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(13 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

If it goes to that dark color when off then it means you have the film/screen inverted. To get it back to "normal" you need to rotate it 90 degrees. This could also be why your contrast is acting funny.

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(13 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Which color backlight did you go with? Just out of curiosity.

I imagine this goes with the opening of a game when the logo comes up, like Sega or Activisions logo would come up for a few sec before the game loads. Would you by chance have the intro of the logo animation already on hand, or at least an idea of how it's going to be presented?

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(12 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

What I can't figure out is how I fried the frontlight I was trying to install a week or so ago. From all of the tutorials I've read the frontlight only needs a 3V supply, but when I put a 3V to it (more like 2.8V since I tested the circuit) the built in resistor fried, and boy did it. hmm  Damn thing got glowing red and then fell completely off. Surprisingly it would still light after the resistor fell off, but that didn't last for long obviously.

By the way, kitsch is right, scotch tape works wonders getting fingerprints off of screens.

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(51 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

I might be able to answer these.

Jake Allison wrote:

does  anybody else have one?

I do, actually I have 2 backlit, 1 non-backlit and 1 junk one.

Jake Allison wrote:

why do people prefer the original DMG?

There are a few reasons for this actually. For starters the DMG case is much larger which allows a lot more mods to be crammed into it(arduinoboy, 1/8 or 1/4" jacks, RCA jacks, etc etc) which gives it a bit more compatibility with different setups or gigs that one is at. Another reason is the actual sound processing and audio output of the DMG. I remember someone posting a thread about it and had all of the Gameboy units sound waves compared.

Jake Allison wrote:

Does anyone use it for Nanoloop or LSDJ?

I've seen quite a few people on here that use both on MGBs. smile

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(16 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Any chance you could show the work on the Gameboy? Did you solder it pre or post-pot? And I know it sounds redundant but, did you put fresh batteries in?

I've been around for a few months now and never made an introduction either. Names Ira "Vile". I got into chip music when I stumbled onto some of Rockmans videos on youtube and started doing research on how to mod Gameboys. I was actually directed here by NeX since I was getting into modding Gameboys and was talking to him about build ideas on his website when he asked if I had a blog for it. Since then I've created a facebook page dedicated to modding/painting DMGs, MGBs, GBAs and some other odds and ends. Sold a few so far to help me fund the projects but I can tell it's hard to get someone to trust a new face in the community as a modder. Still learning these tracker programs (LSDJ, Goat, Piggy, Nano etc. etc.) and a few other DAWs, quite slowly I might add. Being unemployed and trying to get back into school I'm rather limited on what's accessible to me gear wise but, that's one of the reasons I like this community. A lot of the programs are free or next to nothing and some of the gear was stuff I had laying around or could get on the cheap and the tunes that come out of it are simply bad ass.

justinthursday wrote:

If you are good with soldering then I highly recommend desoldering the ribbon cable at the bottom of the LCD, peeling and cleaning it, then soldering it back together.

This is something I'm going to try on the next Pocket I backlight for sure, sounds 10x easier. My first few I did it the hard way.

ultraturducken wrote:

reattaching it to the dmg's motherboard would be kind of a hassle; you'd probably need smt machinery for soldering at that scale

I didn't mean to attach it back to the DMG's motherboard, but just figured it'd be easier to solder wires to instead of risking soldering to the ribbon cable itself.

ashimoke wrote:

Now I want that pinout even more smile

Wouldn't it just be easier to just take the FFC off of the donor Pockets motherboard?

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(50 replies, posted in Trading Post)

GoingHam wrote:

I'm curious as to how you went about painting the cases.

Most of it has to do with what paint you use. Even just getting some good spray paints can yield decent results.

This was my first try with X-Metals spray paint. No prep other then cleaning the case with soap and water.

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(50 replies, posted in Trading Post)

I'm curious on what you use to fill in the ribs and speaker grill on the cases?

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(31 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Yeah, my very first backlight installation I did the same thing. E-mailed kitsch a few times to figure out what the hell I was doing wrong. After I figured that out they've been much easier since. Even started backlighting pockets as well, although I haven't tried the soldering technique yet with those screens.

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(31 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Q-tips and rubbing alcohol, 99% if you can get it. Don't worry about ruining the LCD with that, the glass is pretty tough and the alcohol won't eat through anything like other house hold cleaners.

PM'd

Yeah it works. You have 2 places you can prosound from, pre and post-pot. You can use headphones either way, only difference is being able to turn the volume down.