I bought a broken gamecube mod chip from tampabaymods

rocky · June 28, 2006, 04:53:06 PM

I bought a xeno gamecube mod chip from tampabaymods and it was broken. I bought it march 3rd and I installed it and it didnt work and now I finaly got around to getting it replaced but tampabaymods.com is not working does anyone know what happen to them? and is their a way to return the mod chip?

DeVS · June 28, 2006, 05:04:22 PM

Sent you a pm with the last email addy I have for him.

rocky · June 28, 2006, 05:26:52 PM

Okay thanks the only one I had was admin@tampabaymods.com and I dont think that one will work if his site is down. So what did happen? did he tell you or did he just dissapear?

bitblt · June 28, 2006, 06:53:59 PM

This number used to be displayed on TampaBayMods website . . .

Phone ( 702-237-1492 Monday through Friday , 12PM - 5PM PST )

Michael lives in Las Vegas and I've been to his house to purchase a SC miniSD. Michael seemed like a smart and honest young man.

Tempest · June 28, 2006, 09:20:48 PM

Quote from: "rocky"is their a way to return the mod chip?

There is always a chargeback if push comes to shove.

Neptune · June 29, 2006, 01:08:15 PM

I actually sent him a reply, the chip itself is write-once, there is no reflashable portion on it. I emailed him and from what he told me he basically needs to POT tweak his gamecube to read backups. In either case my disclaimer on the site says 30 days for any returns, it's been over 3 months now.

Charge back isn't an option as it is well past the amount of time to test the product and send it back for an exchange.

rocky · June 29, 2006, 01:13:41 PM

Okay so if thats not an option anymore do you know any way I can get the chip working? The green light on the chip comes on but if I go to the menu of the chip it shows the menu but its like a vhs tape that is out of tracking it just flickers. so I dont know what is wrong

DeVS · June 29, 2006, 01:20:16 PM

What kind of dvd are u using in the GameCube. The GameCube is VERY picky when it comes to media that it will read. Are you sure you dont have it in pal mode or something? The flickering like a VHS tape kinda sounds like its in pal video mode on an ntsc tv?

rocky · June 29, 2006, 04:48:39 PM

well to get to the modchip menu you dont even need a dvd in the gamecube so I dont know. Ill try to read the menu and see if it has pal mode set up

socket · June 29, 2006, 06:26:09 PM

Oh, now that I think about it mine was set to PAL by default when I set it up. If you can get it to NTSC it may fix it. Good luck.

rocky · June 29, 2006, 07:34:38 PM

Okay Ill try but right now my discs arnt being read so I will have to figure that out because I guess you do need a disc to get the menu. is their a way to have my tv read pal or a pc or something?

socket · June 29, 2006, 10:01:47 PM

That sucks... I had to adjust the pot on mine. It was a pain in the ass, but stuff plays now... Make sure you use compatible media, too...

I have a QOOB. It works great :-/. Keep searching around.

Neptune · October 20, 2007, 08:57:47 PM

I happened to notice this when I google'd my phone number. I told him I would exchange it but never heard back from him. Also, from my understanding after he did a POT tweak it started working.