Thats all I use is fullsized dvd-r...TDK has given me the best results ,however Office Depot brand works as well. The two above mentioned media require a different boot disk tho...for example I can boot the TDK using both luigi's mansion or RE zero, however can only boot the office depot brand using luigi's mansion as boot disc.
If your worried about dust, you can do the 'lid mod' I have done this mod and have a thread at www.Dextrose gamecube forum if you need more info.
ok i did the T align... and i'm going to burn it on an Office Depot, which is Ritek g04. I have RE0 but not Luigi's Mansion. Do we know of any other good boot disks? I do have the original RE4, because I'm really making copies of games I own, so I'll try that too.
Is there a list somewhere of what games boot well with what boot discs? I've been booting Harvest Moon with Metroid and LoZ4S with Spyro.
180 Ohms on my laser... Tried RE0 and Spyro, also tried PSO I&II with no luck. It'll load, at least, with the T align, but I always get a DRE withing 5 or 10 minutes. Where did you hear Luigi worked? Or is that what you use to load? Most people think a new BIOS will fix this, as I know it's common, but I don't know enough about the system to understand how a BIOS would help in-game...
ok so i patched it and tried a few different ways and different boot discs. still can't get that thing to run solid. it's on the mini office depot disc and i tried loading it with spyro again. it works for about 5 minutes or so before it fails. i also adjusted my pot a bit and put it up to 200, but i'm gonna crank that down since it seems like now it won't read prodiscs.
this is nuts. it's starting to seem like a waste of time. harvest moon worked first burn (full size tdk) and LoZ4S (mini OD Ritekg04) works aside from some random DRE i get if it's a cold boot. that makes 2 of 6 so far...
here's another weird thing... when re4 does boot, i get really nasty audio errors... wrong sound effects and tracks... and i did the align T thing to that one.
if you can come up with any answers or ideas, let me know.
Ok, I'm going to waste another disc and reburn Tales of Symphonia with the T align... It's not the most scientific route, since I'm editing the file, but I doubt the tweak will affect the playability of the disc. Then I'll have burned it on 3 different mediums to see if it would work at all. Here goes $2.11...
well, i reburned it with the T align and on an OD disc. I got through the fmv and story all the way to the first battle. the music started, the screen went black and then DRE. i was so stoked until that happened. I suppose I could try a different boot disc.
