Oh Noes

[Alderion]

My N64's light turns on but theres no video
Is it fried?

[vskid]

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[bassmasta]

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[ToastBucket]

I had the same problem. Mine was fried but you still have hope. Check all of your voltages with a multimeter, take out your jumper/expansion pak and put it back in, look for solder splatter on pins and chips, and check your cart slot relocation (If you did one). Good luck.

[thewise1]

The easiest thing to do is leave it off with nothing plugged into it for 2-3 days. I just knocked mine out last week when I was messing around with my super pad, I waited another day and it turned right back on. If the lights flashes on and turns off you didn't wait long enough.

[BumbleGrey64]

The same thing happened to me. I put the top of the N64 shell on the motherboard, hooked it up, and plugged it into the wall last. It turned on, and it was playable.

[Falco]

Is there a limit on the length of a cartridge relocation as there is with RAM extension that could make problems?

It's a good idea to do relocations before removing things like the power source connection, I learned the hard way with a fried N64 with a problem I can't test because there are so many things that could be wrong.

[thewise1]

I don't remember the limit, I'm pretty sure there is. Not a lot of people know it because they don't need it that long. I know at least 6 inches is ok. And you should not be soldering when there's power going through it, that's a REALLY bad idea.

[ToastBucket]

I think he means before switching to battery power from wall power