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cinder osprey Oct 31, 2025, 5:17 PM

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I have it soldered it refuses to boot no sound or screen lighting up

wind patrolBOT Oct 31, 2025, 5:17 PM

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cinder osprey I have it soldered it refuses to boot no sound or screen lighting up

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cinder osprey Oct 31, 2025, 5:18 PM

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If anyone could help me it’d be highly appreciated

hot sphinx Oct 31, 2025, 5:26 PM

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Heyo Grimm - I believe there was a mistake in the title ? 🙂
This will help you trace the pins https://github.com/3615Retro/GameBoy-Boards/blob/main/AGB/AGB_CPU_Pinout.png

Since you're not getting a boot, I would suggest looking for solder bridges or loose legs on the chips you soldered

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cinder osprey Oct 31, 2025, 5:29 PM

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Sorry about that I don’t normally post stuff but does anything see to stand out

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It’s hard to tell if I’m not getting a boot or there’s no video or audio

hot sphinx Oct 31, 2025, 5:59 PM

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Yellow : check for floating pins
Green : check for solder bridge

By floating pins I mean this : https://imgur.com/LQaPkcL

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cinder osprey Oct 31, 2025, 5:59 PM

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Actually it randomly booted up

hot sphinx Oct 31, 2025, 6:00 PM

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We don't like random

cinder osprey Oct 31, 2025, 6:00 PM

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It takes forever too boot tho

hot sphinx Oct 31, 2025, 6:00 PM

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Forever ? What do you mean ?

cinder osprey Oct 31, 2025, 6:02 PM

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Like it take a while the leds and stuff are on then it boots a while after that

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Nvm it works

cinder osprey Oct 31, 2025, 7:07 PM

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Oop the mystery may be back on

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I turned it off and now it won’t boot

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Now it booted again it’s very inconsistent

cinder osprey Nov 2, 2025, 3:14 PM

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Anyone still around to try and help

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The boot process was already very inconsistent

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Now it won’t boot at all the screen lights and the speaker hums but that’s it

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It was working

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cinder osprey Nov 2, 2025, 4:47 PM

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Well now it does this some of the time

hot sphinx Nov 2, 2025, 5:57 PM

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Did you follow the steps I gave you ?

slate ferry Nov 17, 2025, 12:20 AM

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The last cpu leg doesn't look too good to me

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