N64 Red Screen

[dj505]

I hope you're not talking in USD, because then they're worth more,,,
rip dj505,,,,

Well, I was looking on amazon.ca and ebay.ca, so they're not a ton of money.

 

[Deleted User]

Well, I was looking on amazon.ca and ebay.ca, so they're not a ton of money.

Ah, alright.
I have a bad habit of looking at US prices, so things always appear as less than they actually are. :^(

 

[dj505]

So, quick recap of the problem:

1. N64 suddenly displayed a red screen when I was playing a game.
2. I reset the console and the screen remianed black with a "no signal" message
3. I created a forum post
4. I tried each and every suggestion you guys posted
5. I took out the expansion pak because someone suggested it might be the culprit
6. I put in the Jumper Pak
7. The screen turned on and displayed the message "This game will not play without an expansion pak installed" (I tried to play Majora's Mask)
8. I tried a different game and it worked
So in the end I narowed it down to a:

faulty Expansion Pak

Thanks for all the awesome help and suggestions! I'd never have figured it out if it weren't for the people on this forum!

 

[dj505]

Yeah... The USD price converted to Canadian is, for lack of a better word, outrageous! I ordered parts to make a 3D printed Gameboy and they should've been $150... They were at least 3 times that.

 

[Thomas83Lin]

Cheers glad you got it going.

 

[Deleted User]

Yeah... The USD price converted to Canadian is, for lack of a better word, outrageous! I ordered parts to make a 3D printed Gameboy and they should've been $150... They were at least 3 times that.

A few years ago the Canadian dollar was worth slightly more.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Oh, wow, that's quite a lot I would have expected to have Chinese clones or something like that that would reduce prices, but I guess not