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Nintendo 64 Controller Teardown

Written By: Ian (and 2 other contributors)
Published: January 28, 2019
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Nintendo 64 Controller Teardown

Written By: Ian (and 2 other contributors)
Published: January 28, 2019
  • Comments: 0
  • Favorites: 3
  • Views: 13.3k

Teardown

What you need

This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Nintendo 64 Controller, use our service manual.

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    • Behold the glorious retro controller face, then forget about it because you will flip the controller for the rest of the teardown.

    • Use the size #1 Philips to remove the 7 screws on the back of the controller.

    • Use the size #0 Philips to remove the smaller screws in the controller pak slot.

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  2. Nintendo 64 Controller Teardown: step 2, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the back plate. You can now see the:

    • Power Input

    • Game Pak Slot

    • Trigger Button Assemblies

    • Z Button Assembly

    • Joystick Module

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  4. Nintendo 64 Controller Teardown: step 3, image 1 of 1

    • Using a spudger or similar tool, carefully pry the Z button assembly from the joystick module.

    • Remove the 3 size #0 screws holding in the joystick module.

    • Remove the joystick cable from the main board.

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  5. Nintendo 64 Controller Teardown: step 4, image 1 of 2 Nintendo 64 Controller Teardown: step 4, image 2 of 2

    • Remove the joystick module.

    • This particular module is a third party replacement. Yours may look different.

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  6. Nintendo 64 Controller Teardown: step 5, image 1 of 2 Nintendo 64 Controller Teardown: step 5, image 2 of 2

    • Remove the main board and trigger assemblies.

    • Your controller is now fully disassembled!

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  7. Nintendo 64 Controller Teardown: step 6, image 1 of 1

    • Full IC Identification:

    • You may need to enlarge it to view the text.

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