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Step 4Get N or get out
With the SNES still in place, I decided to put the N64 in next. During the last step, I realized I had made a bad decision the first time and swapped the positions for the SNES and the N64. The reason for this was that the N64 controller ports are mounted on the front of the board instead of through wires like the NES and SNES. So I had to make sure the controller ports would be easy to access. Otherwise they would be useless.
Before you do anything regarding mounting the N64, go ahead and take the SNES out. I put mine in a Wal-Mart bag to keep the finished parts together, safe, and separate from the other systems. Then I put that bag in a safe place.
The first thing I did was to test and make sure that the system worked outside of its case. To avoid the static electricity of my carpet, I put everything onto a piece of cardboard. While doing this, I found that sometimes your N64 power cord can get finicky. Apparently it has a special fuse in it. To reset that fuse, you just unplug the cord for 10-15 minutes and it should work again.
Also because it is so big, I took the shell off of the memory chip to make things smaller. IMPORTANT: Make sure to make a note somewhere on which direction to put this in!!! I had it in backwards at first and that is why the fuse in the power cord went off. I thought I had fried another system at first, and it made me sad. Luckily I unplugged everything and tried again later. I found out that if you look closely, you can tell which direction to put the memory chip, because of how the connectors are facing. After leaving it unplugged for a little while, and flipping the memory chip around, it all worked!
To strengthen the game cartridge connector, I put a small bolt and nut into each hole. These holes used to screw into the case, but without a case, there was no support. It would not do me any good for the game connector to come loose, so I made sure it was not going to.
Oddly enough, this system went in pretty quickly compared to the last two. Being all one piece helped a lot. The first thing is to drill the holes for the controller ports. This is a little tricky, because you have to drill a little bit to the side of where they seem to go, because the standoff holes are not drilled yet. This requires a lot of measurements to make before drilling. After that was over, I cut out the cartridge slot with my dremel and drilled the standoff holes like normal. I also made a small slot where the memory chip is to allow extra space for it, because it sticks up off of the board and I really didn't want that to break. To make the power cord easier to attach, I took the shell off of it and pulled the actual connector part out. It has a long enough wire to stick out of the shell. Then I put the power cord shell back together. Now the power cord was a little bit more flexible. This actually helped it to stop setting that fuse off, so that was a relief.
IMPORTANT - Do not permanently attach any parts yet! If you do, you will be getting everything all messy when you cut the holes for the other systems. You might even ruin the N64 all together.
Before you do anything regarding mounting the N64, go ahead and take the SNES out. I put mine in a Wal-Mart bag to keep the finished parts together, safe, and separate from the other systems. Then I put that bag in a safe place.
The first thing I did was to test and make sure that the system worked outside of its case. To avoid the static electricity of my carpet, I put everything onto a piece of cardboard. While doing this, I found that sometimes your N64 power cord can get finicky. Apparently it has a special fuse in it. To reset that fuse, you just unplug the cord for 10-15 minutes and it should work again.
Also because it is so big, I took the shell off of the memory chip to make things smaller. IMPORTANT: Make sure to make a note somewhere on which direction to put this in!!! I had it in backwards at first and that is why the fuse in the power cord went off. I thought I had fried another system at first, and it made me sad. Luckily I unplugged everything and tried again later. I found out that if you look closely, you can tell which direction to put the memory chip, because of how the connectors are facing. After leaving it unplugged for a little while, and flipping the memory chip around, it all worked!
To strengthen the game cartridge connector, I put a small bolt and nut into each hole. These holes used to screw into the case, but without a case, there was no support. It would not do me any good for the game connector to come loose, so I made sure it was not going to.
Oddly enough, this system went in pretty quickly compared to the last two. Being all one piece helped a lot. The first thing is to drill the holes for the controller ports. This is a little tricky, because you have to drill a little bit to the side of where they seem to go, because the standoff holes are not drilled yet. This requires a lot of measurements to make before drilling. After that was over, I cut out the cartridge slot with my dremel and drilled the standoff holes like normal. I also made a small slot where the memory chip is to allow extra space for it, because it sticks up off of the board and I really didn't want that to break. To make the power cord easier to attach, I took the shell off of it and pulled the actual connector part out. It has a long enough wire to stick out of the shell. Then I put the power cord shell back together. Now the power cord was a little bit more flexible. This actually helped it to stop setting that fuse off, so that was a relief.
IMPORTANT - Do not permanently attach any parts yet! If you do, you will be getting everything all messy when you cut the holes for the other systems. You might even ruin the N64 all together.
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