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Just over a week ago, team Xecuter announced that they are working on a soon-to-be-revealed modchip for the Nintendo Switch. This was big news because modchip devices are usually used to circumvent anti-piracy measures on many digital platforms, but mainly gaming systems, and to see one already in the works for a machine that is only 10 months old is very rare.

Since then the team have been quiet, no one knows what the device will look like, how it will work, or when they can get their hands on one - but GBAtemp can exclusively reveal today that there will be BOTH a solder AND solderless option of team Xecuter's Nintendo Switch modchip.

Here is a direct quote from team Xecuter:

For now, I can tell you there is a solder and solderless version. We have quite a lot in the works, you will have more info soon.

The difference in pricing should be interesting in the two versions of the device, but at least you can now rest safely, knowing that the team will be providing options for whatever the Xecuter Switch modchip turns out to be.

Stay tuned to GBAtemp for more info in the upcoming weeks.

 

[SirNapkin1334]

I think this is a great thing-better than a flashcart, though this is coming from a guy who bought an NDS flashcart and never uses it for anything but NTRBoot.

 

[ShadowOne333]

So who are the real wizards? Team Xecuter or the self-proclaimed "wizards" in the switchhax discord channels? I'm confused. Maybe they'll wave their wands and make magic soon or maybe they'll post another dumb cryptic tweet.

The more wands, the merrier :^)

 

[SirNapkin1334]

So who are the real wizards? Team Xecuter or the self-proclaimed "wizards" in the switchhax discord channels? I'm confused. Maybe they'll wave their wands and make magic soon or maybe they'll post another dumb cryptic tweet.

The softmodders. Hardware mods are cool, but I think that ColdbootHax via software is much more amazing.

 

[V-Temp]

From the (really uninformative, 2 sentence) article I just read on WiiBrew, that exploit happened while the system was running. This happens before the system boots (as shown by their Team Xecuter icon instead of the Nintendo icon) which means that it most likely happens in bootROM, which is unpatchable (the eFuses that do patch the bootROM have already been set).

It can be patched at the factory level. iPatches are likely to wipe this out once its REed.

 

[rac]

I wonder if that solderless option is actually some kind of Sky3DS and not really a mod chip

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probably that the so0lderless version will cost more

or lower the portability of tablet mode greatly

 

[Deleted User]

It can be patched at the factory level. iPatches are likely to wipe this out once its REed.

"factory level" I am pretty sure the post i responded to was referring to a software patch. could be wrong though

 

[TheMCNerd2017]

This will be very interesting having a solder and solder-less option.

 

[Kioku]

or lower the portability of tablet mode greatly

Not if it allows for a CFW install it won't.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

*snip
lol everyone gonna quote the previous message.

 

[rac]

Not if it allows for a CFW install it won't.

hmm good point

 

[Deleted User]

I don’t understand why people are so happy about solderless.
You gonna have to open up the console and know what the fuck you are doing regardless... soldering a little part shouldn’t add much difficulty to the process

You have to connect the solderless version to a particular “contact point”(for a lack of a better word) and either leave it as it is or use tape to fix it up.

My point is, either way you need to know what you are doing..

i have yet to see how putting one thing on top of another has the same amount of risk as melting metal to a $300 board.

 

[Dan-the-Rebirth]

I for example opened my 3ds up and changed the whole Mainboard to get down to 4.5 no soldering required. And I knew there were talks about hardmods, nand flashing ans so on. But I didn't want to solder something

 

[ShadowOne333]

I don’t understand why people are so happy about solderless.
You gonna have to open up the console and know what the fuck you are doing regardless... soldering a little part shouldn’t add much difficulty to the process

You have to connect the solderless version to a particular “contact point”(for a lack of a better word) and either leave it as it is or use tape to fix it up.

My point is, either way you need to know what you are doing..

As if opening up the Switch to get to the mother board is a PhD worthy task.
Opening a console up is not even difficult, you just need to know what you unscrew, where and put it back together in backwards order.

Much more painless than having to solder something to millimetric precision

 

[ReDEyeDz]

My point is, either way you need to know what you are doing..

Comparing actual soldering to ducktaping 2 wires? Really?

 

[Thirty3Three]

See? I know there would be a solderless solution. BOOM!

Poor "I do tiny soldering" guy

LOOOL! I laughed so hard at this, and I think it's just the fact that you put that in quotes haha!

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Still waiting on a softmod tho

 

[nikeymikey]

I still have a solderless Xecuter 3 chip in my OG Xbox, i could go, pull it down from the loft and it would still work. It did just around a month ago as it goes. That box has been bumped and moved around shitloads of times, think i had to reseat the chip once right back not long after in stalled it waaaaaay back when.

One of these Badboys
This was the solderless solution, Held in place with a motherboard screw. That tiny wire poking out the left was the only fiddly bit about it (it had to go in a really small hole)

I also have one of these beauts on the front, complete modchip control all from the front panel and that screen was pure sex back in the day (it was entirely underused tho)

Basically what i am saying is Team Xecuter know their shit so dont judge before it announced properly.

 

[wiired24]

clearly not since you don't know how to spell 'solder' lol
no offense, that's just a bit funny to me

My point has been made lmfao

 

[SkittleDash]

Solderless? Nice to know that they want to make sure that anyone can use it. I'm shite when it comes to soldering. I know how to solder. My only problem is accuracy. >3>

 

[subcon959]

With a Spring release date, TX needs to keep the hype up by continuously releasing info otherwise people are gonna forget all about this if a decent software solution is released first.

 

[Deleted User]

With a Spring release date, TX needs to keep the hype up by continuously releasing info otherwise people are gonna forget all about this if a decent software solution is released first.

i'd rather them be patient and slow with their information. if they give it all up right now, then in 2 months, all will be forgotten unless they reveal how the exploit works.