My Gamecube's dying

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"jimini" <jimini10nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> Hi all,
> For the past few weeks now I've been randomly getting the dreaded
> message "An error has occurred. Turn the Power Off and check the
> Nintendo GameCube Instruction Booklet for further instructions." while
> playing. Seems to happen when it loading something. Has anyone managed
> to fix this themselves without sending it in for repairs?
>
> Jim

I had to sell mine and buy a new one and I *am* mechanically inclined.

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TheLightsAreOn wrote:
>>"jimini" <jimini10nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>For the past few weeks now I've been randomly getting the dreaded
>>>message "An error has occurred. Turn the Power Off and check the
>>>Nintendo GameCube Instruction Booklet for further instructions." while
>>>playing. Seems to happen when it loading something. Has anyone managed
>>>to fix this themselves without sending it in for repairs?
>>>
>>>Jim
>>
>>I had to sell mine and buy a new one and I *am* mechanically inclined.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> I sometimes wonder what some people do to their Game Systems to make things
> like this happen. I bought my Gamecube a week or so after launch, taken it
> appart a few times (US/Japanese mod and to paint it) and moved it back and
> forth between my home and a friends a hundred times, and have only had a
> Disk Read Error once (the five game Prievew disk).
>
> The paint job: http://home.comcast.net/~6521ordnut/HellCube.html

The only thing I've done is install the broadband adapter. Never opened
it up, but am considering it. I'm wondering whether there's a fan broken
or dust building up inside causing it to overheat.

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Jim I wrote:
> did u clean the eye with a q-tip? sometimes it's the game. happened to
> my boys' super smash bros. got too scratched.
>

Might try cleaning the eye. It's happened in three games now and I take
care of my discs, so it's definitely the console.

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"TheLightsAreOn" <fake@thisaddress.com> wrote in message news:Xns963A84E5BAE43fakethisaddresscom@216.196.97.136...
> >
> > "jimini" <jimini10nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> Hi all,
> >> For the past few weeks now I've been randomly getting the dreaded
> >> message "An error has occurred. Turn the Power Off and check the
> >> Nintendo GameCube Instruction Booklet for further instructions." while
> >> playing. Seems to happen when it loading something. Has anyone managed
> >> to fix this themselves without sending it in for repairs?
> >>
> >> Jim
> >
> > I had to sell mine and buy a new one and I *am* mechanically inclined.
> >
> >
> >
>
> I sometimes wonder what some people do to their Game Systems to make things
> like this happen. I bought my Gamecube a week or so after launch, taken it
> appart a few times (US/Japanese mod and to paint it) and moved it back and
> forth between my home and a friends a hundred times, and have only had a
> Disk Read Error once (the five game Prievew disk).
>
> The paint job: http://home.comcast.net/~6521ordnut/HellCube.html

I had a 1st gen. It just sat there.