I've been troubleshooting this on my own for weeks now, I cant figure out what the problem is. I've tried 2 separate bivert boards now and installed a clean power board, but saw no changes. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
#play it loud black DMG with backlight and bivert mods display malnfunctioning
vestal vector
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I've been troubleshooting this on my own for weeks now, I cant figure out what t...
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vestal vector
I will also mention I have tried several game carts which I have also tested on other devices so I know they work
limber trail
Clean power boards are a scam
vestal vector
Good to know. I figured it could have been the capacitors on the power board so I decided to give it a try
Regardless this problem was happening even before I installed it
limber trail
can you post some pictures of your board and the install?
vestal vector
of course, any specific areas I should focus on?
I noticed the speaker wire may be a little frayed
vestal vector
@limber trail any ideas my guy? I went and fixed the speaker wire, sounds better at least but the display is still washing out xD
frozen quarry
Good to know. I figured it could have been the capacitors on the power board so ...
Did you change the caps yet ?
vestal vector
Not yet. Im about to try reflowing the bivert connections next
fossil dirge
Have you re-capped your lcd board yet?
brisk smelt
just a side note, i noticed that the exposed part on the ground wire from the bivert pcb is really long, are you sure it doesn't short out to anything when assembled?
vestal vector
just a side note, i noticed that the exposed part on the ground wire from the bi...
I trimmed it down last night, seemed to make little or no change but probably a good idea regardless
vestal vector
Have you re-capped your lcd board yet?
Not yet, that might be the next step if reflowing the bivert board doesnt work
although I have tried connecting other display boards to it and had the same result