How to Led Mod Your Translucent Nintendo 64

[@tiziplays3239]

3:22 - voltage doesn’t go through something. Current does. Voltage stands over something.

[@TechnoOnTop]

Thanks for watching!

[@jetjohnson1106]

How did you get the lights to stay green? Did you use a power supply/remote to set the color before you wired them up? Also when you cut the led strip sections, did you then just use the 12 gauge wire and solder to connect all the sections into one continuous run? Thanks for the info and great mod!

[@TechnoOnTop]

Rgb leds just have 3 different grounds and if you ground the "G" one it will be green, or if I wanted blue I would ground the the "B" one. Or if you want purple then ground both "R" and 'B" as for the wire yes I just connected them, and the wire Guage is probably smaller like 26 or 22 awg. Thanks for watching! Happy modding

[@jetjohnson1106]

TechnoOnTop Thanks!!

[@fail2confide1]

just did this to mine and it looks beyond dope thank you!!

[@TechnoOnTop]

It does look cool! Thanks for watching!

[@thePiratePimp]

The layout of the screws was extremely helpful since mine got all mixed up...thanks!!!

[@TechnoOnTop]

no problem, i also did that the first time I opened a N64. took forever to figure out what was right, so i didnt want to make that mistake again haha,

[@SiliconPower74]

I did the exact same mod with a green N64 of a friend. He just fall in love with the result.

[@TechnoOnTop]

It definitely looks pretty cool! Thanks for watching

[@SkyScourgeGod]

This is beyond epic, I've been waiting for you to try this one out. I'm especially glad you didn't wreck another N64 like what you told me before, now you've got something really cool. It's interesting how you showed the power LED layout to, that gave me a cool idea to do a custom backlight for the N64 logo on the front of the console by soldering an LED in parallel to the power LED's positive and negative points. Do you know if that would work?

[@TechnoOnTop]

thanks man :D, yeah I was extremely worried about it but I took my time and was very cautious checked everything with a multi-meter ect haha. you know I actually did try to do that for this 64 , I added a single 5mm green LED with no resistor, it didn't light it up but the power LED did, I checked the LED but it was good like I said there is very little power going through that LED so that has to be the issue. so to accomplish that you would have to run wires from the points on the bottom of the board. you will also need to cut out a hole if you wanted to do this on a standard grey 64. but if it's translucent you're good to go

[@nrlatty22]

I'm thinking a smoke 64 with purple glow?

[@TechnoOnTop]

i think it would look awesome!

[@bal9717]

BOSS!

[@ericyoung3480]

Definitely want to see a grey N64 Led modded, thats what I have and need help. :) Done with my Xbox's so this should be a fun next project.

[@TechnoOnTop]

Ahh yeah I do have one sitting in the closet. Ironically awhile ago I showed how to do that mod but when I put it all back together it shorted so I never put that video out...

[@ericyoung3480]

:) Ah man, well while you were doing it did you figure a way to make the logo back lit and looking evenly lit up? I've seen a few on youtube but most all have bright spots.

[@TechnoOnTop]

No it would of definitely be un even. I remember someone using some type of lcd to even out the light. On some forum not sure who did it. I believe they used an old cell phone display. One other way would be making a small board with multiple Leds then diffusing it would more the likely make it light up even.

[@startingwithnothing5423]

Those leds caused my pc to slightly over heat. Certain colors are hotter then others aswell

[@NinjaChris77]

Yo, thats DOPE!! I kinda wanna try this, i have some LED stripes here that i dont use. Question, because im a total noob with this, you sodered the black wire to whatever color (R, G or B) you want the LED to be and the Green wire is just the power source (my LED stripe says +12v), right?! Dont wanna cook my N64, haha.

[@TechnoOnTop]

I actually ended up taking out about half the strips that were inside it for this video. one day it just stopped turning on, then after removing some strips it was back working.... maybe I went a little overboard on the leds lol and the power supply stopped dealing with it, just a thought , but I appreciate the comment, yeah R, G, B act as grounds on most if not all Led strips, then the 12v is your source, also connecting them up backwards shouldn't hurt your n64 if anything it would damage the strip, but better safe then sorry especially when dealing with a 64

[@NinjaChris77]

@@TechnoOnTop Thank you! Yea, I dont wanna break anything, so I thought I better ask^^

[@tiziplays3239]

TechnoOnTop it also wouldn’t break the strip, they are diodes, you really don’t know enough about this to give explanations to people.

[@berealsupportive2744]

@@TechnoOnTop Hi please put in your description that it's best to use less than you shown in the video so people do not all make that mistake. I love how this all looks. I want my ice blue done and watermelon red as well in the future.

[@ericp2250]

where can I pay someone to do this?

[@TechnoOnTop]

Niche modding forums or groups that's where I would start. I'm hesitant to recommend people since iv never actually used any of their services.

[@yasu1250]

Worked amazing thanks alot 👌

[@TechnoOnTop]

No problem thanks for checking out the video!

tle leds powef of a condole power off ???

[@TechnoOnTop]

Yes the leds power off when the console is off.

[@nemesisnine3297]

What if i dont use resistors can that fry my n64 ?

[@TechnoOnTop]

No, resistors are there to keep from frying the LED's I don't remember the voltage of the source on the n64 but you might not even need them

[@sunstyle52]

What happened to your last video about the versions of Xbox’s

[@TechnoOnTop]

it needed some more information to be useful, youtube also didnt like that water marked picture. , i will be re-doing it, making it both more useful and filled with some more knowledge

[@sunstyle52]

TechnoOnTop can you make a video on how to add a Sata 2tb hdd on a tsop Xbox?

[@TechnoOnTop]

i will make a video on how to TSOP and i will cover how to upgrade the harddrive in it.

[@sunstyle52]

1tb hard drive upgrade?🤞🏼

[@BackTheBlu]

does this cause any overheating issues?

[@TechnoOnTop]

I can't say iv played it more then 2 hours at a time but no it didn't have any issues. The electric tape is still in place. It's top of the line stuff not just the cheap generic tape. Thanks for watching

[@BackTheBlu]

@@TechnoOnTop What would happen if I connected them to a 5 volt power source instead of 12 volts?

[@TechnoOnTop]

As long as you aren't using alot they should work. Why not just connect them the way I show in the video?

[@BackTheBlu]

@@TechnoOnTop I'm having overheating issues. I'm not sure if it's because they're drawing too much power or because they're too bright. I used kapton tape where I glued the LEDs and then I covered the connections with liquid tape.

[@miralemnermina142]

Yeah, finally. I will soon do same to my PS2

[@TechnoOnTop]

+Ante Radić yeah took me awhile, I was put off since I ruined my other 64, thanks for checking it out!

[@miralemnermina142]

TechnoOnTop Quality over quantity

[@plushandbits6058]

what about using 3v led without resistor? (not going to conect to 12V, but 3.3)

[@TechnoOnTop]

Yes it should be fine, Thanks for watching!