Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Picked up this Game Boy recently and it was marked "not working" - let's find out why and fix it!
If you like what I do and want to encourage more, I appreciate your support through likes and comments below. If you have the means, you could also support me on Patreon as money helps me buy broken things to fix and build more projects - patreon.com/silvervest
Bookmarks!
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:51 - Test it out
00:05:25 - Disassembly
00:09:14 - Fixing the LCD
00:18:25 - Fixing the battery terminals
00:22:48 - Cleanup and reassembly
00:29:53 - Testing
00:30:30 - Conclusion
00:31:05 - Bonus! Cart battery replacement
Any feedback is welcome, as always.
Credits!
Music:
* Bit Fight - White Drift
* Masaru Setsumaru - Data Select (from Sonic 3)
Font: Riciery Leal - VCR OSD Mono (dafont.com/vcr-osd-mono.font)
Putting up with my weird hobbies: My wife
Disclaimer!
I am NOT an expert, I have genuinely NO idea what I'm doing, and mostly just glue things together and use a lot of Google-fu until stuff works. I've been tinkering with electronics since I was a kid but have no formal training and will probably do things incorrectly. If you learn something from this, that's awesome, but trust me - I'm learning too!
#nintendo #gameboy #repair
Picked up this Game Boy recently and it was marked "not working" - let's find out why and fix it!
If you like what I do and want to encourage more, I appreciate your support through likes and comments below. If you have the means, you could also support me on Patreon as money helps me buy broken things to fix and build more projects - patreon.com/silvervest
Bookmarks!
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:51 - Test it out
00:05:25 - Disassembly
00:09:14 - Fixing the LCD
00:18:25 - Fixing the battery terminals
00:22:48 - Cleanup and reassembly
00:29:53 - Testing
00:30:30 - Conclusion
00:31:05 - Bonus! Cart battery replacement
Any feedback is welcome, as always.
Credits!
Music:
* Bit Fight - White Drift
* Masaru Setsumaru - Data Select (from Sonic 3)
Font: Riciery Leal - VCR OSD Mono (dafont.com/vcr-osd-mono.font)
Putting up with my weird hobbies: My wife
Disclaimer!
I am NOT an expert, I have genuinely NO idea what I'm doing, and mostly just glue things together and use a lot of Google-fu until stuff works. I've been tinkering with electronics since I was a kid but have no formal training and will probably do things incorrectly. If you learn something from this, that's awesome, but trust me - I'm learning too!
#nintendo #gameboy #repair
