Hardware Oldies Found two disk drives with a modchip, do they have any value? or is anyone interested?

[Crylia]

Hello everyone, I got these two disk drives from a Wii lot that have a modchip, presumably a region unlock. Does anyone know if they have any value?

If anyone wants one of them, just write me, as I don't have any use for them.

 

[morning_glory]

They could be of use to somebody that has soldering/electronics experience.
Hard-mods aren't just for region restrictions.
If somebody has a lot of DVD backups, they will show interest. But taking a gamble if the drives still work is a problem. There is a reason why they were sold in the first place, but you never know.

 

[Crylia]

They could be of use to somebody that has soldering/electronics experience.
Hard-mods aren't just for region restrictions.
If somebody has a lot of DVD backups, they will show interest. But taking a gamble if the drives still work is a problem. There is a reason why they were sold in the first place, but you never know.

They work just fine, actually everything in the lot did funnily enough(6 Wii's for 5€ each)

 

[morning_glory]

The soldering workmanship looked impressive

Consider that those Wiis were modded for DVD backups (mostly). That means the drives were getting used frequently. Drive-life expectancy would be ???

My hard-mod was a simple plug-in-connect. To undo mine was a piece of cake.
To undo yours (for whatever reason) will be mostly hectic. And then the worry about overheated or damaging components. Just stating the obvious

Good luck, & I hope Santa comes to your rescue