Help installing remote Nintendo 64 reset

Hi I look at this thread and I soldiered what I thought was right but it's not working so I'm doing it wrong: http://assemblergames.com/l/threads/reset-button-on-nintendo-64-controller.57745/page-2

There was a mistake in one of the pictures so I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Can someone tell me which wires go form what connection to which part? I've connected it right for it to have power because it lights up when I push button but nothing happens. So the reset I haven't installed right?

 

Can you take a picture of your install? That would help a lot for seeing where the problem may be.

 

Okay so I've looked through and I've put the right wires on the right place on the board. I think my main problem is I don't understand which wire goes where on the little device on this picture:



Could anybody help me understand which goes where? I have 5V power wire, reset wire and ground wire.

Because if we look at this picture I don't understand what he's done? I thought three wires only, so why is one connected on the front to the back? I thought ground and power would go on the front and reset on the back? I really don't understand it. And it looks like he attached wire to the left opening o the back but we can't see for sure. So what am I supposed to do?



Really big thank you for any help I'm so confused.

 

I got power to the clicker but where am I supposed to place the rest wire and the reset ground wire? like you can see in the picture of the finished mod the gut has a third wire coming up on the board, what wire is that? Because I keep thinking I've done it right but when I click it the reset never happens.

 

Yeah I should really fix that diagram, it's wrong...

Updated diagram!




I'm very sorry I didn't update it back then

 

Thanks for updating the diagram! I may give this mod a go to use with my everdrive!

@ItaloNintendo Could I ask where you bought all your parts from for this and about how much the whole thing cost? I want to install this on my system too!

 

Is the reset button still supposed to work when the switch is either on or off if you press it? Because maybe that's my problem ,the reset button is dead. And when I turn on the switch nothing happens. Could also be a faulty device since these are still cheap pieces from china.

I was curious also since this guy pulled a third wire to the front where the power is connected, it doesn't say to do this in your instructions,m so what is that?

I bought this piece and the soldering tool i bought in a local store for maybe $15
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121624489537?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

Looking at the diagram you should have 4 wires.
- 2 wires going from the V-IN power and ground on front of the receiver to the voltage needed 5 or 12 volts depending on model and ground point on the motherboard
- 1 wire going from the PIF Reset on the back right slot of the receiver to the reset point on the motherboard
- 1 wire going from the Ground on the back left slot of the receiver to the ground point on the motherboard

From the looks of it the middle slot on the receiver should be empty.

Edit: I just looked at the picture again with the blue n64 and it looks pretty confusing since it has 3 wires going to the front of the receiver it looks like. It might be another ground wire but I can't imagine why you would need 2 of them for the same spot.

 

@LeHaM The infrared receiver doesn't work with the regular grey N64 consoles does it? They aren't opaque like the funtastic ones are. I have a basic grey console I'd like to do this to but don't think the infrared could penetrate the N64 case.

Could I use a RF receiver like this instead?


Would the installation be more or less the same as the infrared one? Here is the schematic that goes to the wireless receiver:


They are a little more expensive than the IR ones but I found one on eBay for pretty cheap:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC12v-10A-R...833508?hash=item1e9d1b56e4:g:BWIAAOSwpDdVKlDv

 

I've followed it accurately on two IR receiver boards and on two N64 motherboards of different revisions. Why does it not work? It's like I said in the picture of the one the other guy made he was a mysteries extra wire on the receiver?

The device powers on because it has an LED, but nothing happens at all. On this new N64 board I used the normal reset button works but the remote does nothing at all.

 

I think what the guy in the picture is doing is using the same ground for the front and back of the receiver instead of needing to ground directly to the motherboard twice.

Have you tried putting the reset wire in the middle slot instead of the side? I seem to remember reading someone saying that helped in the other thread. You could also test the voltage with a multimeter or place some LEDs in between the wires going to and from the receiver to make sure everything is working properly.

 

Okay no matter what I do it doesn't work, my overdrive is the version 3, it doesn't beed reset to save it saves when turned off too. so If I want to cut the power to the N64 using this remote, where do I soldier then?

 

For the power you'd be looking at pin 4 (Ground) and pin 6 (12v) where the power adapter connects or you can attach to the power switch positive and negative leads. Only problem is that the power is 12v which would be too high for your relay but you may be able to use one of the 3.3v leads (pins 2 and 3) going to the power switch as well but I don't know if they will be too under-powered for the 5v relay. I'll see if I can find a pinout somewhere for the power supply and switch.

Have you been able that the relays are working at all? There could be a chance they are faulty.

 

I just found a thread on krikzz.com where people are having problems with their reset buttons not working with the v3 everdrive. This may be part of the problem if you have been trying to test the relay with the everdrive in the slot.

Here's the thread mentioning the issue:
http://krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=2778.0

 

No, I've tried everything, with and without eve drive, pal and nuts units. I even made the reset button stop working all together on one board when trying to do this. Somebody please help me understand what I'm doing wrong. Here are pictures of what I've done. I've checked and redone it multiple times, all the wires are in place. The IR receiver responds to the remote as a red LED turns on when you use it but the N64 does nothing and is unresponsive.

Somebody please look at the pictures and help me understand, this really sucks.

 

They all seem to be in the right place. It took me a while to check since I kept getting confused about the ground wires both being red instead of black. How long are the wires?

 

Well then something seems wrong because this is what I've been doing every time on both N64's. Then I tried screwing around with it to see if there was some error. I also Used another ir receiver thinking it might have been broken but no. All the wires are about six inches long.

 

I should be getting my receiver in the next few days and I'll be hooking this up to my N64. I really can't see a reason why your setup isn't working. I would have recommended shorter wires but 6 inches is not too long at all. Do you have a multimeter? I wonder if the remote is tripping the relay correctly. You could test the multimeter on the back reset PIF to show a break in connection when the remote button is pressed.

 

I wish I had one, this is so not funny that no matter what I do it doesn't work. I really wonder whats wrong. I've been playing around some more now, making the wires even shorter, redoing everything. It just doesn't want to work.

 

Yeah I'm very sure it's a wiring error, that some wire should be word differently or an extra wire or something. The wires for the reset and reset ground are not dead, when i touch them on places on the ir receiver when its powered on it shuts off. Also when touching both ground and reset wire to the power wire it resets. So the wires all have power, it hasbro be something with how it's wired. Remember the extra wire the guy pulled on his pictures? Maybe that?