Qoob Pro Installed But Normal Boot Screen

Ohhh I will definately do the mod. I know what it is like to have a chipped XBOX, as well as DISH Atmel emulation. Soldering to mainboards is no big deal.

It is just this mysterious error that a few of you are up against. Well, about this time tomorrow, or Sat, I will post the outcomes of my 'upgrade'. Perhaps I will either be in the same boat, or will have info to help illuminate what differences in procedure we performed. Either way, I will detail my application.

I posted several ideas and questions on that last post. Any further comments you have in regards to those?

 

just a little update of my progress

saved my system, it wasn't fried afterall, which is pretty fantastic i must say............the bios chip was bridged in a couple places due to my lack of soldering skills so i had to clean that up real well so got the cube back to working atleast.....i'll attempt the mod again soon, and maybe i won't burn myself as much

 

Alright boboclown, let's see what I can answer...

A lot of the problems in this topic seem to be caused by poor solder connections, solder bridges that don't belong, and the like. Hence the malfunctioning GCs such as skolds. Best way to avoid this is to use a small amount of rosin core solder with a low wattage iron so that all connections are clean with a lower chance of damaging components. If a solder bridge occurs then a razor blade will do the job provided it's a very small amount of solder.

Other problems might include the lid switch, since it seems as though a few posters haven't connected the qoob's lid switch. The idea is to remove the original wire from the switch, plug in the one that came with the qoob Pro, and plug the original wire into the qoob Pro's lid switch wire. It's set up this way so that whenever the qoob Pro is active the lid switch will be disabled, allowing the disc to spin even if the lid is open. Normally, the GC will stop the disc when the lid is open. Whenever the qoob Pro isn't active, the lid will perform as if the qoob Pro's lid switch isn't even there.

The bios *may* not matter since some of these guys might not have flashed over the first bios bank, which contains the 1.0 default bios. The default bios is completely stable, so it's a good idea to try booting that up before flashing a different bios to the chip anyway. Just to check and make sure things are working properly, such as the lid switch and the ability to boot up originals. The reason not everyone uses 1.3c is because it isn't considered 100% stable. Apparently, some people have issues with it, so not everyone uses it. I use it myself, and haven't had any problems with it.

I'm not quite sure what options your talking about when flashing the BIOS. They sound vaguely familiar. As I recall, the qoob Pro is set to boot automatically by default.

The qoob Pro chip has the wires that are soldered to the motherboard, a ribbon cable for the USB terminal, and a lid switch connected with wires and terminals. The lid switch goes from the qoob Pro and is connected in between the original lid switch terminals.

The wiring doesn't seem to be the problem as much the solder jobs. The wires don't connect to the drive unit, they just sort of go in between the drive units mounting bracket and onto the motherboard. This might cause problems for some since the wires could get pinched if they aren't routed well.

Also, check out the modthatcube qoob Pro guide since it shows lots of pictures that'll surely answer any questions you may have regarding installation. It literally breaks down everything into baby steps.

Good luck with the install and hopefully everyone can get their qoob's up and running.

 

Venom, once again, a beautifully detailed answer. Thanks you for taking the time to make it that way.

This is all good. Assuming UPS is on time, I am "T minus 10 hours" from my own installation.

One question in the response you gave, second paragraph: When QOOB is enabled, and I have a game booted up and running, if I open the Lid, the game disc will continue to spin, and NOT stop. Which means that to swap out games when in QOOB-mode, you have to power down, swap game, power up. Right? Why do you think the QOOB wants the disk to spin always, even when the Lid is up? Seems like a strange design decision...

thanks!

 

good question by the way boboclown....


UPDATE: Got my chip working on the first try after my first failed attempt. It was actually pretty easy after you take your time and not do it right after you wake up from a deep sleep

So far so good, workin' like a dream

 

When you play multi disk games with the qoob Pro active and you need to swap disks, it will stop the disc from spinning. So no worries there. As far as I can tell, the only reason it has a lid switch is to allow for total control of the motor.

 

I had the same problem with my qoobchip, but everything was correct. Just hooked up the cube to my laptop and just flashed the bios with a version 1.3a and the worked fine since then.
Hopes this helps

 

where can I find more information of this QOOB PRO KIT?
I'm for details of what it can be used for?

 

I just found this gamecube thread about the qoob PRO,I didnt even know they came out with a modchip for gamecube. I might pull out my gamecube out of hibernation if this works like a regular modchip. Do you need to install a 3rd party software, like EvoX when you install a Xbox/Ps2 modchip, it does it just play the backup copies directly. Any information would be greatly appreciated.