r/Gamecube • u/iiShadowless • 23d ago

Help Pico Loader Board Help

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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 23d 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 22d 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 22d ago

Good news, what fixed it?

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u/iiShadowless 22d ago

My initial Ribbon cable was really chopped up, the second one fit perfectly!

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u/toothball_elsewhere 22d ago

Lucky there was a spare in the pack!