This Broken GameCube Lives Again

I bought this Nintendo GameCube with a broken disc drive from ebay, and when it arrived, the shell was sticky and was filthy inside and out. So in this video, I set out to give it a second chance with a sympathetic restoration and install the opensource, solderless picoloader so we can play games.

Which GameCube mod should I try next?

Video product links:
SD2SP2
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Solderless Picoloader:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009972960869.html
Thermal Pads:
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SD Card:
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Battery:
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Kit I use:
Soldering iron: https://amzn.to/4r9M1XX
Vaccum pump: https://amzn.to/4sw9ns4
Top down camera: Nikon z6 - https://amzn.to/4rXomLI
Angle camera: Sony ZV-E10, 16-50mm https://amzn.to/3P3wLOV
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Follow Picoloader on Github:
https://github.com/makeo/PicoLoader

Timestamps:
00:00 What we're doing today
00:43 Open the gamecube
01:10 Remove front and back panel
01:20 Take out fan and power supply
01:33 Removing a thousand screws
02:13 Take out the dvd drive
02:30 Remove the heatsink u0026 other gubbins
04:05 Dismantle the shell
04:44 Cleaning the cube
05:43 Replace the thermal gloop with new thermal pads
07:50 Install the solderless Picoloader
11:00 Install a new battery
11:43 Reinstalling the fan
12:17 USB Power Supply u0026 more reassembly
13:05 SD2SP2 install
13:35 Checking out Swiss
15:05 Outro

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