Restoring a Nintendo GameCube Part 2 - PicoBoot Mod Chip, New Fan, Reassembly - Procrasturbate Tech

Time to finish a retro repair on a Nintendo GameCube game console! This is part 2 of my retro GameCube Console repair. If you haven’t seen part 1 yet, I suggest clicking the link below.
   • Restoring a Nintendo GameCube Part 1 ...  

This is my first retro repair so please be gentle and don’t take this as an ‘experts’ guide to game console repairs.

In Part 2, I’ll be installing the PicoBoot mod chip by webhdx that uses a Raspberry Pi Pico. I’ll also be replacing the thermal pads on the CPU, GPU and RAM and adding a replacement fan in. I’ll install Swiss by emukidid on to an SD Card to enable me to run games from that SD Card, and lastly, reassemble the whole console!

Here are the links mentioned throughout the video:
PicoBoot by webhdx on GitHub: https://github.com/webhdx/PicoBoot
PicoBoot Installation Guide: https://github.com/webhdx/PicoBoot/wi...
Swiss for GameCube by emukidid: https://github.com/emukidid/swiss-gc
GameCube Fan Adapter by Retro Frog: https://www.printables.com/model/7925...

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Chapters:

00:00 Shameless Social Media Plug
00:27 Introduction
01:30 Clock Battery Replacement
02:52 Power LED Replacement
03:42 Preparing the RPi Pico with PicoBoot
05:04 Soldering Introduction
06:17 Prepping Wires and Wiring Diagram
08:19 Soldering to the IC
08:54 Soldering to the Solder Joins
10:13 Soldering the RPi Pico
11:53 Sparkle Sparkle!
12:10 Thermal Pads Introduction (with sizes)
13:00 Thermal Pad Installation
14:13 Align the Heatsink
15:12 Replacing the Fan
17:52 A Note on Wiring the Fan
18:39 Ready to Reassemble
19:40 Reassembly!
26:23 Done! Brief Look at Finished Product