Today I take a look at a bunch of stuff sent in by a subscriber. In this video I'll focus on the N64 cartridge and the N64 console.
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@aaronpierce31993 жыл бұрын
yay thanks for taking the boatload of stuff im a bit nervous to watch lol
@aaronpierce31993 жыл бұрын
i apologize for the n64 trouble but on the bright side the next time a shortage happens you have kinda an idea of what to do:)
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
This is very true, now I know one more point of failure on the n64 for next time. Thanks for the projects.
@aaronpierce31993 жыл бұрын
@@PunkNDisorderlyGamer yup. When's the SNES vids? just curious.
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
Aaron Pierce sometime this week, realistically Saturday.
@emmettturner94522 жыл бұрын
My probe slipped and shorted pins 1 & 2 on the AMP-NUS chip which suddenly restored audio on a Pikachu console I was working on. I had already swapped the AMP-NUS chip and the audio output caps so I’m pretty sure shocking the cap connected to pin 2 made it work. Pin 1 was only 12v and the cap was rated 25v so I didn’t even hurt it. It’s been over a year now and the console is still working. Dude… BitBuilt and other portablization communities have documented the N64 to an extreme degree. Every board variant, pinout of even the proprietary digital video bus, and much more.
@mattgorillazify3 жыл бұрын
Glad to see you got it fixed! A possible reason you were getting so many shorts while testing with the console powered on is that the multimeters continuity mode is basically a voltage detector, one probe sends the voltage, one probe detects it. That also accounts for lack of continuity when the probes are reversed.
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
Yes perhaps👍
@furukawanagisa79353 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the inspiration. I finally got a soldering iron and im trying to fix up some broken stuff i got.
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
Nice.👍
@_SixthDay_3 жыл бұрын
Changing the caps gave the n64 a longer shelf life so it was probably best to change them anyway lol. Awesome job.
@DonsDetail6 ай бұрын
Great step by step breakdown of your commentary!!! Feb 2024
@twoodall883 жыл бұрын
Great finds on those repairs. Well done!
@MonsieurHonHon3 жыл бұрын
Great vid as usual! Just wanted to let you know that I started electronics repair at my local trade school recently, I chose to do that in part because of your great content. Youve kept me interested and even blew my mind a couple times(Specifically when you did the rom swap for SMRPG and the character chip swap for I think Dragon quest?). Soon ill be able to comment with actual insight lol. Cheers. Keep up the good work.
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
Great, I hope everything works out. 👍
@SuperLuigiGuy643 жыл бұрын
Nice soldering
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Arcade_Mania3 жыл бұрын
great work 😊
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Steveburto3 жыл бұрын
I read the comments and see everybody is grabbing their irons. Let the finger burning commence! When you burn a hole in the dinner table cloth, just tell people you smoke, they'll understand. I've always kept my N64 hooked up and guests would be like WOW! Then they would play it and the terrible frame rate would punch them right in their nostalgia googles.
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
Haha I’m not held responsible for any burns to hands or setting your tablecloths on fire.
@mr.flex30193 жыл бұрын
Nice vid as always thanks 😊
@fishing93083 жыл бұрын
Nice nice please More
@Meggolor3 жыл бұрын
Nice! I got an N64 somewhat recently that wouldn’t power on. I knew why as soon as soon as I opened it and removed the shielding: some idiot apparently tried fixing it before and there were a bunch of bridged pins on the GPU chip... -_- I don’t have a hot air rework station yet and I figured that chip is probably fried, so since the shell was in pretty good shape, I got a different motherboard for it. Probably not the most cost-effective thing I could’ve done, but I don’t have the tools to try and fix that. I might still try to fix that motherboard at some point, but I’m really not optimistic about that chip and I’m still a novice at this sort of thing. Also, interesting tidbit about that Kirby 64 cart: I have a Japanese copy of that game and it has a save battery in it! I thought it was interesting how the North American version uses some kind of flash/memory save instead. Fortunately, the one I got works perfectly and didn’t need repairs, but I got it for pretty cheap, so it was a good test cart and a good game to boot.
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
Cool, yeah I can’t save them all either. Japanese games sometimes have different board revisions.
@danielsantana5403 жыл бұрын
Great vid
@emmettturner94522 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the vast majority of single-ROM N64 game paks use the same board that optionally accepts EEPROM save chips (4k or 16k). A bunch of games have single ROM and dual-ROM variants but in general you can swap the ROMs from any game that doesn’t use SRAM, FlashRAM, or some other crazy setup, like a built-in modem.
@CristianLopez-nz1xf3 жыл бұрын
Great video brother!!!!
@Serpicoitalia3 жыл бұрын
nice video 👋
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
Thank you 👍
@HumbleNetworkYT3 жыл бұрын
Great to see an N64 being brought back to life with new capacitors. I hope to get a set of gamebit screwdrivers for when it's time to replace the SRAM battery in my Smash Bros. cart, which is the only thing I had to worry about my Pikachu N64 besides cleaning the connectors and replacing a faulty Nyko Expansion Pak. It is important to note that disassembling Pikachu N64s are somewhat different, as you need to disconnect the power/cheek lights from the motherboard when removing the top cover. Donor boards are still possible (I suspect my console to use NUS-CPU-09 or 09-1), although you will need to desolder the red LED and solder the cheek connectors. You may also encounter green cartridge trays as well, although my console has a grey one. My console's serial number: NS294840559
@josephneale102153 жыл бұрын
nice fix on video
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
Joseph Neale thanks👍
@emmettturner94522 жыл бұрын
Lead-free AKA Pb-feee AKA RoHS AKA Reduction of Hazardous Substances-compliant has been the industry standard for over 15 years now. They started transitioning several years before that. It’s we electronics hobbyist and repair guys that continue using lead-based solder… for good reason. The big players only do it for California and EU compliance and to curry favor with Green Peace and similar orgs. I mean, the lead in this stuff wouldn’t end up in a landfill to contaminate ground water if the stuff didn’t break to end up there in the first place and yet switching to lead-free is what cost Microsoft BILLIONS and sent millions of failed XBOX 360 consoles into the trash.
@price55603 жыл бұрын
Ur a god
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
That’s quiet generous of you. I see you’re scrolling through the videos I hope you’re enjoying yourself. Consider a Sub🙏
@74bobby3 жыл бұрын
3rd. Watching Now while I comment.
@74bobby3 жыл бұрын
Bro theres a Pawn shop Shop not to far from where I live that sells N64 sports Games for a Buck.I buy them to use the Backs for Japanese Games.
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
I buy certain sports games when I see them because I know they have PCBs I need to repair the more sought after games.
@74bobby3 жыл бұрын
@@PunkNDisorderlyGamer Good Job on that Board Swap My friend.
@leex1872 жыл бұрын
I’ve had all the consoles in my life but the Nintendo 64 never owned it and I always wondered what it was like
@price55603 жыл бұрын
Question: Does working on these boards on CARPET pose a risk to the boards similar to how you can fry PC components ?
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
I don’t work or the carpet so I can’t say for sure, but I wouldn’t recommend working on carpet for the simple fact I wouldn’t want any flux, melted solder blobs, or other solvents staining or burning my carpet.
@DistortedChrist3 жыл бұрын
For anyone else in the future seeing this comment, do not work on electronic components over carpet without an anti static strap. Almost all of these components use very low voltage logic and you could easily fry them with static discharge!
@wilsvgaddiction44563 жыл бұрын
Nice job. I actually like working on N64s now. You ever mess with PS2?
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
Ps2 slims I don’t mind usually they need a laser replacement or a potentiometer tweak.
@brandonburks44513 жыл бұрын
@@PunkNDisorderlyGamer I have three that probably fall into this category. Would love to see a vid on this!
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
If I get some in I will be sure to make a video on ps2s
@witnesszer03 жыл бұрын
what solder sucker is that nice work
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
Hakko FR-301
@danielsantana5403 жыл бұрын
I own over 50 Snes games and recently the only one that gave me problems was Terminator 2 the arcade game . it would. Not boot up despite cleaning it really good. And it would show squares /colors here and there or jus no picture. I returned it and got a refund and got a new copy of T 2 the arcade game and it worked fine
@manuelgow75733 жыл бұрын
hello, what temperature do you use in your soldering iron?
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
300-315 Celsius for normal work. If I’m heating a ground plane or a large solder point I’ll increase to 375+
@teamskyway2063 жыл бұрын
I recently bought an N64 from a friend and some of the games work and some just to a black screen or some games will work for a little bit than go to a black screen I was wondering what I should do And what is the actual problem I’m not a tech savvy person can someone help me out plz
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
Clean the games out and try cleaning the cartridge slot as well. Put some alcohol into the cartridge slot and insert a cartridge several times, see if that helps.
CIC is a lockout chip by Nintendo that prevented piracy at the time. It handshakes with the CIC in the console and allows games to load. In the case of the N64 each region got several different style lockout chips.
@dictatorofthecheese3 жыл бұрын
Hi so is there any chance I could send you my DK64 and my Kobe Bryant Courtside? I bought the Kobe Bryant game because it uses the same type EEPROM that DK64 has. My DK64 will not save whatsoever. DK64 is my childhood so I bought the Kobe Bryant game to do a transplant of its eeprom 16k into the DK64 since it uses the same eeprom and some redditors mentioned its possible. Im not a techy person and I don't trust myself to do it on my own. It requires fine hands. Which unfortunately I have tremors in my hands so I will most likely screw it up. If you could replace the DK64 eeprom 16k or do the transplant I'd be so grateful!! Thank you!! -Brian
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
Dictator of the Cheese! Send me your email.
@dictatorofthecheese3 жыл бұрын
@@PunkNDisorderlyGamerHow would I send you my email? Through here? Or through discord or something? Thank you for your reply 🙏 -Brian
@PunkNDisorderlyGamer3 жыл бұрын
Dictator of the Cheese! I’ll message you on reddit my email.
@joeyblackard63463 жыл бұрын
Today I became a victim of my 20 year old n64 having its first possible issue and this looks really complex for me to try. My wife has never played Mario 64 :(