A client brought me his N64; his little kid broke the yellow plug of his composite cables at the TV, and now the console won't output at all (lamp on, no video, no audio).
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***Testing:***
I've tested it with multiple cables and can confirm the issue. Gone through the following steps:
* Cleaned inside and underneath the cartridge slot connector;
* inspected all pins of each IC;
* cleaned and tested continuity of AV port pins
* Tested voltage at 12V and 3.3V rails
* Tried different expansion/jumper paks
* inspected capacitors
* Tested voltage at each pin of the AV port (except RGB & Sync which tested 0 of course because it's not a modded system)
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All tests were OK. Not sure where to test further. I'm leaning towards a combination of recapping (which I would've done anyway) and a new cartridge connector. Any ideas?
***Background:***
A client brought me his N64; his little kid broke the yellow plug of his composite cables at the TV, and now the console won't output at all (lamp on, no video, no audio).
I've tested it with multiple cables and can confirm the issue. Gone through the following steps:
* Cleaned inside and underneath the cartridge slot connector;
* inspected all pins of each IC;
* cleaned and tested continuity of AV port pins
* Tested voltage at 12V and 3.3V rails
* Tried different expansion/jumper paks
* inspected capacitors
* Tested voltage at each pin of the AV port (except RGB & Sync which tested 0 of course because it's not a modded system)
All tests were OK. Not sure where to test further. I'm leaning towards a combination of recapping (which I would've done anyway) and a new cartridge connector. Any ideas?