Hey there! As the title says I want to troubeshoot my GC disc drive. I purchased this little gamecube from FB and I took the challenge to revive the thing. The only issue it originally had was that it didn't read discs (No error screen, only NO DISC message orgiginally). I then proceeded to go straight to the potentiometer instead of trying to go for the simple lens cleaning (my mistake and I regret it honestly), however I attempted to use the proper resistance (between 200 to 500 ohms from what I heard from DoesNotCompute's guide) and... nothing. I then attempted to clean the lens, and still nothing. I then thought I had a bad laser problem so I purchased one from a local vendor for very cheap (which was tested btw) and STILL nothing. I am on a tight budget and due to the quarantine here it's getting pretty hard to justify going out just for parts. I am thinking that the problem lie in the daughterboard for the disc drive, but I really want to be sure this time. You can the problem in this video.
Note: Also, it caught my attention that the laser is slammed by the motor and i've never seen that behavior before in any gamecube i owned previously.
Note: Also, it caught my attention that the laser is slammed by the motor and i've never seen that behavior before in any gamecube i owned previously.
