MOONLIGHT64 Finished 05/24/09

[thewise1]

I'm almost done with this beast, all that's left to be done is paint it. Pics in first post.
I'm just going to ignore the seam, it's fine.

[jjhammerstein]

How far out will the cart stick?

[thewise1]

I haven't measured, but I'm pretty sure it's about 2/3 of the cart will stick out. But I like it that way.

[jjhammerstein]

I like the interior cart slot look.

[thewise1]

It is already nearly 2 inches thick, so I didn't want to add a rear cart slot like people usually do.

[Basement_Modder]

Looks great! keep up the good work!

[thewise1]

Thanks!

[thewise1]

I think I'm going to name this thing "Ninty64"

Not ninety, ninty, with an i sound as in "indigo"

I was just saying nintendo 64 trying to think of names for it while I was working on it and it just rolled off my tongue. I like it.

[Tchay]

I like the name and I love tht case, very inspiring for my GCP project! Good luck cramming

[thewise1]

I've come up with a new name, I'll tell you when I'm done.

During the insertion process, it appears I've fried my screen.

However, I was able to get my memory/rumble pak working.

I'll have to get a new screen now. Maybe in about a week I'll have the new update.

I do have a question though.

Can I use the screen with a different board, like a new board instead of having to led mod a new screen.

[jjhammerstein]

I've come up with a new name, I'll tell you when I'm done.

During the insertion process, it appears I've fried my screen.

However, I was able to get my memory/rumble pak working.

I'll have to get a new screen now. Maybe in about a week I'll have the new update.

I do have a question though.

Can I use the screen with a different board, like a new board instead of having to led mod a new screen.

Yes.

[thewise1]

Alright, memory pak is fixed, battery is working again, av output is working.

And the new screen is ordered and on its way.

I hope I can finish the by the end of the school year, I get extra credit in my digital electronics class for anything I build at home.

[thewise1]

Alright I have a hunch why my screen is broken.

Is it possible that doing the brightness mod will fry your screen? Or kill it or something. I did the brightness mod and I was thinking the last time my screen wasn't working was just because the backlight wasn't getting power. So then I realized that it doesn't light up like a gameboy screen, it need's to have a backlight or else you can't really see anything.

So do you think that brightness mod may be what killed it?

[eurddrue]

Have you jumped the fuse? That worked for me. Also, the brightness mod didn't ruin my screen.

[thewise1]

The only thing I've done is cut off the side of the board, but only slightly to make room, is was only ground.

Which means l the only thing that could have happened it a piece of metal shorting something. It doesn't really matter, I just want to make sure I don't do the same thing with the new screen, but it would be awesome if I could fix this one.