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Is this possible? I know a stepdown is needed for consoles from US or Japan but i'm sure i remember reading that the Gamecube PSU is different and a UK one would work on a JP cube.
Ive got a stepdown here but i need the actual lead that goes in the backof the cube, and PSO is just itching to be played.
TIA
i am pretty sure you need a step-down m8 - dont plug it in
I was pointed in this direction earlier :
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=pa...g.co.nz&rnum=1
upto you m8 - i would ask ABCman as i think he has both PAL and USA cube - see if he knows before i plug it in m8
"Hey ABCman, wanna plug your PAL power supply into your US cube?" hehe, think he will :)
I'm gonna just try it tomorrow when i get a PAL psu, if it breaks it breaks.
yeah, i do it all the time, the pal psu is upstaris in the kids lounge, the jap one is in my lounge, we just swap the cubes (using n64 ntsc scart convertor leads)
once it gets out of the cube psu its the correct voltage so it makes no difference if you have to use a stepdown first for the jap cube psu or not for the pal one.
they said ask, now you know :D
Great, cheers mate.
Can you use PAL PSUs on a US console as well then?
yes i assume so, i often use my jap cube on the pal psu the us one should be no different, just check the output voltage is the same on both psu's
would it work if i took the us power supply and simply put a uk plug adapter on it (not voltage stepdown)? Just wondering cos I got my Us gamecube today but my stepdown looks like it'll take forever to get here...might just go by an adapter
To answer my own question, no, of course this doesn't work, it simply blew my US power lead because there was too much power going in. :) Anyone have a UK lead I can buy? lol
lol, top marks fo having a go anyway. :)
The irony is that my stepdown convertor had been delivered to my neighbour, who brought it over about 2hrs after I'd blown the lead, so now I have to get a replacement lead :) That's what impatience does to you