The wiikey v2 new firmware has been released available to download at the bottom of the page.
fix for the new Super Mario Brothers Included.
The WiiKey 2 is the latest chip from the team that brought us the original WiiKey and other great chips such as the D2ckey and D2Pro. It looks like they saw there was a lot of cheaper alternatives coming on to the market to rival the D2Pro and decided to release a chip to compete with them. The WiiKey 2 has the same feature set as the D2Pro minus the J-Tag upgradability, so far they have proven to be just as stable and high quality. We did think it was a little odd the team release a new chip when Pro is so popular, but by the sounds of it the Actel IC’s used in their production were starting to cost a lot more, and we saw that from the recent price rise, so I guess this is why WiiKey 2 was born. These chips will support all consoles to date including the new D2E chip sets, a 5-wire install for the older model drives such as DMS D2B, and a 6-wire install on the D2C / D2C2 & D2E drives. These chips are perfect for D2B drives with the legs cut, as they don’t use the same points the first versions do.
It looks like the team will also be supporting the WiiKey V2 with regular firmware updates, the first config disk has already been released and we are sure more will follow when needed. Also the have made it so the chip can’t be bricked by a bad flash, there is a built in recovery mode that will allow you to safely restore the chip in the unlikely event of the power going out during an update or for some reason the flash update just did not complete, in the past this would mean one dead chip, so this feature means customers can no longer kill their WiiKey 2 attempting to update them to the latest firmware. Also they have made a region fall back recovery mode which means if the chip was tested on a PAL unit and then shipped and installed in to a NTSC unit, the chip would fallback and reset to NTSC.
Another unique function the guys have added to the WiiKey 2 is a unique serial number that is imbedded in the chip and can be checked by using the config disk, as we all know there is a big problem in the market with factories & stores producing and selling low cost clones of chips from this team, the unique serial number is a way you can safely verify that you have not been sold a clone, we saw with the v1 that in the end places were even copying the holograms supplied with the chips, so now on top of having the hologram shipped, each chip has its unique serial number that you can verify with the team to make sure you were not sold a cheaper inferior clone of their product.
There are a few other low cost chips on the market now, and we hear you saying why should we use WiiKey v2 if we can get a cheaper chip that does the same thing, this is a good question and for some of you the choice for the cheaper solutions might be right for you, they do work and have good stability and can do the job, but one thing some of the cheaper chips do lack is firmware update support, you can be assumed when buying the WiiKey 2 chips that the team will be there to make updates when needed, and even bring handy new features to the chips such as the brick blocker, so for some the cheaper chips will be the solution and for others you may wish to use a chip such as WiiKey 2 which is sitting in the middle on price and function.
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Important Information: if your wii is running 4.2 firmware you will not be able to play out of region games.
1 x FREE TRIWING SCREWDRIVER INCLUDED
Wiikey 2 Installation
Guide v1.2
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Wiikey v2
New 1.3 Firmware Update
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