Hello! Yeah, I believe you're right all the way, though I still want to fix it so badly and keeping it as "vanilla" as possible... I never had problems with my DOL-101 Gamecube since I bought it in 2003, so this one was probably, if I recall correctly, this would be the first or second tim...

Hello, thanks for your reply! First off, sorry if my wording was confusing on the main post. What I meant by swapping, I just tested DOL-001 laser on my DOL-101 motherboard and vice versa, I did not disassemble the lasers itself. (like a normal laser replacement). I also tried to clean the laser as ...

Here's some context because this is a bit complicated to explain: I have a DOL-101 since 2003, and around 2024, stopped reading discs out of the blue, the laser just kept searching for a disc, but the disc never spun, I tried to change the resistance, and even replaced the motor with an OEM one, but...