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Nintendo 64 Controller Teardown

Device	Nintendo 64 Controller
Difficulty	Moderate
Time	5 - 15 minutes
Steps	6

This guide is by Ian on iFixit and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0. ByteRot mirrors it for non-commercial preservation: formatting changed and photos resized for old browsers; full-size photos and the text are on the FTP in /DOCS/REPAIR. Original guide >>

Tools: Phillips #1 Screwdriver; Phillips #0 Screwdriver

Step 1

• 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.

Step 2

• Remove the back plate. You can now see the:
• Power Input
• Game Pak Slot
• Trigger Button Assemblies
• Z Button Assembly
• Joystick Module

Step 3

• 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.

Step 4

• Remove the joystick module.
• NOTE: This particular module is a third party replacement. Yours may look different.

Step 5

• Remove the main board and trigger assemblies.
• Your controller is now fully disassembled!

Step 6

• Full IC Identification:
• NOTE: You may need to enlarge it to view the text.

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