I got a recent batch of broken consoles that I am fixing so i figured why the heck not make blog entries showing them getting fixed 1 by 1.
The first one is 1 one out of a batch of 2 gba's tha i got as part of tha batch.
Proceeded to order the replacement shell for 4 bucks on ebay:
Then i bought the replacement lcd for 4 bucks:
After that I dissasembled the old gba and did the gut transfer:
for the final part. after assembly I took the gba inside my shower room where i had the shower head running on hot for 10 minutes. This makes it a pseudo sterile room so it minimizes the odds of getting lint and other crap when applying the glass screen on the other end. No pictures of that but im sure you can imagine how that goes.
The final result:
not bad for something that was going to the trash. so yeah it was 1 dollar plus 8 in parts. So behold the refurb 9 dollar gba.
looks pretty good even if it is no backlit. For the second broken gba i got, I will be getting a backlight from china ags101 kit and hopefully the results will be neat. I was not even supposed to be doing projects this weekend but it was a quick one while the switch charges so i can go back to playing pokemon sword.
The first one is 1 one out of a batch of 2 gba's tha i got as part of tha batch.
Proceeded to order the replacement shell for 4 bucks on ebay:
Then i bought the replacement lcd for 4 bucks:
After that I dissasembled the old gba and did the gut transfer:
for the final part. after assembly I took the gba inside my shower room where i had the shower head running on hot for 10 minutes. This makes it a pseudo sterile room so it minimizes the odds of getting lint and other crap when applying the glass screen on the other end. No pictures of that but im sure you can imagine how that goes.
The final result:
not bad for something that was going to the trash. so yeah it was 1 dollar plus 8 in parts. So behold the refurb 9 dollar gba.
looks pretty good even if it is no backlit. For the second broken gba i got, I will be getting a backlight from china ags101 kit and hopefully the results will be neat. I was not even supposed to be doing projects this weekend but it was a quick one while the switch charges so i can go back to playing pokemon sword.
