Hi community,
I am currently trying to get my trimmed N64 to work, but I have a hard time with it. After I didn't get my trimmed board to boot (just blue screen, no signal at all), I went back to a non trimmed mainboard and just tried to get it running using my PMS board + batteries, which worked fine. Then I desoldered the PIF + U3 and U8, populated my PIF relocation board from GMan and connected it to the original PIF pads (to minimize any source of errors). It turns on, but screen just displays a black screen. At least it seems to get a signal otherwise it would be blue, but still not what I would like to see.
Any idea what could be wrong or where and how I could start to debug? I checked connections of the PIF relocation and everything seems fine. Board gets power on V5 and 3v3 as expected.
detail shot of the PIF connections
trimmed board which won't boot at all (blue screen, no signal)
I am currently trying to get my trimmed N64 to work, but I have a hard time with it. After I didn't get my trimmed board to boot (just blue screen, no signal at all), I went back to a non trimmed mainboard and just tried to get it running using my PMS board + batteries, which worked fine. Then I desoldered the PIF + U3 and U8, populated my PIF relocation board from GMan and connected it to the original PIF pads (to minimize any source of errors). It turns on, but screen just displays a black screen. At least it seems to get a signal otherwise it would be blue, but still not what I would like to see.
Any idea what could be wrong or where and how I could start to debug? I checked connections of the PIF relocation and everything seems fine. Board gets power on V5 and 3v3 as expected.
detail shot of the PIF connections
trimmed board which won't boot at all (blue screen, no signal)