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<blockquote data-quote="Axido" data-source="post: 10223824" data-attributes="member: 344932"><p><strong>Tl;dr: If you already disassembled your N64 console once (in order to clean it or whatever), did you find a 48 pin cartridge connector inside of it or a 50 pin connector? Please share your experience (and maybe some photos) so that we can see if the replacement parts sold online are actually useful or just a scam.</strong></p><p></p><p>[TABLE]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]<strong>Console</strong>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]Model No.[/TD]</p><p>[TD]<strong>Cartridge Connector</strong>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]<strong>provided by</strong>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]N64 black - PAL[/TD]</p><p>[TD]NUP104xxxxx[/TD]</p><p>[TD]48 pin[/TD]</p><p>[TD]Axido[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]N64 black - PAL[/TD]</p><p></p><p>[TD]NUP150xxxxx[/TD]</p><p>[TD]48 pin[/TD]</p><p>[TD]Axido[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]N64 Pikachu Edition - PAL[/TD]</p><p>[TD]NUP166xxxxx[/TD]</p><p>[TD]48 pin[/TD]</p><p>[TD]Axido[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]N64 black - NTSC-U[/TD]</p><p></p><p>[TD]NUJ117xxxxx[/TD]</p><p></p><p>[TD]48 pin[/TD]</p><p>[TD]Axido[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[/TABLE]</p><p></p><p>Hello, fellow tempers,</p><p></p><p>I recently had a few N64 consoles to fix as I was experiencing sudden resets in various games. I figured that the reason were worn-out cartridge connectors. I replaced an NES cartridge connector with an aftermarket part before and thought it would be very easy. In fact it could have been, since to my knowledge, you would just pull out the old cartrdige connector and plug in a new one. However, when it comes to spare parts available, there seems to be only one kind that is being sold currently apart from used original ones. And that is a 50 pin connector with a different spacing between the rows of pins (5mm opposed to about 4mm). After some research I came to the conclusion that I couldn't find a 50 pin connector in any of the twenty-something consoles I looked at. I opened up four consoles myself already, three of them PAL and one NTSC-J. All of them had a 48 pin connector with two pins missing in the middle (14th column from the left or 12th from the right). There are rumors floating around the internet about region differences, so I took a look at a bunch of disassembly videos on Youtube. In two of them I made out NTSC-U consoles and they still had the 48 pin connector and the corresponding holes on the motherboard. Long story short, I wasn't able to fix any console with those 50 pin connectors even after following a guide on how to make them work.</p><p></p><p>As there seems to be little information on this topic while lots of N64 consoles are nearing the point at which their cartridge connectors might wear out, I'd like to gather better knowledge about this, which hopefully leads to better replacement parts available in the future. In the end it's just a piece of plastic with conductive pins in it and nothing more.</p><p></p><p>So, in case you have taken a look at the insides of your N64 before or have other insights to share that I didn't stumble upon during my research, please post them here and I will update this post accordingly.</p><p></p><p>For reference, this is what your cartridge connector may look like if you have a 48 pin one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]388053[/ATTACH]</p><p>(this one usually has an arrow and a model number or something like that on the other side)</p><p></p><p>This is the 50 pin one that is sold on Ebay, Alibaba, Amazon and whatnot:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]388055[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The ports on the N64 motherboards I took a look at all looked like this with the connector installed:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]388056[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And like this without it:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]388057[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I took the pictures from product listings and Youtube videos, since I was too lazy to take them myself, but what is shown is what you'd expect my own photos to look like.</p><p></p><p>Edit: In case you haven't taken apart your N64 console yet, but are interested in cleaning it, here is a disassembly video that guides you through the process. Keep in mind that apart from your usual Phillips screwdriver you need a 4.5mm GameBit screwdriver.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xROmt3g7NkY" target="_blank">Nintendo 64 Disassembly / Maintenance / Reassembly</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Axido, post: 10223824, member: 344932"] [B]Tl;dr: If you already disassembled your N64 console once (in order to clean it or whatever), did you find a 48 pin cartridge connector inside of it or a 50 pin connector? Please share your experience (and maybe some photos) so that we can see if the replacement parts sold online are actually useful or just a scam.[/B] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]Console[/B][/TD] [TD]Model No.[/TD] [TD][B]Cartridge Connector[/B][/TD] [TD][B]provided by[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]N64 black - PAL[/TD] [TD]NUP104xxxxx[/TD] [TD]48 pin[/TD] [TD]Axido[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]N64 black - PAL[/TD] [TD]NUP150xxxxx[/TD] [TD]48 pin[/TD] [TD]Axido[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]N64 Pikachu Edition - PAL[/TD] [TD]NUP166xxxxx[/TD] [TD]48 pin[/TD] [TD]Axido[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]N64 black - NTSC-U[/TD] [TD]NUJ117xxxxx[/TD] [TD]48 pin[/TD] [TD]Axido[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Hello, fellow tempers, I recently had a few N64 consoles to fix as I was experiencing sudden resets in various games. I figured that the reason were worn-out cartridge connectors. I replaced an NES cartridge connector with an aftermarket part before and thought it would be very easy. In fact it could have been, since to my knowledge, you would just pull out the old cartrdige connector and plug in a new one. However, when it comes to spare parts available, there seems to be only one kind that is being sold currently apart from used original ones. And that is a 50 pin connector with a different spacing between the rows of pins (5mm opposed to about 4mm). After some research I came to the conclusion that I couldn't find a 50 pin connector in any of the twenty-something consoles I looked at. I opened up four consoles myself already, three of them PAL and one NTSC-J. All of them had a 48 pin connector with two pins missing in the middle (14th column from the left or 12th from the right). There are rumors floating around the internet about region differences, so I took a look at a bunch of disassembly videos on Youtube. In two of them I made out NTSC-U consoles and they still had the 48 pin connector and the corresponding holes on the motherboard. Long story short, I wasn't able to fix any console with those 50 pin connectors even after following a guide on how to make them work. As there seems to be little information on this topic while lots of N64 consoles are nearing the point at which their cartridge connectors might wear out, I'd like to gather better knowledge about this, which hopefully leads to better replacement parts available in the future. In the end it's just a piece of plastic with conductive pins in it and nothing more. So, in case you have taken a look at the insides of your N64 before or have other insights to share that I didn't stumble upon during my research, please post them here and I will update this post accordingly. For reference, this is what your cartridge connector may look like if you have a 48 pin one: [ATTACH type="full" alt="1691926044724.png"]388053[/ATTACH] (this one usually has an arrow and a model number or something like that on the other side) This is the 50 pin one that is sold on Ebay, Alibaba, Amazon and whatnot: [ATTACH type="full" width="388px" alt="1691926130444.png"]388055[/ATTACH] The ports on the N64 motherboards I took a look at all looked like this with the connector installed: [ATTACH type="full" width="598px" alt="1691926290793.png"]388056[/ATTACH] And like this without it: [ATTACH type="full" width="597px" alt="1691926476682.png"]388057[/ATTACH] I took the pictures from product listings and Youtube videos, since I was too lazy to take them myself, but what is shown is what you'd expect my own photos to look like. Edit: In case you haven't taken apart your N64 console yet, but are interested in cleaning it, here is a disassembly video that guides you through the process. Keep in mind that apart from your usual Phillips screwdriver you need a 4.5mm GameBit screwdriver. [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xROmt3g7NkY']Nintendo 64 Disassembly / Maintenance / Reassembly[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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