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Jason Silver

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Thoughts and Reflections on Scripture

2005

August

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005

Gamecube Hell

Lucas dropped his gamecube yesterday and it ceased to live. So today I spent some time (5 hours, actually), trying to disassemble and repair it. What a job! I had to melt a BIC pen down to make the special screwdriver needed to open the unit. Then I spent an hour trying to recallibrate the laser with no luck.

Finally I found out that the problem was with the platform and assembly which holds the mini DVD. Part of it had broken and so the DVD wasn't sitting level in the unit, it was sort of lopsided. So I took that all apart and superglued it back together.

But now the motor isn't working at all, which spins the DVD-- so once again I'm left with a non-functioning device. Man! I was so close... it was working for about 3 minutes when the motor conked out. What a pain.

I can get a new motor for about $14.95 USD. What's that, $30 Canadian? Plus shipping, duty, and border fees! Ugh. Anyone know how to repair an electric motor?

~Jason


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