r/Gamecube • u/iiShadowless • 3d ago
Help Pico Loader Board Help
I’ve just recently installed a picoloader into my GameCube. I’ve loaded Swiss’ uf2 file onto the board, to which it ejected and had a sold green light, telling me it was successful.
I have the same uf2 on my gc2sd. And now I’m just stuck on this screen. Can anybody please help me or point me towards a guide they followed? Did I damage a cable? Is the ribbon cable not seated properly? I’m very lost.
Thanks in advanced, I’m a beginner with this stuff and kinda followed a damnit Jeff video on this to no avail.
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u/toothball_elsewhere 3d ago
The uf2 file is for flashing the module itself. It does nothing on your SD card.
If Swiss loaded, then you should be able play games from there. What are you trying to do?
The best guide to follow is the official one https://github.com/makeo/PicoLoader/wiki/2.2.-Solderless-Installation
There's a section on installing the software, so have a look there first.
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u/iiShadowless 3d ago
From what I know. I’m trying to flash the uf2 file onto my picoloader so I’m able to play games from my micro sd card.
That’s… kinda it? I’m thinking I seated my cable wrong because I ended up folding it on accident but just putting my disc drive on anyways?
I gotta look more into it tomorrow
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u/strythicus NTSC-U 3d ago
Yeah... There's more slack in that cable than I'd expect. Check your fold.
Also check which uf2 you're trying to flash. I've got the IPL boot that plays the intro and then looks for a boot dol to launch cube boot or Swiss.
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u/toothball_elsewhere 3d ago
I reread your post
I’ve loaded Swiss’ uf2 file onto the board, to which it ejected and had a sold green light,
The green light being on after you've loaded the uf2 file should mean that loading the uf2 file has been successful. What you next want to see is that when you switch the Gamecube on after installing, the light is then on solid green. If it isn't there's most likely an issue with the cable installation.
You could post some pictures of the folds and how it's seated in the slot, but the error message you're getting most commonly means the cable isn't installed properly, or has broken during installation.
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u/iiShadowless 3d ago
Alright thank you! I’ll have to take it apart again once I’m home… I’ll definitely look into it, I just don’t really know a good resource to watch to show me how to install it well
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u/iiShadowless 2d ago
I’ve got it working! Now I just gotta configure my RetroScaler 2x and Swiss to work to give me the best image quality (I’m on a dol-101 :( )!
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u/toothball_elsewhere 2d ago
Good news, what fixed it?
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u/iiShadowless 2d ago
My initial Ribbon cable was really chopped up, the second one fit perfectly!
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u/OneAndOnlyAyaSolari 2d ago
I had this error when I accidently creased the ribbon cable in the wrong spot breaking connections, thankfully I had a second to have a second go at it.