Well I finally finished my first Gameboy mod. Despite suffering from many mini heart attacks I managed to get it all done fairly easily. I ended up getting the stripped screws out with a pair of needle nose pliers. I'd like to thank everybody that commented and offered advice and guidance throughout this small project of mine. You're a great community!
Anyway, I figured I'd post a quick photo just so you can all see how it turned out. Bear in mind the backlight looks much more vibrant and rich than the photo shows, also, the apparent hotspots along the bottom really aren't that noticeable at all, my photography skills and equipment are to blame!
So here you go:
1 Sep 27, 2013 11:34 pm
Re: Beginners Questions: Backlight Switches and General Guidance. (25 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)
2 Sep 24, 2013 12:32 am
Re: Beginners Questions: Backlight Switches and General Guidance. (25 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)
kineticturtle wrote:
If all that fails, you can file down two opposing sides of the screw head to give you flat surfaces to grip with needle nose pliers (if the pliers themselves can't get enough grip already)
I think I'm going to have to go with the pliers, the screws are in awful condition. Where can I find replacement screws for the two I'm going to have to get rid of though?
3 Sep 23, 2013 7:36 pm
Re: Beginners Questions: Backlight Switches and General Guidance. (25 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)
Any advice on how to remove a totally stripped phillips screw from inside a gameboy? Two of the screws inside are totally stripped and are stopped me from getting at the lcd. Would needle nose pliers do the job?
4 Sep 23, 2013 7:35 pm
Re: Beginners Questions: Backlight Switches and General Guidance. (25 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)
Any advice on how to remove a totally stripped phillips screw from inside a gameboy? Two of the screws inside are totally stripped and are stopped me from getting at the lcd. Would needle nose pliers do the job?
5 Sep 20, 2013 3:19 pm
Re: Beginners Questions: Backlight Switches and General Guidance. (25 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)
Yeah I know, I'm just checking whether I'll have to cut away a small section of the board (the top right) to be able to make a small toggle switch fit into the case 
For my first one I may forgo putting a switch in just to make it as simple as possible. I'll decide once I've opened up a dmg to see how much room I've got to work with.
6 Sep 20, 2013 4:28 am
Re: Beginners Questions: Backlight Switches and General Guidance. (25 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)
Well I've been looking around at switch placement, but I need it to be put in such a place that I won't need to cut away any of the pcb or rearrange any of the internal workings to get it to fit.
If you look at this (embarrassing) quick diagram I made, would this work? Running the wires along the side of the front board and if necessary cutting away a small area of the top right of the board to make room for a toggle?
Sorry about all the questions. Just want to make sure I do it right the first time!
7 Sep 20, 2013 2:37 am
Re: Beginners Questions: Backlight Switches and General Guidance. (25 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)
Tr@$hk1ng wrote:
what do you use as ground
I'm following the guide provided by asm. This raises a good question, where is the best placement for the toggle switch itself?
8 Sep 20, 2013 2:31 am
Re: Beginners Questions: Backlight Switches and General Guidance. (25 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)
Yeah man, that's great! It's always nice to have a visual, nothing can be lost in communication that way. I'm ordering some supplies now and I'll be picking up a DMG on Monday. I'll update you on how it goes once I've received all the parts and installed them.
9 Sep 20, 2013 12:02 am
Re: Beginners Questions: Backlight Switches and General Guidance. (25 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)
katsumbhong wrote:
Wire the on-off switch between the density backlight negative contact and the ground where you will be soldering it to.
I may well be interpreting this wrong, but is it simply a case of having the negative part of the density backlight running through the switch which then connects to where the density backlight would usually connect to? If so that sounds pretty straight forward!
10 Sep 18, 2013 9:28 pm
Topic: Beginners Questions: Backlight Switches and General Guidance. (25 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)
Hello all, it's my first time posting here and I have it in mind to get into modding Gameboys. I was wondering if anyone could impart some wisdom on a complete novice! First, I'll let you in on my aims and expectations when it comes to getting into modding:
To start with I'm going to try tackling a couple of simple backlight mods on some bog standard grey DMG's. I plan to use asm's Density backlights and their accompanying tutorial as a starting point (http://asmretro.com/diy-gear?product_id=86). I'll be picking up all the essentials (tri-wing screwdrivers, soldering iron, rubbing alcohol) next week but could do with a recommendation of the best places to pick up working dmg's (UK based).
Also, I really want to add a backlight toggle switch to my first or second attempt, but I'm unsure how well that would work with the specific backlight I've chosen and I could really do with a tutorial if anyone knows a good one. My reason for neglecting the pro sound mod is because despite my interest in getting into using LSDJ, my initial reason for doing all of this is so that I can nostalgia hard whilst being able to flick on a backlight for ease of use. Also, I figured that concentrating my efforts on a specific task is probably a good way to start.
Any advice or guidance or ominous warnings prior to my first foray into modding is greatly appreciated. Apologies if I've misused any terminology here, unfortunately I'm a complete novice when it comes to electronics in general 
Dentari.