Maybe someone will respond here...I'm trying to do this GBA backlight mod..I have a thread out there on this board but no takes on it yet so I'll sum it up here....
I have everything I need to do this mod, and have read a TON about doing it, I play normally on my GBA SP AGS 101 but like the old style better and wanted to mod it so this is what I've done so far:
Purchased broken AGS 101 System (had some issues but worked and played fine) and it has a working screen but its a "White tab screen"
Purchased a 40 pin GBA on ebay, works great
Purchased New Housing Case (I modded it already to fit the AGS 101 screen)
Purchased New Glass Screen Cover
Purchased New Clear GBA Buttons
Purchased 40 pin ribbon cable
I had purchased a 40 pin ribbon cable and had everything ready to go, I wanted to try the mod without soldering since Ive never done this before and too see if it would work...So I hooked up the ribbon cable, the ags 101 screen OEM, and once I turned the system on I got a bright washed out screen...I then read more online that the "white tab" AGS 101 screens are not compatible with the 40 pin GBA...this has been so frustrating as I watch youtube and read about people buying all of this and they hook it up and it works!!!
So I took apart my personal GBA SP AGS 101 and it had the black/brown tab screen so I thought I'd hook that up and see what happens....it worked and looked better but I had parts of the image missing and lines running down the screen but it looked better then the white tab screen.....
I am half ready to just refurb the SP and resell it, and sell everything I bought and buy a premod GBA backlit already....UGH
I did see on Aliexpress they ARE selling AGS 101 Screen for around $40-$50 but they are all "WHITE TAB" screen or 32 pin screens that won't work with my 40 pin GBA.....(I thought these were all "going dry?" I could buy 1,000 of them today if I had too..LOL I spent $70 on the GBA SP Ags 101 on ebay for the screen with the white tab......
So then I was thinking...is there a way I could take apart my personal GBA SP Ags 101 and use the black/brown screen and replace it with the "white tab" screen that won't work for my mod?
Sorry so frustrated! Nothing ever works right for me
BTW here is my original thread with a pic:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/newbie-gameboy-advance-mod-help-questions.440094/
-June
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The pink SP AGS 101 is what i bought on ebay for the screen...
The Glacier GBA I am using for the board
My Clear buttons I found online for my finished product (if it ever gets to that point)
A picture to show I have a 40 pin GBA
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This is a pic of everything I have:
(2) New Housing Shells (Can't decide which one I want to use)
Both my GBA 40 pin (Glacier) and GBA Motherboard 32 pin
All my tools..
I even bought a brand new GBA carry case! (hard to find new!)
My AGS 101 Screen out of the pink pearl (white tab)
My personal refurb Ags 101 with a black/brown tab
My glass screen
My refunded 40 pin ribbon cable
And all my buttons, screws etc..