I bought a second hand Nintendo Switch at a flea market. It was in bad shape. I did a complete tear down, replaced the shell, replaced most of the guts of the joy come and now it's like new.
Didnt fix it myself but... my DSI
i think it was the batteryWhat was wrong? I have a pristine blue DSi XL that won't power on. Charge works, but not the power switch. I believe I need to replace the whole daughter board which includes the power switch and the ABXY pads.
LOL, I've fixed 2 in the last 2 months just by replacing the LED strips. On both LG TV's I check with an LED tester, one had 2 blown leds, the other had 3. That was enough to send the TV's into a boot loop. I got new strips from Ali express for about £8 for a full set. That'll keep them going for another 8 years or so. Next time I'm at the dump if I see a good LCD in good condition I'm going to take it home with me and then try to fix it. Just for a spare.Been fixing TVs recently. Realized after fixing my own that there are probably a lot of people selling broken tvs or tossing them out. I now have 7 working (and 2 that couldnt be saved) TVs in my house. I have a problem.
Been fixing TVs recently. Realized after fixing my own that there are probably a lot of people selling broken tvs or tossing them out. I now have 7 working (and 2 that couldnt be saved) TVs in my house. I have a problem.
Beautiful! Yeah I found my ITA screen didn't need any adjusting when I went to calibrate it. Idk if that was because it was taken from a DSi rather than supplied separately, or if they often don't need it.Not the best photo, dark sorry. But, I just finished my FP laminated ITA rebuild of the old murky blue GBA. Nothing pretentious, no neon colors or led lights except the one it came with (power). Original buttons too. I haven't fiddled with screen calibration yet ... that was enough for one evening. But, very very nice. Screen is fantastic. (!!!) The shell, which you have to use their specific shell for the laminated screens ... it's ok, not amazing though.
A small FYI for my fellow 'temprs .. if you build one of these and want to use the original screws, be careful putting the black screw back in the battery compartment area. Apparently the original screw is slightly long for the FP shell. It made a very small dimple on the face just below the screen. Luckily I didn't punch through - would've been a $10 tragedy. I don't mind it since it's a tiny bump and centered at least. I'll know for next time.
I also did a mod-in-a-mod here. Removed the TC233A touch sensor chip off the screen adapter PCB, which completely kills the touch function. Now the OSD, FRM, and X/Y screen position controls are only by way of Sel-L-R buttons. Very nice. Info here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/comments/11rmms7/i_was_able_to_completely_and_permanently_remove/
Tomorrow, screen calibration with the "Aging" ROM. But, I think it's looking pretty good already.
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Why didn't you change those tiny leds on the 4 ring power button to match the color of the inside leds? JK. Looks nice!All I gotta say is... L-E-D's my guy
Picked up an open box of Xtreme Rate RGB mod for Series S, and went thrifting for fairy lights for the 360 S consoles. All happy customers... though my guy with the GoW Slim wasn't happy when I told him he needs a matching controller... but lemme tell you about fairy lights, it's like Popeye's... it's the shiznit!
I see green and green, haha. I guess customer wanted a matching mismatch set?Why didn't you change those tiny leds on the 4 ring power button to match the color of the inside leds? JK. Looks nice!
Beautiful! Yeah I found my ITA screen didn't need any adjusting when I went to calibrate it. Idk if that was because it was taken from a DSi rather than supplied separately, or if they often don't need it.
And yeah, similar to the touchscreen thing, the older cable adapter for my ITA screen (before they started offering the laminated ones) came with a little touch panel that sat inside the top edge of the case, as an optional adjustment method if you didn't solder the button controls. Unfortunately it kept activating randomly, and I had the button controls hooked up already, so I just physically cut off the little flap of flat cable that had the sensor on. Gotta mod that mod!