A quick question...

csurban · Post by **csurban** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:20 pm

Just wondering, does anyone know what really happens when the N64 "frys"?
and im not talking about the fuses burning out which can be fixed but when the N64 is really dead.

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:29 pm

Ummmmm.... it just stops working; it's dead. Be careful, though, because the N64 has a device that will temporarily kill a system that has taken in too many volts. You could tell by something with the red power LED, but I forgot what it was. It's a very recent post, though.

CTFan

toby dawg · Post by **toby dawg** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:31 pm

i think the led flashes..

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:41 pm

Whats odd is that even though it's "dead", it still outputs video (although it's just black, it's still output.) and the heatsink still gets hot. Makes me think it's just one little part on there that just needs replaced. Wishful thinking I guess.

BTW, I recently found out that only certain N64's have fuses. So there's really no protection AT ALL (beside the controller line fuses) on a lot of them.

csurban · Post by **csurban** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:46 pm

well, the issue happened when i was messing with the controller port while the power was still on

. i was fiddling with a knife when i shorted out the 3 wires for the controller. There was a spark and when i tried to turn it on it was dead. is there anything i can check to fix it cause it was caused by the controller?

Warrior_Rocker · Post by **Warrior_Rocker** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:50 am

well, you could try to see if it is still outputting the correct voltages to the controller port, not sure of your model, but some i think had the same power controller going to both ram and controller sockets...

from my experience what happens when an n64 fries, is exactly what g-force said, since the n64 has the seperate almost complete video subsystem, that still functions, (almost impossible to fry this) but im pretty sure its when you overvolt or short the cpu in any way, because the rcp still gets hot on some boards, just because....

perhaps its because they cpu cant get intiated properly, even on old pentium1 based systems, if your computer gets locked up, depending on the system, your proc continues to get hot....

Post by **marshallh** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:30 am

In my experience, I received a fried N64 and when connected the red LED turns on and it generates a video signal. It's a very faint dark green color, the same as if you don't have an expansion/jumper pak plugged in.

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:45 pm

Then maybe its a problem with the jumper/expansion pak? Well, unlikely, but its probably around that area of the system. Maybe the RAM chips? Or there could be some pull-up resistors for the pak that are dead? Who knows...