The definitive GC motherboard trimming guide

[grossaffe]

this is simply amazing

this makes me want to portabilize another cube

Kasar - For making THE best complete GC portablizing guide for n0Obs.

lol, my guide is nothing compared with yours ^^

The greatest minds got where they are by standing on the shoulders of those who came before them.

 

[Tchay]

Word.

I knew NOTHING about ANYTHING and Kasar's gamecube guide got me on my feet. And Kasar was VERY helpful answering my noobish PMs as well.

 

[kasar]

omg, I have to come more to this forums, you guys are the nuts

seriusly thanks for those comments, anyway reading all nice topics at this forum I feel like a naab now ^^

 

[kasar]

since I saw this guide today, I became so exiced

I never cut that much a motherboard.

so I found two gamecube mobos laying in my work desk and decided to trim one of them.

I have some good news, and also some bad news ^^

the good news ^^

the bad news ....

I supose when the main proccesor decide to jump out the mobo it isnt good at all ^^

I think my mistake was I cut the mobo with a normal saw, and then I worked the edges with a normal rasp tool, and the vibrations made it jump outside the mobo.

I'm almost sure I cant fix this "little" problem with my current equipment (I heard you need special machines to put back Integrated GPUs and CPUs)

well,anyway there is another motherboard, so it seems I have a extra live like supermario

so what do you recomend me to cut the gamecube board?

I noticed that you mentionate a dremel, but not sure if I have one at home.

will this type of saw work?

 

[MoRZiLLo]

You use a manual saw like in my first fried board xD

You need to use a dremel with a rottary disc.(una dremel con un disco de corte) like this:

 

[kasar]

yeah, using a manual saw was not a good idea ^^

I will dremel the another motherboard, survival chances will be higher


as for the other motherboard, I may put it in the oven for fun to see it at least it can be partially repaired xDD
Reflow Skillet

 

[MoRZiLLo]

You can only reballing... but is a tedius and hard work.
Better buy a cheap one

 

[kasar]

yeah, reballing seems not an option for me, specially without a reballing machine and with low budget

I will pick the ripped off proccesor and I will make a phreak pendant or something like that

not everyone have a small gamecube proccesor as pendant




I will try some luck with the another motherboard and the dremel.

thanks for the help

 

[ShockSlayer]

GOOD GOD HOW DID YOU DO THAT

 

[ttsgeb]

I'm sorry, but when I saw your bad news I laughed. A lot.

Did you use a circ saw or something? I don't even understand.

 

[MoRZiLLo]

In Spanish says "Sierra de Marqueteria" mmm I don't know is it "Scroll saw" or something. But is thin and is for wood.

 

[kasar]

well, it was fun when the proccesor fell on my hand and I was like "what the f%ck!"

nah, I used one like this

http://bricolage-pvc.com/wp-content/upl ... sierra.jpg

that made the mobo to flex a little.

however the cpu got riped while I was fixing the edges with a machine like this
http://catalogo.aki.es/_imagecache/data ... 00x600.jpg

it was a bad idea i know ^^

yep, one of my bad atributes is that I usually have very little patience sometimes and I "rush" using whatever I find
and as you can see, it causes issue sometimes lol

 

[ShockSlayer]

o_O

 

[Oretoise]

OMGWTF Controller Wiring

How exactly would I wire a controller to an OMGWTF-cut board?

I understand I need to relocate the controller transistors to the GPU vias.

Where do I hook up the data from the controller? (P1 obviously)

 

[Gannondorf929]

the red dot on the right side is the p1 data port

 

[Oretoise]

the red dot on the right side is the p1 data port

Okay. So Controller -> Red dot?

What about the red part on the transistor?

 

[kasar]

well, after one of my motherboards got damaged while trying to follow this guide without the correct tools,and since I already have a working GC portable, I decided going for a way simplest project ^^

yeah, a gecko proccesor pendant

the true power of the gamecube proccesor on your neck

 

[kasar]

hehehe, yeah, my bad ^^

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[ShockSlayer]

It's awesome, I want to make one out of an RCP from an N64 now.

SS

 

[kasar]

hehe,well I sometimes do (specially while meeting my GF ^^)

well, about the other chip AKA Flipper (gamecube GPU) I was thinking about make a Belt Buckle, or some kind of ornaments for gloves.

lmao, the technological fashion is now here, haha