How to install the Flippy Drive into your Gamecube (August 2025 or Later)

In this Youtube video, I show you how to install the relatively new Flippy Drive solderless mod chip for the Gamecube and talk about what you need to know if you buy this mod chip for yourself. Link to the config.ini template page: https://docs.flippydrive.com/configur... If you want to read more info about using the flippy drive: https://docs.flippydrive.com/index.html Some of the music used was music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio Songs by Karl Casey in order: Empty City Last Stop Brave New World Saturna Also used one song by Lukerembo: Music track: Bread by Lukrembo Source: https://freetouse.com/music No Copyright Vlog Music for Video Timestamps: 0:00 Channel intro 0:06 Video Introduction 0:27 The tools you need to install the Flippy Drive 1:05 Removing the Game Boy Player (if you have one) (2x captive screws) 2:00 Removing the Gamecube's lid (4x Gamebit Screws) 3:04 Removing the controller ports (optional, but I did it) 3:30 Removing the memory card port screws (4x Phillips #0) 3:56 Removing the back plastic panel (video ports) 4:09 Removing the disc drive screws (14x Phillips Large) 4:43 Lifting up the disc drive from the disc drive connector 5:24 What is included with the Flippy Drive in August 2025 and beyond 6:01 How to bend the flippy drive ribbon cable 8:13 What you have to do to install the flippy drive if you are lacking a disc drive entirely 8:36 How NOT to insert the ribbon cable 8:50 How to properly orient the ribbon cable 9:10 Where to wrap the ribbon cable after correctly placing it over the optical disc drive header 9:33 One last thing to make sure of with the ribbon cable when installing it 9:43 Re-installing the disc drive & threading the ribbon cable correctly 10:47 The Flippy Drive mounting bracket 11:38 How to connect the Flippy Drive to the ribbon cable 12:31 How I mounted the Flippy Drive (Watch and listen closely) 16:25 Quickly re-iterating how the Flippy Drive was supposed to mount 16:53 Reconnecting the controller ports (skip if you did not remove them) 17:27 Do not re-install the removed screws yet 17:35 Setting up your Micro SD Card 18:15 Creating the config.ini for the Flippy Drive 19:57 The difference in boot modes 21:59 "Normal" boot mode visualized 23:20 "Bypass" boot mode visualized 25:38 Explaining the rest of the config.ini file 28:18 Final steps for the SD card 28:46 Insert your Micro SD card into the Flippy drive, but do not re-install the missing screws yet, test the system first with the lid on 29:00 How to insert the Micro SD card into the Flippy Drive 29:22 Putting the lid back on & then test your console 29:37 Something to note while testing for the first time 29:55 How to put back the remaining screws 34:47 How to back up your games using the Flippy Drive 36:45 Proving it worked 38:05 Outro