#Modded Gameboy Pocket, Won’t Turn On

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astral nymph
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I modded my first gameboy today, installed a backlit screen in my gameboy color.

I followed the guide exactly, and when I turned on the gameboy, it powered on and the backlit display worked. I forgot to put a game in, so I shut it down, put a game in & then booted it back up.

Upon it trying to load my game, the backlit screen stopped working after a few seconds and the screen got dim (how it would normally look without backlighting) & the “Gameboy” text looked corrupted.

I tried restarting the gameboy after that and now it refuses to power on at all.

I know there’s a little extra solder in the 2nd pic but it’s not touching anything, could that have fried the whole thing?

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rose birchBOT
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lapis orbit
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youve shorted the power wire against everything

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this shouldnt be stripped back so far

astral nymph
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@lapis orbit is it dead for good? that's just how the kit came

lapis orbit
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no need to ping me im here

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watch the video, test the fuse

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clear the blob of solder on top of the switch and redo the power wire

astral nymph
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i don’t have a multimeter, i can run to walmart and get one

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before i do though, how confident are you that i killed it lol

lapis orbit
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17/10

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get desolder wick to remove the excess solder

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there is a recommended tools section in the server guide

astral nymph
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yep still dead, i’ll get a multimeter but i redid the connection & cleaned up the solder and still dead

lapis orbit
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you need to shorten the exposed wire

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you will short and pop the fuse again

astral nymph
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ok so if i get another gameboy today the screen should still work the board is just fucked? trim the wire and i should be good?

gritty bobcat
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Probably cheaper to get a multimeter and beep things out to see whats actually wrong. If the fuse is popped you can get a new one for a couple of cents. Youll need a solder sucker to replace it. But yeah all the info should be in froggos video :)

hallow saddle
astral nymph
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thank you guys, i picked up another gameboy pocket off fb marketplace and tried again