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While I wait for the new board, a couple of things have been bugging me:

1) how exactly should I attach heatsinks (if they are necessary at all on the early model 64... can I put them on top of the existing heatsinks to get more dissipation)? Do I just glue them on top with thermal glue?

2) Are ...

I rewired everything with thicker wires and nothing melts now when I turn plug in the battery, which is something at least :D

Looking at the voltage converter, it reads 3.2 - 3.3v when the battery is working at full capacity, so I think I'm good there.

However, the 64 itself appears to have fried ...

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I think I'm going to start re-wire everything with the beefier wires then see how things look.

Hello! Before I start describing where my 64 is at, I'd like to thank you guys for maintaining such a helpful community here. Don't take the fact that I probably screwed things up as a knock on the tutorials posted here :)

Please note that all images are enormous, and will kill 56k connections.

My ...

I just attacked the thing with a dremel tool and the multiple screwdriver-wedge technique. Remember to get that plastic tube that goes all the way through in the very front just behind the logo.