Audio Issues

SteelFox15 · Post by **SteelFox15** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:22 pm

The audio on my N64 just died today. It was working fine yesterday, but now all of the sudden it's not. The video is fine and it's definitely not the screen. I've tried using the AV out cord and it still doesn't work on a TV. The 5V line is also okay, it read something like 4.99V. Any ideas? Is it possible that a fuse blew out or something?

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:34 pm

Sounds like it. Crank your volume really REALLY loud. If you hear it very faintly, I suggest buying an external audio amp. 2W is sufficient; mine has a 2W output and gets VERY loud. It can even be hear clearly over cafeteria chatter!

Krepticor · Post by **Krepticor** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:21 pm

check your solder joints, also charge your battery, I notice a decrease in audio quality with a dying battery,
Yours may have died completely

SteelFox15 · Post by **SteelFox15** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:23 pm

No good on either count. I turned the volume all the way up and all I could hear was the faint static of the speakers, nothing from the system itself. And as far as the batteries go, I just tried running it using the wall power supply and it still didn't work.

Assuming it is something on the N64 motherboard I can fix, what should I be looking for?

Krepticor · Post by **Krepticor** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:31 pm

check your audio on a tv first, It may be the screen has a short somewhere or a weak solder joint

SteelFox15 · Post by **SteelFox15** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:11 am

Yeah, I tried that and it didn't work. So it's definitely not an issue with the screen, it's on the N64 mobo somewhere.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:59 pm

That sucks. Sell it to a deaf person!