does anyone have a pic of the n64 mobo?

halo2rules · Post by **halo2rules** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:55 pm

sry if one has already been posted already. does anyone have a plain picture of the n64 mobo with the cartridge slot attached? thanks in advance

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:02 pm

sorry about the low-res, but that's actually one of the best pictures my camera's ever taken

halo2rules · Post by **halo2rules** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:14 pm

daguuy wrote:
sorry about the low-res, but that's actually one of the best pictures my camera's ever taken

thanks a bunch. i need a little higher res though i need to see more of the cartridge slot. the reason why is i had this idea that instead of prying off the cartridge slot and having to solder all those wires from it to the board, why not just dremel off the whole cartridge along with the board it was attached too and just solder the traces which should be plenty fewer than the number of wires needed to relocate the slot.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:22 pm

that would make it much harder and the vibrations from the dremel would probably kill the N64

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:29 pm

Multiple layered board, it won't work.

Post by **marshallh** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:33 pm

Nope, you're best off just unplugging the cartridge slot (it comes right out without desoldering) and running the 60 some wires( I can't exactly remember how many there are.)
It's not that hard, it just takes time and make sure you tin your wires!

Post by **Triton** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:36 pm

plus it just pops off anyway and taking the expansion slot is no big deal, its not many wires compaired to a snes trust me

halo2rules · Post by **halo2rules** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:40 pm

thanks. it was just an idea, i havent ever seen an n64 mobo in real life so i didnt know if it was multilayered or what. i guess ill stick with attempting to solder those wires. ill look around for the answer to this in just a second, but what type of batteries would you reccomend? NiCad's, NiCd's, Ni-Mh's or what. I've been browsing around radio shack and i am thinking about using two of these battery packs:7.5V 2000 mAh Ni-Cd

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:41 pm

wait i sec, you can take off the cart slot without desoldering? how? you don't want a nicad, those suck horribly. get NiMH

halo2rules · Post by **halo2rules** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:42 pm

daguuy wrote:wait i sec, you can take off the cart slot without desoldering? how? you don't want a nicad, those suck horribly. get NiMH

i think you can just pry it off, but its a little unorthodox because your risking pulling/messing with the traces. the ends of the traces may pull off along with the slot

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:44 pm

NiCd is the proper shortcut for Ni-Cad, which is crappy compaired to NiMH. Check the batteries guide on PoD.

halo2rules · Post by **halo2rules** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:46 pm

nos_slived wrote:NiCd is the proper shortcut for Ni-Cad, which is crappy compaired to NiMH. Check the batteries guide on PoD.

thanks for correcting me on that, i dont want to sound like too much of a n00b. and i remember seeing the battery guide on PoD but it slipped my mind. thanks i appreciate it

halo2rules · Post by **halo2rules** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:51 pm

how about a couple of these: 9.6V 1600 mAh Ni-MH

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:55 pm

i'd go for a higher capacity than that. a 3300mah RC car battery or even higher capacity DVD player battery would be the best choices

halo2rules · Post by **halo2rules** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:02 pm

how about this. its a little outrageous but.... huge ass dvd player battery
or maybe this one: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... id=2350787