more card slot relocation woes

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Sat May 07, 2005 2:05 am

ok. i have just been trying to relocate my cardslot i have soldered directly to the pins on the slot but there are 2 sets of pins worth of wires left over i have soldered to the outer set of pins

Warrior_Rocker · Post by **Warrior_Rocker** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:09 pm

i found a very ingenius way to do that with my first two portables, i had a 6 inch scsi pass through cable, with male on one end and afemal plug on the other, if u bent the pins on the male part, it would go right into the n64, and the cart plug would just plug into the female end of the adaptor.. worked great, just that got damaged in my last portable, now im gonna eithe rhave to find another, or solder each pin

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:42 pm

If you can find a place that sells male-male adaptors/connectors, that is the way to go.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Sat May 07, 2005 8:15 pm

well i have check and i still cant see where the other wires go

Warrior_Rocker · Post by **Warrior_Rocker** » Sun May 08, 2005 7:33 am

color code em, every other wire make it blue or sumtin

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:15 am

oh that will slow me doan even more..oh well what must be done must be done

Warrior_Rocker · Post by **Warrior_Rocker** » Tue May 10, 2005 4:24 pm

i put a lot of thought into actually soldering each wire, which is probly what ill have to do this time, any pictures of how u did yours would be neat, when i get my camera ill take a pic of my old cable, so you can see what i mean

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:50 am

thanks for that

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:10 pm

well i finally got around to doing my relocation....it looks fine but nothing happens......i followed my own guide

i think the pins arent in deep enough.......anyway

how do you tell if the system is fried?

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:25 pm

is the cart in backwards

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:52 pm

no.... i dont think the pins are long enough

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 9:07 pm

that stinks looks like youll have desolder the extension port and bend the pins, how much more on the N64 portable do you have left

chodges84 · Post by **chodges84** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:02 am

hey *o*,

I've had a few problems with mine as well. I couldn't get a picture to come up even theough the N64 is on. I actually soldered mine in the end. I used a SCSI cable, cut it down, and plugged the cart in the other end.

I'm actually now going to go and solder to the cart slot itself and hope that works. Hopefully so, ALthough I've just bought a new N64 off of eBay.

Also when you say, you don't think the pins go in far enough, do you mean, far enough into the N64 board or far enough into the SCSI cable?

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:52 pm

i have tested it and the pins arent long enough

chodges84 · Post by **chodges84** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:38 pm

hey *o*,

when you say pins, do you mean the pins on the pin headers or the pins on the cart slot going into the scsi cable?

I actual;ly soldered directto the pins yesterday and still nothing, so i may just give up this N64 and get another one.

I've got some pin headers coming, so I'll do it that way next time.