GC wont play back up games

yo, i just installed a viper gc extreme to my gamecube and it wont play back up games!!! i adjusted the laser and tried every ohms possible from the rage of 170-250 and still nothing!!! i am able to back up the games to my comp. using cobra 1.6, and burn them to mini DVD-R's, office depot brand, but they will not play on the cube!!! currently my laser is set to 200 ohms. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME OUT!?!?!?!?

 

try a known good brand of mini dvd-r like Ritek g04

 

the office depot brand is the same as ritek, when i run it through the nero thing the name ritek comes up..thank you for your response but do you have anymore suggestions??

 

what size are your isos before you burn them?

 

Based on what you've posted, there are a few things that you may want to consider.

-The quality of your DVD burner.
-The burning application you're using as well as the settings used.
-The accuracy of the disc images you ripped.
-Any damage you might have caused to your laser by messing with the pot.

 

the size of my iso is 1,425,760 kb. My dvd burner is a NEC DVD RW ND-3550A V1.05

 

Hi, having exactly the same problem, fitted my Viper Extreme last night, confirmed the chip is installed and working as when GC boots it shows the Viper Screen, will not play backups, does still play originals

Any suggestions welcomed

 

Sounds like you need to adjust your laser pot

 

really? damn, wot about if i run the iso through FSTFix and reburn, will that help...?

 

it might...also be sure your using high-quality media, not some cheap stuff

 

right i have a plan...

1. gonna try the FstFix on the iso and reburn

2. If that doesnt fix it, going to flash chip with Cobra 2.1

3. Failing that, fiddle with the damn POT,

yeah i have Ritek DVDs

thanks for your help

 

found this article, http://www.iso420.org/ngc/vgce/index.htm Viper Extreme BIOS doesnt play backups out of the box, needs flashing with
Cobra BIOS or similar, seems strange that a MOD Chip doesnt play backups out of the box..?

Still, at least we know the solution now

 

that's why I love the softmod method, no need to even open my GC or flash anything.

 

unfortunately my inquisitive mind makes me take things apart, once it works, it does just work very well

 

qoob chips can't play back-ups out of the box either as they ship with a BIOS that can only boot originals and homebrew.

Anyway, try cleaning your burner's lens with one of those lens cleaning discs for DVD players catliquor. It may improve your burn quality, as I've had to clean mine several times after using it so much.

 

my burner is fine, (as far as i am aware) 360 Dls are fine, XBOX fine, DVD fine, just damn GC, when i put the disc in and use explorer in Cobra, it says "unknown format"

any ideas

 

did you try reflashing your chip with the cobra bios? the viper chip doesn't play backups 'as-is', it needs to be flashed with a bios that DOES read backups. Read here http://www.iso420.org/ngc/vgce/index.htm

 

Yes flashed with Cobra 2.1

 

if your originals boot fine, but backups don't, I'd have to venture a guess and say that your pot needs tweaking if your burning on ritek g04's at 1x with imgburn.