Gamerade - Cleaning and Restoring a Nintendo 64 - Adam Koralik
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- čas přidán 23. 05. 2012
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In this video I clean and restore an N64 that was given to me for free by Jonathan AKA PCWZRD13. Wooooooooo. - Zábava
My nintendo 64 has been in a really dusty place for the last years. It no longer starts at all. I will be doing all of this today, so wish me luck.
SethEverman Good luck!
AdamKoralik Mine has sharpie on the first left controller port as well. What's up with that?
SethEverman Not sure, must mean something during the construction.
AdamKoralik Reporting back to say that I have a clean and nice n64 now, it still didn't power up, but after further investigation it of course turned out to be a broken power supply (which is what I really thought, but I couldn't know since I didn't have an extra to test with at the time). It's great to know how to open and clean them out anyway, so thank you for the guide!
SethEverman Happy to help, at least you narrowed down the issue.
I found a N64 in the dump years & years ago.. It was only out about 3 years when I found it. Working in great order too
lol, some kid had theirs "taken away" and thrown out.
Wow!
That is lucky
hmm a feather.
oh shit kazooie died.
I plugged my N64 two months ago just to play to GoldenEye. The console started having power interruptions every 10 minutes. After ten shut down, the power stopped working and the console was dead.
I followed your instructions in this video and my console is alive again!
Merci beaucoup, Adam! Thanks you from Montreal!
I’ve had my childhood nintendo 64 since before I could read. It still works like a charm, but I wanted to give it a good deep clean before I store it. Thanks for this incredibly satisfying video!
i had like 3... with snes, nes, gameboy,.... you can name them all
I was missing a Super Nintendo in my collection this is what I did.
I found a n64 for 10 dollars it came with the expansion pack, I cleaned it up and traded it in at a retro game store for 90$ and then bought a Super Nintendo.
It was amazing
What retro store would pay 90$ for a used n64? They don't even sell for that much
+frizzykid100 they sale n64 for 120
+frizzykid100 I went to the retro store and they sold n64 boxes for $200 ! Not even kidding they will pay a lot for old stuff!
I am Sadness You are getting ripped off if you are buying a n64 for 120$ unless it comes with a few games the expansion pack and extra controllers
I'd first try to clean it, second clean and test the jump pack on another N64 if at all possible, third try alternate video cables. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for watching, hope the video helps.
Still watching in 2019, thank you sooo much for sharing this video and also including the orientation of the screws! 💯🤙
I just spent four hours cleaning my n64 with the mr clean sponge then I watched this video fml
Used this guide last weekend, my N64 turned out super clean. Thanks for showing how to get into it! The Mega Drive and Master System II cleaning vids have also proved very useful!
@St. Nick Prod Happy to help.
I currently use an S-Video connection for N64. I then connect to an S-Video to Component adapter, mostly to make it look better on modern TVs.
I will however soon be upgrading to a better solution. Unfortunately that solution doesn't work unless the console is modified properly.
Thanks Adam! If you find an awesome modification, please send me a message about it. I'm tired of staring at grain.
St. Nick Prod. One step ahead of you. I made a video about using SCART to HDMI. Watch that.
The N64 naturally supported, but if it's modded it will work. I have a friend who modded two of them for me, I'm just waiting on the to arrive.
AdamKoralik
i have a serious question Adam. i bought a new grape colored funtastic series N64 (same thing just in a purple color basically). so it work fine and dandy however it doesn't recognize when i put in the ram expander so i cant play other games that take advantage of it but it works while i have games that run just fine off of the normal ram. any ideas on how i can fix this?
AdamKoralik I saw the video about SCART to HDMI.
I may be wrong about this, But I didn't see a connection between the HDMI converter and the N64. I remember you were talking about the N64 not being compatible or something, but again I watched it a few days ago. Do you have any SCART style solutions for the N64?
If you find any other great ways to improve resolution, please send me a message and keep up the good work!
Eric64kid maybe take out the expansion and use isopropyl on the slot?
These videos are awesome. A few weeks ago I bought 10 untested dreamcasts for $32.62. Three had broken controller ports which I easily fixed.
I don't own an N64, but I still watch this as it's very informative and interesting. Thanks for making this!
Thanks for watching!
Perfect!! Didn't realize I needed a special screw driver to open my n64. The reset button got stuck and I've been wanting to give it a good cleaning anyway. Just put in an order for one. Thanks for the super informative video!!
Legend still helping people ten years later 💪
Thank you for posting this video. I was able to successfully clean a "broken" N64 that I got off eBay because of it.
Matthew Belliveau Happy to help!
I will play N64 to the day i will die :)
garbage console
Nemecade I respect your opinion
Thanks for watching.
7:08-7:13: Wow Holy shit a feather! You have to wonder what died in this thing. lol
Shereen Esser apparently a bird
Connah McClafferty I’m hungry and want a Dorito
probably a cucco from ocarina of time
Probably from Banjo-Kazooie! :)
That feather is from pillow fighting with the bunnies at the mansion in 98'! 😁
just got myself a "new" NTSC N64 (don't want those PAL framrates) and this is going to come in handy, thanks for making these videos Adam!
Thanks for watching!
Does this enhance this vision? I'm getting a second hand n64 this week and want the best picture quality possible! Also is there an adapter to make it run on new TV'S?
I used a car cleaner called back to black its sold in auto stores and i used it on a sega saturn and looks like new and gave it a black its original black color i would recommend it only on black consoles tho. dont know if it will work on other colors.
These things are hella durable. My brother's son put pennies into the thing and it still played every cartridge they had. They're like the old Nokia phones.
I hope i can fix my n64 some day.. someday something broke during a gaming session and its not turning on anymore😔
@@Chaos_Dave98 Sorry to hear that. If you have any air, maybe you could spray it down (in & out) to see what. happens.
My brother ruined my snes using it as a piggy bank lol. Too bad I was too young to figure out how to fix it
Thanks for watching!
You should put all of your screws in an ice cube tray.
Nobody likes handling cold screws.
@@SumDumGy or dirty ice
@@officermeowmeowfuzzyface4408 or drinking nails..
so can you tell me what tools I need. im too lazy to go through the video again
Thanks a lot for these videos. I've had my N64 for 22 years now, and it's gone through many...tumultuous moments, but it still works fine. I just want to clean it to keep it still fully functional.
Thank you for watching.
+Ben Coole Personally, I've only ever used the cartridge cleaning kits. All I've ever heard was that felt cloth was a good material. But...there could be alternatives. I just don't know what they are. Sorry. :/
***** As I recall, the latter. Good thing that clearly happened before I had it.
rd649 Pledge and a paper towel.
I've Used A Q-Tip And LITTLE WATER to clean an N64 Carts Connecters
Adam I have 2 n64 systems they work but not well it has power but the video is very touchy how can I gix it it has a delay from when I turn on the systems and sometime doesn't work and other times it dos also when they are on if you even touch the Carthage it freezes both systems have this problem and I got 3 audio cables and it doesn't solve the problem how can I fix them?
+AdamKoralik The felt method works if your careful. I actually use an old thin tshirt. I have snagged the pins on a snes I was cleaning using the felt method once. so be careful...
Have you ever had the "sound-but-no-video" problem in which the N64 runs the game properly however no video is shown on tv? I got that problem on my N64 and I just can't fix it! Got any ideia of what that might be?
I'm a bit late, but it's most likely the tv cable. Mine did this, I thought it was dead, but when I used my GameCube av cables on it by mistake it worked like a charm. N64 tv cables I've found have weak connections on the console end. If not, dirty cartridge slot or dead video port
Agree with this. I went to sell my second N64 I got from my cousin to Game Central a while back. Tested it beforehand and everything worked great. Then I get there, and nothing! No display! Turns out I had tested it with the cable for my first N64 which works fine, but tried to sell it with the cable that came with it which didn't work.
Also a bit late, but I just picked up an N64 yesterday and had this issue. Found that I needed to go into my TV settings and change the "HD Colorstream" input to "Video" input for it to recognize the yellow video input through the green HD colorstream input. I also bought new AV cables like JDH33 said below to help the connection.
This was the first video I have seen by Adam and I have been a fan since.
are there any suggestions on how to get rid of a scratch on the Nintendo 64 system?
I was wondering the same thing.. I'm ocd & have been trying to find a solution for the scuff marks & what not 💀👎🎮
+Gabbie Canepa you could either paint it or scuff it down and polish it back up.
morganiothegamer thanks :)
there is this stuff called "Mothers plastic restorer" you can get it at hardware stores or even walmart. Its like 10$ and it helps seal and fill scratches
Take felt cloth, wrap it around a credit card (or any similar sized plastic card) spray Windex on it like in the video, and then just insert it and remove it repeatedly like the video.
Question Why windex and not IPA( Isopropyl alcohol) or are they similar in a way in not hurting the electronics
Great video! I aquired several N64 consoles last year at garage sales. One for $5. So, I am watching this video in preparation of cleaning/fixing and hopefully selling the systems in order to buy more :) Thanks for doing such an indepth and easy to follow video.
freakjob0 Thanks for watching, congratulations on your haul. Hope you get them all running.
Very useful information. I took mine one step further and used a non-abrasive natural cleaner as well as soap and water. I even went ahead and changed out the LED for a green one. Now it looks a million times better (and like new.)
"figure it out!"
lol, subscribed :)
Welcome aboard.
Instead of windex use isopropyl alcohol cleaner. Enjoyed the vid. Thanks.
Personally I agree based on other vids I've seen and people I've spoken to but I don't understand why. They don't tell me why. What's the advantages of IA over Windex (besides Windex being ammonia/water-based)?
@@SS4Xani its cleans everything. it evaporates quickly too allowing you to use it directly on the board cleaning traces and so on without causing any damage at all. usable on the case as well.
Holy shit, so I discovered you waaaaay back in the early 2010s for videos like these, but I guess never subscribed, and I rediscovered you for your generation recap videos, and I never realized you were the same person who I watched way back nearly a decade ago. Bravo to the awesome content 😁☺️
Welcome back.
EXCELLENT teardown. I appreciate you explaining which screws go where. Especially having a brief look at them. No tutorial I've looked at has done that, EVEN I-FIX-IT! I took mine apart a month or two ago, and couldn't remember. Now I know the screws with the washers go near the expansion slot along with the black screws. Silver screws go on the video and power ports! The guides out there could learn from you. Take some notes, bro! (ifixit!)
Who else just assumed he switched them around after the WD-40? lol
Bjorn The Metal Viking i thought wow the one he just cleaned looks better than the original, until he said he swapped them.
"WOW! Holy Shit! A Feather! You have to wonder what died in this thing!"
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
fwolverine01 a cucko probably
Thanks for watching.
Sorry, I've never done that.
I have watched this video multiple times and have been utterly fascinated at what goes into this amazing system. It goes to show that it really does make a difference to be thorough when cleaning something, even if it looks like it's a complicated mess. Most people have tackle boxes, but I have medicine containers that I could use to store the screws as I go about this, 28 compartments representing seven days of the week for four different times of the day. I'm going to attempt to full cleaning of the system very soon and I'll be sure to edit this comment to tell you the results. ^^
Over a year ago, I left a comment on this video saying that I've always loved how fascinating the internals look on this system. It's time for the update you've been waiting for: I finally got around to properly cleaning my console. Thanks to your video, I knew exactly what to do when it came to reassembling the metal shielding at the end, even though one of the pieces refused to fit on nicely over the expansion port, the part at 9:34 (I ended up just getting rid of it since I spent over 25 minutes trying to get it to fit to no avail; I was able to fit in the two super tiny pieces though). I also decided to ditch the cartridge slot plastic piece that region-locks the system in favor of replacing it and the spring door mechanism with a Hyperkin universal cartridge adapter that lets me play NTSC-U and NTSC-J games freely without having to do any external modding of the cartridges themselves. You weren't joking when you said there were "a hell of a lot of screws" in this system - there are 36 in total if you count every single one! There was a massive layer of dust in the exact same spot in the back left of the bottom shell as the one in your video.
how do people even break their n64?? arent they very reliable?
They may have spilled something on it or left it in there spider/bug infested garage. But overall these thing are built like tanks.
They may have spilled something on it or left it in there spider/bug infested garage. But overall these thing are built like tanks.
They break them very easily. Most have cracked and chipped corners, so clearly it's from dropping them.
Rage quit breaks all.
Mine stopped working for no reason and i never was able to fix it now im still crying i can't use him
I wish I can send you my Nintendo because I don't know what's wrong it with!! You know way more about this stuff than I do lol. We bought a new AV cable twice since we lost the original one and we thought if we bought a new one it would work and we realized its just the Nintendo. It worked on my tv like a long time ago and now that we recently wanted to play it it doesn't work so yeah. We really don't want to spend money on a special screw driver for it.. Help me!!!!!
Awesome man, I'm glad I could help. Happy gaming and thanks for watching.
Nice Video Man!!! I really enjoyed watching this then taking apart mine. Thank you!
I wish I could send you mine, so you could clean it, and then you could send it back. cx
Allie Bear 😂😂👌🏽👌🏽
3:53
You think THATS disgusting? Take a look at my brothers N64, which I have decided to restore for christmas. pasteboard.co/1ZYboftk.jpg
+Lex Witt What the hell was in there? o.o
Wow, that is filthy! What has your brother been doing to his N64?
The video was great! You have convinced me to try to buy some N64's on EBay and the NES cleaning video really helped me. I went from flashing red light to working NES! Thanks!
Happy to help, thanks for watching.
Thank you for this tutorial. Really appreciate you taking the time to do it!
@ArmaRood My pleasure, thanks for watching.
Any generic N64 S-Video cables or the best ones?
I didn't do all of the steps because it was my own well kept n64 but just cleaning the port with the windex card completely blew my mind. My n64 is working like brand new. Thanks so much
Sure thing, happy gaming!
Thank you very much! My N64 stopped working the other day and I was actually able to get it going again thanks to this video!
LOVE your channel - thanks for uploading so much great stuff.
+Morten Steen Thanks for watching!
thank you for the video. I just restored my childhood n64 now its nice and clean I think ill be playing it for many years to come.
+Tyler Kennedy No problem.
This is really gonna help me for my N64, its been through so much ever since I was little and I don't want it to break down
My pleasure, thanks for watching!
Check out my Cleaning an NES video. Same method I use in that video will apply.
As a suggestion to anyone attempting this, you can take a picture of your console if you want to remember exactly where the screws fit, that way you don't have to memorize their locations. And I'd suggest you go as using any photo editing software to edit in some numbers indicating which types of screw fit in which holes, for added security.
Thanks for watching, congratulations on your pickup.
Awesome video! One of my all time favourite systems now I will go clean up mine thanks for sharing bud!!
I just want to say having seen this video that I'm very proud of you.
just picked up an n64 today. tried 3 different hdtv's in my home, none would pick up a signal at all. Gonna try getting a new set of AV cables. Gonna test on a CRT TV. But otherwise, totally going to do everything I just watched you do. Thanks for the video.
Great video, extremely informative and easy to follow! Thanks man!
My pleasure, I'm glad you've got it running.
Great video and it was really helpful for when I recently cleaned out my N64. Unfortunately, mine proved to be very difficult. Two of the screws had fused with the top heat sink and I could not get them to come out. Eventually I gave up and cleaned those metal parts along with the top of the motherboard the best I could. Despite this the system works just fine now and looks like new on the outside so all is well that ends well.
Thanks Adam for the Advice. You have inspired me to do what you and Jonathan did . Thank You Again
No problem dude, thanks for watching.
AdamKoralik I would like to thank you too. I have restored so many of my old systems after watching your videos and they are all in perfect working order again.
WrathofHiei Glad I could help!
Ive always loved the n64 consoles. Especially the clear see through color ones which are cool to collect!
Thanks again bought a bunch of n64 games in lots and a couple games wouldn't read but cleaning it did the trick with cleaning the cartridge. Great video like always.
Congratulations!
Hopefully this video will still be there to restore the console that needs to be done.
Thanks dude ! Appreciate the detailed view of how to clean the n64 definitely going to do this to mine
Thanks so much. I've never even thought of trying this before I've seen this video! You're awesome.
My pleasure, thanks for watching.
Can't say I do.
Is everything connected properly?
Seems like a video cable issue.
Happy to help, enjoy your N64. Thanks for subscribing.
Thanks alot! This really helped me out, mine was just as dirty as yours. Right now I'm putting it all back together and hoping the n64 will work again but I'm pretty sure it will. You have a new subscriber. :)
You're the man! Mine is now looking shiny and working well, thanks for the tutorial.
No problem, thanks for watching.
I bought a N64 two days ago and I'm going to clean the console like your video.
I'm just looking for a/v cables or something like that to connect to my screen.
thanks for the video!
Just found an N64 at the thrift shop... keeping it in a bag tied up until I can find out what nasties might be inside, thanks for showing how to clean it.
AdamKoralik Just Watched This Video Last Night.. My Original Nintendo 64 Wasn't Transmitting Signal To My Television Used This Vid To Clean The Pins For The Cart & The Jump Pack & Also Clean My Game Pins Let It Dry OverNight & Now I'm Playing Super Mario 64 :D Awesome Vid Keep Gaming On Brotha!!!
Congratulations man, solid pick up there.
Hi Adam, really enjoy your videos. My N64 has just started cutting out after 30 minutes (ish) of use. The power supply is definitely over heating (hot to the touch and with a faint smell of burning). In your experience is it likely that the power supply is now beyond help or could opening the console up and removing all the dust possibly solve the overheating problem?
Great video! I was wondering if you could kinda help me in this, on the bottom of the cartridge slot, there are some lightish blue and rusty dirt looking stuff stuck to the bottom of it. I was able to carefully scrape some of it off, but I don't want to really damage the inside of it.
Amazingly helpful video, keep up the good work
Thanks so much! This helped a lot, especially with the controller ports! I never knew how to clean those things...Who knew it was so simple?
Glad I could help.
Great video, thanks. I have one issue though, when putting back together my n64 two of the screws at the front connecting the shielding to the controller ports have become stripped. They still go in but do not tighten fully. Should I be concerned about grounding issues because of this? Do you have any recommendations for fixing this issues? Thanks
Your video is awesome!! I picked up a n64 at a garage sale last week for 10 bucks with 5 games. Im a newbie reseller. Well the N64 didnt work. Fortunately the games were great games so more than worth the pick up. I am totally trying this though because If I can learn how to fix these, that would be amazing for business! Thanks!
Thank you so much for this vid. Proved very helpful. Mine kept resetting itself. Took apart and cleaned and now working like new! Onto the controllers next
Happy to help!
I have used your credit card trick on the slot and now it works! thanks a lot man.
Was cleaning up a couple of xbox's when I had to bring out the Goo Gone to get some epoxy crud off of one of them, and it was not long after that I realized it brought out a great shine. Have you ever tried shining up consoles with Goo Gone? Just a dab looks like it can go a loonng way, but I might not want to touch my AES or Genesis 2 with the stuff since I have a feeling (just a feeling) it may not be very good for logos/writing.
Do you have the gamebit?
I found an N64 for $15 today, once i get the screwdrivers needed I'mma fix it up, thanks for this it's really helpful.
Happy to help sir.
Great stuff, man. Got my old girl looking the way she did under the Christmas tree way back when.
Thanks for watching! Glad you restored your console. :D
Sure thing, thanks for watching.
I got it all done :D I posted a log of it all on my blog linking to your video. Thank you SO much for the advice. I might just have to do this more offten
Well, thanks for watching.