help me fix my gba please

[Natethekidrs00]

so i bought this gba from a store and 15 hours later I dropped it and the screens broke how would i remove the screen and install a new screen?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Ga...544411?hash=item2c958c0c5b:g:DXIAAOSwo0JWNqam
this is the screen Im buying and i know my gba is a 40 pin

 

[CitizenSnips]

All you probably have to do is just pull the cable from the old screen out of the motherboard and remove the screen, then install the new screen and plug it back into the motherboard, and that's pretty much it. There's probably a guide that can help you somewhere

 

[CloudCocopuffs]

https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Game_Boy_Advance
Very useful site, im sure you'll find how to do what you want!

 

[Natethekidrs00]

All you probably have to do is just pull the cable from the old screen out of the motherboard and remove the screen, then install the new screen and plug it back into the motherboard, and that's pretty much it. There's probably a guide that can help you somewhere

so the ribbon cable things can i just lightly pull them off and click new ones in or do i need to use a soddering iron

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https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Game_Boy_Advance
Very useful site, im sure you'll find how to do what you want!

yeah they show how to take out the screen but not how to put in back

 

[CitizenSnips]

so the ribbon cable things can i just lightly pull them off and click new ones in or do i need to use a soddering iron

Most times its not soldered in, so you could just clip in the new one, but i've never worked with a GBA screen, just GBC, but they should be similar

 

[CloudCocopuffs]

so the ribbon cable things can i just lightly pull them off and click new ones in or do i need to use a soddering iron

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yeah they show how to take out the screen but not how to put in back

You literally just replace the screen, as shown here
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Game+Boy+Advance+Screen+Replacement/2002

 

[Natethekidrs00]

see that cable from the screen to the motherboard does that snap in?

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You literally just replace the screen, as shown here
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Game+Boy+Advance+Screen+Replacement/2002

like do the steps in reverse?

 

[CitizenSnips]

it should be a little clip that you flip up on the motherboard and you can just slide the cable out, then you can remove the old screen, install the new screen, and plug the cable into the board

 

[Natethekidrs00]

it should be a little clip that you flip up on the motherboard and you can just slide the cable out

okay cool Thanks guys also do you think a used game store would be willing to install a after burner into it for me?

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okay cool Thanks guys also do you think a used game store would be willing to install a after burner into it for me?

i would supply the kit

 

[CitizenSnips]

okay cool Thanks guys also do you think a used game store would be willing to install a after burner into it for me?

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i would supply the kit

I'm not sure on that one, not many game stores do stuff like that.

 

[Natethekidrs00]

should i even bother with a afterburner or just use a halo light kit

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btw this is my screen

 

[CitizenSnips]

should i even bother with a afterburner or just use a halo light kit

It's your choice really. If you can do some soldering, it doesn't seem that hard to install, but it'd be way easier to just clip on a light thing and be done with it