Topic: My GC Dying and coming back to life

[Lontheman]

I have only had my GC for 3 months and as of late it has a habit now of starting and stopping on its own. After I shut it off for a while it may work again or not. Now there is no dust nor does it overheat. I lost my original power adapter and  purchased a 3rd part on and now this problem starts up. SO should I get a factory adapter or is there a bigger issue at hand? Thank you for your input

[Infernal Monkey]

Third parties all hate the GameCube. Capcom worked with the people who made the AC adaptors so it'd blow up the GameCube and slaughter small children. Ring Nintendo and ask about getting a replacement adaptor.

[odifiend]

Hmm.. your situation sounds complicated.  If you talk to Nintendo, they will assure you it is the third party adapters fault - and it could be.  But one of their guys also was saying that my disc read errors were caused by a third party memory card.  So there is some bias there.  Call them.  If they say it is the power supply, see if you can find one on ebay - especially if they quote you a ridiculous price.

[KDR_11k]

Yeah, Nintendo is quick to blame third party components. However, a cheap PSU can nuke any device (third party Li-Ion batteries can even explode and take the device and any limbs nearby with it) so you should at least try an official adapter and hope it didn't fry anything else.
Or it could have been a power spike. Which reminds me that I didn't install a surge protector in front of my consoles yet.

[King of Twitch]

That's interesting. My alarm clock burned out around the same time as my cube completely stopped trying to read discs, even though they're plugged into a surge protector. Could a power spike still cause it?  

[Rancid Planet]

Lontheman, just contact Nintendo and put that warranty to good use. Get them to replace that sucker for free and while they're at it they can clean your games for you.

And if you get REALLY mad I hear they'll come to your house and wash your car for you.

[Truthliesn1seyes]

I've had my gamecube for well over its warranty.  I haven't yet called Nintendo with the matter becuase I don't want to go through the hassle just yet lol.  I am having similar problems.  The Gamecube will turn on fine, I'll be in the middle of my game and then the CD would stop spinning.  The small orange light on the top of the system is off, the screen is black, the cd doesn't spin but you can hear the system is still on becuase of the humming.  I'll hit the power button off and then back on and the orange light will just turn on then off.  If I disconnect the power adapter from the back of the Gamecube and put it back in and it'll work again.  I have all Nintendo products, nothing is 3rd party.  Has anyone experienced this and can they give me some insight on it.  It's really been getting on my nerves while playing Metriod Prime 2 lol.