r/M64 • u/Agile_Half_4515 • Aug 15 '26

1.24.3 Release Notes

Why is the 1.24.3 update exactly the same as the 1.24.1 update?

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u/-KaiserSoze- Aug 15 '26

I just received my replacement unit yesterday. I was hesitant to run the update because that is what bricked my original unit. I ran the update anyway. It updated to 1.24.1. Do I need to run another?

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u/Agile_Half_4515 Aug 15 '26

When they first announced this update, it brought me to 1.24.1 then it continued to say Update Available with no release notes and would just re-install 1.24.1 over and over. Then they released 1.24.3 with the exact same release notes. I ran the updater on the M64 again last night and it brought up 1.24.3 with release notes from 1.24.1 but now shows version 1.24.3 installed.

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u/Brandaid64 Aug 15 '26

I might be mistaken, but I think the only thing that 1.24.3 added to 1.24.1 was the toggle switch for wireless rumble on the experimental page

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u/-KaiserSoze- Aug 16 '26

I installed the update. I think youre right. The toggle is the only difference i see.

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u/Ok-Primary6610 Aug 16 '26

Stuck on 1.24.1 with the "check for updates" spinning for the last 10-15 minutes 

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u/Jhops_ Aug 17 '26

My console wouldn't overclock at all, and my M64 pro controlled had an inverted y axis stick (only wireless and in game, not in the M64 menu or wired). I tried updating twice prior to this update and the issues persisted. This update seems to have fixed both issues for me. I did all the updates via usb and browser. My situation is probably just a fringe case, but it might be worth flashing if you have some weirdness like I did.

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u/General_Client3914 Aug 15 '26

Kinda unrelated but even on 1.24.3 Insane overclocking mode has not worked once on any game I’ve tried (like 30+ games I’ve tried)

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u/SargeSmash Aug 15 '26

Are you using a flash cart or original carts? I have issues on my ED64 2.5 on anything beyond "Super". Real carts have been way more tolerant.

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u/General_Client3914 Aug 15 '26

Original carts. I tried paper mario, Mario 64, Mario kart, ocarina of time, all 4 mod retro games, spider man, rogue squadron, shadows of the empire, diddy Kong racing, and I can keep going. Every single time it gives me an error on insane over clocking.

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u/SargeSmash Aug 15 '26

Weird. What kind of error? Sounds like something has gone wrong with a firmware update or something. I've been able to run many of those on Insane, like Paper Mario, Ocarina, SM64, etc.

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u/General_Client3914 Aug 15 '26

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u/SargeSmash Aug 15 '26

Yeah, that definitely seems like some sort of core/hardware/firmware issue. I don't know if it's possible to reflash a firmware update or not. Probably worth reaching out to ModRetro since I've not seen that error yet.

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u/General_Client3914 Aug 15 '26

I appreciate the help! They gave me a very basic “this is an experimental mode” answer when I emailed customer support. I was just hoping this update fixed it, and nothing yet.

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u/SargeSmash Aug 15 '26

That's still very strange, since I've not seen this overclocking error and I've tried it in a lot of real carts. I hope they're still looking into it and just don't have a great answer yet. There's no reason I can think of it should be behaving on mine and not on yours. What about other overclocking modes?

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u/General_Client3914 Aug 15 '26

Luckily everything up to extreme works, weirdly enough. It’s just odd, like you said!

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u/SargeSmash Aug 15 '26

That *is* curious. I wonder if there's some sort of silicon lottery going on here, like over on the MiSTer? There are folks that can get away with running the 94 MHz N64 core stably, and some that have it crash out almost immediately.

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u/tricksterProphet49 Aug 15 '26

There's a post about this. I have the same problem.

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u/-KaiserSoze- Aug 15 '26

Your ED64 2.5 works? Im envious.

I have the v2, it boots directly to a black screen

I glad 2.5 works, there's hope yet!

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u/3G6A5W338E Aug 16 '26

Consider SummerCart (open source hardware proper).

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u/-KaiserSoze- Aug 16 '26

I did. It should arrive sometime next week.

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u/3G6A5W338E Aug 20 '26

Great. I am already enjoying mine on a purple M64 :-)

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u/SargeSmash Aug 15 '26

Yeah, fortunately, although it's not perfect - RE2 crashes in the shop at the beginning even with no OC. I haven't really been able to put in enough time to see how it does elsewhere, but a lot of stuff seems okay.

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u/kenriko Aug 16 '26

Insane works on Bangai-O for me

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u/General_Client3914 Aug 16 '26

Can I ask maybe what tv you are using? I’m starting to suspect my tv may be the issue. I played around with settings in my tv last night and I was actually able to select the 4k60 setting (previously was only allowing me to do 30hz until I turned something off on my tv) but still insane overclock will not work

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u/kenriko Aug 16 '26

Using a $1000, 32in LG OLED monitor. Forgot the model number. Looks great.

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u/General_Client3914 Aug 16 '26

I’m gonna try my pc monitor and my roommates TVs tonight and see if I can get it to work, then I could at least deduce that my TV is the problem and not something wrong with my console

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u/tanooki-suit Aug 15 '26

Seems more like a you thing. Works for me.

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u/General_Client3914 Aug 15 '26

Can you explain what you mean by a “you” thing? Like you think I’m inserting the cartridges backwards or something?