This Broken GameCube Lives Again
I bought this Nintendo GameCube with a broken disc drive from ebay, and when it arrived, the shell was sticky and was filthy inside and out. So in this video, I set out to give it a second chance with a sympathetic restoration and install the opensource, solderless picoloader so we can play games. Which GameCube mod should I try next? Video product links: SD2SP2 https://amzn.to/4d6D6CU Solderless Picoloader: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10050... Thermal Pads: https://amzn.to/4eG8hpZ SD Card: https://amzn.to/4tyU7dL Battery: https://amzn.to/3PCpoi6 Kit I use: Soldering iron: https://amzn.to/4r9M1XX Vaccum pump: https://amzn.to/4sw9ns4 Top down camera: Nikon z6 - https://amzn.to/4rXomLI Angle camera: Sony ZV-E10, 16-50mm https://amzn.to/3P3wLOV https://amzn.to/4c4WvlY https://amzn.to/48iWF8b Follow Picoloader on Github: https://github.com/makeo/PicoLoader Timestamps: 00:00 What we're doing today 00:43 Open the gamecube 01:10 Remove front and back panel 01:20 Take out fan and power supply 01:33 Removing a thousand screws 02:13 Take out the dvd drive 02:30 Remove the heatsink & other gubbins 04:05 Dismantle the shell 04:44 Cleaning the cube 05:43 Replace the thermal gloop with new thermal pads 07:50 Install the solderless Picoloader 11:00 Install a new battery 11:43 Reinstalling the fan 12:17 USB Power Supply & more reassembly 13:05 SD2SP2 install 13:35 Checking out Swiss 15:05 Outro #GameCube #NintendoGameCube #Picoloader #ConsoleRestoration #RetroGaming #GameCubeMod #GameCubeRestoration #RetroConsole #Nintendo #GamingSetup

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