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Youll need to have trimmed your Wii, so if you havent done that yet then youll need to read and complete that section first.

Its important to pay special attention to this part of the guide as messing up during this section could result in your Wii board no longer being functional making it necessary to prepare a new board.

You can use a pair of pliers to remove each of the capacitors if you havent already.

If traces rip up its OK as well be wiring video on the other side of the board.

Theyll move a bit when you fold the Wii motherboard back into place.

Ensure you apply some sort of thermal paste onto both the CPU and GPU of the Wii before screwing it down.

Press the source button while the G-Boy is powered on to ensure the LCD did not ship in VGA mode.

If you are not able to access the internet with your computer, then there is a problem with your internet connection.

Wait until the modem initializes (usually when the wan or internet led is lit) then connect the router as well.

These Belkin routers have been confirmed to be uncompatible: F5D6231-4 vers.1000m FSD7230-4 vers.4000, F5D8233-4 vers.

Some Comcast routers and Netgear WTG624 have also reported to have problems.

Normally Wii autodetects this but if you have entered it manually its a good idea to double check.

Recommended channel settings are: 1, 6 or 11 since these channels doesnt interfere with each other.

Use Netstumber to check for other networks in the area and choose a channel as far from the others as possible.

The Channel setting is typically found in the Wireless section of your routers setup utility.

See the Ultimate Wii Guide for a step-by-step guide on setting up your router.

If you use one of the newer Wireless-N routers, disable the N functionality by setting the mode fixed to G or B.

Also note that if you live in an apartment and a neighbor uses the microwave oven, the signal might be interfered as well.

Say you got 192.168.1.100 on your computer, then you could enter 192.168.1.150 for example.

The IP address needs to be outside the routers DHCP range).

Enter the exact same values that you got from the IP config command on your PC as subnetmask, default gateway, Primary DNS and Secondary DNS.

Skip the Proxy Server entry if you dont use a proxy which is normally the case.

Leave the MTU value at standard 1500 or adjust according to your connection (see other things to try below and make sure both your router and wii have the same MTU value).

If you are using the unsecure WEP remember only to use the 1 slot since Wii wont work with the other slots.

Most cable and some DSL ISPs allow 1500 which is the optimal setting.

If your router are logging in to the ISP using PPOE a max MTU of 1492 must be used.

Selecting the openon option on Nat Filtering Check if your router using MAC filtering Browse to the routers default IP using a web browser.

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Find the MAC Filtering setting (usually under Security) If Mac Filtering is enabled, either disable it or enter the Wii consoles MAC address in the list of approved MAC addresses.

The MAC address of the Wii console is displayed on the first line.

Add these applications as trusted applications in your firewall configuration: SoftAPInstDrv.bin mdriver.exe setup.exe (during installation of the USB Connector).

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