folding the n64

[Hrduncan]

Can the n64 be cut and folded in half? then rewired ? that would make an epic portable.... smallest ever CAN IT BE DONE?

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Nobody has done it before, Bac tried I believe but he sucked at soldering and it didn't work. It may be possible though, I am attempting it when I can get a new board.

 

[ToastBucket]

Better stuff can be done.

 

[Hrduncan]

i was chatting with him on his forum and he said something about when you attach wires it changes the resistance of the lines causing the board to fry i dont really believe him though i think it might be some bad wires or something.... idk ill have to figure it out myself soo ill probably buy a lot of n64s and try it a couple times....

 

[Hrduncan]

what better stuff?

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Better stuff can be done.

what are you talking about? there are areas that even after trimming can be folded to half the size of the mobo after trimming. With a combination of trimming and folding you can fit an N64 mobo into a CGB case with ease. the only problem is nobody has successfully done it lmao

 

[ToastBucket]

Trust me. It can be smaller than folding.

i was chatting with him on his forum and he said something about when you attach wires it changes the resistance of the lines causing the board to fry i dont really believe him though i think it might be some bad wires or something.... idk ill have to figure it out myself soo ill probably buy a lot of n64s and try it a couple times....

Yeah he's full of flax. He was just too embarrassed to admit he couldn't do it so he made up something about latency in the traces.

 

[Hrduncan]

alright i thought soo

bacteria can be like that sometimes....

so when you cut the n64 should i just sand down the traces and wire them back with or should i trace them back to the chip and solder there?

this is all preliminary research before i try this ...

 

[βeta]

Trace back and solder there, it's much easier.

 

[Hrduncan]

alright will do!

itd be awesome if i can do this hopefully i can

im guessing that i need one of those magnify glasses

 

[βeta]

It would help. I have complete pinouts of the whole board, Rev. 5+.

 

[Hrduncan]

which line would be the easiest to cut along and rewire green or red or both? opinions? the mobo in the pic is from one of SS's diagram i have showed ROUGHLY were it can be trimmed according to SS's diagram....

Thoughts?

 

[J.D]

inb4shockslayer

Epicelite, you can fit an N64 in a Game Boy Color case without "folding the N64 in half."

 

[βeta]

The red line is WAY easier. Why did you draw it like you're not going to RCP?

 

[ShockSlayer]

inafterJ.D

If you really want to fold it, then rewire 8 billion traces and still have all of your other components be bigger than the n64, go for it.

SS

 

[Mako321]

Just rcp and it'll fit.

 

[Hrduncan]

what do you mean components bigger than the n64 SS?

if i could trim the controller board and get it tiny... soldering to the chip it would fit really nice then get a couple lipo (flat ones)
then trim the buttons up and glue them to the tacts (save room)

2 inch screen if ican find one most likely 3.5 though...

this is probably nearly impossible though i guess itll be fun trying....

 

[Mako321]

It's possible.

 

[Hrduncan]

cool hopefully i can do it! ill just order like 5 n64s and try it on a couple... if it dont work then ill just build a better portable than my last one ....

Anyone else gonna try?

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

send me a board and i'll attempt it lol.