Do Nintendo 64 motherboards fit in any revision N64 case?

I have an original launch Nintendo 64 that I took good care of over the past 25 years, but alas it now exhibits the random reset issue. I narrowed the issue down to the motherboard. Newer revision motherboards are allegedly more reliable. If I get a newer revision motherboard (e.g. CPU-08 or CPU-09), can I drop it into a launch day revision N64 and expect it to fit in properly and work as expected? My concern is some screw positioning or a variation of the metal shroud will prevent it from seating correctly.


tl;dr; A motherboard swap should work no problem. I still recommend my other answer, but as pointed out it doesn't address the original question.

I pulled out a few spare consoles I have and found the earliest and latest serial numbers I could. These ended up being NS108315440 and NS260906715 which had motherboards NUS-CPU-03 and NUS-CPU-08-1 respectively.

The differences I found:

  • mold identifiers
  • the visible portion of the Motherboard had moved/different labels and traces
  • The first layer of heat shield metal against the CPU's appears to be a little different, maybe one gauge thicker? Basically the cases are identical

I placed the NUS-CPU-08-1 board in the NS108315440 case and screwed it down as easy as if it was the original motherboard.

I was really surprised by this because most consoles or devices receive changes and modifications, generally to reduce cost or to fix any launch bugs. Besides the motherboard revisions, it appears there were no other console case changes between the models that I compared, these cases could of been manufactured on the same day.