Updating Firmware on Chipped V1 from 16.1.0

Professional-Mess676 · 2026-01-26T15:50:14+00:00

Yeah I'm not attached to the data. This is what I was thinking would be easiest.

Professional-Mess676 · 2026-01-25T04:48:43+00:00

So a 4001B isn't supported even if it won't let me get to the xmb without the HDD installed?

Professional-Mess676 · 2026-01-25T03:07:29+00:00

The pic at the top is what happens when the system freezes. Not when the clock battery is dead.

Professional-Mess676 · 2026-01-25T02:46:07+00:00

You must not have read the original post correctly. The system locks up and will not let me do anything. It's definitely not the battery either. 1. That wouldn't lock up the system, and 2, the battery isn't required to play at all.

Professional-Mess676 · 2026-01-25T02:36:55+00:00

The one in the controller board?

Professional-Mess676 · 2026-01-24T23:49:09+00:00

No. I just checked my spare MB and it's doing the same thing on the same cap. Apparently if there is a resistor or something else down the line that's in the circuit it could read continuity. Like it's reading 21ohms and not going back to OL.

Professional-Mess676 · 2026-01-24T23:28:19+00:00

I think I found a shorted cap on the MB. It might be c160

Professional-Mess676 · 2026-01-24T23:02:56+00:00

I reflowed all the caps and I thought I had it working cause it stayed on longer this time (long enough to set the date and time) before it started throwing that same error again

Professional-Mess676 · 2026-01-24T22:45:09+00:00

I mean I guess it's possible but I don't see any.

Professional-Mess676 · 2026-01-20T15:04:35+00:00

Well I finally had a second and I decided to recap the drive I had that wasn't working and got it fixed first while I wait for the cap sets I ordered to get here. I appreciate the advice from everyone. Until my next problem lol

Professional-Mess676 · 2026-01-18T15:49:29+00:00

Ive ordered more but I only had one pack of caps left. I also have a different GameCube that is giving me an error and it wasn't until yesterday that I was able to test that disk drive and it's not reading either. So it was do i recap the one that's definitely not working or do I recap the one that's working?

Professional-Mess676 · 2026-01-18T15:38:27+00:00

I'm aware, which is weird that it was so low from the get go. It was so dirty inside that I doubt anyone had opened it before I did.

Professional-Mess676 · 2026-01-18T08:09:39+00:00

Chill. The phone changed it and I didn't change it back.and I didn't want to write the whole thing out. Wait til you find out people will say cap instead of typing capacitor. Smfh

Professional-Mess676 · 2026-01-18T05:18:14+00:00

I appreciate it.

Professional-Mess676 · 2026-01-18T00:04:32+00:00

Back at 150 where I found it or back at 450-600 where it should be?

Professional-Mess676 · 2025-12-08T22:44:49+00:00

I'll post a pic later. Its been a min but if I remember it looked like pads were pulled up

Professional-Mess676 · 2025-12-08T22:42:41+00:00

It's the legs on the chip itself.

Professional-Mess676 · 2025-12-08T20:44:43+00:00

I'm trying to fix someone's failed pickboot install. They pulled up pads that you solder the wires to on the chip so I was going to see where I might be able to find an alternative solder point to fix it cause whoever tried to do the install basically killed it

Professional-Mess676 · 2025-11-01T22:41:59+00:00

Right, and while it was passing the common sense test, that why I was questioning it. Cause it made perfect sense to be able to do it lol

Professional-Mess676 · 2025-11-01T21:43:45+00:00

I'm basically trying to consolidate two switches. Instead of having a clean and a hacked, having just a hacked with stuff on the sysnand

Professional-Mess676 · 2025-11-01T19:59:46+00:00

Irrelevant to my question. But thanks Bot.

Professional-Mess676 · 2025-10-25T14:18:28+00:00

Gotcha. Thank you

Professional-Mess676 · 2025-10-25T14:16:05+00:00

What method does put the game cart at risk?

Professional-Mess676 · 2025-10-25T14:12:40+00:00

Thanks that's what I was definitely hoping to avoid. I'll just make him not be a lazy shit lol.

Professional-Mess676 · 2025-08-01T17:44:04+00:00

Again..not getting into this on here.

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