Over the last week I've cut all the remaining holes for buttons as well as made vent holes and speaker holes etc - I need to do a test fitting of all the parts - then its time to paint.

Great job man! looks so good. im in the process of finishing my portable up, i can get the monitor to turn on ok, but the 64 board does not power up. i have the regulator etc in place, could it be that the battery does not have enough charge? its a 7.2V - 2190Mah. or can you take a close up picture for me of the wires coming from the regulator and the board so i no its all correctly put together? thanks heaps!!

Great job man! looks so good. im in the process of finishing my portable up, i can get the monitor to turn on ok, but the 64 board does not power up. i have the regulator etc in place, could it be that the battery does not have enough charge? its a 7.2V - 2190Mah. or can you take a close up picture for me of the wires coming from the regulator and the board so i no its all correctly put together? thanks heaps!!

The battery should be powerful enough. Have you left it on a charger for at least 2 hours? It might be too dead to give the 7v.

Also it depends on what regulator you are using - I used a TI PTH08080WAZ. The wiring is different for every regulator model. The basic idea is that you use the 7v line as input and then the output goes to the 3v line.

yeah battery is all powered up.
i used a PTH08080WAH. is that the same or?
everything else is ready but no one so far can help me get this part done
any idea? thanks again!

yeah battery is all powered up.
i used a PTH08080WAH. is that the same or?
everything else is ready but no one so far can help me get this part done
any idea? thanks again!

Yeah that should be the same. Use a 2.2k resistor and a 100uF capacitor above or equal to 16v. Use a multimeter set to Ohms mode to check how much resistance the resistor is - even better is to learn the color codes. Don't take that resistor in the picture to be the correct ohms, it might be an old pic.  When running power through the system you should be able to measure 7.2v or greater from the 7v wire for the regulator and 3.1v or greater from the regulator. If your voltage is correct and the system does not power on, then it is probably a fried board and you will need a new one.

i have a 25v 100uf capacitor and a 2.0k resistor, would that still be ok?

i have a 25v 100uf capacitor and a 2.0k resistor, would that still be ok?

Test the voltage with a multimeter and see what the regulator is outputting. The capacitor is fine.

no worries will do, what should it be outputting?

no worries will do, what should it be outputting?

Above 3.1v. Also take a picture of your wiring so I can verify it.

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sorry here it is

http://tinypic.com/r/14kv0pf/6

sorry here it is

http://tinypic.com/r/14kv0pf/6

What's all over your board?

Wiring looks fine, test the voltages with a multimeter next.

oh its super gue dust nothing really haha. yeah i tested with a multi meter and i have enough to turn the screen on but not the board. so i tried to do it with just the board and the screen disconnected and it didnt work. just so i no did you take off the original switch for the nintendo64 board? like the on off switch? if you did do you have to re conect it or something?

oh its super gue dust nothing really haha. yeah i tested with a multi meter and i have enough to turn the screen on but not the board. so i tried to do it with just the board and the screen disconnected and it didnt work. just so i no did you take off the original switch for the nintendo64 board? like the on off switch? if you did do you have to re conect it or something?

Yes if you take the switch off, you need to bridge it. You can either use wire strands or the left-overs from snipping the ends of resistors, your choice. Personally I prefer to use resistor clippings.