Gamecube modding

[Malikman]

hey can someone tell me about gamecube modding and if there is any modchips that you don't have to solder in.... i apologize if this is a grey area and is not allowed on the forums and feel free to shut it down then.

[movax]

There's just the Viper and Qoob, both of which are solder. They're probably not being made anymore (unlikely, since I just bought a Saturn chip to finally try out some Saturn hacking).

Other fun things you can do are an region/LED hack (I've got mine setup with a dual-color LED, flip a switch and its either US/Orange or JP/Blue), internal Wavebird receiver (it's pretty sweet!), and you can add a SPDIF output if you've got the Component cable.

[erwos]

I didn't know about the SPDIF - thanks! I'm not an EE, so I doubt I'll be building the circuit to get it, but it's nice to know it's there.

[Enlitence.Systems]

build a circuit? all you have to do is solder the wires to the contact points ;) dedication and precision

[KaosDG]

I have a viper chip in my gamecube (useless, if you ask me).

I was planning on doing the internal wavebird mod but never got around to it.

I'm probably going to be selling the gamecube now though.

[erwos]

build a circuit? all you have to do is solder the wires to the contact points ;) dedication and precision
From what I understand, the digital audio output on the Gamecube isn't actually SPDIF - it's some other format that has to get converted to SPDIF. This doesn't look that hard, but it does involve some circuitry, if what I read is correct.

Anyone know of a good flash cart that works with the Gameboy Player? I've heard some don't...

[movax]

build a circuit? all you have to do is solder the wires to the contact points ;) dedication and precision

No, you need a Toslink transmitter (well you could do it w/ coax too, just need an extra resistor) from Cirrus or TI or similar to convert the BCK, SCK and DATA into a proper signal for your receiver to eat.