N64 RGB mod install is done and verified working. Soldered under the microscope — first time that’s been on stream — and both boards confirmed operational going into the next session.
We also hit the first real output chain decision point: the GBS-C setup needs a dedicated C-Sync line. The RAD2x doesn’t. That matters for how the giveaway console gets wired, and we work through it here. Plus a test fit of the LCD screen into a scrap case before any measurements get committed to the giveaway unit.
This is the Bonus Life build. A broken N64 being restored to better than factory spec as a ten-year celebration of surviving a cardiac event. The doctors gave me a 17.5% chance of survival. When the build is done — RGB modded, USB-C powered, every game on an SD card — the console goes to someone in the community.
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I’m Rob — maker, builder, retro hardware wrecker and fixer from Flint, Michigan.
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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.