Hello Gbatemp. I have noticed the gamecube subforum is still active, so I wanted to ask for help with this issue.
I have a Gamecube which I modded myself (with a XenoGC v2 chip). I had this console working for a short while last year, but it suddenly stopped reading games (at least burned DVDs.. cannot confirm retail games, since I lost mine a long time ago). I did a fairly whacky job with the Xeno chip, so I thought it was possible some of the soldering points desoldered or something, but I didn't have the time/patience to fix it.
This year, I wanted to play Twilight Princess so, I made my mind to repair the cube. I disassembled it and found out that effectively, soldering point 1 of the Xeno chip wasn't soldered. So, I fixed it (soldering it in the alternative point), and booted one of my back ups. It didn't work.
I assumed it was the laser lens that had died, because I left the Gamecube all this time without its cover (without the entire cover, so the lens was left to the air and dust, etc.), so I purchased a new one. I replaced it, played with the POT.. and even setting it as low as 90ohm wouldn't work (I don't want to go lower, since I don't wanna risk burning out the new laser). Newly burned games won't work either.
If the discs I'm using is an issue, I'll make sure to go and try other ones. The ones I'm currently using are Sony DVD+R (yes +R as opposed to the recommended -R, but these worked for a while before). The specs of the discs are the following:
The symptoms with either the old laser lens or the new one are the same:
-Console starts and starts reading
-XenoGC light turns on red, after a while turns yellow (yellow is normal and okay for v2)
-Laser keeps bumping like it doesn't recognize the disc
-Laser lens stops, the famous non-descriptive Gamecube error message appears on-screen and disc initialization restarts, as does XenoGC. From this point, it seems the console is now able to recognize the disc, but since the error message is already on-screen, it's of no use.
I'm willing to try other disc brands and other recording options. I'm also mildly experienced with soldering and tinkering with electronics, so I'm taking soldering/other suggestions too.
I have a Gamecube which I modded myself (with a XenoGC v2 chip). I had this console working for a short while last year, but it suddenly stopped reading games (at least burned DVDs.. cannot confirm retail games, since I lost mine a long time ago). I did a fairly whacky job with the Xeno chip, so I thought it was possible some of the soldering points desoldered or something, but I didn't have the time/patience to fix it.
This year, I wanted to play Twilight Princess so, I made my mind to repair the cube. I disassembled it and found out that effectively, soldering point 1 of the Xeno chip wasn't soldered. So, I fixed it (soldering it in the alternative point), and booted one of my back ups. It didn't work.
I assumed it was the laser lens that had died, because I left the Gamecube all this time without its cover (without the entire cover, so the lens was left to the air and dust, etc.), so I purchased a new one. I replaced it, played with the POT.. and even setting it as low as 90ohm wouldn't work (I don't want to go lower, since I don't wanna risk burning out the new laser). Newly burned games won't work either.
If the discs I'm using is an issue, I'll make sure to go and try other ones. The ones I'm currently using are Sony DVD+R (yes +R as opposed to the recommended -R, but these worked for a while before). The specs of the discs are the following:
Code:
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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R:RITEK-F16-001]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD+R] - [DVD+R]
Manufacturer Name : [Ritek Corp.]
Manufacturer ID : [RITEK]
Media Type ID : [F16]
Product Revision : [001]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,295,104 Sectors = 4.70 GB (4.38 GiB)]
Recording Speeds : [1x-2.4x , 4x , 6x-8x , 6x-16x]
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[ DVD Identifier V5.2.0 - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------The symptoms with either the old laser lens or the new one are the same:
-Console starts and starts reading
-XenoGC light turns on red, after a while turns yellow (yellow is normal and okay for v2)
-Laser keeps bumping like it doesn't recognize the disc
-Laser lens stops, the famous non-descriptive Gamecube error message appears on-screen and disc initialization restarts, as does XenoGC. From this point, it seems the console is now able to recognize the disc, but since the error message is already on-screen, it's of no use.
I'm willing to try other disc brands and other recording options. I'm also mildly experienced with soldering and tinkering with electronics, so I'm taking soldering/other suggestions too.
