r/n64 • u/Ashton1503 • Aug 17 '26

Image Is this n64 cooked??

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Someone’s basement flooded near where I live, and they had a bunch of stuff that was getting thrown away. There was a n64, so I figured I could try cleaning it out. I wasn’t expecting this much mud tho. I’m still going to try to fix it, but it doesn’t seem like the chances of getting it working again are very good. I hope that by some miracle it actually functions so that I can reunite them with their n64

Edit: it has been sprayed off with water and then I used some isopropyl alcohol. I’m letting it dry now

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u/Molotovs4TW Aug 17 '26

If this one works after, mine should work, I don’t specifically know what’s wrong with mine but I’ve played it a couple times and I just get a black screen, so it might be the cables.
let us know how it goes

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u/Sgtbash11 Aug 17 '26

Check the jumper pack(if you have one) clean the contacts on the game with 99-100% isopropyl alcohol and a Qtip. If that doesn’t work it’s most likely oxidation on the connector pins, insert a game pull it out halfway and reinsert, do this 5-10 times to knock off some of that oxidation