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Is been awhile since I posted something here but I think this is the right time to do it again.
I'm doing a N64P, first thing i did was to turn on the N64 to make sure it works good, I played a few games without any problem.
next thing was to swap the ram with 2 4mb,I used hot air and it went really good
here's one of the expansion pack ready for surgery
once I finished removing the rams from the expansion pack I installed them on the N64, it work on the first try
Some time ago I saw one of @Akira post where he removed the jumper pack port and put the components from the jumper pack directly in the board so I did the same thing but instead of removing all the components from the jumper pack I keep them there and I only trimmed the part I needed
Here’s before and after I removed the port
And here’s the jumper pack trimmed
next thing that I did was to remove al the traces where the port was
here's after removing the traces and cleaning the board
i took the jumper pack trimmed board and sanded it from the bottom until i was able to see the green layer
after i sanded the JP board i was ready to put it into the N64, i scratch off some of the green layer from the N64 to expose the copper on the traces that i need to solder the JP.
i connected ground from the two squares pads from the N64 that also helped me to hold the board in place since i didn't want to put any glue on it to hold the JP board
once i secure the JP board i put some solder on the traces that i scratched and i started to solder the wires
its not an easy thing to do this, so if you don't have experience soldering things i don't recommend doing this.
i connected three more wires, two on the front and one on the back as you can see here
and here's the one on the back
and again i copied all this from @Akira post so all the credits for this go to him.
Here are the results.
I played a few games for a few minutes and i didn't have any problem.
probably tomorrow im going to remove everything else from the N64 board and if i have time i`ll start to trimming the board ,im going to do the Pif relocation too.
i still have a N64 PMS that i bought long time ago (i hope still works) if not then i have to use something else, for audio i have some 64 Amp boards but i cant find all the components right now almost everything is out of order, for video i have a ultra vga that possibly im going to use with a 5 inch screen and for batteries i have two 18650 samsung.
for the case im gonna 3d print it, i don't thing im going to paint it i don't want to waste time doing it, im not good painting things.
i guess that's all for now, sorry if i spell something wrong, im still learning English
I'm doing a N64P, first thing i did was to turn on the N64 to make sure it works good, I played a few games without any problem.
next thing was to swap the ram with 2 4mb,I used hot air and it went really good
here's one of the expansion pack ready for surgery
once I finished removing the rams from the expansion pack I installed them on the N64, it work on the first try
Some time ago I saw one of @Akira post where he removed the jumper pack port and put the components from the jumper pack directly in the board so I did the same thing but instead of removing all the components from the jumper pack I keep them there and I only trimmed the part I needed
Here’s before and after I removed the port
And here’s the jumper pack trimmed
next thing that I did was to remove al the traces where the port was
here's after removing the traces and cleaning the board
i took the jumper pack trimmed board and sanded it from the bottom until i was able to see the green layer
after i sanded the JP board i was ready to put it into the N64, i scratch off some of the green layer from the N64 to expose the copper on the traces that i need to solder the JP.
i connected ground from the two squares pads from the N64 that also helped me to hold the board in place since i didn't want to put any glue on it to hold the JP board
once i secure the JP board i put some solder on the traces that i scratched and i started to solder the wires
its not an easy thing to do this, so if you don't have experience soldering things i don't recommend doing this.
i connected three more wires, two on the front and one on the back as you can see here
and here's the one on the back
and again i copied all this from @Akira post so all the credits for this go to him.
Here are the results.
I played a few games for a few minutes and i didn't have any problem.
probably tomorrow im going to remove everything else from the N64 board and if i have time i`ll start to trimming the board ,im going to do the Pif relocation too.
i still have a N64 PMS that i bought long time ago (i hope still works) if not then i have to use something else, for audio i have some 64 Amp boards but i cant find all the components right now almost everything is out of order, for video i have a ultra vga that possibly im going to use with a 5 inch screen and for batteries i have two 18650 samsung.
for the case im gonna 3d print it, i don't thing im going to paint it i don't want to waste time doing it, im not good painting things.
i guess that's all for now, sorry if i spell something wrong, im still learning English