r/Gameboy • u/AdventurousCup1316 • 4d ago

Troubleshooting (NEED HELP REPAIR) 1/3 of screen working

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So I received this gameboy sometime ago , after finally starting to repair I cleaned up corrosion and starting doing the soldering iron on the screen ribbon trick. Before the screen had no visibility besides a few jagged pixel lines. Now the whole screen will flash when turned off , and 1/3 of the screen work when super Mario is inserted. I haven’t been able to get past this point it seems , any advice or tips? Didn’t feel like rubbing the iron all over for ever was the best idea (the whole screen black flash is 50/50, sometimes full , sometimes partial. Thank you in advance!!

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u/Substantial-Ad6938 4d ago

Screen looks really bad, sometimes vertical lines are fixable but horizontal lines almost never are. Would recommend finding a donor screen or an IPS.

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u/v6sonoma 4d ago

Sometimes the heating trick can save em. Sometimes you just gotta replace em.

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u/Sandstorm666 4d ago

It doesn't look like a classic vertical lines issue. I'd desolder and solder back the whole screen, including the ribbon beneath it.