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DVD backup help

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:41 pm
by Blake5100
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Re: DVD backup help

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:50 pm
by emu_kidid
Tweak the potentiometer, but first try to clean the laser lens with some 100% alcohol/isopropyl and a q-tip.

Re: DVD backup help

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 11:48 pm
by Blake5100
I just tweaked the pot, serveral times actually until it wasn't able to read any normal discs. The backups STILL didn't work. I even cleaned the lazer and still, same results as before! Does it just not work for me?

Re: DVD backup help

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 6:14 am
by emu_kidid
Remind me what your full setup is and how you are loading Swiss, although if you're able to see the discs in Swiss it makes it sound like the laser can read the media but then gives up. When the "Error has occurred" screens come up, has the disc stopped spinning at this point? If so, was it violently clicking around just before doing so?

"Up until it wasn't able to read any normal discs" makes it sound like you went up instead of down? Set the ohms fairly low like <100 and see how you go. If you've already done so, then it sounds like the laser is really on its way out.

Re: DVD backup help

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 6:27 pm
by Blake5100
Ok, so I load swiss through the home bros exploit. I load the game and it doesn't work.

Re: DVD backup help

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 8:29 pm
by andzlay
It's not possible to adjust the pot without a multimeter. Maybe your laser is screwed now.

Re: DVD backup help

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 8:45 pm
by Blake5100
I turned the POT up and it works now

Re: DVD backup help

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 7:07 am
by KirovAir
I'd stop playing games on your cube until you've read your pot value. You might be killing your laser now.

Re: DVD backup help

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 5:05 pm
by Blake5100
Thanks for the advice guys. Once i get a multimeter, Ill let you know if I can get this up and running.

Re: DVD backup help

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 8:21 pm
by Blake5100
@emu_kidid I got a multimeter today and here is what happened. I set it the pot to 200 and the things mentioned above still happened. I set it to 100 like you said but my gamecube attempts to load the disc and then the bios tells me that I have no disc incerted.

Re: DVD backup help

Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 5:53 am
by emu_kidid
Set it to 0 ohm and ride it out until the laser dies (or get a replacement, try a different burner, or different media).

Re: DVD backup help

Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 11:36 am
by Blake5100
Image. Do they sell these anywhere?

Re: DVD backup help

Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 8:10 pm
by andzlay
You can just take a drive from another used game cube. You could instead replace only the laser, they cost less than 10 USD.
Install tutorial: https://ifixit.com/Guide/Nintendo+GameC ... ement/1482