Just got a lovely ice blue console but sadly won't boot properly.
I have multiple known good carts, new video cables, working psu, new 3rd party jumper pak, an expansion pack.
When I first got it it barely booted Mario 64 and if it did, it played the wrong sound effects. Cool, I figured easy fix, probably a dirty cart connection.
I cleaned everything thoroughly, inside and out. Took the cart connector completely off and cleaned precisely.
Reassembled and nothing so I ran and got the new jumper pak and video cables to no avail.
I figured it's the expansion pack but I have the same symptoms with the jumper or expansion. If I take out and reinsert the jumper/expansion it sometimes boots and freezes or boots to garbled graphics and sounds.
I heated up the board, mainly around the expansion pak connector to no avail or change in behavior.
Anyone got any clues what is wrong with this console? I'm almost 100% sure it's RAM related but any troubleshooting tips would be welcomed!
I have multiple known good carts, new video cables, working psu, new 3rd party jumper pak, an expansion pack.
When I first got it it barely booted Mario 64 and if it did, it played the wrong sound effects. Cool, I figured easy fix, probably a dirty cart connection.
I cleaned everything thoroughly, inside and out. Took the cart connector completely off and cleaned precisely.
Reassembled and nothing so I ran and got the new jumper pak and video cables to no avail.
I figured it's the expansion pack but I have the same symptoms with the jumper or expansion. If I take out and reinsert the jumper/expansion it sometimes boots and freezes or boots to garbled graphics and sounds.
I heated up the board, mainly around the expansion pak connector to no avail or change in behavior.
Anyone got any clues what is wrong with this console? I'm almost 100% sure it's RAM related but any troubleshooting tips would be welcomed!