Today I found my 64 in the attic with my games and I thought I might as well play it instead of downloading them on the wii. Well the system wont power on and it's buging the crap out of me because I cant open it because I don't have the correct screwdriver. Anyone have any ideas on where to find one or any DIY tips?
N64's are notorious for frying easily.
They kill themselves if you look at em' wrong.
Honestly, a new N64 nowadays only costs about 6 bucks if you've already got the cords.
I've got 4, actually.
All working.
All but one modded in one worthless way or another.
if you do end up opening it the melted pen trick should work well on the N64.
You can also try checking the expansion/jumper pak and see if it is plugged in well.
As for the statement about N64's breaking easily this claim is false. There power surge tolerance is good, its actually much better than the ps2's that have a tendency to blow there motherboard fuses.
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The N64 is robust and shouldn't fail, they are robust. Even if you are doing modding work, as long as you are fairly careful, you should be fine.
Quite likely the power supply is faulty.
N64's are very cheap to buy these days, worth getting a replacement. I live in the UK, from car boot sales you can buy them for about £4 including power supply.
N64 won't power on
