Rummy Posted December 30, 2008 Posted December 30, 2008 So, I know the GC is, unlike the PS2, a properly and well made console(i.e not made to break), but I also have heard whispers of it getting DREs. Sometimes due to it being dropped. Just the other day, in fact, a friend of mine walked right up to me and whispered into my ear some sweet little nothings, but then he quite plainly and regularly told me that his GC had broken and was giving him DREs. I said I'd have a go at fixing it for him, and in the meanwhile he can borrow one of mine as I've got a few, plus my Wii. He thinks he dropped it, once. My problem is, I don't even know how to begin fixing them! I've been scouring the internet for the past hour but not been having much luck in finding anything to help guide me to fixing such a thing. In the PS2 it was kind of easy to just adjust the dropped laser(which I'd assume is the same problem in the GC) as it had the little cog, but I don't know if anything similar exists in the GC also. So basically, I'm just wondering if anyone knows anything about how to attempt to self fix a GC? Handy guides etc? Ideally one with some pictures/video? I can open and take a gamecube apart without much problem, as I did it when I did my casejob, but that never required me to know any technical inside workings, really. Now I need to know what I need to do to what inside to make things work again, assuming it's fixable.
D_prOdigy Posted December 30, 2008 Posted December 30, 2008 You're worried about your games console getting digital rectal examinations?
Nolan Posted December 30, 2008 Posted December 30, 2008 Replace the whole disc assembly. It's not hard I did it with PS1s back when I was like 13 with no interwebs.
Ten10 Posted December 31, 2008 Posted December 31, 2008 Nah leetpants is talking rubbish there. All you need to do is purchase a multimeter. One that measures resistance (ohms) then you just need to flip the disc assembly over and adjust the pot. Google adjusting the pot (Potentiometer) on a gamecube laser, to get proper instructions because its simple to do but hard to explain. You MUST purchase a multimeter, I tried doing it without one and fried my laser, because the most minuscule turn of a screw driver can change the pot value by loads. There are also quite a few old threads on here discussing the problem in detail, so you could do some digging too. Never mind I've already dug up said post Wahoo Edit 2: None of those links in that post are working so I'll look for an up to date guide for you. Updated guide
Rummy Posted January 1, 2009 Author Posted January 1, 2009 Tis brilliant cheers Ten10, couldn't find much about it on here but I spent a few hours combing the internet and found similar info, but quite hard to find anywhere with working links! We've got a multimeter or two floating about somewhere anyway, so I'll dig it out and have a go when I get my mate's cube. Cheers!
Ten10 Posted January 1, 2009 Posted January 1, 2009 No problemo just make sure you use the multimeter or you'll have to shell out for a new laser and they are hard to find these days. Good luck Rummy I'm sure you'll get it working fine again.
Rummy Posted January 5, 2009 Author Posted January 5, 2009 Right, got the cube, got me mutlimeter, got some a screwdriver set, and got a precision screwdriver set(plus a now melted biro casing and an opened up gamecube). However, I'm uncertain which setting of resistance to use on the multimeter(how embarrassing) and also what value I should actually set it to, because it says 170-210, but then if original >250? Does that mean if it's an original gamecube or something? EDIT:Or is it the more sensible idea of if the reading is more than 250, set it down to 170-210? EDITEDIT:Seems the current reading is ~200ohms, not sure what to set it to given that...170? EDITEDITEDIT:Set it to about 185, gonna give it back to my mate to run and test out, cos I had trouble getting as many DREs as he had as it was! Hard to know when you've fixed something when you find it hard to run broken :P
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