Originally Posted by Bugcola

ah that sounds perfect so with a chip i dont have to worry about updates from Nintendo and i can update and not worry about getting bricked from the chip?and with that i can just load a game i.e. a jap Naruto game for gamecube and etc?still new to all the chip advantages and so would a solder chip or none solder chip be better and which would be good to start off with?i give up on soft modding following the guides and they still wont work im gonna go for a chip so does anyone know how to remove all soft modding tries ive done?like how can i tell if i have any (cios?) in the system that shouldnt not sure if just a normal format would work.