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One third of them gone in the first half hour. Thinking these probably won't last through the day... Probably should have stocked more.

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herr_prof wrote:

Any plans to ever offer gbas with backlight and shoulders mapped to start select mods?

Is there even a demand for the start/select mod? I thought it was a pretty cool idea, but I haven't heard of anyone trying it after I posted the guide.

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Monkeymook wrote:

I can fully understand why that would come off, since there's no texture for the paint to sink into, and it essentially just sits on the clearboy's case surface, correct?

Well no, the text isn't paint. It more so "penetrates" the surface instead of "sitting" on it. Which is more so what paint does.

Monkeymook wrote:

If you wouldn't mind, I'm interested in what that patch of texture-less casing looks like. Just want to see how how severe it is, compared to what these cases look like after scrubbing them:

http://imgur.com/sACxk,drXmF,h5lg2#0

Care to upload a photo for me? smile

(Mind you, I don't want to clutter up your thread. Perhaps there's an alternate place we could discuss this?)

Feel free to discuss all you'd like here, that's what the thread is for. It's not like it's irrelevant or anything.

You'll have to take my word on the removed texture. I can't really be bothered to sort through the dozens of shells I have kicking around...

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Monkeymook wrote:

Just wanted to point out that Magic Erasers (the brand-name ones, not generic versions) tend to work FAR better than using rubbing alcohol or Goo Gone

That's debatable. In my experience, sharpie always just wipes right off with either one of these solutions.

There's no doubt in my mind that Magic Erasers will remove the marks; they're abrasive. You're essentially just sanding the plastic by using them.

Monkeymook wrote:

I know you mentioned that it can remove the texture of the shell, which upon scrubbing each DMG multiple times (including across the blue and red text), only seemed to remove a tiny bit of that 'shine' from the casing. And I was scrubbing HARD. It didn't affect the texture of the shell (just removed some of that shine), nor did it even affect the colored paint on the DMGs at all.

Magic erasers can, and will take the silkscreen off. This is how I remove it from clear DMGs. I also have a DMG shell here with a patch of missing texture from trying to remove someone's sharpie markings. I can also direct you to a lot of NES game collectors who are kicking themselves for trying to remove sharpy with a magic eraser.

In moderation I'm sure there won't be much, if any noticable damage. Albeit, it sounds like you removed the polish from the plastic.

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celsius wrote:
thedimitry wrote:

...had to shake the cart a little for it to work.

kitsch wrote:

it sounds like a lifted pin on one of the ICs

That pretty much rules out the chance of it being a lifted pin.

Smartboy used a really poor quality cartridge slot for their programmers. I bought a used one that was listed as broken, but I found that the cartridge just wasn't lining up with the slot. Apart from that, the PCB is somewhat "floating" in the enclosure, not held in with screws. So that may worsen the misalignment.

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Yeah, that's how the VAs were installed. It's the closest 5v source on that side of the board.

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