I hope you all enjoy this months recap! I can't believe its already been 6 months... man does time fly.... and I have a lot more work to do..... If you missed it, check out the first video here: ruclips.net/video/nB-q2FC2B0c/видео.html
I also have a box of items and consoles I've accumulated over the years that aren't fixable I call the bone pile, I find it extremely helpful to have it as it's saved me quite a bit on spare parts.
I installed my Thomson cap kits on 3 drives and it fixed 2 of them. The 3rd unit was doing the same thing as in the video, so I took my Multi-Meter and tested what good working lasers are set at. All of the good drives were right about 2.40 ohms from factory, so I reduced the 3rd unit to 1.80 and sure enough it worked great. The Pot tweak while it's not a permanent fix, at least gets them running for however long and most importantly tells you that your problem definitely is or is NOT the laser.
The bone pile, I like that... True about the POT tweaks too... I don't know why I've never thought of testing one of the good ones after it was fixed lol... Didn't even cross my mind but that would be good info to have to see about tweaking the others a bit. I bet one might start working because it was thinking about it for a while before putting up the dirty disc error. But then again, if they work for me now and then are sold I'd feel bad if they die a few months down the road. Kinda feels scammy to me since I know its a short term fix so I'm torn about selling POT tweaked stuff at the moment.
I'm loving this series. So sick to death of endless PS5 and Nintendo switch repairs. Lots of short fixes with excellent commentary seems to be you forte. Keep them coming, I'll be here waiting.😃
Get a cheap copy of Madden for the n64 and transplant the chips from Mario Kart into it, I have a copy of Glover that also has a few missing pins and that’s the best way to guarantee a long term fix given the stress the edge connector is put under when going in and out of an N64. As long as the boards are the same revision (should say in the upper left corner I believe) it’s as simple as swapping the chips over and would love to see you document the process in a future video!
Thanks, I've done that before with a copy of Earthbound for SNES. The board was destroyed and I swapped the chip into a copy of an NHL 95 or something. It worked beautifully afterwards... And I'd love to show the process eventually! I know there are many board versions for N64 too, do you know if there's an online site that tracks the board revisions for N64 games? I've used this absolutely fabulous site for SNES games: snescentral.com/gameindex.php I just have never found a site for N64 titles and didn't know if one even existed.
@@gamejaeger Ive tried linking the site I use for n64 cartridge revisions but my comment keeps getting auto-deleted :/ instead google “N64 Cartridge Board Scan/Picture Repository” and it’s the first result that comes up!
For the DVD drive boards, it would probably be worth it to swap out the IDE cable to test. Also, there is other small surface mount capacitors on the board that could be affected with a hair dryer. Quick check with the multimeter to narrow it down hopefully.
Gotcha, I'll look into it. I just figured the surface mounted caps wouldn't be effected as much since they aren't electrolytics. And can you check them while they are still attached in circuit?
@@gamejaeger you can't check the capacitance, but you can check if its shorted out. A little bit of heat may be just enough temporarily. Its worth at least checking since that would be a cheap fix.
Thanks, I've looked into that and the general consensus I've found is for video games, and more specifically the pins of games, you don't want to replace the pins. I guess its due to the mechanics of the cartridge going into the slot. Because it interacts with the slot pins, they rub and basically it rips off from the board over time. I've found a few kits online to replace pins on motherboards where the connection remains static and those seem to work well. I suppose I could try out one of those kits to see if it would work but from what I've seen it was a very expensive kit and just not practical. Have you had any experience with replacing pins on games? And how did it go? Just curious what you used to keep them in place on the board and if the repair lasted. Lmk.
I hope you all enjoy this months recap! I can't believe its already been 6 months... man does time fly.... and I have a lot more work to do.....
If you missed it, check out the first video here: ruclips.net/video/nB-q2FC2B0c/видео.html
I also have a box of items and consoles I've accumulated over the years that aren't fixable I call the bone pile, I find it extremely helpful to have it as it's saved me quite a bit on spare parts.
I installed my Thomson cap kits on 3 drives and it fixed 2 of them. The 3rd unit was doing the same thing as in the video, so I took my Multi-Meter and tested what good working lasers are set at. All of the good drives were right about 2.40 ohms from factory, so I reduced the 3rd unit to 1.80 and sure enough it worked great. The Pot tweak while it's not a permanent fix, at least gets them running for however long and most importantly tells you that your problem definitely is or is NOT the laser.
The bone pile, I like that...
True about the POT tweaks too... I don't know why I've never thought of testing one of the good ones after it was fixed lol... Didn't even cross my mind but that would be good info to have to see about tweaking the others a bit. I bet one might start working because it was thinking about it for a while before putting up the dirty disc error. But then again, if they work for me now and then are sold I'd feel bad if they die a few months down the road. Kinda feels scammy to me since I know its a short term fix so I'm torn about selling POT tweaked stuff at the moment.
I'm loving this series. So sick to death of endless PS5 and Nintendo switch repairs. Lots of short fixes with excellent commentary seems to be you forte. Keep them coming, I'll be here waiting.😃
Thanks for the feedback! Glad you enjoy!
Get a cheap copy of Madden for the n64 and transplant the chips from Mario Kart into it, I have a copy of Glover that also has a few missing pins and that’s the best way to guarantee a long term fix given the stress the edge connector is put under when going in and out of an N64. As long as the boards are the same revision (should say in the upper left corner I believe) it’s as simple as swapping the chips over and would love to see you document the process in a future video!
Thanks, I've done that before with a copy of Earthbound for SNES. The board was destroyed and I swapped the chip into a copy of an NHL 95 or something. It worked beautifully afterwards... And I'd love to show the process eventually!
I know there are many board versions for N64 too, do you know if there's an online site that tracks the board revisions for N64 games? I've used this absolutely fabulous site for SNES games: snescentral.com/gameindex.php
I just have never found a site for N64 titles and didn't know if one even existed.
@@gamejaeger Ive tried linking the site I use for n64 cartridge revisions but my comment keeps getting auto-deleted :/ instead google “N64 Cartridge Board Scan/Picture Repository” and it’s the first result that comes up!
YES!!! I didn't know this existed! There's an old reddit post talking about it but all the links are dead. Thank you for posting this!
@@gamejaeger of course! Love your videos and glad I could help!
Thanks so much!
For the DVD drive boards, it would probably be worth it to swap out the IDE cable to test. Also, there is other small surface mount capacitors on the board that could be affected with a hair dryer. Quick check with the multimeter to narrow it down hopefully.
Gotcha, I'll look into it. I just figured the surface mounted caps wouldn't be effected as much since they aren't electrolytics. And can you check them while they are still attached in circuit?
@@gamejaeger you can't check the capacitance, but you can check if its shorted out. A little bit of heat may be just enough temporarily. Its worth at least checking since that would be a cheap fix.
Very true... Thanks for the recommendation!
For the n64 game you can use some flat copper, cut out right size and solder/glue dem in, i have fixed games like that.
Thanks, I've looked into that and the general consensus I've found is for video games, and more specifically the pins of games, you don't want to replace the pins. I guess its due to the mechanics of the cartridge going into the slot. Because it interacts with the slot pins, they rub and basically it rips off from the board over time.
I've found a few kits online to replace pins on motherboards where the connection remains static and those seem to work well. I suppose I could try out one of those kits to see if it would work but from what I've seen it was a very expensive kit and just not practical. Have you had any experience with replacing pins on games? And how did it go? Just curious what you used to keep them in place on the board and if the repair lasted. Lmk.
Yaaaay :D new episode
Glad you enjoy!
Why the low view count? This content is great! Might need to make it a weekly/fortnightly thing.
Honestly I'm not really sure, but thank you I really appreciate it! New episode comes out this week Friday too.
besides those scammy rated games great episode !
HAHA!! Thanks!
You mean grading?
Yes.
Heat changes resistant so maybe it’s a resistor.
I was thinking about that too, maybe I can test those...