Modding Gamecube

Hi guys.

I've got a gamecube here that is kinda b0rked the laser in it wont read discs. I've read some websites and i took it apart to change the laser sensativity but it still doesnt work?.

Has anyone got any ideas on how to fix it or what i can use the gamecube for i bought it for £10 so it must have some use.

 

I think that I saw some spare lasers etc for it (probably lik-sang.com) but I could be wrong.
sadly the cube is a little small for an ITX board :/
you could make a nice potted plant holder from it.

 

im sure it cant be too much to get repaired from nintendo
or maybe just buy a spare part from somewhere and fix it yourself
and it is probably too small to fit a ultra-sff mobo in

lunchbox maybe??

edit: ahhhh beat me to it

 

the lasers are £32 on their own plus the £10 for the broken one thats £42 i can get 1 new for that.

Also nintendo wont take it back cause the top got scratched with sand paper. :/

 

£42 is pretty steep for a repair that may not even work
especially when you can buy a working 2nd hand gamecube for another £20 or so
you could gut it and sell it on ebay for spares maybe

 

just wish it could be fixed or used for something useful?

and use for lcd screen holder?

 

im sure there a billion things you could use the case for
just need a bit of imagination and a lot of free time

 

confirmed these details.

:-

cd spins
laser (red thingy works)
laser still moves
doesnt recognise disc
says please insert disc

all help greatly appreciated.

 

sounds silly, but have you tried a cleaning disc at all?

 

yes

 

well then nevermind

 

could you link to the gamecube website you got info from?

 

i have the same problem with the ps2

 

My Gamecube does the same thing - it started off as an intermittent problem, and then got more and more frequent until the damn thing stopped working altogether. I have resigned myself to just buying a new one - once you factor in the extra controller and a bundled game it doesn't really cost that much.

 

im getting worried now
is this a widespread problem with the GC?
i couldnt bear to miss out on precious monkey-ball time

 

yes it is actually a wide spread problem and nintendo know this.

heres the website i got info from.

http://pub94.ezboard.com/fgameconsolerepairforumfrm5?page=2

some people are saying go to electronics boutique and they will give me price reduction but eb dont exist anymore.

 

where did you get gamecube for £10? ebay?

 

friend.

 

ahh thats just the site i was looking for, but completely forgot the name!!
thanks so much
im hopefully working on modding a cube soon, to go with my zelda pc case hehe

 

mines broken though