N64 Game Won't Boot - Nasty Nintendo Cartridges - Part 2 - Fixing Ebay Junk 

4:16 Good to know that there are capacitors that look like resistors. Thanks for pointing this out.

the time lapse for the desoldering gun sounded hilarious lol

“Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is corroded and very messy.” Ah. A crime against humanity, I see. Yes, this will need to be rectified

the cleaning part is always my favorite lol it feels so satisfying

I don't know why I watched this, because I don't do any of this stuff. But I was absolutely fascinated the entire time.

Adam, I've seen nearly all of your videos and I truly enjoy watching your process. Showing every step including the missteps along the way is extremely valuable, informative, and entertaining. I appreciate all of the time you take bringing the videos to us.

I would just swap the roms, and see if it worked, then swapped the lockout chip if it needed it too. That zelda board looked like hot garbage.

just repaired my copy of Diddy Kong Racing after watching this. It was a short between a capacitor and a pin. Thanksl

Just wanted to say that I've recently found your channel and love it. I do slot machine/part repair and never had the desire to get my own soldering station at home until watching your channel! My amazon cart is packed with stuff to get started doing what you do. Keep making videos, buddy. I really enjoy watching them.

Fixed the battery in my son's Pokemon silver so thank you for the helpful videos.

Playing your video while recapping a Game Gear. Feels like we are colleagues lol.

Yeah looking at the boards I would have just swapped the Rom chips and lockout chip if needed. Even after cleaning, that board was rough.

There’s probably battery acid under the chips on that zelda board. That corrosion will persist. It may have been smarter to pull the ROM and swap that. Or soak the board in vinegar.

You are a hero bro, keep fixing these gems for future gamers. I think what you do is super cool

Thanks, I enjoy seeing this process to give me confidence in doing my own repairs, be they retrogames or other electronics.

Great video bud! That cart looked like someone left it out during winter. So sad to see. Glad that you were able to clean up and repair that treasure.

I have to admit, the desoldering gun really makes things clean and simple. Great info to get out so that people don't just toss out broken carts. That board did look ultra janky, but you brought it back to life. And you are right, more people are going to care about and use a classic like OoT than Wrestlemania. It is the sad arithmetic of vintage electronics, but I think you did the right thing.

I guess since it's battery powered, the save RAM would be wiped once the battery is disconnected

Great video. One of your best. I have learned lot of your videos how to test electronic and how to solve issues. This one shows working with a multimeter, desoldering, soldering and how to fix a broken copper line with a thin wire. Awesome.

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Love your channel. As a fellow Canadian it has inspired me to fix all my retro duds!

Watching these vids makes me wanna learn to solder/ de solder and fix a few of my games that don’t work

love your vids dude ...you have re-sparked an interest in soldering and repair. New soldering station on order lol

I would have never thought using a toothbrush was an option. It worked great. Love the videos. Subscribed

Appreciate the videos, i'm planning on repairing game carts as well, very helpful info.

i enjoy these videos thank you for helping everyone save these carts

@RetroRepairs Loving all these videos and the way you troubleshoot everything! Do you have a list somewhere of what tools and equipment you use? I'd love to repair an old Genesis game that broke when I was a kid.

Great repair!! Looked like quite an undertaking, but always awesome to see positive results from diligent work. Nice Harrison Smith jersey btw :)

I liked this video a lot, it's always kinda cool to know why things are broken and what it needs to work.

6:20 it is a date code 0002 = 2nd week of 2000 , 9844 = 44th week of 1998. The number after it is probably either the weekday, or a batch number

Most any missing leg can be fixed on an ic just alot of work but sometime worth it. Great video!

Adam I really enjoy your videos keep up the good work. I feel that if I continue to watch them I will be a professional myself in no time lol :)

Poor cart looks like it went through a lot! Dunno' if the battery explosion did all of that or if it got dropped in the ocean to boot, but very nice work getting it working again! It would have been a shame if this epic game would stay unplayable as it's too good to not play!

congratulations, fixing the game of zelda, thank you for showing to us.

🤔...💬 I've heard that there is a company that well do replacement pcb boards .. it seems like you would have looked into seeing how much it would cost you just to replace the board if it would be cost effective just to buy a new board and unsotder all the components from the old board and sotdering them to the new board

omg im glad this exists! im starting to build my collection and i was thinking about repairs in the future ive always wanted to soldier but was scared and never had the chance to fix something I think in order to learn im gonna start fixing old cartridges also I hate that the n64 is so old now ; -; i wish a company would make safe crt screens so i dont have to worry about my old tv either

Can't believe I watched the entire thing. That was freaking awesome.

New watcher here, You saved my butt. I have a desoldering gun but i need to use braid sometimes...it has never worked for me. I Just purchased your brand and omfg it works so much better. (also just purchased a broken swan and color with digimon to try to fix. Thank you! I forgot these existed!)

I need to get an N64 for my collection. Very nice video, and ill be following your advice when i get one. cheers

Great video keep up the great work 👍 hope to see many videos in the future

I once took a DSP chip off of a Pilotwings cartridge by tying a weight to the chip and using a heat gun to heat up all the pins. The chip fell right out! Saved myself about an hour of desoldering time, since I don't have a desoldering gun.

What happens if you get flux on the capacitor? (Asking for my friend Marty)

very useful i still don't have problems with my cartridges, but good to know.

You fixed ocarina of time. A true hero!

Thank you for your terrific video! Thanks to your instructions, I was able to save Paper Mario 64!

WOW... really great job... you saved the princess! :)

Finally, a cheap cash-grab sportsball game is useful for something.

This is high quality education. Thank you!

Glad that you took the more work route. ^_^

Such a great fix, nice job!

Great video, interesting all round :)

Great repair, nice job getting it working. You should try to keep that alcohol off your skin, it's not just bad for your skin it gets into your system as well. Too much cleaning in a day and you could get sick. Maybe wear a glove on your left hand or something.

Great video! Really enjoyed it😉

I agree with everyone who says swapping the rom chip is the better choice for the best fix but the video is a lot more interesting this way. The video is about fixing the Zelda cartridge. Not turning Wrestlemania into Zelda.

Well done yet again!

Nice work, Adam!!! Thank you!!!

Great Video ! Learned a lot.

Great job and video! Regards from Brazil.

Great job, learned a lot from this video :)

Ive got one in visble perfect condition besides some rust on the heatsink connection that I cleaned off. It mustve still had contact since I didn't get the semi green screen like when you stick in just the pcb. There was a broken pit of the pcb next to a screw hole (parts of the plastic shroud were also snapped so someone wasnt carful at some point) and finally the battery still reads 3v although doesnt have that yellow ring of insolation around it. For a second I thought there was no seal of approval but the paper looks like it got alcohol on it at some point and some of the red text is pink coloured. I finally opened it up after 15 years bc my grandpa happened to have made his own bolt driver that fit and was thin enough (Thinness came in handy when taking apart the n64) only problem is he doesnt have a solder sucker/desoldering gun and I don’t have a boltdriver that fits at home

This is exactly what I’m looking for. I have a bunch of old games that have moisture damage

I enjoy your videos. What desoldering gun are you using? Do you recommend it?

Any particular reason you didn't chemically clean the corrosion off the board?

Your channels getting popular my man! SKOL!!!

Interesting to say the least, keep up the good work Side Note: My OOT zelda cart will boot and then crash after you press start.

People like you make me happy that N64 can always be fixed 😂

great video, Nice and in depth- new sub here

You can actually find those sharp chips online. Instead of “lh52v246ad” drop the “d” you can readily find the larger variants of the chip it would work just the same. The n64 board even has the holes to accommodate the larger profile chip.

As a pcb board quality inspector you did a bang up job fella i will let you off with putting the pth ceramic cap back to front as it doesnt really matter lol ps cotton cloths are a million times better than swabs but then i might be biased as i hate swabs lol

Not the first N64 cart repair I've seen you do. Really makes me wonder about how the black plastic piecs could possibly damage traces like that.

Good stuff I need to fix like 2 Pokémon crystals and 2 Pokémon yellows but they’re really small right now lol as well as a double dragon 3

I had to use a doner board to rescue a mario Kart I had bought at a flea market. The past you slide in the system was snapped from one end to the other. After that experience I've when a game has broken traces or any board issues I just get a sonar board so I buy as many cheap titles as I can.

I've heard about dishwashing boards. Seems like that might have been a good way to get the corrosion out from under that ROM chip... Audio I totally wouldn't have broken yay that falling pin from that RAM - keeping it on would have made it not that hard to repair that particular pin

Someone replaced the battery but didn't cleaned it off.. ugh!! Also shoutout to Kona

Sweet, you got a hakko desoldering gun!

Been watching Louis Rossmann do microsoldering under a microscope for years, but this is new and interesting.

Dude, great stuff. I'm rewatching this video for the .... probably 8th time. I'm lovin every minute. Great explanations, but not running it into the ground🤘. have been inspired to look at my OOT cart which does not save. Factory battery reads 3.2, no evidence of trace damage. Beep beep beep beep beep yadda yadda. It looks pretty fantastic. Chip legs look like new. All of em. But still won't save. Any thoughts?

Were you able to go back and figure out the correct value on the capacitor? I came up with the same calculated value 990 nF. I saw white white yellow black brown color bands. Should be +/- 20% of 990 nF.

Can you put a list of the model number and brand of your tools in your description? That would be super helpful! Thanks for any consideration!

That desoldering gun sounds like the firing of a GAU-8 Avenger.

Amazing! Nice job!!

I use my Crest ultrasonic cleaner with Bronson cleaning solution. My boards come out super clean and it gets under the chips as well. It's makes it so easy to fix these boards when they are filthy, in some cases corroded with out even heating up my rework station.

Well I think somebody miscalculated the nano feriets based on that battery explosion. It seems kinda like someone took the single generator and touched the wrong terminals so that battery exploded and caused damage to the pins on the chip.

HELP. I have my old Super Mario 64 that won’t boot past the load screen. I get the “buboop Itsa Me, Mario” then it just stays black. I tested the tracers and found no issue there. Any suggestions? Have cleaned it extensively

You dog is so sweet!!

Boom, capacitor issues; thank you , sir! Can an electrolytic cap not be used if it is facing the correct direction?

Where do you get these broken games? I love to tinker and would like to take on a challenge like this. Also, I noticed that you put the capacitor on backwards and thought that might've caused it to not work, but I was wrong. A quick google search told me that ceramic caps aren't polarized.

did you put the C4 Cap in the oppsite orientation of removal the white bands went from being on the left on removale to being on the right on installation?

what desoldering gun do you use? I do this professionally and I'm tired of how messy the analog soldering pump is. lol

Is it an American/ Canadian thing with these dead cartridges because after all this time searching on eBay in England I haven't found a single liquid damaged/ corroded cartridges. What are you searching for?

Great work!!!!

If the corner that holds the screw in but also serves as a ground is broken off, will the cart still work?

I always pronounced it Oh-carina growing up and I've never heard anyone else call it that until today lol.

Is it possible to do customers games because I have a DS that doesn't work and I had it for years I don't know what's the issue and I also have a psp that needs work let me know how to contact you and work something out please and thank you

i have a n64 cart that has a brass pin that short like yours is there a way to make it longer? or is that even an issue as my cart is allso zelda and make it another issue.

I have that game it quit working and the board seems to be in great condition I checked all the leads and everything checked out is there a way to check the chips

i have a copy of OoT it works but i cant save the game play. i change the battery but still unable to save. Do i need to changes the SRAM on the cart? also the board is in very good condition visualy i cant see any damged on the chips or the capacitors.

The De soldering gun looks like just as much work as the braid. Do you really find it easier?

I saw that Life Brand Alcohol. You must be Canadian

Best to neutralise the battery corrosion with vinegar before using isopropyl. Just sayin'.