I was attempting to buy and modify a GameCube. I was wanting few things for this:
- Mini DVD-R Discs (For playing game backups)
- XenoGC 2.0 (Same reason, maybe run Linux as well)
- GameCube Console (Probably from ebay?)
I already have the controllers, memory cards, and games which I was using in my Wii. I seen that the XenoGC 2.0 chips were very rare due to them being manufactured from 2006-2009 (After the main XenoGC site went down even), and the 1.0 ones being manufactured during the earlier 2003-2006 (Which probably sold more/better).
I found a site at (http://www.elitasia.com/XenoGC-2.0), which claims to sell a XenoGC 2.0 chip for $5.80. This looks a bit suspicious, as these rare 2.0 chips were being sold for cheaper than the first ones would be. Reading the description, it lists that it supports multi-disk games (In XenoGC version 2.0), but also lists that the LED turns from red to green (XenoGC 1.0?), and not orange, so I was a bit confused.
Also, I've been looking at GCOS too (Which looks like its made by the owner of this forum actually
). I would need an SD to GameCube memory card adapter for this correct?One more thing: The discs that I bought were made by Sony (The mini-DVD ones). They were -R, however when I imaged them with a backup game using ImgBurn at 2x speed (Slowest the drive and disc would support), they would boot the game, run it great, then at random times have trouble loading from the disc and show "Disc Read Error" ...etc. I was wondering if purchasing a GameCube and using the XenoGC chip would solve/help with this issue. Also, is there anything else that you guys would recommend I get for it? I'm sort of new in the GameCube scene so I'm doing some research.
