Need help JP GC to ENG PAL conversion?

[dtp30]

Hello all,

A while ago i lost my Game Cube... But was still able to find the controlers, cables and Power supply... Just not the cube its self. I had moded it with a Xeno. It worked well... Never had issues.

I picked up a JP Cube cheap.. and wanted to convert it to Eng PAL.

1. I tested it with a JP game... All works. So started working on it. I added the extra jumper in "R6" to convert it from JP to English menus.
2. Added a Xeno chip to dvd drive.
3. Xeno starts red led.. then changes to the yellow led.. so i presume thats correct.
4. Assembled it all back together..

Now this is were i need HELP...

Will play JP games fine.
Will show menus in english.

Will NOT play a genuine pressed PAL dvd game.
will NOT play a PAL game copy dvd.
(Xeno still goes from red to yellow for both games)

Now what did i do wrong? Was i not meant to change the R6 jumper onboard?? OR was i meant to REMOVE R5 instead of just adding R6??

OR can i not ever play a pal game on a JP Cube??

Thanks.

D.

[novenary]

Xeno led is independent from the game, it just means the drive was successfully patched. Xeno does region free, the resistor you added makes the cube nstc-u but it shouldn't matter.

[dtp30]

Any idea why i can't get PAL games working??

Is there a PAL setting for the jumpers i moved? I need to try and find were the jumpers are in a PAL game cube!

D.

[novenary]

No you can't convert an ntsc cube to pal nor pal to ntsc. Jap and US cubes are the same except for that resistor, pal has a different video system. But pal games should run fine with the xeno. Try burning an ntsc iso of swiss and booting your games from there.

[dtp30]

Bugger... well better get a PAL unit and just swap the DVD assembly over... as it already has a Xeno chip installed.

Thanks for all your help.

D.

[theclaw]

Does your TV support 50hz?

NTSC cubes output 50hz when a game requests it, capable TVs should get a stable black and white image (component cable fixes the color issue).