Nintendo GameCube quiet fan upgrade, rewiring and tips

[@teogabrielsson4717]

Way to go Sir Joe Bleeps! This is the only way to become a true Nintendo FAN. And a Nintendo Fan does not not simply redirect you to another video... they provide you with a LINK. True fandom is Zeldom this good 😂 **I will see myself out...** Usually a smaller fan generates a louder noise in comparison with a large fan.

[@JoeBleeps]

Haha brilliant 😂

[@haitchgee8502]

Totally unrelated comment here but…the pitter patter rain noise reminded me of static caravan holidays when I was a kid and hearing the rain noises off the roof 😍

[@JoeBleeps]

I'm glad it brought you joy. I know just what you mean.

[@DanieLuiSlater]

Great video! Thanks. Would love to see you do an ultimate GC video where you pimp it out, fan, battery, GC loader, jewel, SD card, led lights etc etc. Think you'd do an amazing job

[@JoeBleeps]

Thanks! The video I did for this one originally was pretty comprehensive but yeah hopefully GC loader at some point!

[@makedaevilmage]

If you peal back the sticker on the fan you can see where the wires are soldered, there should be a label for the wires saying positive and negative. Also, you can just use the Omniconnectors that come with the noctua fan, and no soldering would be required. I know some people don't like a mod when it involves soldering. I used these connectors and fans too on my 3d printer and they work just fine with the Omniconnectors.

[@JoeBleeps]

Good to know!

[@philtyler4048]

Just did this mod today using your tutorial, it works great! Many thanks 🍻

[@JoeBleeps]

Fantastic! Good job 🙂

[@TangoFoxtrotWhiskey]

Since it's been a year, how well does this cool compared to the stock fan? It would be great to see a comparison of airflow between the stock fan and the Noctua with resistor. Also, was there a bigger fan you could have used?

[@moure7]

Nice work ...please tell me how many ohm and watt is the resistor...

[@JoeBleeps]

thanks! it's a 100 ohms resistor, I don't know about the wattage but I don't expect it would matter really

[@VinnytotheK]

Can't say I've ever noticed my Gamecube's fan, but I'm glad it ended up working well for you!

[@JoeBleeps]

Same here to be honest, but once the disc noise had gone it became more noticeable. I can certainly tell now the new fan is in, this thing is so quiet!

[@makedaevilmage]

I like the blue power led, it's also my favo colour ... might do that mod as well. Nice one on the low noise adapter, perhaps that is also useable on the stock fan? Since there is no cable for PWM like on a pc, my guess is that the fan runs at 100% all the time (full 12v) and thus gets a lower voltage and runs slower with the resistor.

[@JoeBleeps]

Maybe, it's just a question of wondering if the fan would keep it cool enough

[@makedaevilmage]

@@JoeBleeps Yeah sure thing. I modded my game cube the other day and saw the CPU's temp in Swiss, guess you keep an eye on it there (especially on a hot day) to make sure the temps are staying nice and ... tempared ;) Mine seems to run at 42c with the stock fan on a hot day, pretty fair I think.

[@hovermotion]

Cool mod..and vid as always.I must power my cube up at some point...{I have just bought a old N64 game from 1997....}

[@JoeBleeps]

Thank you!

[@Deniki666]

Excellent and informative as always

[@JoeBleeps]

Thanks so much Demetri!

[@paulbrennan5807]

great vid just ordered a new fan as mine is failing and it looks like my cube is getting hot so hopefully this will help

[@JoeBleeps]

Good luck!

[@paulbrennan5807]

@@JoeBleeps well after trying the mod for a few day and getting idle 50 degrees plus, i soon went back to a stock fan which luckily i also got to be on the safe side now back to 39 to 46 degrees that little fan is not strong enough .

[@JoeBleeps]

@@paulbrennan5807 thanks for this, how did you carry out your temperature checks? I'll do the same on mine

[@paulbrennan5807]

im using swiss with a gc loader maybe a update you may want to do in the future better than having to keep changing disks when we have a retro game day it shows the temp on the main page

[@jeffdewe]

What would happen if you put a 100ohm resistor on your old fan it would probably be even more silent :)

[@JoeBleeps]

Fair point haha, but likely insufficient cooling

[@Foxarya]

I know this is a 2 yo video but you should look into the OmniJoin adaptors that the Noctus fans come with. They allow you to rewire and shorten the cables without having to solder

[@JoeBleeps]

Thank you

[@busubi]

Just peel back the sticker in the centre of the fan and de-solder the wires, no need to cut and splice. Would putting a resistor inline of the OG Fan have the same impact?

[@JoeBleeps]

I did have the same thought, but I think the newer ones are more efficient. I'm not sure the OG fan would cool it enough if I added a resistor

[@busubi]

@@JoeBleeps I just edited my original comment to make more sense.

[@JoeBleeps]

@@busubi I didn't know that about the sticker! Not sure my wires would have been long enough but that's a really useful bit of info for future reference

[@contemplandojogos]

Great job 👏👏👏

[@JoeBleeps]

Thanks!

[@darrencox1911]

Thank you - Perfect tutorial

[@JoeBleeps]

Thank you!

[@ntt2232]

just bought a used game cube…question Does the fan kick in the minute you turn on a game cube or does it kick in depending on how warm the cube gets?

[@JoeBleeps]

I've never checked but I had always assumed it just came on when the console powered up!

[@flyingwings4740]

Hi...was thinking of doing this, but im getting conflicting info about wether to use a resistor or not from different sources, i always it was needed like the Dreamcast fan upgrade ?

[@JoeBleeps]

The resistor makes all the difference with noise levels

[@pittstone]

i saw this on many Fan Mods. Why is the Fan in Wrong Position? The Fan should blow fresh Air into the Console, right? And the Heat should blow on the other side out. But every Fan i see in Videos suck the Heat inside out. But the smaller Fan, like Noctua Mod with 40mm has not the power to suck the fresh Air from the other side of the Console, the long way from heatsink of the console to the fan and Blow it out. Its better to blow the fresh Air direct into the Console. I have now from 50 Celcius down to 45 Celcius after i changed that.

[@1955canuck]

Instead of needing to mess about wrapping a piece of tape around one of the soldered joints (before positioning the heat shrink), why didn't you just stagger where the two wires were cut? Then you wouldn't have had any issue with the two soldered connections shorting against each other!

[@JoeBleeps]

That's a very good point 😅 I'll do that in future

[@maximodejesus5001]

where can I get the base for it fan

[@JoeBleeps]

I think I found it on thingiverse?

[@rosssmith5731]

Could you upload the tools you use for your modding ie soldering iron(s) etc aswell as your 3d printer. I do a fair bit of modding but struggling to find good reliable tools. Cheers ps love the mod videos 👌

[@JoeBleeps]

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll try and do a video in future if I get the shed more organised!

[@rosssmith5731]

@@JoeBleeps That would make a good video. Can i ask what iron you use as im looking to get a good reliable either soldering iron or soldering station. Cheers

[@JoeBleeps]

@@rosssmith5731 Antex cs-18 I think. And I use the pointy tips for the most part

[@leoisforevercool]

this leads me to wonder if soldering a resister in with the original fan would give the same results

[@19maho87]

It definitly makes it more quiet. You can solder from 22ohm to 100ohm (more is not recommended). Due to some online forum guys, the sweetspot is 50-75ohm which results in 10-15% more heat but ~5db noise reduction.

[@Weneedaplague]

Fan speed is different between the old one and a noctua one. The new one also moves more air per second at every rpm

[@sonorhenrik]

Hello I don't think the tinkivers link is working?

[@ch3rry833]

So won't this damage the console in any way by not cooling it enough?

[@JoeBleeps]

No problems with mine so far. I've not measured temperatures to check though so time will tell

[@Weneedaplague]

yakubian ape vibes

[@Readmit]

The link for the adapter doesn't work.

[@JoeBleeps]

Thanks for letting me know. It doesn't seem to be available on thingiverse any more although there are other adapters on there if you search. I'll have to try some of the others

[@Readmit]

@@JoeBleeps Retrofrog has it.

[@JoeBleeps]

@@Readmit thank you

[@KingLumague]

The Zedlabz link doesn't work.

[@JoeBleeps]

Thanks for letting me know, I'll fix it when I get home

[@JoeBleeps]

hopefully working now?

[@stevthethief]

This has been a complete failure for me. I bought this exact fan and even with the "low noise adapter" it is still LOUDER than the original fan. The original was 60dB. This fan without low noise adapter came in at 70dB. With low noise adapter 65dB. Absolutely terrible idea this.

[@JoeBleeps]

For me it was louder than the original fan until the resistor was added in, after which it was definitely much quieter. It's not a job I'd be rushing out to do on any other GameCube unless I was finding the fan noise to be really problematic.

[@ravenrue]

@@JoeBleeps what resistor do I need specifically? Or should I just stick with the cable noctua provides?

[@JoeBleeps]

@@ravenrue yeah that should be fine. I think I said in the video what resistor it is, it's been a while since I did it.

[@JoeBleeps]

@@ravenrue yeah I just had another look you just need a regular 100 ohms resistor or use the cable.

[@fatmansbellybutton]

The same has happened for me. Sounds like a jumbo jets about to take off 😂

[@AlexSBedini]

Quitter means less performance though !

[@brexdz6719]

che

[@babycakes7141]

i think your the sussy imposter