Gameboy Backlight+Bivert Mod and fixing horizontal/vertical lines!
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- Опубликовано: 23 окт 2024
- Hi everyone, I'd like to welcome you to this first video where I'll be modding my old gameboy with a backlight+bivert and I'll be showing you how you can get rid of those pesky horizontal/vertical lines. I bought the backlight+bivert and new front panel parts on eBay at Land of Gameboy, here: www.ebay.nl/us...
It was quite a challenge making my first RUclips video and some things didn't go as planned like for instance missing footage, things that I did while filming but wasn't filmed well, or off-camera. I also did a retrobrite but unfortunately I forgot to film the final part of the process and the before/after pictures were not very good.
Either way it was a great learning experience and just a lot of fun to do and I hope to do better with more videos coming up in the future! And I hope you enjoy this video!
Music by me!
Horizontal lines brought me here. Usually people don't talk about this and it seems it can be done with soldering iron the same way as vertical lines which are fairly easy to fix. Thank you.
The first video I have seen that show how to fix horizontal lines 👍🏼
Eddy Tansil, glad you liked the video, thanks! 😊👍
I can't believe this is your first video! I enjoyed it much more than some of the higher-sub retro repair channels I've watched!
Thank you so much, Stephen. I appreciate that. I'm just experimenting and hope to make some more videos soon. I have a few projects recorded already, just need to get them edited.
Great video - with beautiful background music.
Cognessence Thanks, Robert! 😊🙏🎶
I've had some success and some fails with this method of removing the horizontal lines. You have to be very lucky and it will melt the plastic. Make sure to have good ventilation. I'd also recommend fixing the lines BEFORE installing a backlight in case you brick the screen.
I love your voice! You should make documentaries. I just saw a video by the 8-bit Guy where he installed a backlight screen for his Gameboy Color.
Thank you, John! I'm glad you like it! I appreciate that. I'll definitely consider that! :D
This was extremely helpful and useful, and so professional, I think there are some RUclipsrs that are lesser so and have higher subs.
Great vid! Very informative!
Years ago I heard the horizontal lines weren’t fixable, guess they were wrong which I’m happy about!
This was a really cool process to watch. Definite improvement!
Thank you, Jake! :)
Very nice and Informative video! Thanks for everything, it's incredible this video only haves 1k visits, also I'm an enthusiast of retro stuff, modding, restoring and that things,I also have a couple of videos on my channel, and they are in Spanish, but if you need something that I can help you I'm here glad to offer my knowledge, keep going and making videos, I think I'm going to start making this videos on English or with subtitles...
Very nice video, and again keep doing this
Thank you for your kind words! I haven't been very active on this channel yet, mainly because of work and other stuff but I'm hoping to continue making videos again soon. I have been recording some new things and thank you for your kind offer. I appreciate it! :)
Excellent work!! That was a fun video! :)
SciFiction Thank you! 😊👍
This was your first video?! Excellent work and really informative. Subscribed!
I have a question. When you inserted the polarizing film. You said there was the yellow we all know and then rotated it to get a blue color. Could I technically leave it as the yellow? I prefer that look for nostalgia's sake. But want a backlight to be able to see better. Thanks!
Thanks for tell us how remove horizontal lines too. Good bye
A chemist found out that the optimum temperature for retorbrighting is 76C. Though not many people have found a reliable way to achieve and sustain that temperature without melting the plastic. He said that the reaction took 30 minutes.
No need to overpay for "retrobrite". Put yellowed plastics in a ziploc bag, put in just enough hydrogen peroxide to get everything covered in it, then put in a pinch of oxyclean. Shake well and leave in the sun. Shake and flip the bag over every so often to recoat the plastics in the solution. In direct sunlight you should see noticeable improvements in 1hr.
May i ask which temperature you used for fixing the Horizontal lines?
you need to melt the solder underneath so whatever you are comfortable with
180-200 Celsius
Great video man, well done. What temperature did you use for your soldering iron and do you hold the iron just above the points or do you actually touch them?
I did mine with a hot 40w soldering iron. Just move around quickly, don't stay too long in one spot to avoid damage
Very good video for a first. What temperature did you used when you fixed those horizontal lines? Thanks!
Thank you, Cristi. I'm not sure actually, I'd have to check. I'm most likely going to do an update video and do another Backlight install video soon but for the GBC, when I get some time!
@@sidsretrocorner Looking forward to those, especially that update video, as I'm about to attempt a similar fix. Thanks!
@@cristiarhip3942 Awesome! Good luck with that. The main update I want to touch upon is mainly just that the two wires you have to use can, for efficiency be cut more to size so that it's not so long when you put everything back together but it fits perfectly.
I have a gameboy with bivert and backlight. tried fixing my vertical lines but couldn’t get it to work. I don’t think I was letting the iron heat it for long enough or making good contact. Guess I was worried to overheat it but I will try this again and not be afraid to hold it on there for a little longer
Good job dude!👍
Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it. :-)
I recommend a screwdriver set that are extremely useful, but if you only do video game consoles and games, then no, because it is expensive. An IFIXIT Pro Tech Tool Kit, and very helpful at some of my repairs and restorations. Oh yeah, an easier retrobright is using 12% hydrogen peroxide in a tub, with the parts you need with metal screws holding it down. Use the sun or well placed uv lights, and for a faster time, use tin foil wrap around it. Check on it and move the screws sometimes and wait until a desired whiteness. Enjoy!
What color is your backlight kit? I've seen multiple colors, but the one you showed in your video is the one I think is the most original looking to the DMG.
Hi, it's the white version I'm using. I bought it here: www.ebay.nl/itm/GAMEBOY-DMG-01-BACKLIGHT-KIT-INCLUDING-BIVERT-PCB-Choose-your-color/223103260690?hash=item33f1fd9812:m:m2ZA80VixllEHH5xM3EEmbg
@@sidsretrocorner thank you
Nice restore. Look into using some flux for reflowing the solder!
Thanks! Will do! :)
I don't think that will work, you don't have direct access to the solder.
Is the ghosting better?
good video
Thanks, glad you like it!
Where were the solder points for the horizontal line fix?
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This is great.
Thank you! :)
im having horizontal lines on my nintendo ds, any advice on that? ive had it for years now and i cant seem to fix it.
i did the same mod, and i could fix the horizontal lines, i can't believe this.... horizontal lines are not impossible...
well done, subbed!
when you retrobright its better to set it on aluminum to get a less patchy result.
Thanks for the tip! I'll keep this in mind!
@@sidsretrocorner he means Aluminium^
I'm sorry, but this video really DOES need an update. I cannot see HOW there is any possibility to use a soldering iron on the white plastic section to fix the horizontal lines. That piece HAS to be removed, or the screen removed again to access the ribbon cable strips. No WAY can the heat pass through that piece without melting it.
Am I the only one who gets a lot of glue chunks when trying to remove this films? I swear, every video I see I notice that they barely have any residue left after they remove the screen. In my case the glue was so thic that after removing it I had to scrub with alcohol and nail polish remover for over 1 hour and I ended up messing up my screen as vertical lines disappeared and I don't seem to fix it. Is there any tips you can give me to prevent this?
Music is kinda eerie
I tried with the horizontal lines and it doesn't seem to be doing anything, just melting the plastic top 😒
you have to melt whole the plastic, then try...
@@michaelda94 Interesting video thx for your tutorial. So you are saying you have to melt THROUGH the thick plastic that is infact the surface of the screen, in the horizontal line trouble area, in order to get to the solder points underneath?