Xeno chip Gamecube mod- can I use wire from an Ethernet cable?

[jdsteel7]

Thread title, lol. Can I use wires harvested from an ethernet cable to solder the chip onto the board? I don't have any wire but this stuff looks like it would work right?

 

[Shadow#1]

Thread title, lol. Can I use wires harvested from an ethernet cable to solder the chip onto the board? I don't have any wire but this stuff looks like it would work right?

Sure

 

[jdsteel7]

Sure

Great thanks! Wish me luck, I'm doing the wired one since I don't trust myself to solder a chip directly to the motherboard

 

[Shadow#1]

Great thanks! Wish me luck, I'm doing the wired one since I don't trust myself to solder a chip directly to the motherboard

Your gonna find it a hassle burning games

 

[jdsteel7]

Your gonna find it a hassle burning games

I'm just planning on loading them onto a SD2SP2

 

[jdsteel7]

Update: I think I may have blown out my laser I foolishly was adjusting the pot on my laser, and think I went too low. Now my cube makes a couple of clicking sounds but won't read any discs, even after turning the pot back up. Do you think the laswer is totally shot?

 

[KleinesSinchen]

Update: I think I may have blown out my laser I foolishly was adjusting the pot on my laser, and think I went too low. Now my cube makes a couple of clicking sounds but won't read any discs, even after turning the pot back up. Do you think the laswer is totally shot?

Unlike the PS2 you cannot burn out the laser immediately as there is always an additional fixed resistor.
Lowering the resistance is not without risks though – and should be done in tiny steps. Clarification: Did you use a multimeter and write down the original value? Blindly adjusting the potentiometer might result in the drive behaving like you described.

 

[jdsteel7]

Unlike the PS2 you cannot burn out the laser immediately as there is always an additional fixed resistor.
Lowering the resistance is not without risks though – and should be done in tiny steps. Clarification: Did you use a multimeter and write down the original value? Blindly adjusting the potentiometer might result in the drive behaving like you described.

Unfortunately, I did not use a multimeter and just leeroy jenkins'ed it like an idiot. I didn't even think to look for the Xeno light to confirm I got the chip on right... yeah, was just an off day today.
Your message gives me hope though about maybe the laser not being dead. It was working PERFECTLY (on official game disks of course) up until I started messing with the pot.