The Wii Disassembled 160
mrmcgeeber writes "There are two ways to take apart the Wii. The first, as demonstrated by Popular Science, involves breaking the Wii open due to a lack of tools. The second method is a more formal Wii disassembly guide, which is provided by InformIT.com. Either way, you can see some detailed pictures of the internals of the Wii and how the parts are laid out. The InformIT.com version also includes an eight minute teardown video."
Wii alive! (Score:5, Funny)
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"Reassemble Stephanie?" is where he asks for it to be brought back to life; when it's explained that it can't be, that death is permanent, Johnny links 'his' being disassembled to a permanent end, thus leading to his resistance throughout the film to being disassembled by Nova. Johnny 5 is alive, after all!
I'll go shut up now
I never thought I'd say this, but... (Score:1)
I really feel sorry for the thing. Poor Wii. :(
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Forgot another method of Disassembly (Score:5, Informative)
Its full of craptastic goodness.
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On Smashmyps3.com video the people in line were horrified, they almost cried. The people in the Wii line were excited and said "Thats awesome!"
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Thats because very few people who were buying a Wii were planning on spending this month's rent on a get rich quick scheme; also, as I noticed on Sunday, most of the people who didn't get a Wii were pretty optimistic about getting one before Christmas so there isn't the panic that the PS3 had about it.
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number of Wii (system)'s on ebay. Personally I'm hoping these dummies get stuck with extras and start selling them at loss!!!!
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In that case, the people in the PS3 line should have been more enthusiastic about seeing one smashed -- it increases the value of all the others (assuming they managed to get one)!
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Theres more as well..
I haven't a clue why people would want to do this, but its their money being wasted.
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To see the look of horror on the faces of obsessive fanboys who have nothing better to do with their lives than camp outside a shop for a couple of days because they absolutely cannot wait a few more weeks until things calm down and you can just walk into the shop and get one with no hassle.
And it wasn't their money they were wasting, they took donations (and the people donating knew exactly how the money was going to be used beforehand).
I personally find this a useful public service in teaching obsessive
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Yes, using a game console for entertainment is clearly a waste of money.
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Yes, I know the site exists, but it's not what I hoped it would be.
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Excellent (Score:1)
have been waiting for this so i can work out how to Mod my console, looks to be nice and simple
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-Jar.
It surely is a very cheap CPU... (Score:1)
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I'm sure your comment makes a lot of sense right after we figure out that most processors are designed outside of the USA. And the ones that are done in town are by import engineers.
Tom
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I wasn't trying to condemn the states, merely point out that "oh designed in Canada, means it sucks" is a fairly odd remark given the state of engineering in the states. It's not significantly better than what we do in Canada, or the rest of the world for that matter.
And btw, many weapons that the US milit
Everybody knows that... (Score:2, Funny)
Of course
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I doubt it. IBM doesn't operate a fab in Canada.
In all likelihood, the chip is being fabricated at IBM's facility in East Fishkill, New York, and is only being packaged at their Bromont, Quebec packaging facility.
Disclaimer: IAAC (I am a Canadian)
Controller (Score:1)
Re:Controller (Score:4, Funny)
Why do I have a funny feeling that you didn't bother to RTFA?
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Grr - triwing screws (Score:3, Insightful)
It's like a wall-wart I have at home - I want to get the case off it to salvage the transformer for other projects, yet they use these nasty 'interrupted flathead' screws (two slots opposite each other on the screw head) which now means I have to buy or make a special tool *just* for this one device. Grrr. Eventually the tool will become common (just like Torx bits have become common, that was the last shenanigan they tried to stop people from taking something apart) and they will change to another infuriatingly uncommon screw type.
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(of course my DS is custom now, i know better)
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Also, it may be the case that in order to get the various certifications (that CE mark or whatever it is) you need to make it so it cant be easily diassembled (I have no idea)
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Re:Grr - triwing screws (Score:4, Informative)
That's doubtful; That's what the separate power brick is for.
I think the rule is that anything that has more than 60 Volts RMS going into it has to be certified. Electronics companies avoid having to re-certify their entire devices every time they make a change by using separate, generic power adaptors.
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If it's annoying enough to open up your wii then less people will try.
If it was easy then every man and his dog would attempt to 'fix' their wii.
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Re:Grr - triwing screws (Score:5, Interesting)
In case you really were interested- Torx bits weren't designed to keep end users from accessing the internals, they were designed to make assembly more efficient. Flathead and Phillips screws require the operator to line the bit up with the slots, the Torx design lines up much more quickly and is less likely to pop out of the socket once it is engaged. Supposedly torx improve production times.
At least, this is what was explained to me by the Craftsmen rep when I complained about having to buy a crapload of torx bits to work on my car, which seemingly has nothing but torx.
Re:Grr - triwing screws (Score:4, Informative)
- the screw head
- the screw driver
while being able to apply a great amount of force, or a set amount of force with factory tools.
For more info, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_10664 [wikipedia.org]
Btw - see related topics on the Wiki.. there are a LOT of screw heads out there.
There is one common property to them, though - if you have a good quality flat screw driver, you can open all but the dotted ones (Spanner Head in the wiki, and a crazy 3-dotted one I encountered once in a greek microwave >_ we ended up drilling those out and replacing them with philips heads on a repair. ha.)
Re:Grr - triwing screws (Score:4, Informative)
I completely agree, the only thing this does is stops "kids" from opening the console, which really has no effect in the end. I guess what they are worried about is people hacking the console, which will happen sooner or later one way or another, and the people hacking it couldn't care less about the screws or even if they have to break the plastic.
With the internet, it takes just one person to show how its done, and thousands will follow. For the xbox360, there is a company selling the special tool you need, I think the going rate is around $10.
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Cheers!
Cliff Clavin
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See Cliff Clavin [wikipedia.org]
hardware elegance (Score:1)
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Multi-layer PCBs (Score:3, Informative)
PCBs tend to have multiple layers, typically multiples of two. Often they are made by starting off with a sheet of PCB with copper on both sides, which is etched. Another layer of resin is added to each side, followed by copper plating of both sides, which is then itself etched. Wash, rinse, repeat (literally).
PC motherboards most certainly have multiple layers, often twelve to sixteen. This is so that the
Links for all consoles (Score:5, Informative)
And for those who don't have time, motherboards photos :
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DVD drive? (Score:1)
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The original Xbox was like this as well, requiring an additional purchase to unlock DVD playback.
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Maybe you don't see the need, but many people don't have any more S-video or component inputs left on their television for that seperate DVD player. Playing DVD movies through your Wii will allow you to use its high-quality video cable.
Of course, if
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Supprise Supprise (Score:1)
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Curious (Score:1)
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From what it looks like, when you look at the information from the store, it tells you what controllers will work with that game. Most of the NES games look as if they support the Classic Controller, the GCN controller, and the Remote.
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That's not true at all. [gamesarefun.com] Although the chart doesn't say anything about whether the classic controller can be used for gamecube games. Given that you can use both the gamecube and classic controller for most of the same VC games i'd be surprised if the classic controller didn't work for gamecube games. In fact, hold on....
Ok, i stand corrected, i can't get the classic controlle
I really should just create an account... (Score:2, Informative)
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jh
They take apart the controller too.
Oops (Score:5, Funny)
Smash it (Score:2)
http://fuvoo.com/FuvooPermaLink.aspx?PostID=93 [fuvoo.com]
You can't judge a book by it's cover. (Score:2)
Re:So? (Score:5, Insightful)
The news isn't just that it can be taken apart, that'd be silly, pretty much everything can be taken apart some way or another. The news is that someone has provided an article to do it properly and some people like to see what's inside without taking their own system apart also. It's a guide for people who like modding their systems which is a hobby many people enjoy, particularly amongst those of us who like to see what makes things tick.
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The article title was pretty accurate. (Score:2)
Really, it's not like this article title was misleading. If seeing the Wii disassembled isn't news to you, then why on earth would you click the link, let alone post in the discussion?
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He obviously hates it.
Re:It's not news, it's nerd porn (Score:2)
Heck, It'd be news if there wasn't someone taking apart the Wii.
The term "nerd porn" taken from the Apple Product Cycle [misterbg.org] although it may have originated elsewhere.
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Would you begrude the same people who like to tinker in their car's engine or even people who enjoy cooking?
It's also worth nothing that not all of the hardware specs had been released, and the article fills in the gaps in what Nint
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I used to do the same to small animals. They never worked properly afterwards though - they'd just sit there and pretend to be asleep. Dumb animals...
Naked Women (Score:2)
Re:So? (Score:5, Insightful)
Would you rather read about the latest Google acquisition? Or how about yet another evolution/ID troll? Oh I see let's talk about the RIAA again...
THIS my friend, is news for nerds. Someone took apart their Wi, and you can see the porno-grade pics. Who else on this planet, apart from nerds, would be interested in THAT?
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"Sensor array" is not a sensor array (Score:4, Informative)
The sensor is in the Wiimote.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTGSkYRDpWY [youtube.com]
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The sensor is in the Wiimote.
Yeah, that's pretty funny he made that mistake. Even a casual glance at his picture of the the sensor bar shows that it's just LED's. First, there are the LED's. Plus, there just aren't enough traces/wires for their to be any meaningful sensor data someing out of it. The wiimote picture of the "LED emitter" reveals just the opposite. It looks nothing like an LED, and has something like 10 leads going into it.
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Re:Look at the "revolutionary" technology (Score:4, Informative)
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Sometimes the revolution is about what isn't there, not what is there.
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http://smashmywii.com/ [smashmywii.com]
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By the way the, judging from your signatu [slashdot.org]
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What? More than Roland Piquepaille?
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Ugh. That joke is over 6 months old. Sorry.
I did hear an unexpected outburst at the office yesterday, though. Last week, my coworker Richard told everybody how he was going to get a Wii over the weekend. Monday came. Anxious to find out if he had succeded, I heard somebody blurt out from across the cube-farm: "Dickie! How's your Wii??!"
I wish I could have seen the look on female coworkers' faces.