N64 cap replacement is finished and both boards are operational — but one board has damage in a critical area near the cap locations. This stream covers the plan and the fix: two capacitors lifted on legs and rerouted to clear the damaged trace. It tests good. Both boards work.
Build Streams every Tuesday & Saturday at 7pm Eastern starting April 28th, 2026, leading up to the July 3rd, 2026 celebration.
Ten years ago I was the broken one. I had a 17.5% chance of survival. Doctors brought me back, and the rebuild was on me. New tools, new habits, new outlook, one day at a time. So I’m marking the decade by doing it again — this time with hardware. A broken Nintendo 64, fixed and rebuilt, better than factory new. A Bonus Life for the N64.
I’m Rob — maker, builder, retro hardware wrecker and fixer from Flint, Michigan. twitch.tv/thernd2
Rob streams live repairs and builds every Tuesday and Saturday at 7pm Eastern on Twitch. The Bonus Life N64 build — a complete custom Nintendo 64 being rebuilt from scratch and given away July 3rd, 2026 — is the current main series. All links | Support on Patreon