Panasonic Q Belt and Fan Replacement
If you're here chances are you already know what a Panasonic Q is, so I'll skip the part where I explain it and get right to the pre-maintenance story. If you're just here for the repair log, skip down to the next heading. Some time in the early 00's (I want to say 2002) I was reading the magazine GameNow and came across an article about the Panasonic Q. I was really into import GameCube games and Japanese DVDs (they had Pokemon movies in widescreen without oversaturated colors!), so this seemed like a match made in heaven. Back then it was still kind of a pain in the butt to play out-of-region DVDs, and I didn't have a multi-region player yet. The GN crew went on to say that they had bought a pre-modded unit from an outfit in New York called Upstate Games. The DVD player had been unlocked and would play any region DVDs, and the GameCube had a region mod installed which allowed switching between Japanese and US modes. That sounded like exactly what I was lo...