1 Reply by fretwanger

(97 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Shaun from Gameboy Mods UK here, hardly ever come on here because I have very little to offer the community however a close friend told me about the thread so I just thought I would say that I never got an email from you and it has nothing to do with me! To be honest I don't even see the message, point or issue that the thread is trying to get over.

Good luck with your business and maybe try and inject some love into the community rather than trying to use it to fight your battles for you! I understand it's your living however trying to paint other businesses in a negative light will only reflect badly upon yourself.

Thanks
Shaun

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2 Reply by fretwanger

(18 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)

I go around 300 degrees Celsius personally. You could go higher if you wanted but at 300 degrees I have never burnt out a single component!

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3 Reply by fretwanger

(13 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

My plan was just to get it up and work on it over time as I learn more about coding...

Thanks for the compliments.

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4 Reply by fretwanger

(13 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Hi guys, I will be adding more screen covers as they become available. I will also be adding clear start and select and as new things become available add them too. Biverted and inverted screen type will be added also.

Essentially I never had a green, blue, white or clear play it loud to photograph at that time, that's why they're not there, I was also out of stock of clear white asm shells too lol.

Nitro...
I have had preloading images mentioned to me from 2 of my friends to the delay isn't as bad but I know what it is but have no clue how to put it on there. I understand it will improve the speed of transition. I'm not a web developer at all and have coded this in notepad lol.

In regards to the images, I had 32 DMGs to take photos of. I then dissected the photos into their constituent parts and this is what you get . With all the options I had at the time, there was over 250,000 combinations lol. So the reason the button change doesn't show through the case is simply that. I only cut the shape of the d pad because they were in different positions and it meant a clean edge to sit on the shell image. So yeah that's the best I could do in regards to that lol.

The reason I chose to keep the buttons as a set is because I only really sell them like that. I will often help someone out if I can but I don't want to be selling individual buttons all the time.

Overall thanks for the positive feedback! I know code wise it's not state-of-the-art but I'm quite happy with it for now. It gives me something to improve later on. Nitro if the offer is there on the coding side of things, I'd love a bit of help to improve it.

Thanks
Shaun

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5 Topic by fretwanger

(13 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Hey peeps, I've finally finished one of my projects. Check it out! I hope people on here will find it useful!

http://gameboymodscouk.ipage.com/index. … tion_id=13

Let me know what you think!

Shaun

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6 Reply by fretwanger

(8 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Thanks for the compliment Robert!

I'd like to think I'm reliable! I suppose I don't really blow my own marketing trumpet enough so I don't blame you guys for not knowing I exist lol.

If any of you guys are going to any of the Comic Cons/Retro Games shows, you should come and introduce yourself, I love meeting people face to face!
Heres a list of the shows I'm doing this year. http://gameboymodscouk.ipage.com/index. … tion_id=11

Thanks
Shaun

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7 Reply by fretwanger

(18 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)

15W will be enough for small spots, the wattage has nothing to do with the operating temperature or burning components out, its the rate of energy passed through the tip of the iron, most electronic soldering irons have the same operating temperature straight out of the packet  the larger the wattage the quicker it will heat up and the easier larger spots of solder are to make molten. Imagine temperature as Voltage and Wattage as Current and you'll get a similar analogy.

The main difference is what you're going to do with it. You could use a 50/70W soldering iron and it would do the same job as a 15W iron but a 15W iron won't do what a 50/70W iron will do.

As another example, my wife makes stained glass panels and she uses a soldering iron which is 150W but it has a tip the size of a large screwdriver. The solder she uses I would say is about 5-6 times thicker too.

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8 Reply by fretwanger

(19 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Yeah always use a resistor if something doesn't have one built in already. Essentially the resistor acts as a little shield for any minor peaks in voltage as it hits the resistor first leaving a smoother and more consistent power delivery to the installed item and more importantly its less likely to go over the installed items maximum operating voltage.

Shaun

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9 Topic by fretwanger

(1 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)

Hi Guys, I have just completed another tutorial, this time for the MGB or Gameboy Pocket.
It is designed really for the absolute beginner and the idea was to show every step of the installation without any skipping any parts.

Because this video is really long and documents every second of me adding a backlight, I have added a timeline underneath the video, so if you want to skip past parts or concentrate on a particular part, you can without watching it all.

00:00 - Introduction and Equipment List
01:47 - Disassembly - Opening up Gameboy Pocket
02:50 - Disassembly - Removal of PCB and Screen
05:45 - Removing Reflective Film from LCD
12:31 - Preperation and Installing Panel
28:29 - Inserting Polarisation Film
31:10 - Reassembly

Anyway I hope some of you guys find it useful

Thanks
Shaun

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10 Reply by fretwanger

(5 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)

No I just have normal internet, its about 5.0Mbps, it suits me most of the time so don't have any urge to upgrade it lol.

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11 Reply by fretwanger

(5 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)

You're telling me, it took 11 hours for it to upload to Youtube.

There are well over 50 Tutorials on Youtube on how to do backlight a Gameboy but I still felt a lot of them just skipped over the whole process.

The idea behind this is the same as a Cooking show on TV, so you can do it along with me.

Thanks

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12 Topic by fretwanger

(5 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)

Hi Guys, I have been a watcher of these forums for quite a while now, I thought I would contribute my video tutorial anyway.

The idea was to show every step of the installation without any skipping any parts.

A lot of the steps would be relevant for the installation of other backlights, you would just need to trim the plastic frame first.

Because this video is really long and documents every second of me adding a backlight, I have added a timeline underneath the video, so if you want to skip past parts or concentrate on a particular part, you can without watching it all.

Timeline:-
00:00 - Introduction and Equipment List
02:55 - Disassembly - Opening up Gameboy
07:45 - Disassembly - Removal of Front PCB
10:56 - Replacing Speaker
11:53 - Removing Reflective Film from LCD
17:00 - Preperation and Installing Panel
33:03 - Inserting Polarisation Film
37:33 - Reassembly

Anyway I hope some of you guys find it useful

Thanks
Shaun

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13 Reply by fretwanger

(30 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

I REALLY like this :-)

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14 Reply by fretwanger

(13 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Yeah I feel like the luckiest guy in the world lol, its a bit dirty and yellowed but nothing that a good cleaning and anti-bromining won't fix :-)

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15 Reply by fretwanger

(36 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

katsumbhong wrote:

Balsa wood?

Maybe you could put some wings on it and throw it out of a window :-)

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16 Reply by fretwanger

(13 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Not to make you all jealous or anything but I just scored this...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Niten … &rt=nc

And it is INDEED a White one, I have been after one for years :-).

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