What's that? A post in the GameCube forum? Must be Cradiak! Because I almost have a monopoly on GC posts lol
Time for work log #6 for my GCP!
It's been awhile since I've done a work log update (video below). Warning, the video is long, it's about 18 minutes lol
I've spent a ton of time troubleshooting since the last update video and I think I've sorted out all my problems (so far). Much thanks to
@Madmorda for the literal hours she has spent with me troubleshooting said problems. I would be lost without her help, and the help of you other fine people here. Here's a brief breakdown of my progress and troubleshooting since the last update (for those who don't feel like listening to me for 18 minutes).
1. C Stick
- Had issues with the C stick axises (axi?) being inverted and shaking and stuff, and some directions weren't working at all. Turned out my C stick was bad, not sure if I did something or if it was just bad, but I replaced it and that fixed most of the issues, but some directions weren't working still. Apparently when I frankencased the gamecube controller into the housing I put the joystick housing in wrong (as some people pointed out to me) and instead of left, right, up, and down being at a corner, it is flat, thereby reducing the effective range of motion of the joysticks. The c stick seems to be the only one affected by that. I just have to make sure that the c stick is centered exactly right or the function is impaired. Once I finish and start testing a lot, if it becomes an issue, I will dremmel out some more space for it.
2. Motherboard Polarity
- So I thought I had a bad board because the board's voltage regulator fuse blew, and bypassing the fuse resulted in tripping the surge protection in the battery pack and power supply. After getting a new mobo, I discovered that the boards I am using have the + voltage going through the black wire and ground going through the red wire, because....reasons. After hours of pulling my hair out I finally figured that out. Madmorda had mentioned something about it early on in my troubleshooting but somehow I still missed it. Once I figured that out, I was back on track.
3. Disc Drive
- Got the disc drive replaced (mine had a bad motor or laser, not sure which), and used epoxy putty and bondo to frankencase it into the back of my ZN housing. Disc drive is working like a champ!
4. Housing modifications
- Epoxied/super glued more screw posts in the inside of the housing to secure the controller and mobo, and also fashioned a clip to hold the battery pack to the back housing.
I think that's mostly it. My list of things to do next are: 1) hook up my audio and speakers, 2) put new switch on battery pack, and 3) finish packing everything in the housing and cut out holes for the power switch and charging port.
The 12V supply port on the battery pack is also the port used for charging, meaning when the battery pack is charged (the switch has to be off to charge) the gamecube will turn on, even if the switch is off. So I ordered some DPDT switches so I can turn the battery pack and gamecube off and charge it without the gamecube turning on.
Here are the switches I ordered. They have a light when turned on, so that saves me putting a power led on
Getting close to being finished, I'm getting antsy lol For those of you who want to watch instead of read, here's the overly long update video: