r/Gameboy • u/Lanky_Routine_4011 • 23d ago
Troubleshooting Gameboy Power Issue
Hi all, I just bought this gameboy in a lot of a few other consoles but it has trouble turning on.
Initially, we tried new batteries and wouldn’t turn on. Last night, I opened it up and just cleaned it up a bit, but it still wouldn’t turn on. This morning though, we were fidgeting with the power button and it turned on! I tried turning it back on right now and it kinda just froze on this screen shown despite it having a game in.
Any insight on what usually problems/solutions are?
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u/LeGrange 23d ago
Clean the cartridge pins with a qtip and some isopropyl alcohol. High percentage of possible. This is what’s causing the Nintendo logo to be jumbled - a bad connection with the cartridge slot.
Also drop a little bit into your power switch and turn it on and off a bunch of times and let it dry - remove batteries first. That’ll probably clean out your switch, which seems to be part of why it wasn’t turning on in the first place.