Bud's N64 Trimming Guide
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DAT ASS
Re: How to trim a Rev3-4 nearly as small as a Rev5-9
I've personally found trimming in front of the slot to be finicky. It's always been easier to trim down the cart slot area and do a half RCP or something like that. I've cut down to the very last row of cart slot contacts and trace soldered the rest of the connections. A lot easier that wiring to the chips in my opinion.
I've personally found trimming in front of the slot to be finicky. It's always been easier to trim down the cart slot area and do a half RCP or something like that. I've cut down to the very last row of cart slot contacts and trace soldered the rest of the connections. A lot easier that wiring to the chips in my opinion.
βeta
ModRetro Legend
Re: How to trim a Rev3-4 nearly as small as a Rev5-9
Here you go, Ashen. This is the compilation of hundreds of hours of work, but there a mistakes. Lemme know if you have questions.
Here you go, Ashen. This is the compilation of hundreds of hours of work, but there a mistakes. Lemme know if you have questions.
Ashen
GameCube Révolutionary
Re: How to trim a Rev3-4 nearly as small as a Rev5-9
So, I got the board I posted previously working through some trial and error on another board. ( I haven't thoroughly looked through Beta's diagram yet, he may already have noted this.)
Ends up, all it was is a 2k pull up resistor on pin 8 of the PIF that connects to 3.3v.
So yea, PIF pin 8 --> 2k resistor --> 3.3v
Now... Time to RCP
EDIT: oh yea, also I removed the U8, board still works, controller still works.
So, I got the board I posted previously working through some trial and error on another board. ( I haven't thoroughly looked through Beta's diagram yet, he may already have noted this.)
Ends up, all it was is a 2k pull up resistor on pin 8 of the PIF that connects to 3.3v.
So yea, PIF pin 8 --> 2k resistor --> 3.3v
Now... Time to RCP
EDIT: oh yea, also I removed the U8, board still works, controller still works.
bud
DAT ASS
Re: How to trim a Rev3-4 nearly as small as a Rev5-9
The two times I did this trim I never had to do any of that. I assume I just got lucky.
Except for the time I knocked off a smd cap and all of the video was in black and white 
Added this info to the first post.Ashen said:So, I got the board I posted previously working through some trial and error on another board. ( I haven't thoroughly looked through Beta's diagram yet, he may already have noted this.)
Ends up, all it was is a 2k pull up resistor on pin 8 of the PIF that connects to 3.3v.
So yea, PIF pin 8 --> 2k resistor --> 3.3v
The two times I did this trim I never had to do any of that. I assume I just got lucky.
Except for the time I knocked off a smd cap and all of the video was in black and white
Ashen
GameCube Révolutionary
Re: How to trim a Rev3-4 nearly as small as a Rev5-9
Maybe lucky
Rev 3's may be different I dunno, I have around 10 rev 4's here and 1 rev 8 and 1 rev 9, so I can't tell as I don't have a rev 3 to compare to.
On a rev 4 it really depends on how close to the PIF you cut. If you stay 4-5mm away from the actual side of the chip you wont remove the resistor from the bottom of the board and will be fine.
Maybe lucky
Rev 3's may be different I dunno, I have around 10 rev 4's here and 1 rev 8 and 1 rev 9, so I can't tell as I don't have a rev 3 to compare to.
On a rev 4 it really depends on how close to the PIF you cut. If you stay 4-5mm away from the actual side of the chip you wont remove the resistor from the bottom of the board and will be fine.
How do you need help exactly? Everything you need to wire is labeled in the diagramsSpiicyice said:Can someone help me with this?I have already cut the motherboard, but I'm a total n00b, so I'm a little confused about what to wire. Any help is appreciated! Thanks in advance
I get where to wire the audio and video. I'm just a little confused about the power. I'm a little confused about what to do about the 3.3v traces... Like do I just solder a wire to it that is coming from my step down regulator? For the controller connections you ground it, and then the red and white labels represent.....? I think I might know that it's for, but I'm not sure. Sorry for wasting your time... I do realize I should do some more research, but I just got ahead of myself. Thanks for replying 
Yes, solder the output of the regulator to the 3.3v trace. On the first picture, red and white are audio. The red for controller is 3.3v, and the white is data.Spiicyice said:I get where to wire the audio and video. I'm just a little confused about the power. I'm a little confused about what to do about the 3.3v traces... Like do I just solder a wire to it that is coming from my step down regulator? For the controller connections you ground it, and then the red and white labels represent.....? I think I might know that it's for, but I'm not sure. Sorry for wasting your time... I do realize I should do some more research, but I just got ahead of myself. Thanks for replying
SNEAKxxATTACK
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Do you mean inward of the outline or outward?
oh and as an introduction, I'm SNEAKxxATTACK, name is all caps because it is supposed to be yelled out like in the video, and yes, I play Black Ops 2 on PS3 with SNEAKxxATTACK as my gamertag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18xgq6cVe10
i did this with a higher revision board and it is working with the resistor between the pif and the 3,3v but the audio is not neat ( there is a whistling sound in the back) and the video is wobbly (like on an old tv ) . Do this have something to do with the resistor? Should i try different value ? Thank you
Hi all,
I have a rev 1 Pal board, will I be able to trim as shown in this thread? If so can I put my 3.3v and 7.2v feed to the same places?
And where can I take my composite video and sound feed from? As I noticed the board revisions being different, mean I don't have the same points. . . .
Thanks
Nick
I have a rev 1 Pal board, will I be able to trim as shown in this thread? If so can I put my 3.3v and 7.2v feed to the same places?
And where can I take my composite video and sound feed from? As I noticed the board revisions being different, mean I don't have the same points. . . .
Thanks
Nick
Most notable, I don't have the U5 chip as shown for the composite video output?
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2 ... _Front.jpg
Only pic I could find. But could I a) trim the board in the same fashion as shown. b) where would I wire the composite video? (and anything else that is missing; to which I may have over looked?)
Many thanks for any help.
Nick
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2 ... _Front.jpg
Only pic I could find. But could I a) trim the board in the same fashion as shown. b) where would I wire the composite video? (and anything else that is missing; to which I may have over looked?)
Many thanks for any help.
Nick
