Topic: Gamecube clicking noise

[genesis89]

I bought a second hand gamecube last week and it makes this loud clicking noise when it loads windwaker. It seems fine playing Resident Evil. Is this something i should be worried about?

[Flames_of_chaos]

The clicking noise sometimes means its struggling to load I get it sometimes and theres little to no problem. Or it can be heavily loading.

[NotSoStu]

The clicking is actually jsut the little laser inside moving from one extreme to the other. Don't worry, it's on all GCNs (At least, all that I've seen.)

[kirby_killer_dedede]

Always happens to me when I play Metroid Prime.  I don't know what that game does to my GameCube, I get the clicking and 1/30 times I ride an elevator the game freezes up.

[Plugabugz]

There's several "versions" of Metroid Prime.

http://www.metroid2002.com/version_differences_version_number.php

[stevey]

I get clicking noise sometime but mostly in the metroid primes games.

[Flames_of_chaos]

I only got them from playing Timesplitters FP and SSX on tour and those games froze on me twice.

[Pale]

I get them all the time on my Q if something is being loaded...  But I have never had the Q freeze on me.

[Renny]

My GameCube clicks when it's in heat. I have to keep it in an upstairs bedroom.

[jasonditz]

Mine never used to do it, but as it's gotten older it does it more and more... sometimes it'll freeze up if it clicks more than 3 times in succession. I found that a good way to avoid a freeze is that if you hear the second click you open the lid... then instead of getting a "fatal error" it just gets a "open drive" error... and when you close it, it'll generally restart.  

[Infernal Monkey]

I remember when I rented Dark Summit, the GameCube was clicking every few seconds. But that's only because it was trying to cry.