plush trellis
Hey everyone,
I’m working on this GBC and when I turn it on the screen displays this weird glitch. I’m wondering if all the mods are requiring too much voltage? The F1 fuse already shorted once and I had to replace it and it’s back to powering on. I’m froggulator and an upgraded power capacitor. The mods are button LEDs and the Froggo battery indicator. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
neat juniperBOT
Hey everyone,
I’m working on this GBC and when I turn it on the screen display...
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sour moon
Is this a PCBWay frogulator?
plush trellis
This is an Etsy one. Although I was using the original dc board and I was having the same issue.
sour moon
The fact that you popped F1 means you probably have a short somewhere. You should put the insulation film that came with the screen kit over the entire screen driver board
plush trellis
you mean covering the green board with the film?
sour moon
Yes
plush trellis
Okay I tried that and still no luck. Also, the leds are staying on for a bit after shutting the console off.
I think I should also mention that I have had it work before but not sure how it happened and now I can't recreate it, so I think the screen itself isn't faulty.
sour moon
Is the Game Boy working other than powering on? Do you get audio?
plush trellis
Yeah I get audio
sour moon
It's always possible whatever popped the fuse, toasted the screen. Do you have another GBC motherboard you can test it with?
plush trellis
I think I do. I'll try it out
sour moon
Test it without closing everything up if you can, so you can avoid accidentally shorting something while it's assembled
plush trellis
I tried it with another board and it worked just fine. Just looked back at when I bought the original board and it said the screen was bad but I tested it with another board and the screen was fine. I think the board I was using wouldn't work with any screen.
plush trellis
So I just used another board and finished up the build and it works! No idea why that original board has display issues.