Gamecube something worklog

[Tchay]

I'll let you know how it goes. Right now I've had it running for 3 hours non stop and it's cool to the touch.

In case you were wondering, the fan consumes 0.13 amps at 12v. Or at least, that's what the sticker told me. I've also removed the leds though, so it'll be a bit less.

I have that very same fan-heatsink. It is excellent for the gamecube. I wanted to use it so badly on my GCP#2 but it is slightly too large but its such a great heatsink.

Zeturi, I have never thought to use hot glue to seal down the heatsinks. After you test the GC in a box, let me know how the glue holds up. I was always afraid that it would melt and get messy when playing a game....

 

[zeturi]

@ Tchay: I've always used high-temp hot glue, it's supposed to be solid till about 65 degrees celcius. Heat sinks should try to be lower than that. If they run any hotter, then I don't use them or I add more fans. Just run glue along the edge of the heat sink so that it grips against more of the board. Just make sure you're done soldering to those parts of the board before you glue down.

@ hailrazer: I did even better. Instead of covering it with something with holes, I put the motherboard (without the disk drive) inside a cardboard box and closed it, without any holes for ventilation. After 3 more hours (in addition to the other 3 I've had it on) the heat sink with fan is at 32 degrees. The ram is at 37.7 degrees. These measurements are all taken in celcius. I would guess if you ran it with good ventilation holes in a case, that temps would not go higher than these. The extra ventilation should compensate for cramming in the disk drive and other components into a case.

 

[zeturi]

Hey everybody! I think I have a good layout for my parts, I'm just stuck on one obvious thing: the disk drive.

I would like to make room for the laser assembly by cutting off a small section of the board, where the component output port used to be. Then I'll place the optical drive right above it, so the laser can move safely. It's a lot like what techknott did when he rewired his disk drive to the resistors on the board, except I'm using what I hope is a useless part of the board.

It should be okay to cut off the component out section of the board, right? HALP!

 

[Tchay]

Hey everybody! I think I have a good layout for my parts, I'm just stuck on one obvious thing: the disk drive.

I would like to make room for the laser assembly by cutting off a small section of the board, where the component output port used to be. Then I'll place the optical drive right above it, so the laser can move safely. It's a lot like what techknott did when he rewired his disk drive to the resistors on the board, except I'm using what I hope is a useless part of the board.

It should be okay to cut off the component out section of the board, right? HALP!

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That edge of the board should pretty much be "off limits" for you. One wrong cut and you can kiss the sound goodbye. Theres hidden traces ALL OVER that edge of the board. Zenloc and I confirmed this.....through trial and error.

 

[zeturi]

You literally caught me with cutters in hand, I was getting impatient. Thanks for the warning!