2x Gameboy Advance eBay Easy Repair! 'Dead Board' and 'Flickering Screen'

So I purchased these two Gameboy Advances off eBay for £19.99 + Free Delivery. They were both described as Faulty and for Spares and Repairs.

One had a sticker saying flickering screen, this was a very simple fix.

The other however, had some bad corrosion that had spread on the board and caused no booting, no image on the screen, no audio and even only booting up in GBC mode!

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[georgedwaller]

This channel is so underrated! This is absolute quality content for the GB restoration and modding community! Glad I found your channel! Keep it up mate, whatever your doing your doing it amazingly!

[Espingify]

You did an amazing work with the purple gba! Can‘t believe you fixed all of its problems!!

[Guzman_j]

This video really helped my fix my gameboy advance that my friend said it wasn’t working anymore thank you so much.

[NinjaTenK]

Soldering is the best part of watching a repair video

[IowaRetroGamerDad]

Not sure if you still reply to comments but I had a question. I recently put in a IP Backlight drop in screen. Everything was working great but then I took it back apart to realign the screen because it didnt look right. I put it back together and now when I go to power it on, the power button flashes for a split second and nothing happens. Any idea what could be wrong?

[joerodriguez]

Having trouble with start button I've used alcohol to clean it buts not the strong percentage its 70 some percentage alcohol..do I need stronger ?

[ginmil]

Hey there so I got exactly the same issue that had that purple GBA except that I don't manage to get it to boot I've already clean up many times but it's still not booting!. I manage to get it to boot once by bridging pin 13 and 15 on U4 but still I didn't had image now I don't know what to do please some advice!! Power switch is clean everything is working but it just don't boot..

[gamer-sama]

Hey there, I just picked up a non-powering GBA myself alongside a tool kit to open it up. From look of the pictures, I'm assuming it will be because of corrosion or the switch is messed up. I have watched yours and a few other tutorials in preparation and I think I will probably go with the white vinegar/toothbrush route to clean it up. However, this is my first time doing it, is there any reccommendations you would give beforehand? Thanks for reading!

[zackgalasso]

Is there a difference between distilled and regular white vinegar? I have a gameboy with a lot of corrosion and I'm having a difficult time cleaning it

[MikeyJMJ]

My GBA is completely dead and I'm not sure what to do. I cleaned up the terminals with vinegae and I took it board apart and scrubbed it with alcohol, but still nothing. What I noticed was some of the metal bumps seem to have crusted /dried over time, compared to the others that are shiny. I'm not able to remove it though.

[CJ-tfvq]

with the power switch replacement can you recommend any links to get a decent poweer switch? i have seen some vids that say the pins dont line up very nicely on some 001 model switches

[pietronetutube]

Hey awesome ! I have a challenge on my GBA too at the moment! I have random reboots if the batteries are not very fresh ! Once it gets a bit discharged after like 15min it has random reboots.
If you have any tips or where to loop ! I cleaned the board with IPA and the power switch too, even if the power switch has to be managed gently still.
Thx

[ACtechGod]

what liquid is that you use to apply on the board to get the corrosion off???

[iko]

I had a problem with my gba, when i start a game it boot and show me the main menu and looks fine, but after start the gameplay it only show a black screen with no sound, I tried the same game with another gba and the gameplay works

[TuMalaConcia]

Hi!
I have a GBA like the second one, but the corrossion is worst. I tried to desoldering the entire power switch, and the small four tracks brokes, what can I do for repair it?
I thought that one solution can be make 'bridges' in spanish 'puentes' between point X to Y, without using the track broked, can you understand me? My english level is so bad!
Greetings from Barcelona. Thanks.

[sergioandreslarrottareyes]

i have a game boy advance which does not work with some games, and sometimes shows a error on graphics like entities of other escenes and sometimes work well just with 2 games super Mario and Bomberman .... before it was working very well but i did open it to clear some terminals buttons, then it does not work as same :S please help me to find what is the problem with it

[gamingchinchilla]

I recently tried a repair project on one of my Gameboy Advance consoles. The console would randomly konk out even with fresh batteries so I decided to try and give it a good clean with the appropriate alcohol.

I ended up breaking the shield on the power switch when I was trying to remove it, then I had a terrible botch job trying to solder it back together.

After a complete cleaning with the alcohol my fear was confirmed, the console would not power on at all!

Is it possible that I fried the motherboard while I was mishandling the soldering iron? I'm new to the craft so obviously I'm terrible at it :P

Maybe if I attempt to remove the soldering and find a replacement for the power switch shield I can get it back working again?

[moondocks]

Could anyone help me with my gameboy i broke something on the motherboard and I’m trying to fix it

[timbabila]

If you want the alcohol to evaperate faster just use a hairdryer

[DanVanGaming]

What is the tool you are using @14:33 to power the GBA with the motherboard out of the housing? Great vid BTW your channel has helped me alot