Hardware Drive database for Korean wiis?

[WiiCrazy]

Wiidrives.com doesn't have information for Korean wii's drives, any other place to find info about these?

Or can anyone make a guess about what drive in a Korean wii with LKM1045**** serial number?

 

[happydance]

i don't know what drive it got but i know this serial numbers accept backups

LKM1011
LKM1025
LKM1027
LKM1029
LKM1030
LKM1032
LKM1038
LKM1062
LKM1067
LKM1069
LKM1073
LKM1075
LKM1075
LKM1077
LKM1096
LKM1099

 

[WiiCrazy]

@happydance : hmm, the one got here is D3-2, I suspect a drive board change on this drive... It's said to be bought last year...

Is this normal?
VEP721XX below the drive cable reads VEP702XX on top of the drive. Do they match normally?

 

[happydance]

yeah i think VEP721XX near the drive cable and VEP702XX on top of the drive match with yours with the D3 Drive

but with d2c drive got it's VEP721XX and VEP701XX

an off topic question the D3 drive i mention able to play backup's is that a D3-1?? cause i got the impression that D3 drive can't read backups

 

[WiiCrazy]

yeah i think VEP721XX near the drive cable and VEP702XX on top of the drive match with yours with the D3 Drive

but with d2c drive got it's VEP721XX and VEP701XX

an off topic question the D3 drive i mention able to play backup's is that a D3-1?? cause i got the impression that D3 drive can't read backups

Well the owner of this drive has bricked his wii in a mysterious way and then the wii made a trip to a few unofficial service centers...

Now in my hands... I'm suspecting it to be a D3-2 one since drive chip is completely blank but user says he was using backup dvds before the wii got bricked...

So I'm suspecting a complete drive or drive board change on this one. I'll open my wii to replace with this drive to make sure though.

I guess first batch of D3 drives called D2Nothing can be used with softmod and solderless chips...

 

[WiiCrazy]

Here is the description about D3-2 on wiidrives.com

In mid-2009 machines coming back from repairs in Canada, Netherlands, and Korea had a new D3/D2Nothing revision. None of the current drive-keys would work. The drive is identical the to first D3/D2Nothing, only way to seperate the two is to look at the top of the large D3 chip and if the chip is completely blank it's the new D3-2. Earlier it could be identified by checking the serial number on drive circuit board and if it started with a F it was the new D3-2..

So this statement contradicts the user's statement, he says he was able to use backup dvds...

 

[WiiCrazy]

Sorry, I have to bump to finalize the thread,

It seems wiidrives.com was wrong saying "only way to seperate the two is to look at the top of the large D3 chip and if the chip is completely blank it's the new D3-2" since this drives chip's top is completely blank but it's able to read backup dvds.