GPC : Gamecube in my PC (Put it in a CD Drive bay)

Includes PS2, Xbox 1, GameCube (but not the Phantom Game Console)

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GPC : Gamecube in my PC (Put it in a CD Drive bay)

Post by Saa3 » Sun Aug 06, 2006 2:21 am

(I'm Thai, not good at English. Sorry if you confuse T_T)

New concept : GC in PC
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My old concept :
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Just for smart when i put it in my PC case :lol:

I'm gonna resize the PSTwo Slim in to the PC Optical drive size. With the PSTwo Slim and some old PS2 Parts.
(Old PS2 Parts that i think i will use is the Slide disc tray, Memory Card and Joystick Port, Power and Eject Button. Can it use with the PSTwo Slim mainboard?)

Possible? :?
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Post by ShockSlayer » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:29 am

I don't know about the disk drive, but Im pretty sure all the rest can be moved. Take a look at the inside.
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Post by TitaniumHamster » Sun Aug 06, 2006 12:25 pm

It's very possible, and if you wired up somesort of VGA splitter into it, you could play PS2 games on your monitor. However, To hook up a the slim disk drive to an old CD drive, you'll have to do some insane soldering and thin wire use to use the info, power and etc PS2 wires. Look at Bens' PS2P article for more info.
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Post by timmeh87 » Sun Aug 06, 2006 12:54 pm

you are a good artist.

if what you want to do is put a slim ps2 with its dvd drive into a 5 1/4 drive bay, then it is totally possible assuming the components are small enough to fit.

the controller ports and switches can be moved, at least on the older big ps2s.
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Post by EnterTheHatrix » Sun Aug 06, 2006 2:52 pm

If I were you, I wouldn't try and confine the PS2 to that size. By all means, have the DVD unit and the memory card slots etc there, but you might want to locate the board elsewhere. Perhaps remove the bays beneath and slot the board there..

But confining it to a small space will be incredibly difficult if possible.
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Post by TitaniumHamster » Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:25 pm

EnterTheHatrix wrote:If I were you, I wouldn't try and confine the PS2 to that size. By all means, have the DVD unit and the memory card slots etc there, but you might want to locate the board elsewhere. Perhaps remove the bays beneath and slot the board there..

But confining it to a small space will be incredibly difficult if possible.
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not only that, but heat management will be one tough cookie.... Most PCs are huge, big and ugly, so you'll have plenty of room to fit in the small PS2 mobo.
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Post by Saa3 » Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:45 am

Ohhh Thanks for all comments :o
Kob-khun-mak-krub :lol:

But i'm interesting with GCPC (GC in a drive bay :lol:) project. PStwo PC is a bit difficult :x

i like that GC parts can be move and assemble easily :D

I like the "Gamecube Micro" Project. I will look after it and try to do it too. :lol:

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Post by atari2600a » Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:47 am

...yeah, how are you planning to have the disc eject/inject?

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Post by vskid » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:48 am

atari2600a wrote:...yeah, how are you planning to have the disc eject/inject?
He could have the original door flip open on the top of the case, like a regular gamecube. One of my friend's computers has a cd drive like that, so it wouldn't be that strange.
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Post by Nonsense Man » Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:54 pm

put a pstwo and a gc in the pc.

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Post by joevennix » Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:24 pm

You're really good at drawing, I have to say. Keep us updated.

Oh yeah, and:
atari2600a wrote:...yeah, how are you planning to have the disc eject/inject?
Use your imagination.
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Post by Saa3 » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:57 am

Thanks for admire my drawing. :oops:

I've changed my mind :lol: gonna put the GC inside it.

My new idea and sketch
(I really want to know the dimension of the GC parts to measure with my box.)

Use HDD Racks for solving the Disc insert problem. :lol:

This is my sketch
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Post by vb_master » Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:24 pm

Here are the Gamecube's specs, it includes system dimensions.

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Post by EnterTheHatrix » Sat Aug 12, 2006 2:50 am

You might be interested in my Gamecube Micro project whilst you're doing this mod. My target size is 11 x 12 x 5cm which it is at the moment.
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