Hey, I’m wondering, can you also restore N64 consoles? My brother has one and it worked just fine when he played on it, but ever since I started playing on it it’s kept crashing and freezing. It’s happened three times now.
I've not restored one! I've always wanted to get an N64 of my own, but the stars just haven't been aligning.
That said, N64s are actually really easy to work on! It's primarily plastic and, frankly, an ungodly amount of screws. The actual motherboard is relatively small. It's mostly a matter of properly sorting said screws lol.
Out of curiosity- is it the game crashing, or the system? Like, are you seeing skips in the gameplay, freezing/crashing, or is the console itself letting out the screams of the damned? If it's the former, it may be the cartridge reader itself- it slots into place on the motherboard and when dust gets involved, it likes to throw a tantrum. If it's the latter, my best guess would either be the dust/dirt hindering things, or perhaps something spilled into the motherboard at some point. Which isn't inherently an ending for the N64- a solid scrubbing with ipa could d'ya just fine.
