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N64 Rumble Pak necromancy

May 20, 20221 thread~1 min readSuccessful repair

Trace repair on an N64 Rumble Pak that had suffered from leaking batteries. Short job, satisfying result.

Parts & Tools (1)

Reference: iFixit rumble-without-batteries guide

N64 Rumble Pak (Rumble WITHOUT batteries) on iFixit, the guide for the power mod that relocates a resistor so the pak draws power from the controller instead of AAA batteries (so there are no batteries left to leak).

hitmanmcc

May 20, 2022· Thread 1· 2 tweets

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The Rumble Pak lives once more! After some after some trace repair due to leaking batteries. #RETROGAMING #n64

2 / 2

Et voilà!

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N64 Rumble Pak necromancy

May 20, 20221 thread~1 min readSuccessful repair

Battery leakage damage Broken trace

Deep clean Trace / wire repair

Trace repair on an N64 Rumble Pak that had suffered from leaking batteries. Short job, satisfying result.

Parts & Tools (1)

Reference: iFixit rumble-without-batteries guide

hitmanmcc

May 20, 2022· Thread 1· 2 tweets

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The Rumble Pak lives once more! After some after some trace repair due to leaking batteries. #RETROGAMING #n64

2 / 2

Et voilà!

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