Hardware Power fail after power switch replacement

[Spray110]

Hi!

I have a modded original GBA with a backlit screen. I noticed my power switch caused the power LED indicator to jump between red and green, and also there seemed to be some interference while using headphones resulting in a humming noise, which varied in volume while slightly moving the power switch around.

So I switched it out, but sadly, disaster struck and a solder pad came off. I added a bunch of solder to try and get a connection, but without the pad in place, is it a lost board? Now, what happens is this: I can turn the GBA on, but if I turn it off, I will not be able to turn it on again directly, but if I wait for about 5 seconds it works.
I thought it was good enough and went ahead and played for a little while. After some time though it turned itself off.

Do you guys have any guess of what this could be? Is it a bad switch or is the culprit that broken solder pad? (My own guess is the latter)

Here's a picture showing the solder pad that broke. I'm no electrician so I don't really know what each pin does, but I do know that there should be a "follow-up" on the other side of the board, and you can jump it with a wire. Would that be the thing to try next?

Not my GBA in the picture!

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Hi!

I have a modded original GBA with a backlit screen. I noticed my power switch caused the power LED indicator to jump between red and green, and also there seemed to be some interference while using headphones resulting in a humming noise, which varied in volume while slightly moving the power switch around.

So I switched it out, but sadly, disaster struck and a solder pad came off. I added a bunch of solder to try and get a connection, but without the pad in place, is it a lost board? Now, what happens is this: I can turn the GBA on, but if I turn it off, I will not be able to turn it on again directly, but if I wait for about 5 seconds it works.
I thought it was good enough and went ahead and played for a little while. After some time though it turned itself off.

Do you guys have any guess of what this could be? Is it a bad switch or is the culprit that broken solder pad? (My own guess is the latter)

Here's a picture showing the solder pad that broke. I'm no electrician so I don't really know what each pin does, but I do know that there should be a "follow-up" on the other side of the board, and you can jump it with a wire. Would that be the thing to try next?

Not my GBA in the picture!

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That power LED thing is completely normal, my original (completely unmodified) GBA always had an iffy power indicator. Trying to "fix" it was a waste of time.
If you can find where that pad goes you can attach a wire directly to a visible part of the trace (after scraping off the coating) or directly to a component. That may be tricky since the board is coated in a white layer though.

 

[diegopalacio]

Hi!

I have a modded original GBA with a backlit screen. I noticed my power switch caused the power LED indicator to jump between red and green, and also there seemed to be some interference while using headphones resulting in a humming noise, which varied in volume while slightly moving the power switch around.

So I switched it out, but sadly, disaster struck and a solder pad came off. I added a bunch of solder to try and get a connection, but without the pad in place, is it a lost board? Now, what happens is this: I can turn the GBA on, but if I turn it off, I will not be able to turn it on again directly, but if I wait for about 5 seconds it works.
I thought it was good enough and went ahead and played for a little while. After some time though it turned itself off.

Do you guys have any guess of what this could be? Is it a bad switch or is the culprit that broken solder pad? (My own guess is the latter)

Here's a picture showing the solder pad that broke. I'm no electrician so I don't really know what each pin does, but I do know that there should be a "follow-up" on the other side of the board, and you can jump it with a wire. Would that be the thing to try next?

Not my GBA in the picture!

View attachment 125122

I received an old GBA without power switch and, when I was putting a "switch" to turn on the GBA, three solder pads came off. I tried a solution: I put two jumpers to the near "holes" that shows continuity with the multimeter and it works, the GBA turned on normally. In your case, the pad is the positive and the "hole" is to the right, maybe you could solder a wire too.