The case is mostly done will a few things to cut. (like c buttons)

I have pretty much no parts though, don't worry about that, I'll get those soon. It is going to be painted by the way, I just hand made it out of polycarbonate sheets, that's why it's clear.

The image is pretty big so I'll just link it. http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/100_0677.jpg

**UPDATE** 07/29/09

I made a little progress video.

http://www.youtube.com/v/Lv8Ww6sy3mI&hl=en&fs=1&
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**UPDATE** 9/27/09
Got some pictures and a video up.

http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/?action=view&current=102_0744.jpg
http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/?action=view&current=102_0745.jpg
http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/?action=view&current=102_0746.jpg
My cat demanded to be in the shot for his 15 seconds of fame.
http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/?action=view&current=102_0747.jpg
http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/?action=view&current=102_0748.jpg

CASE LOOKS WAY BETTER IN REAL LIFE, DUST LOOK COMES FROM CAMERA FLASH

Plus a video
http://www.youtube.com/v/Twjkb0l4f4g&hl=en&fs=1&
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**UPDATE** 11/21/09

YES! I finally got it working and it's looking great, I wired the jumper pak one last time and it didn't work, but I did some touching up and the expansion pak chips and it works perfectly now. So now all that's left is to order the screen, led mod it, then the final construction with commence. Here are some pictures of the relocation.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/DSC02430.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/DSC02431.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/DSC02432.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/DSC02433.jpg
ALMOST THERE!
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**UPDATE** 12/03/09

I got my screen a couple days ago and have been doing some modding to the minor components. Mostly the controller today. I've got plenty of pics since you guys love them so much.
I've got paper in the joystick to space it from the case until the glue is 100% cooled.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/DSC02442.jpg
Inside, there's tape covering the joystick to prevent light leaking.
[img]http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/DSC02451.jpg[/url]
Lots of strength in the joystick.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/DSC02448.jpg
Back inside
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/DSC02443.jpg
Back outside
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/DSC02444.jpg
Controller
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/DSC02455.jpg
With memory pak (the battery has to be pretty snug to make contact with the wires)
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/DSC02457.jpg
IDE wire is SO CLEAN!
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/DSC02456.jpg
Looks much better than my original one. Just garbage.

MORE SOON TO COME!!
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**UPDATE** 12/05/09

I know you guys love updates and I wanted you guys to know how close it is to done. Pretty much 95%
Glue replace with screw. 1000x stronger.


Cartridge slot mounted.

Screen cleanly led modded. Done in about 15 mins.

Controller wired up, tested works. Batteries underneath (green electrical tape) and screen underneath that.



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I will be updating this thread along with the one on benheck
http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32596&p=380131#p380131

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please tell me you will paint it! Other than that, awesome job

Given you paint it, that case looks pretty snazzy. What are the detentions?

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Nobody cares what the detentions are, but I would like to know what the dementions are Google chrome spell checker get ya?

7.5 x 5.15 x 1.5 (inches)

That's the main case, I haven't made the cartridge cover yet so I don't know how big that is. But it will be as small as I can get it.

I was trying to make it the same size as mario's but I made it .1 inches shorter by accident, if you get really picky I guess you could say mine is smaller but not really.

I chose to make it square because it was easiest to make without a cnc machine. Plus it's the most efficient, like minimal hot glue to get the screw posts to stay in, Unlike my last one that needed 2 mini sticks per post.

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I use the spell checker in safari. It auto-underlines misspelled words in red, but doesn't show grammatical errors.


Even if it's only a little bit smaller, counts as being smaller.

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Well I finished doing the expansion pack relocation a second time and no success. I'm fairly certain this board is fried. I'm going to just buy a new board and replace the two ram ic's with 4 meg ones from expansion paks. I still have to finish the case and batteries though.

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I've been looking at heat guns and I was wondering what a good brand for them are.

Any recommendations for a heat gun for removing ic's like the ram on n64?

This is the one I've been looking at.: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0160635676

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So basically instead of doing something fairly hard you're going to do something even more difficult? Sounds backwards to me!



Way too big to desolder ICs. Way too big.

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YAP64/2 Mini Arcade Project

Actually the ram replacement should be easier, as long as you have a way to remove the ics without bending the legs everywhere it's easy.

With the ram in place like that I can be sure there are no shorts anywhere. And I don't plan to relocate the jumper pak. The advantage to this is that you don't need a heatsink for it and it's shorter. So for my situation it's better than the expansion pak relocation.


And the heat gun I felt it was to big. I just can't find anything else for removing the ics.

EDIT: Here's another one I found that's a lot smaller and is still 625 degrees so it should be sufficient to melt solder.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Milwaukee-Wagner-He ... |294%3A200

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