gc-forever - Gamecube/Wii Forums

About a month ago, I installed a XenoGC in my Gamecube, but I haven't had much time to actually play it until recently (other than to verify it boots burned discs). It pretty much seems to work as advertised, as burned media seems to play and they don't give me DRE's, but one thing I noticed is that compared to my original GC games, the GC is much noisier when trying to read my burned discs. The loading times don't seem longer compared to my originals (I did a side-by-side of Metroid Prime), but I hear lots of clicking and such from the drive when it reads burned discs. A few things that are probably important to note:
1. I'm using these Fujifilm 8cm DVD-R's for burning ISOs: http://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm-25302410 ... 0002MQ75S/
2. I'm burning everything at 4x with ImgBurn, as my drive unfortunately cannot burn at a slower speed.
3. I have not adjusted the potentiometer at any point (I'm the original owner of the GC so I am confident about this)

Is the extra drive noise normal? Should I adjust the potentiometer?

Thanks in advance!

Clicking around = you're about to see your first DRE very soon. Adjust the pot, it sounds like the laser is losing sync a lot and having to recalibrate.

Gotcha, that sounds logical. Thanks! It'll probably be a while before I get to take a look at it, but I definitely want to get it fixed, so I'll report back with the results

Ok, changing it from 200 to 110 ohms seems to make it as quiet as a factory disc, and no slamming either. Thanks!