It should be common knowledge by now that the N64 test diagnostic carts aren't dumpable by the usual means. Anyone have an idea how to set up a probe or intercept on the port to read what's going on? Most likely culprits are either a weird/nonexistant CIC or different PI access. Even if a full dump isn't possible, getting the bootstrap should be enough data to code something for one of the more common aproaches.
That's because the test cart is part of a probe. It would be like trying to dump a Z64 with another Z64
I took one of those test carts apart once and the CIC was a 6102, which is about as standard as you can get. It did have another chip that looked like a FPGA complete with some (unpopulated) pads that looked like they were for a JTAG adapter. I also took some high-res photos of the board, which I probably still have somewhere.