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Title: N64 case transfer?
Post by: VenomMacbeth on May 31, 2013, 08:39:36 PM
Long story short, my uncle ran over my beloved N64 (got that thing brand new when I was 8!) with his pickup truck, lol.  It still works, but the case is quite broken. 

I happen to have another, bricked N64 with a clean case.   Soooo...how feasible would it be to perform a "transplant," replacing the broken case with the non-broken one?   
Title: Re: N64 case transfer?
Post by: Duo_R on June 01, 2013, 03:35:03 AM
I think it should work they might be different revision boards but I don't think that matters. To warn you there is a TON of screws to remove. I take photos as I go and use little Tupperware bins to help seperate.
Title: Re: N64 case transfer?
Post by: ApolloBoy on June 01, 2013, 05:06:44 AM
They're completely interchangeable, no worries.
Title: Re: N64 case transfer?
Post by: bartre on June 01, 2013, 06:12:17 AM
yeah, they're no problem to transfer - just unscrew.
Make SURE you have a decent gamebit screwdriver though, i've stripped a couple dirty ass n64s and had do drill em out.
any idea what the problem is with the bricked N64?
Title: Re: N64 case transfer?
Post by: VenomMacbeth on June 01, 2013, 06:36:20 AM
yeah, they're no problem to transfer - just unscrew.
Make SURE you have a decent gamebit screwdriver though, i've stripped a couple dirty ass n64s and had do drill em out.
any idea what the problem is with the bricked N64?
yeah, they're no problem to transfer - just unscrew.
Make SURE you have a decent gamebit screwdriver though, i've stripped a couple dirty ass n64s and had do drill em out.
any idea what the problem is with the bricked N64?
yeah, they're no problem to transfer - just unscrew.
Make SURE you have a decent gamebit screwdriver though, i've stripped a couple dirty ass n64s and had do drill em out.
any idea what the problem is with the bricked N64?

I bought it as a gift for my brother, but his dad bought a bootleg memory expansion & idk what happened.  It powers on, but that's it; no sound, no video.
Title: Re: N64 case transfer?
Post by: bartre on June 01, 2013, 06:53:01 AM
hmm.
well once you've used the case, you should send the bad board to me, i'll see if i can't fix it or something.
course, i'll pay for it.
Title: Re: N64 case transfer?
Post by: SignOfZeta on June 01, 2013, 08:23:41 AM
Long story short, my uncle ran over my beloved N64 (got that thing brand new when I was 8!) with his pickup truck, lol.  It still works, but the case is quite broken. 

Geez. When will Nintendo start making more reliable hardware? A truck? That's it?
Title: Re: N64 case transfer?
Post by: Duo_R on June 01, 2013, 11:16:03 AM
If it went in the wrong way could have caused some damage. Perhaps the bootleg could go in either direction
Title: Re: N64 case transfer?
Post by: Duo_R on June 01, 2013, 11:16:18 AM
I don't think it's a hard fix tho
Title: Re: N64 case transfer?
Post by: Black Tiger on June 01, 2013, 12:18:32 PM
Long story short, my uncle ran over my beloved N64 (got that thing brand new when I was 8!) with his pickup truck, lol.  It still works, but the case is quite broken. 

Geez. When will Nintendo start making more reliable hardware? A truck? That's it?

You mean durable console shells. His other N64 is non-working.