Thanks for the tutorial! I’ll definitely give this one a shot. I’ve had my N64 since I was 5 (I’m now 24) and it keeps resetting on its own at random because the reset button is stuck like the one in the video. This is also a great excuse to clean the system because it is dustyyyy!
for an1 who doesnt have this screwdriver (like me) first i tried to get the button out with some sticky tape and then I squirted a bunch of isopropanol on it and pressing it a bunch of times squirting more and more alcohol on it and eventually it got a little unstuck so i kept pushing it and the alcohol managed to clean the button and it works now ofc u need to put the console sideways and shake it a bit to get the excess fluid out and then wait for it to completely dry, works too ^^
Great video, Sir. Just fixed my N64. But I am just curious. What is the point of the reset button when it basically just turns the console on and off? I don’t really understand the need for the reset button as I feel you are good in enough with only having the on/off trigger. Can anyone explain?
On the NES and SNES there were certain games that would ask that you hold reset when powering off the console. I believe this was to prevent jolting to the Save RAM or something like that. Perhaps Nintendo wasn't sure if any games on 64 would encounter the same issue during development so the kept it in just in case, and also because just tradition. (Every tv console so far that I know has a reset button except the Nintendo Switch)
Yolo Yolo actually the N64 reset button is actually a software reset instead of a hardware reset. I can think of game that proves it. Tetrisphere. Some cheat codes are require the reset button to be press to activate & the cheats are lost after the system switched off. Plus every time the reset button is pressed, it displays a Venetian blind fade out effect.
I believe the function of the reset button is to save wear on the actual mechanical power button. Since people like to quit and restart games multiple times during a play-through
ToliePoley I know it's late but I have a solution, take your jumper/expansion pak, get a q-tip, put rubbing alcohol/windex on one end, pull out jumper/expansion pak, rub q-tip against the metal contacts with cleaner side, flip q tip and dry the contacts, put the pak in and out several times, clean the pak once more for good measure.
I thought the memory thing was longer and I broke a piece of some plastic smh still works I think. In the end I fixed it and put it back together. Don’t know if it will affect me or not so can you tell me
