GCN Xeno GC chip install problem - DVD drive doesn't work anymore?

[kai98yoshi]

It may be the cause (defective chip putting an excessive load on the 3,3V line? assuming it's even connected to it, which it probably is), it's unlikely but you know Murphy's law

You also said the controllers still didn't work with the drive unplugged - I don't know if the GC uses self-resetting fuses (like the Wii does), but if that's the case, they should have started working again after leaving the console off for a while (although that could be measurable in days, in the worst case scenario, as seen in some raspberry pis)

Or the drive is just dead... That could be also the case, couldn't it? ...

Edit: I also recognized that after the error message occurs the wavebird reciever is still blinking when I press a button on my wavebird controller.

 

[toxic9]

Just unninstall the modchip carefully.
I don't install xenos that way.
You may bridge wrong points easily.

I can help you install xeno another way then.

 

[kai98yoshi]

Just unninstall the modchip carefully.
I don't install xenos that way.
You may bridge wrong points easily.

I can help you install xeno another way then.

Maybe that is what I should do.

 

[toxic9]

When you power on the console can you check if the leds on xeno light up? Does it light up red or nothing at all??

You need to look under the dvd drive with your room light shut to see anything!

 

[kai98yoshi]

Nothing at all I think.

 

[toxic9]

So you need to remove the chip. Be gently please no not damage the drive too much.

You need to install xeno without soldering it onto the drive.

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Check my installations...

 

[kai98yoshi]

Or I just have to improve some of the soldering points?

 

[toxic9]

The problem with that installation method is that you can't test the solder points, because the chip are over the board...
Do you have a multimeter?

 

[YOUCANTSTOPME]

He wrote that the problem still occurs now even if the drive is not connected. I don't believe it's the install causing the issue. It's the front panel. Maybe damaged ribbon cable. I don't know. Check that ribbon cable though.

Leaving the thing unplugged overnight is unlikely to fix the issue either. It only takes a few seconds for for the clock and settings to reset once it is unplugged.

 

[kai98yoshi]

The problem with that installation method is that you can't test the solder points, because the chip are over the board...
Do you have a multimeter?

Yes, I have a multimeter.

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He wrote that the problem still occurs now even if the drive is not connected. I don't believe it's the install causing the issue. It's the front panel. Maybe damaged ribbon cable. I don't know. Check that ribbon cable though.

Leaving the thing unplugged overnight is unlikely to fix the issue either. It only takes a few seconds for for the clock and settings to reset once it is unplugged.

Maybe the issue occurs because the optical drive is not detected at all? That would be explain why the error occurs in both cases.

 

[toxic9]

He wrote that the problem still occurs now even if the drive is not connected. I don't believe it's the install causing the issue. It's the front panel. Maybe damaged ribbon cable. I don't know. Check that ribbon cable though.

Leaving the thing unplugged overnight is unlikely to fix the issue either. It only takes a few seconds for for the clock and settings to reset once it is unplugged.

Maybe the chip is causing the drive not being recognized, thats why the controllers not work even if the drive is disconnected.

Drive with faulty chip = drive disconnected.

I just can't remember if the controllers not working is a normal behaviour with the drive disconnected. But it's a possibility. Because he sais the controllers work for a bit on boot. Then the console fails to connect to the drive and freezes!?

 

[kai98yoshi]

Maybe the chip is causing the drive not being recognized, thats why the controllers not work even if the drive is disconnected.

The controller is working. It's more like the whole system is running into an error.

 

[toxic9]

The controller is working. It's more like the whole system is running into an error.

Ok, that's why I suggest unninstal the chip and then install it in a professional way.

 

[kai98yoshi]

At first I thought the controller does not work. But as I said I can choose the language with my controller if I'm fast enough. If just the controller input doesn't work there wouldn't be that error message that occurs always after the same amount of time. The only requirement for the popping up of the error message is that I get through the language selection.

 

[toxic9]

At first I thought the controller does not work. But as I said I can choose the language with my controller if I'm fast enough. If just the controller input doesn't work there wouldn't be that error message that occurs always after the same amount of time.

Ok. Install the chip in a way you can troubleshoot the installation with a multimeter, or at least check the led blinking or not.

 

[Ryccardo]

It only takes a few seconds for for the clock and settings to reset once it is unplugged.

Not on my console - I initially left it without battery for about 40 minutes while installing the chip, and it "only" lost 50 minutes or so lol

 

[toxic9]

Just put it on full screen and see the leds on xeno blinking while booting.

 

[kai98yoshi]

Now I get in the menu.

 

[toxic9]

What have you done? Were you able to change language? Put it in english!

 

[toxic9]

I have checked your chip picture. You filled with solder two holes completelly. That way you bridged several pins on the drive. That should be your mistake. Have you put some tape over pins 2,3,4 and 7,8,9 ?