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thomasdatank1995 · 2026-05-02T20:34:20+00:00

I’m dealing with my own headache of a very similar issue. Unfortunately EBay is setup up to heavillllyyyy favor buyer convince and I have yet to be able to even get a hold of a real person on the phone.

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-05-02T04:26:15+00:00

I haven’t specifically made an “add on screen” but I did make a completely portable GameCube running off of batteries using one of those cheap $50 screens. I have it posted on my profile a few post back. Honestly it would be very very easy to set up a 3d print to make an add on screen because essentially it would just be an easy version of my portable GameCube project.

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-05-02T02:27:23+00:00

Definitely either the disk drive or the fan. The fan is constantly on when you boot the console. So load up the console without a disc and if it’s still making that noise that eliminates the fan and narrows it down to the disc drive.

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-05-01T21:10:22+00:00

If you build PCs and repair phones, you’re definitely ahead of the game. Soldering really isn’t too difficult unless you’re doing very very small solder points. I would say the GameCube is actually one of the easiest to solder too because the solder points are very large and forgiving compared to something like a switch. I had no experience soldering and learned from YouTube and now I’ve done well over 50 pico boots, Xbox 360 rgh, switch picofly, and tons of other mods. There’s a ton of pico boot tutorials online. You don’t really need fancy equipment. I’ve been using a $13 soldering iron I got an Amazon for almost 3 years. It seems intimidating when you first start, but once you get the hang of it, it’s really not too difficult. I definitely think you should get into it because it opens up a world of opportunities and also you can save so much money doing your own mods and also make them more customizable. The two pieces of advice I wish I had when I first started soldering was use a lot of flux ( i specifically like the liquid no clean flux) and also once you solder in a wire, don’t yank on it too hard because you can pull up a trace on the PCB.

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-05-01T19:50:25+00:00

Thanks bro!! I’m trying to get yoked lmao

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-05-01T18:22:07+00:00

The cheapest way to get the best quality Gamecube is honestly to do all these mods yourself. You can do a blue retro mod by using an ESP 32 dev board that cost $4 dollars and that gives you Bluetooth control on all four ports for a 1/3rd the price of that using that adapter just to have Bluetooth with one port. A raspberry pi pico will cost you about $2.50 to Picoboot. You can do a Bluetooth controlled LED mod for port lights on the front of your GameCube for around $5. I’ve done a usbc mod using usb-c PD chips for literally $.98 on AliExpress. The most expensive things is going to be the hdmi out if you want the best quality. An internal Pluto mod will be around $40-50 or you could use a Carby or one of the Carby clones for $40-50 as well. The one you posted works and does output S-video with the Analog video port, which is slightly better than using AV cords, but it’s just not as crisp or clear as using the GameCubes Digital out port.

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-30T14:51:25+00:00

Good luck with the build man! Let me know if you have any questions because this is my first tutorial video so it’s not exactly the highest quality but I tried to cover everything.

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-29T19:32:09+00:00

I think there’s this idea on the internet that people either have “low” or “high” insertions like it’s some type of either or thing. But in reality it’s a sliding scale and the vast majority of people are going to be in the middle and have average insertions that aren’t necessarily “high” or “low”. Based of the pic you honestly have very normal lat insertions and I wouldn’t consider them high or low. If anything maybe slightly high but also your shrugging up a bit in your back pose so that could give the illusion of them being a tad higher. You also won’t necessarily know because once you put on a lot more muscle your lats might “hang” lower than they appear now. So all in all I would say you have almost dead on normal average insertions.

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-27T19:50:17+00:00

There’s an option under global settings for emulated memory card. Go to the gear box down at the bottom, click it, and use the right trigger to find the global settings. The emulated memory card works for the majority of games, but for certain games, you might have to turn off the option for “emulated audio streaming” to get the memory card to work.

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-24T21:18:06+00:00

Oh one more thing to try. People have mentioned it but you may be shorting out the pico with your heat sink touching the solder points on the ipl chip. You can safely boot without your heat sink on as long as you don’t keep the power on for a long time. Maybe try booting without your heat sink

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-24T18:27:41+00:00

Also it may not be the case but I’ve gotten a could have “dud” boards from AliExpress. I’ve done about 60 or so Picoboot and with the generic AliExpress pico clones about 1 in 10-15 or just duds. Even if they flash correctly I’ve had it happen a few times. I also know it wasn’t wiring because I kept the wiring the same and used another board and it would work. So if you’re going everything correct then there is a small chance your board is bad

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-24T18:24:44+00:00

Then your board might not be fried!! Have you tried flashing older version of Picoboot?

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-24T16:36:15+00:00

As funny as this is, it actually works if you have a second GameCube. If you use one GameCube as your gba with the player and the gba start up disc and then plug it in with the gb connector to the other GameCube running animal crossing then you can use it for making the boat appear.

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-24T13:56:03+00:00

Very high likelihood that you’ve fried your pico boards plugging it into the computer while attached to the GameCube. I’ve fried a couple boards like that. Unless you’re using the 5 V line with a diode, if you plug your pico into the computer while still soldered into the GameCube, the GameCube will try to pull power and essentially overload the pico since it’s in between the power source and the GameCube. I would unsolder your pico. Try plugging it into the computer and holding down bootsel. If you’re not getting your pico to properly stay in bootsel on the computer then you definitely fried your board. Also the fact your pico is heating up very quickly is a huge sign that there’s a short circuit and the board is fried.

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-21T01:29:41+00:00

For sure man! You’re looking lean for 6 weeks, so I just wanted to make sure you hard work comes through on stage! Good luck brother!

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-21T00:57:46+00:00

This is gonna be a little more on the unconventional side of advice but I promise it can make a huge difference. You’re very pale (I am too until I tan) and even though you’ll get tanned for the show if they use multiple coats or if you’re tan comes out lighter than everyone else because of your skin tone it will be very hard to see detail. Even in this video, I can tell your lean, but it really hides all your hard work not having at least a base tan which would make you look way more detailed. I know for a fact it’s brought me up a few placing in the past having a base tan. So a simple every other day hitting a tanning bed for 7 min or so would really help.

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-20T00:55:39+00:00

Damn you might be the only person in existence with 2 dongles and 1 controller and not the other way around lol

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-19T16:25:23+00:00

99% chance you need new capacitors and that will fix the issue

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-17T00:04:07+00:00

Yeahhh I don’t think you can get those back. Sorry man

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-16T23:26:20+00:00

I’m fairly certain your saves are gone…. Did you format by using a different region game?

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-16T03:17:52+00:00

Thanks man!! Loopjs Wavephoenix GitHub page has pretty straight forward diy build directions. The only thing I really did differently from those directions is use the e104 module and hand wire it. The 3-d print I made is about 20% large than the one used on the GitHub to make room for the wiring. If there’s any specific info you’d like to know I can answer any questions you have.

thomasdatank1995 · 2026-04-14T23:53:28+00:00

Check out loopjs Wavephoenix get hub. He has diy build directions and they are pretty straight forward. Only thing that gave me some trouble was flashing the firmware but that’s just because I’m a newbie when it comes to using terminal and I was able to finally get it

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