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Coffee House => Coffee House Boards => CH / Science and Technology => Topic started by: volmer on February 20, 2004, 03:05:08 PM
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Hullo,
The cooling fan in my gamecube is rather noisy, and I have thought about replacing it...
Now the problem arises; how on earth do you get the thing apart? From what I can tell there are four weird sort of screws near the bottom, but I have never seen a screwdriver that matches those...
Has anyone attempted disassembling their gamecube or know how to?
-Elendil on behalf of Volmer (Yapping away on the phone).
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Most modding sites should have tools for sale, for instance when I got an Afterburner kit for my GBA, they had the custom screwdrivers available. Although I actually fashioned my own using a spare screwdriver and a grinding stone (AKA. my back door step ;-))
A Google search for 'gamecube screwdriver' should point you in the right direction. :-)
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I wouldn't do so.
I once tried to replace a psu from an Imac :-x :lol:
These Gamecubes and so are assembled in a way to be very compact. Unless you found something dedicated to replace this with, I wouldn't be screwing in a perfectly working gc.
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Eyso has a point, if you do go ahead with something like this be prepared to say goodbye to:
(a) Your warranty (for definite)
(b) Your GC (quite possibly)
(c) Your life (not as likely)
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If you still have the receipt and the box, why don't you take it back to where you got it and swap it for a new one?
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I've never opened up my gamecube before but there are several sites that showyou the innards of consoles, I'd imagine the fan is that not that dissimilar to a standard cpu fan.
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Dreamcasts are noisy bastards. I've never heard a Gamecube before. Saturn is the most silent console ever.
Why don't you put something like a blanket over your GC? It'll be less noisy then. Sure, it might get hot, but that makes for more exciting gameplay - you have to finish your level before the thing blows up!
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JonoPike wrote:
Saturn is the most silent console ever.
Er, I think you will find cartridge-based systems are somewhat less noisy. ;-)
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Okay then, among CD based consoles, Saturn is silent.
I haven't owned a cartridge based console since I got an emulator for my megadrive. Damn the emulator! This PC is too noisy!
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I use a few emulators... (UAE of course, Snes9x, ePSXe and even an N64 emulator, but that sucks 'cause I don't have an analogue pad.)
Of course, Nothing beats the real thing... except maybe having some actual desk space left ;-)
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To the suggestions about taking it back to the store, getting it repaired, etc. That opening it myself would void warranty, etc:
You misunderstood, or maybe my post wasn't clear. :) It's working nicely, I just want to reduce the noise level.
dezignersrepublic wrote:
I've never opened up my gamecube before but there are several sites that showyou the innards of consoles, I'd imagine the fan is that not that dissimilar to a standard cpu fan.
It's not different at all, I think. You can see it through one of the ventilation grids and it looks just like a standard 70mm fan.
The problem is the screws that hold the thing together. :) I don't want to pay for a special screwdriver. It's not really that noisy, just a humming.
I just thought that it'd be fun replacing the humming fan with a more silent one, like a normal 70mm papst, but I got stuck at the special screws...
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how about the non warrenty vioding option of turning up the TV/Stereo? :-D
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darksun9210 wrote:
how about the non warrenty vioding option of turning up the TV/Stereo? :-D
:roflmao: