Wii Laptop Project

I'm sorry

2011-12-07T20:01:00.001-08:00

I'm sorry that I have not made any progress.

Ahh...!!!

2011-02-05T19:00:00.000-08:00

I sent my Wii you know that motherboard looking thing that I Desoldered back to my friend for "data retrieval" because he thinks he left his games on it. Well when he turned it on, his screen was blank. So i'm going to have to see why.

Yeah you know that thing.

hdd converter pt.1

2010-12-10T19:35:00.000-08:00

I bought this on amazon for 3 dollors

Something I thought you people would like.

2010-12-10T18:02:00.000-08:00

I used my cell phone to take this video

Heat sink

2010-12-02T20:59:00.000-08:00

One problem i found is that the wii gets pretty hot while its on and running but as it doesn't get as hot as the xbox so it doesn't need as many fans and vent holes it still needs vent holes because the gpu gets hot so you can buy a heat sink the right size or bend the original heat sink but be careful not to break it like i did.

The Screen pt. 2

2010-12-01T20:30:00.000-08:00

I manage to detach the screen from the case and i manage to "plug" in the laptops original built in speakers.
I accomplished the task with the help of the mother board the speaker outlet is the same.
The sound works.
Yes, I used a XBOX 360 the test this.

Next step i will put the screen that will be in pt. 3

The Hard Drive

2010-11-30T20:59:00.000-08:00

Since I Received this Wii with a broken Disc Drive. I am Placing a 30 Gigabyte HDD into it And i am hacking the Wii. (Don't tell anyone I said That) The HDD came from the dell laptop that I mentioned in my last post. Unfortunately i have to buy a 2.5" HDD converter.

The Screen

2010-11-30T20:45:00.000-08:00

For the screen i used a INSIGNIA Portable DVD player unfortunately they don't make this model any more.
First the Case

This is the 7" screen

This is the main screen mother board

This is the power management board you don't need this but I'm going to use this anyway.

This is the screen i want to use but i have no way to control it yet. if anyone has any idea please post with it.
This is a Dell Inspiron 1200 Laptop

here's the bord

2010-11-21T13:21:00.000-08:00

I just finished taking it apart heres the mother board.

Partly taken apart Wii

2010-11-21T13:20:00.003-08:00

A friend and I had some fun taking this apart I haven't finished yet but I will. (*note you have to buy a tri wing screw driver for either a hobby shop or an online store, like eBay or Amazon. then be careful to not strip out any screws.) We have to replace the disc drive. for this project or use iso's.