cog?
Select...
Don't know
Yes, it is present (D2C-2)
No, metal clip NOT installed (D2C)
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Required:
Is the DVD drive chip covered in hard
black glue
(epoxy)?
Select...
Don't know
Yes, COVERED in black glue
No, FREE of any glue
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Required:
Does the large D3 chip lack text typed on top of the chip, i.e. blank? It's the new D3-2 (v2).
Select...
Don't know
Yes, the chip is BLANK (D3-2)
No, there is text on chip (D3)
Purchase shop name:
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Purchase date:
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Year
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
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3. Closing comments:
Comments:
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Firmware, modchip, problems, discoveries, etc.
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