GCN Tips / Advise for modding the Gamecube

kuronyu

New Member
OP
Newbie
Joined
Dec 29, 2010
Messages
4
Trophies
0
XP
18
Country
United States
Hi All
smile.gif


Gamecube newbie here. I would much appreciate any tips / advice on how to go about booting backups on my recently accuired Gamecube.

I basically am looking for a decent modchip to mod this console with that is still available for purchase from somewhere. I checked shoptemp but couldnt find anything for the GC.

I saw a chip called the Viper GC Extreme which looks good, but its out of stock absolutely everywhere! I also heard about streaming games over a network card, but that sounds hacky :/

So i plead for help from the community, does anybody know where i can find a decent modchip for the GC, which is still being sold?

Loveing you all in advance (because i loved you all anyway when you helped me with my DS and GBA some time back hehe)

-Kuro
 

kuronyu

New Member
OP
Newbie
Joined
Dec 29, 2010
Messages
4
Trophies
0
XP
18
Country
United States
Wow i only just noticed that has happened O.o

Thats a real shame, shoptemp was great for DS stuff. Also i'll check out that site you mentioned, thanks
smile.gif
 

kuronyu

New Member
OP
Newbie
Joined
Dec 29, 2010
Messages
4
Trophies
0
XP
18
Country
United States
Ok well just to update everyone (and for general information's sake) here's whats happened:

I ended up getting a qoob chip which has 6 wires to solder to the mainboard. I practised on an old PC mobo i didnt care about before starting the job, and also filed my iron to a point (i highly recommend using a pointed iron for this!) as some of the points are *tiny* (such as the 5V+ Red which connects to FIL4 (Fuse-In-Line4?)). Also, dab a bit of flux on the contact pads before tinning
wink.gif


Another thing that happened to me was the wires that attach to the IC under the heatsink (On the DOL-001) are liable to short out against the heatsink as once screwed back into place the gap is very small. I used some insulation tape over the top of the joints to prevent that.

I then pre-flashed the qoob to 1.3c BIOS, attached it to the harness connector and fired it up (haha ok the truth is i actually had one loose wire, fixed that, then it shorted against the heatsink lol, but got it eventually).

System booted up fine, originals read fine, but no backup disc's would read. Tweaked the laser pot. Original was 270 ohms, ended up knocking it down to 170 ohms. At 170 ohms it still wont touch the TDK 8cm DVD-R's i bought, but it is quite happy with full sized Intenso 16x DVD+R's. The disc's need to be burnt slow and be spotless though (i'll try some different media soon).

Can't speak for the other chips but the qoob isnt too bad
smile.gif
. I'm paranoid about dropping 100 ohms on the laser, but cheap spare cubes off ebay will sort that (a straight swapout, unlike the xenogc which attaches to the cd unit instead of the mobo). I'm also looking into booting off an SD card using the SD Media Launcher (might save my disc drive some life), but my order hasent arrived yet so... no data
tongue.gif


Thats about it for now, thanks a lot to the community who help me and other noobs! Hope this helps anyone who's still thinking of modding a GC for the first time (The GC rocks, dont care *how* old it is
tongue.gif
) and if anyone has any thoughts/comments/tips lemme know ^^.
 

Site & Scene News

Popular threads in this forum

General chit-chat
Help Users
  • No one is chatting at the moment.
  • Jayro @ Jayro:
    The phat model had amazingly loud speakers tho.
    +1
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @Jayro, I don't see whats so special about the DS ML, its just a DS lite in a phat shell. At least the phat model had louder speakers, whereas the lite has a much better screen.
    +1
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    They probably said "Hey, why not we combine the two together and make a 'new' DS to sell".
  • Veho @ Veho:
    It's a DS Lite in a slightly bigger DS Lite shell.
    +1
  • Veho @ Veho:
    It's not a Nintendo / iQue official product, it's a 3rd party custom.
    +1
  • Veho @ Veho:
    Nothing special about it other than it's more comfortable than the Lite
    for people with beefy hands.
    +1
  • Jayro @ Jayro:
    I have yaoi anime hands, very lorge but slender.
  • Jayro @ Jayro:
    I'm Slenderman.
  • Veho @ Veho:
    I have hands.
  • BakerMan @ BakerMan:
    imagine not having hands, cringe
    +1
  • AncientBoi @ AncientBoi:
    ESPECIALLY for things I do to myself :sad:.. :tpi::rofl2: Or others :shy::blush::evil:
    +1
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    @SylverReZ if you could find a v5 DS ML you would have the best of both worlds since the v5 units had the same backlight brightness levels as the DS Lite unlockable with flashme
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    but that's a long shot
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    i think only the red mario kart edition phat was v5
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    A woman with no arms and no legs was sitting on a beach. A man comes along and the woman says, "I've never been hugged before." So the man feels bad and hugs her. She says "Well i've also never been kissed before." So he gives her a kiss on the cheek. She says "Well I've also never been fucked before." So the man picks her up, and throws her in the ocean and says "Now you're fucked."
    +2
  • BakerMan @ BakerMan:
    lmao
  • BakerMan @ BakerMan:
    anyways, we need to re-normalize physical media

    if i didn't want my games to be permanent, then i'd rent them
    +1
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Agreed, that why I try to buy all my games on disc, Xbox anyways. Switch games (which I pirate tbh) don't matter much, I stay offline 24/7 anyways.
  • AncientBoi @ AncientBoi:
    I don't pirate them, I Use Them :mellow:. Like I do @BigOnYa 's couch :tpi::evil::rofl2:
    +1
  • cearp @ cearp:
    @BakerMan - you can still "own" digital media, arguably easier and better than physical since you can make copies and backups, as much as you like.

    The issue is DRM
  • cearp @ cearp:
    You can buy drm free games / music / ebooks, and if you keep backups of your data (like documents and family photos etc), then you shouldn't lose the game. but with a disk, your toddler could put it in the toaster and there goes your $60

    :rofl2:
  • cearp @ cearp:
    still, I agree physical media is nice to have. just pointing out the issue is drm
  • rqkaiju2 @ rqkaiju2:
    i like physical media because it actually feels like you own it. thats why i plan on burning music to cds
    rqkaiju2 @ rqkaiju2: i like physical media because it actually feels like you own it. thats why i plan on burning...