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Found out why my n64 was making weird buzzing/grinding sounds when it has no fan. Turns out the psu was about to go bad! I was also having random game freezes that were caused by this after long play times.

Hopefully this psa helps someone!

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[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah I think you're overdo for a recap on any 90's stuff. If you want to keep original hardware around.