Nintendo Gamecube SD Media Launcher

04 Mar 2007 1:54 (Edited: 04 Mar 2007 1:54)

So, i got information on these forums that the easiest and cheapest way to softmod is through an SD Media Launcher, so i bought one from ebay for £28($57) and soon as it came i tested it with the latest gcos software.

Okay, so its all going fine by this point, i copy 4 games onto unbranded disks (haha, i was told never to copy games to unbranded disks) only one worked when i tested though, a PAL version of Mario Kart Double Dash which kept crashing every 10 minutes, but i've heard this is because it has an IDLE bug, the other three games i tested were NTSC games, which crashed on booting.

So i had to open the gamecube up, tweak the POT, the first reading without tweaking was set at 260ohmz, so i tweaked it down to 190ohmz, thinking this would actually work, but it made games even worse, but i know the reason is because i used unbranded disks. (i was told..)

I finally ended up buying Sony 8cm DVD-R, which ran all games flawlessly but i ended up selling my gamecube on ebay, before buying another gamecube and Xeno GC 2 chip installed.

I'd say my experience with the SD Media Launcher was okay, 7/10 because even though it is a softmod you still have to actually have experience in opening the gamecube up, buying seperate hardware to do this and and then tweaking the POT, not for beginners i guess, but easily done, i'd rather stick with the chip.

Thankyou for reading!

Tags: gamecube  launcher  media  sd 

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User comments

• by MiyaWii @ 21 Mar 2007 7:37

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