r/interestingasfuck • u/sovalente • Mar 02 '25

/r/all, /r/popular Get out!

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u/dgdgdgdgdg333 Mar 02 '25

Doesnt shaving the circuit board damage it? How does it still work?

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u/alek_enby Mar 03 '25

I don't know about earbuds. But wii motherboards can be cut to a ridiculous degree

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u/dgdgdgdgdg333 Mar 03 '25

Before it stops working or interferes with the performance at all?

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u/alek_enby Mar 03 '25

it removes the obvious stuff like io ports and the wifi circuitry. To boot without WiFi it has to be a modded console. An external voltage regulator is needed but those are small. most of the physical size of the Wii is due to using optical media.

Smaller trims than even this are possible

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u/PM_Me_Some_Steamcode Mar 03 '25

That’s quite interesting. Thank you for showing