Yeah, man. I mentioned near the end of my livestream from last week that a clean cut takes longer than the soldering so, yeah, you could say it’s the hard part. Just put it on YouTube yesterday:nmalinoski wrote:Thank you! I'm all set now. I'm not all that pleased with my case work, but I think it's not bad for only having a multitool file on hand.Ichinisan wrote:That used to trip me up pretty bad. If it happens now, I usually figure it out before wasting too much time.nmalinoski wrote:Finally got my UltraHDMI soldered and working. PSA: Always be sure to put the Expansion or Jumper pak back in before wondering why the UltraHDMI seems to be working fine, but you get no picture on the screen.
Now I just need to cut the case. :3
Congrats on the install!
In retrospect (from a self-proclaimed non-expert at this), the soldering was pretty easy. Certainly not as easy as anything through-hole, and the pins seem much tinier in person compared to the blown-up images you see on the internet; but, with the recommended flux and solder, a nice Hakko iron (I bought an FX-888D a few years back), and a set of angled tweezers, it was straightforward to tack down the flex cable and do the drag soldering. Honestly, the case cutting took way longer than getting the cables soldered.
Now to wait till round 3 to get another for this second N64 I picked up recently, assuming it works.
Question, though: Is it normal to have audio hiss through the UltraHDMI when using an EverDrive 64 v3? It only seems to happen when I'm in the ED64 menu. Once I've booted a game, like Top Gear Rally (which does have some audio crackle, but I think that's just the game), it seems to go away once it starts playing the music, and it goes dead silent when I get to a save dialog, like it should.
https://youtu.be/5cTS3q6jXew
It’s very *cringe* but I uploaded it anyway since I ended up making two follow-up videos, one where I salvage a defective cable and one where I repeat the installation with a microscope for the viewers’ sake.
I sold my Stone Age Gamer Ultra ED64 v3 Deluxe last year when I realized that I didn’t want to put the expensive one through the rigors of testing hundreds of consoles, but I’ll pay close attention next time I fire up my standard Krilzz ED64 v2.5. The ED64 has 480i and 240p menu options. Does it do this with both? Press Z to get the options menu to switch. I know I’ve heard pops when it resets to start a game and such but I can’t recall hearing a buzz except when using analog outputs. I know that the ED64 wasn’t programmed with standard devkit libraries since the menu goes nuts with no controller so I imagine that could create a buzz of some kind.
The RCP’s audio pins short to ground when a normal game goes silent which, may not happen with the ED64’s programming. This might be what causes a hiss as the UltraHDMI attempts to upscale silence. I was watching a YouTuber’s comparison earlier today and his Super Mario 64 audio comparison was, well, glorious (digging for that link now)! Edit: https://youtu.be/UbVMvS5Cq7w (jump to 6:06)
I’ll try it on my v2.5 and let you know! Congrats on your successful installation, BTW.