The gamebits used to open the Gamecube only cost about $6-8. They also can open up SNES, Nintendo 64, Turbo-Grafx and PC-Engine, so concider it an investment.

diamondlovedust, gamerchica61788- Its likely that the spindle ins't moving as a result of a bad laser. If the Gamecube can't detect a disk as being inside of it (because it can't read it- because the laser broken) then it has no reason to try and spin the disk.

The same goes for your "Please insert a Nintendo Gamecube Disc" error. The laser could very well going bad. Luckily, there are adjustments you can try, and there are replacement lasers out there on the market that cost far less than an entirely new GC system.

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://www.ultimateconsoleguides.com/gamecube.htm

4.5mm screw driver or bit. look it up on google.

for those of you who have disc read errors, you may need to recalibrait the laser. go to gamefaq.com, go to gamecube, then hardware, you should then go to faqs and guides. in the list look for lasser lens calibration. this guid helped me make my gamecube last a lot longer than it would have had i not done this.

I couldn't get a hold of a screw driver and I tryed the "bic pen method." the problem with bic pen is that if you fail, you fuse the two plastics together. you will never open the screw again. well, actually, that's not quit true. I'm one of the unlucky poeple that failed. so i decided to dig out the entire screw hole. the plastic not only fused with the other plastic but it also turned the entire screw hole into one big screw. so I carved it out the holes with a knife and opened the gamecube that way. when I finished what I wanted to do on the inside I used strips of duct tap to close it up. I would not advise the bic pen methode.

okn im a fourteen yearold noob but I've fixed this kind of problem time and time and time and time and time again............it works with ps1, pss2, xbox, xbox 360, gamecube. The lens is probably dirty.....u can clean it by wiping off the lens with a cutip and rubbing alcohol.

I need to open my gamecube to clean the inside, and I cant seem to find and screws or anything...can someone help me?

Hey, i have a problem with my gamecube. It hasn't been working for a while, so today i decided to try to fix it, well clean it anyways.
And i cleaned it the best i could, it turned on, and i was playing for about 10 minutes then it just shutted off like al the times before.
What do i do to fix it?