Beginner's Guide to

00:00 Intro
00:57 Gamebit Driver Required
01:49 Soldering Gun and Solder
02:43 Wire (28AWG)
03:42 Flux
04:16 Pico board
06:10 WiSD Memory Adapter for DOL-101 (SD CARD)
07:48 SD2SP2 DOL-001 (SD CARD)
08:37 Standard screwdriver and thermal tape
08:59 Installation Guide Notes
09:26 Practice on broken hardware first
10:07 Prerequisites Notes
10:43 Soldering Station
11:17 A few more additional notes on hardware
11:56 Flashing the PICO
12:41 Pico vs SD Card?
13:10 Using Swiss and In game reset
14:23 Hardware Installation
15:16 Wiring tips and tricks
15:49 Wiring it up wrong - too long of a cable
16:25 Overheat the Gamecube?
17:01 Getting a full size diagram
17:16 2 Models of the Gamecube (001 and 101)
18:05 We'll look at the DOL-101
18:41 What Gamecube model to get?
19:15 The connection points on the motherboard
19:32 Front side of the motherboard
21:01 side-by-side comparision of front of motherboard with diagram
21:24 The back of the motherboard
22:12 Modifying the case to route the wires
22:50 Route the wires from a DOL-101
25:13 Putting the optical drive back on
25:42 pico board hookups
26:34 Putting it all together
27:22 Testing it out
27:54 Additional Troubleshooting steps
28:41 Updating picoboot
30:08 wrap-up
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[@mbcrump]

I have a ton of chapter markers on this video! Use them to skip around!

[@POPCULTURETUBEX]

How do i run Action Replay Max in swiss? Do need the disc? My gamecube wont read certain cheats on swiss it appears. Should i just install a xeno chip? I bought this, should i just get someone to add the xeno in as I can not soldier myself?

[@briankarikari]

Awesome Dude!

[@keepitkush5208]

I only got 1 question. Can this run all vamecube games in ISO format? I have DOL-001 everyone keeps giving shady replies instead of just saying yes or no.

[@BuckStGangsta]

They should work.. They make a quick solder flex cable that makes the mod a lot easier.

[@GiSWiG]

nkit ISOs work fine. All my games are compressed using nkit and titled GameNane.nkit.iso and work perfectly fine compressed. For example, my GBA player disc ISO is in the root folder and works fine at under 3MB in size.

[@Vmurph]

Thank you so much for mentioning that! Mine are all nkit.iso also, and when he said that, I worried that I might have to convert them all back to .iso again. Wasn’t looking forward to the extra steps. 😅

[@jameswasden8668]

Hey, thanks very much for the thorough video. I was fussing with my gamecube for a few hours yesterday and kept getting the black screen while the power was on, after seeing your video to shorten the wires (mine are currently 15cm long each...) I'm hoping that fixes the issue. Best regards to you, dude.

[@dongliker]

It didnt fix mine.

[@tankrage17]

didn't fix mine either and i bought my pico from aliexpress ...., i also have a black screen and i wired everything correctly . Even made my cables as short as possible just so i would have a spark but to no avail . I think using thicker wires that go to the 3rd and 2nd leg of the chip will solve the problem and the ground wire that goes to the mobo and the pico chip ( i haven't tried it yet ) outside thicker wire i wouldn't know how to make the pico work properly. I have updated my pico and putted games on my SD card and did everything according to the book and still i have a black screen aswell BUT my gamecube runs tho i get a led light and everything works except no video output . I have used the same pico on 2 gamecubes and both show the same problem . could also be a bad picoboot chip ? ( maybe ) i don't know The pico blew up my crystal oscillator on my 1st gamecube mobo and now i need to replace that one in order for my gamecube to work again .

[@dave-iv1fn]

Can I use any other wire besides for 28awg?

[@mbcrump]

sure! 26awg works great and is recommended on the project page wiki

[@Vmurph]

@@mbcrump Question… do the game saves get stored on the same SD card that the ISO’s are on? Or do they get stored on a separate memory card in slot A or B? I’ve watched a dozen tutorial about picoboot and no one ever covers that part.

[@monchopr3511]

​@@Vmurph Swiss, in the settings, gives you the option to tuen ON the virtual memory card.

[@Vmurph]

@@monchopr3511 Thank you!