weird N64 portable modification

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weird N64 portable modification

Post by demonofaj »

I found this pic on the NESp site; about the N64p. Whats that thing in the bottom left corner. BTW, im using the same screen as on the pic.

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those are a couple of car adapters, I believe....used to supply the 3.3V for the N64 :) (though those probably only ouput 3V)
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Post by G-force »

They are car DC-DC converters from Radio Shack, one is a 3V converter, and the other is whatever voltage the screen needs. It's not a good way to power the N64 though, it needs 3.3v not 3V.
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do you think anyone can be good enough to label all the things in the pic
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you guys think thats a good portable, just saying.
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Post by gannon »

It is a portable (once it's in the case)
G-force wrote:They are car DC-DC converters from Radio Shack, one is a 3V converter, and the other is whatever voltage the screen needs.
Wrong, they're 2 3V converters wired in parallel to give the needed amps (they only give 1Amp each)
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Post by *o* »

i assumed that there woould be one for the screen and one for the N64
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Post by Tremo01 »

demonofaj wrote:do you think anyone can be good enough to label all the things in the pic
No but I can say what they are, the biggest thing to the left is the Nintendo 64 motherboard (It still has the controller plugs down there), to the left it's the screen and to the lower left are the car adapaters. :D
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Post by extremesonic »

man the 64 looks like one confusing thing to power off of batteries. I've been thinking of doing a 64, but the whole power thing(and multiple fried boards) have been putting me off(the power issue more than the fried boards).
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Post by daguuy »

the power's actually pretty simple. just get a regulator and a battery at least 7.2v and it's done 8)
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daguuy wrote:the power's actually pretty simple. just get a regulator and a battery at least 7.2v and it's done 8)
serious, thats good because I have another 7.2 volt battery left over form my SNESp(3300mAh). Any indication on the length that'd get me(with modded PS1 screen)
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Post by daguuy »

according to some maybe not very accurate current ratings i found, it should be around 1.5 hours
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~1.404255319148936 hours
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Post by extremesonic »

gannon wrote:~1.404255319148936 hours
wow 64 really sucks the juice, still 1.4 hours isnt too bad.
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Post by demonofaj »

:D THAT SCREEN IS TOTAL CRAp. It consumes 12VDC just to run, and you CANNOT modify it.
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