So, I tried adjusting it to 100 and to 50 and it still didn't read anything. I'm thinking it must be the board, not the laser, I removed the chip from it and tried to see if it would read games then (this time I didn't totally screw it up and rip solder pads off the board) and it still did the same ...

No, I was dumb and didn't test to see if the board was working or not. I tested the cube before hand and concluded that the problem was the laser, being that it didn't turn on at all, so I thought it was safe to assume that that was the only problem. So, I'm not sure if the drive worked before I put...

Hello, I've recently been having a few problems attempting to install a xeno modchip into a gamecube and I was wondering if anyone could help me out/point me in the right direction. My first attempt I aligned the chip wrong on the board (ya I know that was pretty stupid lol) and soldered it down wit...