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(12 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Okay, so it turns out that the board isn't fried. Instead, it was just the screen that was shorting it out.. which is weird because I didn't even have the thing soldered on my second run to see if the board still worked, not to mention I had the exposed wire wrapped in electrical tape. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ When I took it completely out, it booted up and played a game just fine. The case is still toast, though, because the person helping me with it broke off one of the posts that holds the A & B buttons in place. It causes the buttons not to want to register if you don't press hard enough (not as sensitive as they used to be) which is a pain because I don't want to have to press down hard every time. I don't have the post anymore either... I don't know what happened to it.

I'll just take the guts and put them into a different case because I really like that new SP speaker. There's so much more clarity with that thing. Of course I could just unsolder it and solder to a different board, but I'd rather not mess with the soldering again right now.

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(12 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Yeah, I should probably change the title of the thread.. I was just feeling a little angsty about messing up my mod. I could give it another go since I have another Game Boy Color that works, but I don't know how to tell if the light still works or not. That's the main issue.

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(12 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

You make your own circuit board? yikes I wish I could do that kind of stuff. It'd make my life a lot easier when it comes to modding... I wonder, if you could make a guide using your method? I know it might be too advanced for some of us, but it'd be nice to see how exactly your method works. I'm really intrigued about it and I'd like to at least see a picture of it. smile

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(12 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

I just spent hours yesterday and the day before meticulously taking apart my Game Boy Color and an Advance SP for its lighted screen to frontlight my Color. It took me forever to get the screen apart to get the piece I needed and low and behold I smudged the heck out of it whilst doing so. So, I had to take a microfiber cloth and wipe the thing down for over an hour to get them all out (what is this stuff made of?!). Then, I took apart my Color and placed the frontlight of the SP into the spot like its supposed to go, soldered two wires to its ribbon cable, and soldered one of those to the power switch (for ground) and another to a resistor connected to power. I FINALLY got everything back together and situated right and when I turned on my Color the backlight wouldn't turn on... So, while I was freaking out I took it back apart and looked for anywhere that it could have shorted itself on and covered those spots with electrical tape, then put it back together. And... the screen still didn't light up. At this point I was pretty pissed, so I popped a game in to see if it would play it and nothing. Nothing. It wouldn't go past the boot screen anymore. adhjkgakjhgjkhg

Here's the guide I was using: http://choochoobot.com/builds/gameboy-c … d-001.html

Unless you like high-risk stuff, don't do it. I just messed up my custom GBC case I got in the mail for it. >_> BUT! I did get a better speaker from the SP to put into my other Gameboy. All you have to do is cut out a tiny notch in the case to where it'll slide all the way down and sit right.