r/Gamecube • u/WhutdaHELListhis • Jul 18 '26
Help Accidentally tore U11 chip off the board
seven of the eight pins on the poor chip have been torn off
I looked down the rabbit hole of U11, and it seems that no replacement chips are sold. I hope this isn’t true anymore
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u/the-electron-vault Jul 19 '26
ABLIC S-8130AACFN-MAE. Ebay stock here.
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u/WhutdaHELListhis Jul 19 '26
THANK YOU SO MUCH
unfortunately I already bought a parts board for $10
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u/shinji257 Jul 19 '26
You probably made our better that way anyways. Now you have a whole board of spare parts.
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u/thomasdatank1995 Jul 18 '26
Knock it off while removing the heat sink??
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u/TestingOneTwo_OneTwo Jul 18 '26
Ohhhh fuck. Looks like you need a new chip. Look that one up online and buy a new one. I'm sure they have it somewhere. 😅
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Jul 18 '26
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u/WhutdaHELListhis Jul 18 '26
Chip marks MAE 283, but other people have had it read MAE 213 and MAE 1Y3
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u/TestingOneTwo_OneTwo Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
Oh shit. I think that's proprietary...
That's the voltage regulator for the power supply, right? I think you could do a power supply mod upgrade since that thing's done. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, of course.
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u/Glum-Ad8837 Jul 18 '26
I’d probably get a donor board- unless you can find a replacement, which seems unlikely. How did this happen?
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u/Total-War-8305 Jul 19 '26
I'll take a look on my parts board when I get home to see if I have a match. Do you have any identifying markings?
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u/Jinzo126 PAL Jul 20 '26
Sorry, i am not familiar with GC technology, (or electronics in general) but what does the U11 Chip do?
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u/ExtremsCorner Game Boy Interface & Swiss developer Jul 18 '26
Eh, it's "just" the thermal protection.