Does it work good? I hate to buy a gamebit just to only have to use it once. Anyone try the pen trick and did it work good?
I never got it to work myself, but a lot of people have posted about their success. But hey, the gamebit only lasts about one or two GameCubes anyway, so don't let that "only have to use it once" bit bother you.
I tried it, failed. I left the pen end jammed inside the screw 'tunnel' underneath the GC casing for a couple seconds too long. The plastic from the pen ended up molding to the plastic on the GC's casing. Took about 6 or so hours or delicate scraping and clawing before enough screw was exposed for the Gamebit to be used. I've switched to phillips head screws ever since, the original gamebits came out, and that has made life a lot easier.
I've used it before the bic pen trick,but would only advise it for taking the screws out only.If you plan on using the same GameCube screws then you will only be able to use the bic pen once.The plastic isn't real strong for screwing them back in,so the bic pen wears real fast.After taking them out just do like DaXIthR said replace the screws with phillips screws.I used the gamebit also keeping the original GameCube screws in,but after awhile one of the screws stripped and was almost impossible taking the screw back out.If you use a phillips head screw make sure it is durable,cause the GameCube screws are pretty cheap and they can strip also.
Actually, LBurna, I think Nintendo uses screw heads that strip and wear easily on purpose. They want to be able to have the slightest proof of warranty violation. I don't think they are trying to save cents by using cheap screws. It's understandable. You're absolutely right. No matter how careful you are, the original screws WILL become unuseable after a few uses. Phillips is the only way to do it. The average phillips head wood screw is much durable and will almost certainly last the life of your GC.
I have tried on several occasions and had never succeeded. Finally bought a real gamebit after my 12th failed attempt.
sure , it is so they know whether if ya srewed around with it or not , but you forot 1 thing.... even if your cube is brand spanking new , they still wont repair it , because the warranty was stoped about a year ago . so dont bother asking nintendo to repair a cube . get a mod chip or epairs man to fix it .
I had no problems.. took about 5 minutes to set up, melt, mould, cool down, and unscrew *very* carefully. don't use massive amounts of pressure, just enough to crack the screw loose
nintendo will repair your gamecube for $50 with no warrenty. I had checked on their website a few months back.
