Multi-region switchable gamecube out of a Japanese import GC

The "R6" mod for the japanese gamecube requires you to short an otherwise empty resistor pad. This resistor pad goes between some pin on the ATI flipper chip and ground. It turns out that the reset switch also pulls to ground as well, when it is engaged, and that the region setting is only checked whenever a new disk is inserted.

Ita: La modifica R6 per il Gamecube jappo richiede l'accorciamento del resistore del pad altrimenti vuoto. Il resistore si trova vicino al Flipper...

Thus, if one is willing to sacrifice the functionality of their reset switch, it is fairly straightforward to convert the reset switch into a region select switch that only needs to be in the correct position when changing game disks.

After taking the gamecube apart, the following needs to be done:

• Cut the reset wire on the board that holds the reset switch (this is the board that the game controllers hook into).

• Run a wire from the R6 pad closer to the mounting hole on the gamecube motherboard to the pin marked as "1" on the reset switch. You can use the timekeeping 32.768 kHz crystal as a strain relief on the wire, so that it doesn't interfere with the heat sink pads when re-attaching the heat sink.

Ita:

• Dovete grattare i due pistini sulla mobo del cubo nella zona "SW1"
• Dovete saldare un filo da qui a qui

This is what the mod looks like in the end. I used standard radio shack wire wrap wire to do this mod, and a good fine-tipped soldering iron.

Ita: Ecco come risulterà la vostra modifica alla fine! Complimenti avete modificato il cubo! :)

To operate the mod: you don't need to do anything if you want to play a japanese game. If you want to play a US game, switch!

Per usarla: non dovete fare niente se volete usare un gioco jappo (bella forza, il cubo è jap! :P). Se volete giocare con un cubo usa, Switchate! =)

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