Fantastic installation, Voultar! It's been a blast working with you to develop this latest version of our kit.⚡⚡

I like how you used the purple wire for the gamecube connection.

Your health and well being is of the most importance. Im glad your back but i am much happier knowing that you are doing better on a personal level. Looking forward to many more mods to come.

Console modding is a hobby I really want to get into. I love the attention to detail of explaining your techniques, right down to preserving the rubber feet on the consoles. It's honestly extremely helpful to see examples of it. Thanks for your contributions!

You are the Bob Ross of electronics modification, lol (especially when you were cleaning the solder mask off the vias). Very soothing and informative!

I like the idea of digital video kits which take the approach of “garbage in, garbage out”. It ends up making the whole setup more modular and future-proof. Also cheaper, in the short run

Got my AVE-HDMI kit today. Followed your video to a T and got perfect results. Thanks for the great work!

totally agree with the getting a clean signal that will be accepted vs having it upscaled internally. more expensive mods will still be great for a single console but if you got a big library of hardware to work with its just better.

Can’t say specifically why but really digging the hand held mic while you’re speaking outside of the mod installation. Excited to see more from you

Just finished installing this kit on a CPU 01 launch model. Thanks for the fantastic tutorial and for giving me confidence in doing the install!

Excellent thorough tutorial as always Voultar! I’m sure you’ve heard this before, but you are like the Bob Ross of console modding

Love the video. It could be worth posting part of the video as a Wii tear down video. I went through this endeavor about 11 years ago when my toddler decided to jam 3 discs into the system. It was definitely tough doing it with a tutorial video over dsl. I wish I would have had this video back then. Thank you for providing clear, simplistic instructions for such an intimidating project!

Lord of Solder is back ladies and gents! Strap on! Best multicam videos of retro modding/soldering one can find on this platform. Sound/video all pristine with in depth explanation. Awesome! Glad your health is better and that you are mentally ready to provide us with your soldering/hard mods.

So happy you're back, Voultar, and what a beautiful mod to start with. I watch all of your videos religiously even though I haven't modded any of my consoles - I just find it fascinating.

I just desoldered two NES PPU chips, and never would've been able to do it without Sir Voultar. My NES RGB kits are currently en route.

Great tutorial! I love that you show how to reassemble. I've done some light modding on portable systems, have always wanted to install a HDMI mod on the Wii but price and difficulty had held me back. This specific mod and your video are very encouraging, I'm seriously considering giving it a shot! Thanks a lot.

Ohhhh! I just got it. Strap on. As in, ESD. 🤯 I've been watching your vids for a few years now and always thought "wtf is this guy's deal the strap-on references..." lol

This is awesome. I’ve just started to get into getting my old systems updated to the digital age but like you said some of the mods are so expensive. I’m about to build the GBS-c AIO upscaler. Love your videos

As usual, great video. My only observation would be using washers to compensate for the removed shield instead of doing the extra filing.

Just ordered one, very detailed and clearly explained video. Well done dude, can't wait to do this to my old Wii!

14:17 you sure it didn't come from DK Oldies 😏😂😂😂

The Bob Ross of soldering, I love it. This is %100 a compliment.

I don't have interest in these digital output mods these days but this is an incredibly well shot and put together video. Huge bonus points for explaining a few extra details that aren't explicitly relevant to the installation too.

Awesome video, thanks so much! Your videos gave me the confidence to start modding 3 years ago, and I've done so much since! Beautiful attention to detail, I really appreciate it. ❤

Voultar is the Bob Ross of console modding. Really appreciate all the tips and tricks you've learned over the years. Even though I have yet to do a single mod to my systems, I rewatch quite a bit in anticipation for when I actually do mod my consoles.

I was thinking about doing this to my Wii. Then I saw the amount of agida I would have trying to take the thing apart and decided I don't like the Wii that much lol. And I thought the gamecube had a lot of screws! It was nice to see the prototype of the RT4K. I really can't wait for that to come out. I would really love to see a video about resurrecting a Wii U with a dead Nand via SD card backup. Because aparently we have to worry about that now. I'm glad, and happy you're feeling better, and "strapping on" again!

Brilliant video, thanks. I've not done any soldering before but your simple to follow steps and tips has given me some confidence in doing this myself 👍

I work at BestBuy, sometimes in home theater, which is primarily tv sales and sound bars. 4K is the standard. Its been over a month since I've sold anything 1080p and the under 4k section is smaller and smaller every month. ALTHOUGH, these 8k tv's play 4k content just fine. As long as it isn't 1080p you're hoping to get good picture out of, even 1440p looks ok and the more expensive tv's have ai upscale built in, I don'tt think there's much worry unless you're using default outputs that originally came on the wii, n64, etc.

Awesome tutorial! Great job well done Voultar! Not too fast and not too dumbed down for the average repairer. 👍😉

Thanks for the video, it inspired me to grab the kit and try it myself. Soldering to the vias is definitely the hardest part for a novice but following along with lots of flux and pushing around the solder it came out fine. I had 26 gauge stranded wire, I'd suggest others go smaller or solid core; especially if you are adding the IR board, the data pads are tiny and very close to the native Wii display connector pins. Thanks Voultar, and good luck to anyone doing this themselves.

For me, using a little copper wick over those vias (like when cleaning up BGA pads) to clean off the conformal coating works too. That way you don't have to take a sharp razor to the board and risk damaging a trace.

Oh yesssss, more Voultar mod installation goodness!!! These have become such a therapeutic pleasure to watch.

My daughter wanted one of those microphones last year for Christmas. Thank you for showing it off in your video.

Excellent video as always. I'm glad you're doing better and I hope you're back for good.

There's some serious Bob Ross vibes on the soldering parts. Love this mod.

Very happy to see you back (subbed on my personal and now on here) I look forward to your walkthrough. Your videos have helped me develop my iron game. I appreciate your hard work and guidance. Keep it up man :)

Love watching your work and very much appreciate the helpful tips you give.

cool video. makes me want to try this out for myself. always been interested in doing mods but never really understood how it works. you make it look easy!

Definitely a relaxing video to watch. Don't have a wii to mod but I always enjoy your videos. Recently he's older videos of yours to hack my 3DS as well as have the confidence to open up a Wii u that survived fire damage (mainly the wet insulation stuck in the vents) and getting more into fixing things myself. Even replaced a faulty game cart reader on a new 3dsxl (it was cheating I admit.. No soldering necessary!)

Dude, you are legend! Glad to see your videos coming in.

Perfect video. Thanks for your hard work on these tutorials!

Glad your back! Hope 2023 is better to you. Great video and shot very well. Where can I get that zippy powered screwdriver? I didn’t see it in your links for your Amazon store.

Good stuff! I'll definitely grab one. Glad to see you are doing better.

I'm glad you back and on your feet (or chair). You are essential to the modding community!

Wow, great video.👏 It was very detailed and informative. I've seen other videos with other HDMI kits that required soldering that I was totally intimated with. Even though I am not great with soldering (beginner), your video inspired me to go and get this kit and try it. You have a way of instructing (speaking) that is very "Bob Ross"'; putting things plainly and simply (that makes me think I can do that too, lol).

Good to hear that you are doing better. I appreciate your videos.

How nice and professional guy you are, great content!

Thanks for posting voultar! Excited to watch this!!!

Now I feel ready to do it myself. Thanks!

Wow this is amazing to watch . Very nice work Voultar . Can't wait to get this mod for myself .

I wholeheartadly agree about cheap kits that just mush digital into HDMI compatible digital video without the bells and wistle and upscaling and stuff *inside* the console

Awesome video Voultar 🙏🏻 Just grabbed me a couple of kits 🙌🏻💪🏻

This mod makes me very happy. I'm a big fan of the Wii and I've wanted HDMI for a while, I missed out on Citris's mod. A lot of people told me "just mod a Wii U" but the Wii U misses a lot like the backwards Gamecube compatability, the built in Gamecube controller support and I don't like the way the Wii U emulated the classic games let alone they missed a lot. Thanks for taking the time to show this nerd how to do this. This will be my next project

so glad that this came up on my feed, i have been looking for a good HDMI mod for my 2 wii's. once i get some funds im going to get 1. Great video

Voultar I am so glad to see you have your health back and you are feeling good! Was worried about you for a bit.

You are 100% right about the garbage in/out approach. Leave it to the simple mods, let something else you can easily access deal with the rest. Perfect example being the RT5x handling of N64 de-blur; what was once mod- exclusive is now achievable with just a good scaler.

I had the privilege of testing the plug n play versions of their Xbox and Wii HDMI devices. Excellent stuff. Might run a tad hot but had an excellent time

Welcome back bro, last year was rough here to. Very informative, though I would like to use the IR receiver anyways.

i have to say, i have not seen a setup utilizing vias quite like this, i mean usually its a gap in a board with those castellated bits. my first thought was that it was gona suck but you made it look easy enough

Disfrutre ver la paciencia que tienes para explicar cada paso de la instalación. Buen vídeo.

The Bob Ross of soldering.

Thank you for this video! really helpful!

Man, dropped the same exact time and day the N64 Digital got restocked! Good thing I've been setting money aside for both; still felt rough buying these literally back to back though lol. Can't wait to install this kit!

That's a lot of precision work.

Thanks for all you do, and I'm glad your health has improved.

Awesome video as always, really inspiring in many ways

Very jealous you have the Tink 4K.

I've been waiting for this video. But little did I know I was going to get this Bob Ross Wii modding video. I'm listening to you talk bout the arrow and x screws thinking you're going to tell me it's going to be a happy little accident if I leave one out.

i blindly paid for a PS2 modding service on ebay back in the day. The soldering and wire management is actually like 8/10 not bad.

one of the best tutorials I've ever seen, great work

finally a mod for the wii!

I can't be the only one who watches these kinda vids and thinks how the hell consoles get mass produced right? Like the assembly is so intricate and precise, what the heck does the mass production look like?

Glad to have you back! Really love your videos and I have learned a lot. If you get a chance to reply, I would really like to know what screw driver you’re using. I’ve looked at your links and I don’t see it in any of them. Thanks!

We love you. Just ordered mine.

VOULTAR!!!! You're back! I missed you bud!

Voultar, the man who taught me the art of sexy soldering. Too much heat, cheap flux and the wrong tip, was leaving me incredibly dissatisfied. Dry joints. Lifted pads. Endless rework. Now...I'm the Raphael of solder.

Fantastic job. Well explained.

So thankful for the discovery of this kit and the Bob Ross of modding (I'm curious about a mini-wii with this mod)! Gonna dive in the rest of the channel right now!

it should be noted, there are a couple differences if you are not replacing the shell. For instance, the metal shielding around the new HDMI port will need to be fatigued off or cut in order for the hdmi port to lay flush.

Haven't seen you in awhile Bob Ross of tech repairs and mods

Note on the side: a via with negative solder mask expansion is not a tented via

Still intend to eventually purchase three of the ps1 digitals but I've just purchased one of these wii avr hdmi kits. Have you ever installed a wii modchip before Voultar? I've installed two of the D2C-Pro chips in the past. One without the qsbs and the other with. Thanks again for imparting your knowledge and techniques to us all so that we may learn and improve with you in what I consider a sacred craft or preservation and repairing technology of yester-year. Cheers!

Totally agree with you philosophy when it comes to just outputting a good, clean signal and let some other thing do the "heavy" work. I will probably just go with the component cable, since the OSSC doesn't support any HDMI input, and I guess with all the options I will be able to achieve a better image than, in my case, just plugging the WII directly into the TV.

Thanks for the video! What's the gauge of the wire you used for this mod? It seems to be a very small stranded wire but not sure if it's 26, 28, or 30? Thanks a lot!

Very cool, thanks for the video!

Gotta love your intros. This being a prime example of Judge Voultar dropping straight facts.

Just ordered two! Congrats to everyone involved. This will be my first true console mod so this video will get a few views from me!

The hdmi modding process starts at 27:09

first time watching one of your videos, keep up the great work.

Love the video, thanks for all the hard work! Quick question! I have a RT5X. Would I see any video quality improvement installing this mod and converting hdmi to component for the RT5X vs the stock Wii component out?

I remember after the Wii's release installing the WiiKey modchips. Didn't even use any type of magnification thanks to my 20/15 vision. I used to do a bunch of console modding services through Xbox-Scene. I even had a guy from Norway (I live in the US) send me his Xbox 360 to fix. I kind of miss doing that stuff. Funnily enough I never saw the disassembly of a Wii console hard. Sure there were tons of screws but I never considered it hard by any means, just a bit time consuming. That was over back in the late 2000's. Even funnier is that I always used an Xacto-Knife to remove those screw covers. No one ever told me to do that. It just seemed the easiest way to remove them.

Great opinions on future development of high resolutions upgrade module.

I tried the dYI hdmi mod where I built my own board and used the Wii dual flex cable. I never got it working I don’t know if I built the board wrong or did the install wrong but I was hesitant to watch this video because the frustration I’ve had trying to install it. But after a while I figured just buy someone else’s perfected board and rip out the one you put in. So in with electron Shepard lol Great video voultar (I am making a modded GBS up scaler later this week via your tutorial, I can’t wait to get it finished)

fully liberated LETS GO!!

Looking forward to the review of the 4k retro tink. Waiting on ossc pro as well. Wonder if any other 4k upscalers will com out as well. Will it actually reduce even more lag on a 4k TV since it's already 4k single? Otherwise the TV itself needs to upscale the image right?

Just bought 3 of these! Can't wait to give these a go. I have zero experience with the Wii other than soft modding.

the Bob Ross of console modders. Watching this felt so therapeutic and reassuring

Awesome video, a few things I would add... - I panicked when having no audio. I was about to desolder and resolder the flex cable (again because my first attempt produced no video). I had to dig around the AVE-HDMI kits website to find out to enable the audio through the GCVideo but then... - How to access the GCVideo menu. I had already had some info that you needed a GameCube controller but it took some time to find it. Again, troubleshooting info on the kits website. How does one access the GCVideo menu w/o a GC controller? - New shipments come with the IR port with a button. Took some time to figure out how to get that all connected up. It is actually quite easy. Problem is, I only found out where to connect the leads by looking at the images on the product page. That fault falls on Electron Shepard. With a clear case, which I got the smoke clear, the IR port works. Solid cases would require more filing to allow access to the IR receiver. I'm not sure what the button does but I drilled a small hole to access it with a paper clip. - The ground is different on different consoles, at least the labeling. I have an RVL-CPU-01 and the R186 is not the same. It took a while to find someone's posting and I grounded it to C110. Obviously you can't have every version of Wii board. Is there a ground point that would work for every model? - I ordered an IR remote but it did not work out of the box. My GameCube GCVideo adapter came with a remote that worked out of the box. It didn't work either. Luckily, GCVideo menu has a section on mapping the buttons Otherwise, awesome video, great instructions. My daughter saw a bit of it and liked the bracelets.

As per your intro I agree 100%. Great video as usual

Voultar, what would you recommend as a good way to clean out USB A C and micro ports? Deoxit, alcohol, a toothbrush, or maybe a paint brush as it wouldn't be as stiff?