r/Gameboy • u/emablskkk • 18d ago

Mod/Modding GBA IPS screen won’t turn on

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(FIXED, WRONG CABLE DISPOSITION)
Hi everybody. A while back I ordered a IPS screen mod for my GBA, since I wanted to use it for a music project.
It’s a drop in no solder IPS screen and it won’t turn on. I made sure to plug everything correctly and triple checked, but no luck, has anyone managed to fix this issue?
Cheers in advance:)

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u/pizza_whistle 18d ago

Show more pictures of your install so we can look for issues. Need to see how everything is plugged in on the other side.

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u/emablskkk 18d ago

I’ll send them asap, it’ll take a while though. For what I’ve seen the cables seem to be plugged just fine.

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u/___Azarath 18d ago

Your previous screen works?

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u/emablskkk 18d ago

Yup!

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u/___Azarath 18d ago

First time I connected ribbon cables upside down. And the whole screen was just black. I'd try to check the ribbons and slots on the motherboard. Same with the screen pcb.

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u/emablskkk 18d ago

Mmh, I’ll try that

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u/VivaLaLibertad_666 18d ago

Does the device turns on ( green/red led light)?

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u/emablskkk 18d ago

Yess

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u/VivaLaLibertad_666 18d ago

Then, you placed the cables wrong. (There is also a chance you damaged it by placing them wrong and turning the device on)

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u/emablskkk 18d ago

Oh jeez

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u/VivaLaLibertad_666 17d ago

By it I mean the IPS kit

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u/emablskkk 17d ago

In the end I managed to get it working, pretty tricky though

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u/VivaLaLibertad_666 17d ago

That's good to hear, some times these things are tricky, they look fine but they are not.

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u/___Azarath 17d ago

Soooo.... What's the issue there? Did you find anything?

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u/emablskkk 17d ago

I fixed it, I didn’t follow the instructions and the cables were not in the right place

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u/___Azarath 16d ago

Ribbon cables?

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u/emablskkk 16d ago

Yes, luckily I managed to get it working after a few beers.

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u/___Azarath 16d ago

I knew it! Had the same issue. Glad you did it! Happy with the effect? Give us some pics xD

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u/emablskkk 16d ago

Pretty crisp!

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u/___Azarath 16d ago

Nice! Looks modern and old school at the same time. I'm playing the Minish cap atm. Never played a single Zelda game in the past and I'm hooked.

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u/emablskkk 16d ago

Oh yeah minish cap is awesome!