Unsuccessful Xeno Mod - GameCube

I had a spare Gamecube optical drive board and a Xeno Mod chip on hand, so I wanted to see if I could get my Gamecube to read burned discs - as a way to launch Swiss. Not a necessity since I’ve already PicoBoot modded the system - just to see if I could.

Note - my soldering skills are forever a work in progress.

I soldered the chip in place on the spare board, then adjusted the laser potentiometer per online recommendations.

Good news - It still reads OEM discs! 👍

Bad news - It does not read burned discs 👎

I may desolder the chip or pick up another one to try again by wiring to the correct points rather that this ‘overlay’ process. I feel it might give me more precision.

More to come, perhaps 🤔