Broken Pikachu N64 with no audio - can I fix it? Diagnosis and repair demonstration!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2022
- The Nintendo 64 is one of the most reliable consoles ever made - it's rare to come across consoles with an issue like no audio or video. On this week's Fix it Friday, we break out all the tools for diagnosis to repair a Nintendo 64 that no longer has any audio!
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_Appropriate use of the Pikachu soldering station._
Lol that Pokémon Hakko iron is perfect 😂
words cant describe the feeling when a console comes back to life!
Didn't know about the console5 wiki. Thanks for the tip!
I learn like 5 new things every time you release one of these videos!
Really glad to hear that!
Great job on explaining in detail all your steps. It ready helps a novice like me out.
Awesome video. I've watch so many console repair videos and have never seen anyone pull out an oscilloscope before. Pretty great tool for troubleshooting. Also great to know that about that kit that can easily remove surface mounted chips. Learned a lot from this video!
Thanks so much! I’m really glad that everything I demonstrated was helpful
Nice video I have a base n64 with no sound
Great work dude. Always wanted a Pikachu N64. Loving the matching Hakko iron 😂
Hahaha That’s awesome! I did not see that until you mentioned it!
Nice video love the part whit the oscilloscope trouble shooting love to see more of this. Thanks 🙏
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! I’ll try to do some more repair videos in the future
I had this exactly this problem with a n64. No signal in the amp's output, but signal in the input. In my case, it was one of the 33uf caps that were shorted. Swaped the cap, and the sound came back. But in your case, with a bad chip, you could also bypass the amp chip if you didn't have a donor board (remove the chip and jump the inputs directly to the outputs). You'll have a lower volume sound, but will have sound.
That’s interesting, I have not come across issues with the capacitors like what you described. But it makes sense and I’m glad that you got yours sorted out as well!
Could a short in one of those 33uf caps explain only getting audio from one side?
Trying to diagnose one right now, and I sadly do not have an oscilloscope!
Vidéo au top et console vraiment sympa dans cette édition Pikachu! (En France elle est appréciée aussi je pense ^^) Merci du partage ✌️🕹
Hell yeah I got a pikachu n64!
8:46 If one has a set of appropriate sized individual heat sinks for each chip requiring good thermal heat sinking along with reusable thermal compound, they could be used as "thermal deterrent" in case one accidentally extends the power on time during diagnosis. Just my experience.
EDIT: By the way, great job on the component level troubleshooting.
Very good idea, and something that I will try next time
Awesome as always, can that chip be used in either direction? Did it matter which way you put it on?
If you look at the board and the outline under U2 (after he removed the chip), there is a notch in the bottom line which indicates which direction to orient the chip. The chip itself would either have a dot or an indent in the case of this chip to show you the alignment.
Juvinious is correct, there’s an orientation to the chip
The board from the Pikachu N64 is identical to a normal n64. I swapped boards, soldered the led module to the same points on the replacement board. Funnily the legs of the power LED are in place on the Pikachu board, they just snipped the led off.
once again the brother @Long Island Retro Gaming seizing magic in the world of retro and in my case not even if I was born again would I solder that way, I send you a big greeting brother you are a crack in electronics, it would be very good if you upload a video in the middle of the week because every Friday I'm waiting for your videos.
Thanks brother I appreciate the support! Really glad that you enjoy the videos
Nice job👍 what’s the make and model of that oscilloscope? Might have to get one.
It’s a Rigol DS1054, and I definitely recommend it
@Long Island Retro Gaming awesome video. In related to this oscilloscope, would I be able to test the N64 cpu ? I have an issue with my n64, where the system freezes after several minutes of game play. Thanks.
My little brother got one of these when it was new. When he decided he was done with it, he and I took it to a pawn shop. Now I feel like an idiot for it.
That’s too bad, hate to see when that happens
Having a different issue with my N64,it gets a green screen,then fades to black,does the same thing without a game in,i take the expansion pak out then it's just a green screen.Haven't figured it out yet
Your mic volume is a tad low. Besides that, yes, I DO like this type of content! It's good to know not to test the n64 without a heatsink for too long. Maybe you could place a small CPU heatsink temporarily if you need more time.
Yes, adding a small heatsink on those chips would buy me some more time. Fortunately I only needed a few minutes to find the problem with this one
Will you make a video on TooManyGames? Or do you think you'll be too busy?
I will bring my camera with me so hopefully I’ll get a video done! But it’s really hard to know for sure. I’ll have a table out there with some premodded consoles for sale
Pika.
Do you do customer service repair
I do repairs, you can reach me at my website and I can try to help
Hey I just tried running my n64 after 20+ years and having audio issues. Im also on Long Island, do you have a shop I can bring it to?
Yes, you can contact me at my website 1uprestorations.com
Did you see my own encounter with this on IMGUR?
Oops! Accidentally fixed the audio on this "No Audio" Pikachu N64.
No, I didn’t see that! Send me the link and I will check it out!
@@LIRetroGaming LOL! The video is short and sweet. Unmute but expect loud SM64 music the moment I “accidentally” figure it out.
Mine was also a NUS-CPU-09-1 board in great condition that I got complete in box from Japan, so maybe it isn’t as uncommon as you think. :)
I have a cut on Facebook or Twitter where I snatch the “No Audio” sticker off the box and throw it away.
Explanation:
After swapping the amp chip and replacing the audio output capacitors one at a time, I accidentally shorted 12v through pin 2 of the AMP-NUS chip and C28 (rated for 25v). Somehow this instantly revived audio output and I happened to catch the moment on video! That's where I stopped replacing caps to see if it would fail again and it still works today over a year later.
I've also seen a Pikachu N64 with bad video. These capacitor issues only seems to happen on late board revis with Panasonic electrolytic capacitors with no lead-free/RoHS dot. Because I replaced the AMP-NUS chip, my theory was that Panasonic was already starting to reformulate for RoHS so they fail faster than the older formula/consoles. Perhaps I'm wrong and shocking pin 2 on the AMP-NUS chip did it since replacing that worked for you. That would mean I had two which did not work before zapping them. The "known good" one had not been tested since the console became a parts board a year or so earlier.
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This is really good information to know. I’m sure that I will run into this problem again! Definitely going to check out the video
@@LIRetroGaming Do you see the link? I don’t. :( I expected YT to filter it so I put the exact title up there if you want to search it (starts with “Oops!”).
@@LIRetroGaming The requested link still isn't showing up. I thought this would happen, which is why I made it a separate comment (didn't want to lose the explanation). Could you check your filtered comments? I wish TH-cam's filter would detect when the channel creator is asking for a link and make an exception. :(
heyyyy I just picked up the the The Pikachu n64 i tested everything were i got it and it was playing sound Perfectly then when i got home the sound just didn’t work anymore and i see that its that chips that is the common Issue and i just got it like 2 days ago
But idk where to get that chip with out buying another 64
What if you got no video and no sound what chips could possibly be the problem that could need replacement? My n64 powers on and does nothing, even after cleaning everything and its not a power supply issue
It’s very hard to know for certain. My guess is it might be related to the ram which is much more difficult to replace. I would also check to see whether there are any bad traces on the expansion memory slot
@@LIRetroGaming Will look into it thank you!
Hello sir how can i contact you to do a reapair for me , i have a neo geo board and wanted to install a unibios 4.0 and i broke 4 traces so i stoped to finish the project could you make it for me ? Maybe you could make a clip from it for your channel and of course ill pay the cost , im from holland and must pay all the shipping and for your time ! Please help me im stuked now And cant play neo geo anymore ! Thanks greetings john
You can reach me at my website, 1uprestorations.com
Hi , my N64 pikachu's cheeks never light up at all ,do you think what is the problem?
Hard to say exactly. It could be as simple as the small daughterboard being unplugged from the main board without looking at it I wouldn’t be able to tell