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Modding a GameCube to Install Windows NT

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Go to https://surfshark.com/michaelmjd or use code MICHAELMJD at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Thanks to Surfshark for sponsoring this video! So here's something I've been wanting to do for a while! Today we're gonna try and mod a Nintendo GameCube to install Windows NT. This is my first (of hopefully many) GameCube homebrew experiments! PicoLoader Store: https://store.makstech.io/ ● Support the channel on Patreon to get early access to these videos! https://patreon.com/MichaelMJD ● Gear I use to make these videos: https://www.kit.co/mjd Camera: https://amzn.to/3ipyKc5 Tripod: https://amzn.to/3pqxycn Microphone: https://amzn.to/35UbkXb Editing Software (Premiere): https://amzn.to/39kawfS Thumbnail Editor (Photoshop): https://amzn.to/3lVqVN6 ● Affiliate Links: Get a FREE 30-DAY TRIAL of Amazon Prime: https://amzn.to/2xVmMB3 Get a FREE TRIAL of Audible: https://amzn.to/44CX7tN Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/?tag=teammjd-20 ● Music/Credits: Background Music: "Blue Mood" and "Sixteen Twenty Five", from the YouTube Audio Library "Mining by Moonlight", "Late Night Radio", "Lobby Time", "Acid Jazz", "Airport Lounge", and "Spy Groove" by Kevin MacLeod of http://www.incompetech.com Outro Music: Silent Partner - Bet On It "Pop, High, A (H1).wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org (used under a Creative Commons license) Amazon Affiliate Notice: I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. All Amazon links that I provide will use my affiliate code with Amazon. Some materials in this video are used under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, which allows "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, commenting, news reporting, teaching, and research. ● Chapters: 00:00 - So here's what we're doing... 01:35 - Modding the GameCube 09:14 - Testing our work 10:01 - How to get homebrew apps loaded 11:57 - Installing Windows 15:48 - Using Windows 17:55 - An important discovery 20:31 - Outro #MichaelMJD #WindowsNT #GameCube

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aprilclark960 1 week, 6 days ago

One thing I wanna mention is that some late DOL-001s have the Digital AV Out port but are missing Serial Port 2 because Nintendo just decided to remove ports no one was using to cut costs. I have one of those GameCubes.

micheal_santiago
micheal_santiago 1 week, 6 days ago

Have you tried running Windows games on either console?

francisca_gonzález
francisca_gonzález 1 week, 6 days ago

heh, "wii've done" in the intro

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lucy_greenwood 1 week, 6 days ago

5:00 I'm so glad he found inner peace

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jayeden68 1 week, 6 days ago

When I was a kid I thought the GameCube's mini discs were going to be the future but no other console ever switched to them.

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davimiguel_silveira 2 weeks ago

As a tech myself that works on random projects like these, I love this. We're both in it just for the love of the game.

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brianmartin440 2 weeks ago

The Wheel of Names has spoken! Next up: Install UwUntu on a real Galaxy S22! 🎡Loved the GameCube Windows NT video! Since you're on a roll with real hardware modding and architecture battles, I put a bunch of ridiculous software challenges onto a digital spinner to see what you should try next. Destiny chose UwUntu Linux on a physical Samsung Galaxy S22.Since it's a 64-bit desktop distro, watching you use a real PC to bypass Knox security via the teal Download Mode screen, try to compile it for a mobile ARM chip, and inevitably end up running a chroot container with anime wallpapers on a premium AMOLED display would be peak entertainment. Please make this happen!

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ross.craig 2 weeks ago

wow this is sick

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maria_evans 2 weeks ago

There are actually 3 revisions of the GameCube. The 3rd is a late DOL-001 model that has the digital port, but not the SP2 port. The only way to tell them apart is the cover over it is similar to the DOL-101, where "Serial Port 2" is not embossed into the plastic cover. Technically, you could enable SP2 with some extra soldering of wires. The majority of DOL-001 models will have SP2 port. The late DOL-001 without SP2 is uncommon.

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brittany.gutierrez 2 weeks ago

11:57 WHY ARE YOUR CONTROLLER CORDS TWISTED LIKE THAT!?!??

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thomastempest62 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Dat shaft, dem holes! 😂🤪

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thomastempest62 2 weeks, 1 day ago

MJD video without problems? Impossible!

diego_almeida
diego_almeida 2 weeks, 1 day ago

The first thing I saw inside was the CMOS battery, and I wanted to replace it then and there.

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leon_rogers 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Win NT 3.51 was my fave especially when adding in to IBM OS2 warp 4.0 ^_^ but finding video and hard ware drivers that support the game cube video and gpu on such a older unsupported system

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marguerite_robin 2 weeks, 1 day ago

do i have a gamecube? no! did i watch the whole video? yes!

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alexislopez263 2 weeks, 1 day ago

The modchip uses an RP2040, which is the same microprocessor the Pico uses.

irene.humphries
irene.humphries 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Im going to wait until I go to sleep and then listen to this video

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hans-willi_kallert 2 weeks, 1 day ago

mjd voice is my antidepressant

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hans-heinrich.segebahn 2 weeks, 1 day ago

I swear, getting Windows running on consoles is the new "Getting Doom running on a roll of toilet paper". I love it.

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andrew_montgomery 2 weeks, 1 day ago

cool vid, love it!