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Development Update ~ Aug. 2021

A project log for GameCubePC

The complete GameCube computer that replicates original functionality and adds several new features without sacrificing performance

retromodderRetroModder 09/24/2021 at 21:040 Comments

Designed a standoff bracket for the GameCube controller USB adapter to fit on top of the original controller port board. It started out as this simple rectangular mount, and then was carved down to a minimal bracket once all hole locations were aligned.

Then assembled the first unit for testing.

To further improve the design, a pair of intake and exhaust fans were added which required modification to the standoffs. A spare ASRock mSTX motherboard was coupled with an Intel i5-7600k processor, 8GB of Crucial DDR4-2666, and a 250GB Samsung 860 EVO SSD, and installed in a platinum shell for testing.

A Fan Hub PCB was designed to break out the fan header to the intake and exhaust fans, and is located on the opposite side of the case as the Power Switch PCB. Since the ASRock motherboard only has one fan header for the CPU, it had to be split to branch off to all three fans. The GigaByte motherboard has both a CPU and accessory fan header, so only two fans needed to pass through the breakout board.

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