Tchay's Prestigious Gamecube Portable(awaiting resurrection)

[Tchay]

And no offense to Techknott but he never got a working version so I'm not to sure about his worklog info.

As far as I'm concerned, he finished his portable and decided to do a new one right after. He said it worked and I don't see why he would make that up.

Bare wire is not a great idea when the wires are so close together.
They might touch and.....

Way ahead of you man...

[smitty]

Bare wire is not a great idea when the wires are so close together.
They might touch and.....

EXPLODE! Or at least fry the Cube... And that's worse. 'Cuz exploisions are fun!

[zenloc]

oh didn't know it worked Altough he didn't cut it up that much. The first he cut up fried.I have cut up the GCmobo measuring at 10,9 x 10,9 cm. Without insane rewiring like you though . If you succeed I might try it myself. Would be one sick reduction if ya ask me

[Tchay]

oh didn't know it worked Altough he didn't cut it up that much. The first he cut up fried.I have cut up the GCmobo measuring at 10,9 x 10,9 cm. Without insane rewiring like you though . If you succeed I might try it myself. Would be one sick reduction if ya ask me

thx! In a few weeks I will hook it up and test it. Once I have more money, I will buy another mobo and do it all over again but only one section at a time so I can troubleshoot each wire hookup. After getting good at it, you can do the entire process (cutting included) in about 6 hours. I will time myself next time

UPDATE: Super glue fumes are terrible!

EDIT: discouraged and depleted....I decided that at 1am I would love to destroy another GC mobo. So in the next 5 minutes I am going to ruin one (for experimental purposes of course). People have been neglecting the GC topics unfortunately; not too much activity this month. I guess I'll just have to blow you all away with my amazing Gamecube SP when I'm done with it....psh

EDIT: Surprising...it took me 20 whole minutes to break the darn thing. And it was only after I ripped off a chip that was apparently necessary. I am going to solder it back on and see what else is useless on the mobo.

[Tchay]

DD extension cables just came in the mail. Plastic sander just came in the mail. Still waiting on new heatsink, another rev c mobo, new soldering iron, and Car monitor screen.

My glue mold is still in the works. It has been outside for 3 days now, and I had to add more glue to fill in gaps.

EDIT: credits to SS, Mario, and any other pioneers involved in the low battery LED indicator. BRAVO guys. Beautiful guide, Mario.

[Tchay]

Small controller test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO6aRq6tWag

EDIT: screen came from China finally. And I got 2 mobos (one is rev c) as well. I always seem to get my parts in twos....those UPS guys plan this out I swear.

Oh, and to all the newcomers out there, the REV C motherboard (no regulator board, no digital out, etc) is not all its cracked up to be. Keep that in mind when you make your GC portables. I mean, its cool at first, but then you realize "wow, this thing sucks. I can't cut off ANYTHING."

[Tchay]

Hooked up the screen with four wires: power, ground, Composite 1, Composite 2


Another success for a noob!!! Thats one less part of me that is noob


edit: just making the pics smaller

[kasar]

nice!

that screen seems to have just aprox half of the GC mobo size , looking good.

what about the picture quality?

Idk if some small Gamecube game texts can be readed on there , or if the pixel size is to big.

let us know your experience with that screen ^^

[Tchay]

nice!

that screen seems to have just aprox half of the GC mobo size , looking good.

what about the picture quality?

Idk if some small Gamecube game texts can be readed on there , or if the pixel size is to big.

let us know your experience with that screen ^^

Well the brightness is just perfect IMO and the picture quality isn't tooooo bad. I can read all the text so far; although I will admit that some of the small text gets blocky. Its a decent screen if you want a small portable and only want to spend $36 on a screen.

[andrewdorsey]

I'm curious about that screen....do you think you can take a picture of a game playing rather than just the gamecube startup screen???

If you could, that would be awsome!

[Tchay]

http://www.youtube.com/user/Tchay777#p/ ... 8AQzwpP_qw

[Tchay]

Project postponed due to family issues.

[tzt2]

Will be looking forward to a return in progress. All the best.

[Tchay]

UPDATE!!!!

In case you hadn't noticed, I decided to do another portable gamecube while this one was on hold (the Ccube). Its a piece of junk but it was great for preparing me for this portable which will be unlike any portable you have ever seen (trust me ).

Alas, I am still not experienced enough to undergo this task. SO, I am going to make ANOTHER portable Gamecube that will mimic this one in terms of internal parts (copper heatsink, modified mobo, custom L&R, PS1 screen, speakers, smaller fan(s)?).

AFTER I complete this separate GCP (titled: The Gamecube Envision or Envision for short), I will be ready for this one .


Btw, I'm not a noob anymore! How did that happen? Its only been like 6 months

[kasar]

woot, you are back!

nice

cant wait for updates ^^