Mr Lurchs Things | Sega Game Gear LCD Prototype by BennVenn @MrLurchsThings | Uploaded April 2021 | Updated October 2024, 10 minutes ago.
Yup - Ben has been hard at work again, this time (after much prodding) on the Sega Game Gear.
I managed to get my hot little hands on an early prototype - so lets take a look!

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00:00 – Intro
01:06 – Disassembly
02:22 – Old screen removal
03:59 – Remove backlight
04:16 – Inductor removal
05:06 – fuse removal
05:39 – Prep for fine pine soldering
07:19 – Mount new screen
08:18 – Wiring/Soldering start (fine pads)
09:41 – More wiring
12:47 – Wiring on the reverse side
13:30 – Clock wire
14:04 – Rest of the wiring/soldering
17:07 – First test
17:46 – Start of reassembly and screen alignment
21:21 – Final Testing
21:33 – Screen scaling modes
24:12 – Outro

LCD Wiring:
(LCD) - (Game Gear)
1 - M16 (Near Start)
2 - M10 (Up)
3 - M11 (Down)
4 - NC
SMS - Cart connector, Top row, Pin 1
CLK - Bottom of FB1 (Near Crystal)
GND - Cart connector, Top Row, Pin 14
5V - Cart Connector, Bottom Row, Pin 6
Brightness - LCD Pad 8
CL2 - LCD Pad 9
D0 - LCD Pad 18
D1 - LCD Pad 16
D2 - LCD Pad 19
D3 - LCD Pad 17
RES - LCD Pad 20


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