![Evil or Very Mad :evil:](./images/smilies/icon_evil.gif)
images of the board and flash chip position https://imgur.com/gallery/H6lx4fJ
if you do this method you loose the remotes programming but can add a switch to sw1 location on the board to reprogram the remote.
and for anyone else who has had trouble with this, here is .docx file on my onedrive of the xilink update process for anyone who happens to already have one.
https://1drv.ms/w/s!AghQyRXXZz2qaI3LZe7 ... 8?e=9nd4FN
note: i have note tested the updater.dol functionality but will when the next gcvideo update comes out.