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Trouble read DVD-R disc on hardmod

Post by OG Style » Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:13 pm

I installed Xeon mod chip in my Gamecube and I am having some trouble. I have adjusted the laser and it will only read one of my three different type of disc. The game crashes shortly after running loading it. I tried this mod chip on 4 different unit and only one will read the backups. I have Verbatim, Memorex and JVC. The JVC is the only one that will read. It is a mini disc. The Verbatim and Memorex are regular dvd's. The Gamecubes are DOL-001's. I burn't the disc using Imgburn and I tried two different burners. Does anyone have any ideas why only one disc will work and the game keeps crashing? Is there anything I need to do to the image before I burn the disc?

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Re: Trouble read DVD-R disc on hardmod

Post by emu_kidid » Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:34 am

OG Style wrote:
Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:13 pm
I installed Xeon mod chip in my Gamecube and I am having some trouble. I have adjusted the laser and it will only read one of my three different type of disc. The game crashes shortly after running loading it. I tried this mod chip on 4 different unit and only one will read the backups. I have Verbatim, Memorex and JVC. The JVC is the only one that will read. It is a mini disc. The Verbatim and Memorex are regular dvd's. The Gamecubes are DOL-001's. I burn't the disc using Imgburn and I tried two different burners. Does anyone have any ideas why only one disc will work and the game keeps crashing? Is there anything I need to do to the image before I burn the disc?

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The GameCube is REALLY picky with what media it will read from the disc drive, if by "the game crashes" you mean it says that it has encountered a read error and can't continue then you'll need to try better media. Try adjusting the laser to 0 ohms if you're desperate and giving it a good clean with isopropyl alcohol as well.
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Re: Trouble read DVD-R disc on hardmod

Post by OG Style » Tue Feb 19, 2019 1:21 pm

Zero ohms? I thought that your not supposed to go that low because it will ruin the laser. Is it safe? Mine is at 400 ohms.

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Re: Trouble read DVD-R disc on hardmod

Post by Aleron Ives » Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:09 am

The lower you set the laser, the better it will be at reading poor media, and the sooner the laser will burn out completely. It's your choice: if the laser won't read your media as is then your GameCube is already kind of useless, so you don't have anything to lose by making the laser stronger. It's definitely a last resort, so try better media first if you have that option.
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Re: Trouble read DVD-R disc on hardmod

Post by OG Style » Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:48 pm

The laser is reading original Gamecube games fine. I have read that the verbatim disc that I am using work.
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Re: Trouble read DVD-R disc on hardmod

Post by Aleron Ives » Thu Feb 21, 2019 2:45 am

Well, how badly do you want to read DVD-Rs? Burned discs are at least 20% less reflective than pressed discs, so you need a stronger laser to read them. Your laser will die sooner if you crank it up so it can read burned media.
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Re: Trouble read DVD-R disc on hardmod

Post by OG Style » Thu Feb 21, 2019 1:30 pm

I understand that. I just don't want to drop the resistance to low and burn the laser up when it try's to read a disc.
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Re: Trouble read DVD-R disc on hardmod

Post by emu_kidid » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:39 pm

There's a 150 ohm resistor inline after the potentiometer so it's not like you can run it and burn it out immediately with 0 ohm on the potentiometer. Factory launch day consoles shipped at 450-550 ohms and then the later DOL-101's shipped at 150-200 ohms, I've only gone down to 0 ohm on a GC where the laser was struggling to read originals at 150 ohm and it seems to have helped it for a few months.
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Re: Trouble read DVD-R disc on hardmod

Post by OG Style » Sun Mar 03, 2019 1:27 pm

I dropped the resistance all the way down and it was little help. At about 150 ohms the regular Verbatim started reading. I was unable to get the Memorex to read at all. the disc that did read would only work for a short time then the system would crash.

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