freshly back into GC modding - questions about flashing a wiikey fusion
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:56 am
Hey all,
This marks my first time back on this forum in 6 years! Stepped away from console modding back then to focus on my degree. Now that i'm graduated and working I've been slowly picking up all my old hobbies including console modding.
I have a good condition DOL-001 cube that I picked up off ebay for $30 a few years ago. I also have a genuine Wiikey fusion from back in the day, and a CARBY component cable. I had previously had the wiikey installed and working in a different gamecube. During a failed attempt at case-modding that cube, I killed that system and pulled the wiikey from it. I used the wiikey in my wii after that, and recently extracted it for use in this gamecube. The wiikey was never upgraded from the stock firmware, i have no idea what firmware it is running and no easy way to check it.
I know some years ago mega used to sell adapter boards for the wasp/wiikey. I see that those are currently unavailable. After some researching around I came across citrus3000psi's freely available daughter-board designs here: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=3636 and his github page on the project here: https://github.com/citrus3000psi/GameCube-Wasp-QSB. The assembly and installation of this is well within my abilities. I have the components and the boards on order.
I guess the question I would like to ask the community is what is the proper thing to do with regard to the wiikey firmware? I know i want to get swiss onto it, but since I never flashed the firmware i am not familar with the process. Can i re-install the wiikey in my wii and flash the firmware there before installing it into my cube? That way I can know for sure the firmware flash is good before I install it into my cube.
Citrus' boards allow the use of the original GC drive when the wiikey is in pass-through mode, an excellent feature, I'm assuming this will not work on the stock wiikey firmware? If there is a sticky or similar post somewhere please let me know as well.
if anyone has any additional recommendations or comments please don't hesitate to let me know! Thank you all in advance.
This marks my first time back on this forum in 6 years! Stepped away from console modding back then to focus on my degree. Now that i'm graduated and working I've been slowly picking up all my old hobbies including console modding.
I have a good condition DOL-001 cube that I picked up off ebay for $30 a few years ago. I also have a genuine Wiikey fusion from back in the day, and a CARBY component cable. I had previously had the wiikey installed and working in a different gamecube. During a failed attempt at case-modding that cube, I killed that system and pulled the wiikey from it. I used the wiikey in my wii after that, and recently extracted it for use in this gamecube. The wiikey was never upgraded from the stock firmware, i have no idea what firmware it is running and no easy way to check it.
I know some years ago mega used to sell adapter boards for the wasp/wiikey. I see that those are currently unavailable. After some researching around I came across citrus3000psi's freely available daughter-board designs here: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=3636 and his github page on the project here: https://github.com/citrus3000psi/GameCube-Wasp-QSB. The assembly and installation of this is well within my abilities. I have the components and the boards on order.
I guess the question I would like to ask the community is what is the proper thing to do with regard to the wiikey firmware? I know i want to get swiss onto it, but since I never flashed the firmware i am not familar with the process. Can i re-install the wiikey in my wii and flash the firmware there before installing it into my cube? That way I can know for sure the firmware flash is good before I install it into my cube.
Citrus' boards allow the use of the original GC drive when the wiikey is in pass-through mode, an excellent feature, I'm assuming this will not work on the stock wiikey firmware? If there is a sticky or similar post somewhere please let me know as well.
if anyone has any additional recommendations or comments please don't hesitate to let me know! Thank you all in advance.