Luckily I have the schematics for it to make it easier to go through and diagnose. They can be found online and I use it normally as a guide. Thanks for watching!
Honestly when i have a gameboy that doesn't turn on the first thing i always do is inspect the battery contacts and the second thing clean the on/off switch without even testing it with the multimeter most of the time that fixes any issue with gameboys just a good clean, gameboys are just an amazing quality systems
If this is anything like the GBA it would probably be better to remove that top shielding on the power switch to clean the contacts inside directly. I had a GBA where I could clean it from the outside like that and get it working, but the problem would come back in a few days because it was still pretty dirty inside.
Yes this is a good point, removing the shielding would be a more thorough cleaning as you pointed out. I can probably do this in future videos to showcase that type of repair.
Similar problem for me. Just bought a GBC from eBay and the screen is gone (turns on and sound is good, but can barely make out anything on the screen). My first thought is to check the ribbon cable contacts and clean them with IPA. Probably worse case scenario is it’s a capacitor blown or the screen is indeed dead. But I’ve got loads of spare boards and screens so shouldn’t take too long to fix.
"These look fine" FYI those surface mount caps don't swell and show their age like top vented caps, I chased a short to ground for a whole day and it ended up being the bottom right cap which looked perfectly fine. Capacitor kits for these cost $3, they should be done regardless of if it's working or not.
Nice! Impressive how fast you found the error.
Luckily I have the schematics for it to make it easier to go through and diagnose. They can be found online and I use it normally as a guide. Thanks for watching!
Honestly when i have a gameboy that doesn't turn on the first thing i always do is inspect the battery contacts and the second thing clean the on/off switch without even testing it with the multimeter most of the time that fixes any issue with gameboys just a good clean, gameboys are just an amazing quality systems
Yeah, funny enough most consoles I receive are never really truly broken, just extremely dirty!
Thanks this was really helpful now I can play my Pokémon
Glad I could help!
Thank you for sharing . Keep the good work
Awesome video!
If this is anything like the GBA it would probably be better to remove that top shielding on the power switch to clean the contacts inside directly. I had a GBA where I could clean it from the outside like that and get it working, but the problem would come back in a few days because it was still pretty dirty inside.
Yes this is a good point, removing the shielding would be a more thorough cleaning as you pointed out. I can probably do this in future videos to showcase that type of repair.
thanks
I got one doing the exact same thing, when I put a 3v battery pack on it turned on so it turn out to bee the battery contact
Question my gameboy color wont turn on but the red light on the left lights up but the screen would never turn on or show anything ?
Has it been opened before? If so I would start by checking the ribbon cable and making sure the pins are clean and making proper contact.
Similar problem for me. Just bought a GBC from eBay and the screen is gone (turns on and sound is good, but can barely make out anything on the screen). My first thought is to check the ribbon cable contacts and clean them with IPA. Probably worse case scenario is it’s a capacitor blown or the screen is indeed dead. But I’ve got loads of spare boards and screens so shouldn’t take too long to fix.
How about no.2 and c ?
Pin 2 has no contact, as shown in this schematic's power source:
wiki.console5.com/tw/images/e/e6/Nintendo_GBC_Schematic.png
"These look fine" FYI those surface mount caps don't swell and show their age like top vented caps, I chased a short to ground for a whole day and it ended up being the bottom right cap which looked perfectly fine. Capacitor kits for these cost $3, they should be done regardless of if it's working or not.
Yeah, you're definitely not wrong. It seems more common in GBC and GBA's where caps tend to be worn without any visual indication.
Alchohol fixes everything!
Yup! 😀
No wonder why my gameboy would not turn un it didn’t hade that module it magically disappeared
Oh no! Hopefully you were able to get it resolved!