My general help topic

[Droke]

Since I keep coming up with qestions and dont want to make half a dozen topics, I'll just make one.



First, what steps should I take to make sure I dont fry my next n64? (I dont know where to get the anti static stuff, so to deal with that I'm leaving it in a protected location and only handing the ground spots on the side)

Second, where can I buy RCA jacks? The only thing I could find at radioshack was a female to female converted (which I will use if I cant find anything else)

Thrid, for case construction I have been useing Goop (sorta like hot glue, but slower dry time and not hot), and my soldering iron (to fuse peices). I am hapy with the goop, but it seems like there should be a better way yo fuse plastic then a soldering iron... (Though, I have to admit, it is effective )



Thanks for any help, I appreciate it

[CronoTriggerfan]

For your case woes, you could use a heat gun to warp/mold/fuse plastic. How exactly are you making your case? I usually buy large sheets of stock plastic to make mine to minimalize the need for fusing stuff. Also, you really should invest in some hot glue/gun, it's really great. Also, 2-part epoxy is a must for fusing, and even filling minor cracks. And seeing as you're fusing plastic, you may want some bondo to smooth the job out.

As for your motherboard frying woes, just take extra precautions; store the N64 mobo in a box separate from anything else when you're not working on it; you could even place it in the original casing as well. Good luck!

CTFan

[Droke]

With the last N64 I fried, I kept it in its own platic box (the one that would become its fixed home later, im not going overboard with a case for a beginner project. Maybe I touched the power wrong or somethin.

Well, this is the case I'm useing for now. (it will be modified a great deal, but it works for a beginner's project.) It has my first n64 in this pic, I've already made the power supply MUCH smaller and am useing a lot less tape


Anwyays, I will look into a heat gun. And my mom has hot glue somewhere, but Goop has no chance of frying anything and is just as effective in the long run. (A little softer, but I mainly use it to strengthen soldered spots and prevent short circuiting)



Thanks sofar.

[Turbo Tax 1.0]

you still have the expansion slot on the back right? because if its removed and you dont relocate the cart slot it wont run

pretty nice and organized start it looks like, keep it up

[Droke]

When I was doing that I was simply planning to cut a hole for both the game and jumper, but I'm changing that for the next version.

Anyways, two pics incase someone has improvement sugestions.

First is my new power system, the two wires at the right of the board is to my 12v batt pack, the other 3 is to system. I have a switch on one of the battery leads.

Second is a extended controler port from my first n64. (I removed it after it died, so its not the cuase of death!) It doesn't exactly extend far, but I will probabily solder onto the ribbon cable instead of the controler ports.

[Turbo Tax 1.0]

When I was doing that I was simply planning to cut a hole for both the game and jumper, but I'm changing that for the next version.

is this to my question?, because im not talking about that im talking about the second cart slot underneath the normal one, wher the 64DD was supposed to plug in

[Droke]

Oh, sorry. Wont a bit of solder fix that? (I'm planning to relocate it anyways though.)

[Turbo Tax 1.0]

well not if you solder the cart slot the the holes its already in, it actually goes to the holes the expansion slot was in and by removing the expansion slot and soldering the cart slot onto the wrong place it may seem like its fried because there is no game in

[Droke]

Yeah, I think I read that in one of the topics around here. But, I wasnt sure.