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Ok, I soldered my qoob pro to the board no probs, checked continuity with a multimeter everywhere, all read 0.00 indicating they were properly connected. First tried to reassemble with the eject switch in, black screen, put it back the way it was w/out the Qoob's eject connectors, and without the USB connector on (just the chip only) now it will boot properly (as if no chip is there) works with my retail GC games.
Noticable problems:
1) the led does not come on the chip (the 5v seems to be connected as the multimeter indicates, so this makes no sense)
2) obviously since the chip does not get power, the normal GC screen is shown on start up
3) The Led to indicate power is on (the orange one on top) does not illuminate, I was running it w/out a case and screws for test purposes. I have no clue why this wouldn't come on...
Things I tried:
1) checked continuity from solder points to behind the chip to ensure the connector w/the wires was in properly, all read 0.00 so they're connected (makes me think that there could be a prob w/the 5 volt...or worse the chip itself is damaged from some cause such as static shock (who knows)
2) checked all the points to ensure they were not bridged to adjacent points when they should not be (all checked out a-ok)
3) as stated above I tried it w/out the Qoob eject cable.
4) there is electrical tape over the yellow/purple wires to prevent contact with the heat sink.
Any suggestions? Is there a way to determine if the chip is fried? Also, I have heard that an alternate solder point for the 5v is easier to solder to, where is this exactly?
Everything I have read says this thing should be working but it is not! The chip has no bios presently as I was planning to flash it with the USB cable when I get that start up screen.
Anything you guys suggest I'm glad to hear, thanks for looking!
I just read that the orange light would not illuminate if the resistor above the 5v was damaged/dislodged, that must be what happened because though it looks ok, it must not be...damn.
I do have another cube, (unmodded) I had to buy the one I am modding because the damn thing stopped playing my games, it would play one for about 2 minutes, then say "can't read disk" did it w/all my games (which are flawless on the data side). It must be a lens prob, can I use the laser assembly of the one that works on the board of the other if they are both a/b type? I don't see why it wouldn't work...I might have a second shot at this afterall if I can do that.
I cover my bases...
1)Xbox w/xecuter 2.6 solderless
2)Ps2 (slim) w/DMS4 Lite
3)Ps2 V7 w/DMS4 Lite and 200 Gig Maxtor HDD
4)GC w/qoob pro
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 4. October 2005 @ 20:17
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