gamecube error message

confuserized · Post by **confuserized** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:00 pm

I ripped apart my gamecube and there's nothing attached to the motherboard besides my cooling system. So when i plug it into the tv, and turn it on, the logo pops up, but after a few seconds there is an error message. Is it supposed to do that or is my gamecube screwed? And my gamecube is a rev C gamecube, if that changes anything.

sipsorz3 · Post by **sipsorz3** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:03 pm

what does the error say, or is it only "ERROR" and nothing more, it should tell the reason of the error.

confuserized · Post by **confuserized** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:14 pm

its says error, please read the gamecube instruction manual for further information (i didn't get one cause i bought it at a garage sale)

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:14 pm

Try putting a game in.

No, um...did you do anything to it? Like try to mod the firmware, put a modchip in, etc.

Or is it not reading the disc? In which case, tweak the laser a little.

confuserized · Post by **confuserized** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:18 pm

well its completely hacked into little bits, and the disk drive isn't attached (does that make a difference)?

sipsorz3 · Post by **sipsorz3** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:21 pm

I have a gamecube that completely misses the top part (the driver) but it works perfectly but you can't use any games (guess why...) no Errors ever appeared and its alsohacked into little bits but everything is still atached so you could run it on any TV.

confuserized · Post by **confuserized** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:26 pm

btw the board with the controller ports and battery is missing too, but is that important?

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:41 pm

confuserized wrote:btw the board with the controller ports and battery is missing too, but is that important?

Yes. You need the disk drive and the controller ports both attached.

confuserized · Post by **confuserized** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:50 pm

do i need the ports, or just the led and battery?

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:51 pm

You don't need the actual ports themselves, but what's the point?!? You want to actually be able to play the games, don't you?

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:54 pm

The controller ports board, led and battery are not needed, but the DD is.

SS

confuserized · Post by **confuserized** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:00 pm

im making it portable, so the ports have to go, im just not sure whether this message is supposed to be there

kasar · Post by **kasar** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:56 am

I remember that error when I tried to portabilize the gamecube.

when I turned the gamecube without the DD installed, It gave a error message into a red box at the main gamecube menu.

that screen cannont be skiped, that means a unmoded gamecube needs the DD drive.

Anyway I did a nice discover with my qoob pro, if you turn on the gamecube with the qoob pro chip attached without the DD, it get a freeze screen, but if you hold the "Y" buttom of the first controller meanwhile it is turning on, you can go to the qoob options and lunch a dol (dol means gamecube executable binary file, this like an exe file for windows) from the qoob memory, I get this very usefull, due I used a dol wich load another executables from the sd card plugged into memcard A, this mean you can play games, and emulators without all the Disc Drive hardware present. maybe someone get usefull this info.
Anyway due several reasons I finally attached the DD and the BBA into my gcp project.

about the controllers board, it isnÂ´t needed really. if you dont belive me look at this

this is the custom method I used to wire my gamecube controller, the power led , the battery to the system and the reset buttom, anyway most of those functions arent really required