mod to make jap gamecube play in us

http://boards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=13699137&replies=60

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YAWOOOOOOO!

Any techies here what type of switch should be used? What voltage rating?

Originally posted by wjw123:
<STRONG>YAWOOOOOOO!

Any techies here what type of switch should be used? What voltage rating?</STRONG>

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Just a common On/off switch. 2 position. No electrical rating necessary. It is simpler than a saturn mod. Jumper 6 is open, it's jap, closed US. How simple is that?

forget the waiting, camping out and shit. i'll just head out to the import store and get one ... errrrr i hope it work though

Very cool.

That second run of pics confused me a little till I read the text.

I was blown away at how he made a switch with one wire. <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

I may not be the most tech saavy fella but...

Now I'm torn between importing or buying the US version to help the launch.

Either way you go Blaine, I can help you mod the GC when you get it, since I have the screwdriver to open nintendo equipment, and some other useful devices (hobby saw, soldering iron)

Originally posted by Blaine:
<STRONG>Very cool.

That second run of pics confused me a little till I read the text.

I was blown away at how he made a switch with one wire. <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

I may not be the most tech saavy fella but...

Now I'm torn between importing or buying the US version to help the launch.</STRONG>

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Run 2 wires and a switch between r6, the picture was incomplete. Very easy to do. If you have not done soldering yourself, have someone do it.

Originally posted by wjw123:
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Run 2 wires and a switch between r6, the picture was incomplete.</STRONG>

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Yeah..that's where the confusion came from.

I was having flashbacks to the stories of the old M.I.T. Magic Switch.

The switch with only one wire that said "Magic" and "More Magic".

No one knows who put it there but to my knowledge it was only thrown twice...and both times it cause one of their larger computers to crash.

I'm sure it's long since been removed but it's one of the cooler stories in geek-lore.

EvilWasabi: Cool. I was just about to order a Gamebit from Lik-Sang.

Although between you and me I was talking with a dude who said they're very close to actually making a boot disk for the GameCube.

I figured since it was a hardware thing and software solution isn't likely but he seemed confident it could be done.

Glad I used to burn my Digital Portfolio onto 8cm disks <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">. I have one JUST IN CASE.