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    Help Wiikey Region Override problem (Not the normal noob problem)

    OK, here's the deal - seems weird to me.

    I have a PAL Wii 2.2E with a WiiKey installed and setup using the PAL 1.2 Base. The WiiKey was bought from an (allegedly) official reseller Games4Play (www.games4play.com) in the UK - so far so good.......

    Region Override is set to ON, Audiofix is ON and DVDR Discspeed is set to 6x and these settings have been saved. I know that the config when re-run always displays the same settings as it doesn't read from the chip - that's not the problem here.

    The problem I have is with playing NTSC ISOs. For instance, Shrek NTSC works fine on my PAL Wii, however Super Paper Mario NTSC and Biohazard 4 NTSC JAP do not UNLESS I run regionfrii on the ISOs and then burn - in which case they work fine.

    So, if this was consistent and all NTSC games wouldn't work on my PAL Wii then I would summise that my WiiKey was either a clone or had a faulty EEPROM. However, this is not the case.....

    I've tried different media, different burners, different burn speeds, different PCs but to no available.

    Region Frii tells me that the Shrek ISO is NTSC and that works fine, it also tells me that SPM is NTSC and that does not work unless I change it to PAL and then burn the image. These images are, as far as I'm aware, unmodified prior to me doing anything to them.

    Any suggestions ?
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    Default Re: Wiikey Region Override problem (Not the normal noob problem)

    just patch all the ntsc games before burning only takes a few seconds, that's what I've been doing
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    Default Re: Wiikey Region Override problem (Not the normal noob problem)

    yeah that seems logical hxbro, but he's paid for a wiikey that doesnt need that doing! I cant really imagine theres a fix for this, maybe the chip isn't patching how it should, the long awaited wikey update may fix it.

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    Default Re: Wiikey Region Override problem (Not the normal noob problem)

    Did the Wiikey come with the hologram sticker?

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    Default Re: Wiikey Region Override problem (Not the normal noob problem)

    Quote Originally Posted by GlenCook View Post
    Did the Wiikey come with the hologram sticker?

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    A hologram on the actual chip itself ?

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    Default Re: Wiikey Region Override problem (Not the normal noob problem)

    No, a separate sticker with a hologram.

    All the latest original wiikeys are now supplied with holograms stickers.

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    Default Re: Wiikey Region Override problem (Not the normal noob problem)

    Hmmm.....no, it didn't come with a hologram sticker - optmistically I guess I could suggest that maybe it wasn't one of the 'latest' ones and they could have had it in stock a while....

    Pessimistically it could be a clone.....and as I've just looked again on the Wiikey website the company I bought it from are now not on there as an official reseller which probably leads me to believe the latter....

    Suggestions ?

    i presume a common 'feature' of the clones is that they don't hold anything in EEprom ? (which is one of the reasons by region override may not work ?)

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