The 64Box - PICTURES FINALLY POSTED ZOMG!!! (Page 5)

spinout · Post by **spinout** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:15 pm

oh noes I double posted!
oops.

johnbjuice · Post by **johnbjuice** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 5:17 pm

Well...my N64 is...sleeping.

Not quite dead - it's red LED turns on, and the screen displays a crimson hue that flickers...I hope this doesn't mean it's totally gone.

I troubleshooted it for a while, but now I'm just going to let it sit.

I'm hoping it will come back to life, or else I'll hit ebay...

- Juice

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:19 pm

Check that you have cabled all the RGB cables to the right places, including C-sync. If in doubt, check out my thread for what cable connects from the PSone screen to the N64 video pins. If you haven't got the wires right, you might have the image your screen is displaying possibly. (I can only use composite, but I did research on RGB for my project anyway).

As has been posted elsewhere, if you get RGB working fine, but the image is dark, one option is to wire the RGB straight to the VDC-NUS chip - pin 17=red, 19=green, 21=blue. C-sync and ground as before.

The other thing to try is composite instead of RGB to see if you get a pic that way...

johnbjuice · Post by **johnbjuice** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:52 pm

Well...it does the same thing when hooked up to my TV through the normal composite connection and using the original power supply (Took stuff off).

I'm gonna wait...unless there's anything else I could try.

- Juice

(Mourning)

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:38 am

Oh well, you have proved it isn't your screen at least!

Never mind, it happens; frying N64's appears commonplace.

Leave yours on for 24 hours and try again, if still dead, use the mobo for any experimentation you might like to try before modding on your newer N64 board. That's what I did.

johnbjuice · Post by **johnbjuice** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:32 am

Yeah...I'm gonna test it again later today, and if it doesn't work...well then I guess it will help me design my case.

- Juice

johnbjuice · Post by **johnbjuice** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:54 pm

Well, to quote Mary Shelly's famous novel...

It's alive!!!

My N64 has come back from the brink of death! Well, actually...the component jacks on the front of the big family TV are busted...so the N64 never was broken at all.

But anyways, THAT DOES NOT MATTER!

What matters is that it works! And I can continue progress. Epoxying everything into place today, bondoing and sanding later.

- Juice

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:22 am

Good news!

johnbjuice · Post by **johnbjuice** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:29 am

Mounted D-Pad...working on bondo...it's too ugly to show off at the moment, but later...

- Juice

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:45 am

Wow, interesting case design there, johnbjuice!

I can imagine it would be a little awkward to especially press the C buttons once all the insides are in, and the whole thing is heavier. But whatever floats your boat, right?

Well it certainly is unique, and I'm looking forward to seeing a video of you playing the finished thing.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:56 pm

Yes, i'm all for interesting cases!

What will be interesting is how easy it is to play games like Banjo Kazooie, where you spend a lot of the game pressing Z and the C buttons at the same time, and moving (joystick) as well as Z plus A; and right shoulder plus joystick....

(great game).

Joystick controller I have for my unmodded N64 system - the SuperPad Plus, is excellent, BTW - considerably better than the standard official controller.

johnbjuice · Post by **johnbjuice** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:43 pm

@ bacteria - I like the feel of the official N64 joystick, that's why I used an official controller

@ all - I considered a lot of factors in my case design, but putting the buttons on the side worked best. Remember - the whole thing won't be too much heavier, since the batteries are external. They'll be a pack you'd carry in your pocket.

- Juice

johnbjuice · Post by **johnbjuice** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:20 pm

Project paused...ow...3 reasons.

1. Broke myself on my bike...yeah...needed stitches on my foot and have bone bruising on my collarbone, 2 ribs, and my left arm. Plus scratches and a busted bike...Yeah...

2. School starts tomorrow! GAWD!

3. See #2...dang that sucks...

- Juice

johnbjuice · Post by **johnbjuice** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:28 pm

I am BACK!

And I have a question:

How can I make an external battery pack out of 6 rechargeable D-Cells? Do I HAVE to buy a thingy from Radioshack, or can I solder the batteries together...(sounds dangerous!)

Help me please!

- Juice

PS: My bondo is drying! My crappy bondo job!

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:24 pm

Not a good idea to solder wires to batteries.

One option I used is to wrap electrical wire around a nut (from some very tiny nuts and bolts) and hot glue the nut then to the battery terminals, pressing them in place while the hot glue cools. You end up with a very good contact without any soldering to batteries. Long lasting. If you need to replace the batteries if they become useless, you only need to cut away at the hot glue with a craft knife.