this problem just happened to me! i was showing someone some stuff i'd been working on and i bumped the power supply cord while loading a song and it shut off. when i turn it on now one song is super scrambled, tables are off, instruments out of place, tempo is super slow. is there a known fix. i haven't backed up this one yet!

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52 Reply by killedatschool Jan 17, 2014 11:15 pm

Re: Ground prong on pcb problem. (12 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

I will do that when I pop it back open. I got it working by bending the tab a bit so when it closes it pushes in the right way. All contact points are accurate. However during all my troubleshooting the speaker worked its way off the pcb. FUCK! Don't worry it's back on now ! Thank you guys!

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53 Reply by killedatschool Jan 17, 2014 9:55 pm

Re: Ground prong on pcb problem. (12 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Ok added the solder. Same thing.

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54 Reply by killedatschool Jan 17, 2014 9:42 pm

Re: Ground prong on pcb problem. (12 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Attempting now.

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55 Reply by killedatschool Jan 17, 2014 9:39 pm

Re: Ground prong on pcb problem. (12 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

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56 Reply by killedatschool Jan 17, 2014 9:31 pm

Re: Ground prong on pcb problem. (12 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Yes that prong. I put the backlight in powered it on and it worked. Screwed it back together and noticed it was dimmer. When I applied pressure to the right side of the gameboy right underneath the screen cover that's when the screen got brighter. So opened it back up and made sure the backlight was seated correctly. It was so I plugged it in and turned it on then tried to see what was happening when I put pressure on that right side. I pin pointed it was the ground prong. If I pushed from bottom side of the prong up towards the top of the pcb very gently btw it brightens up and stays that way. When I let go a second or so it goes dim again.

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57 Topic by killedatschool Jan 17, 2014 9:18 pm

Topic: Ground prong on pcb problem. (12 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

I just took a backlight out of an old dmg (solid black horizontal line in screen) and put it in a new gameboy. When I power it up it is dimmer than it should be. I noticed when I bend the ground prong on the front pcb it makes the speaker pop and the backlight brightens. Any ideas? I checked my soldering and everything seems ok. Good connection and no wires are touching.

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58 Topic by killedatschool Jan 16, 2014 6:30 am

Topic: Are drag n derp carts still available? (14 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Just wanted to know if this cart is still around. All the chip shops are out of stock. Did I miss the boat?

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59 Reply by killedatschool Jan 15, 2014 5:36 pm

Re: Got a DMG for a dollar. One big problem. (18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

The headphone jack was also tampered with. Maybe someone used the parts for another.

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60 Reply by killedatschool Jan 15, 2014 2:44 pm

Re: Got a DMG for a dollar. One big problem. (18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

No I got it. I was asking if you meant each resistor for each channel or each side of a single resistor. I looked and it became obvious what you meant. Going to try when I get off work.

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