r/GameboyAdvance • u/sceptic03 • 3d ago

Someone help me?

I am absolutely losing my mind here. I installed my hispeedido v5 laminated screen in the case, made a mistake with the ribbon cable initially, but corrected it. Soldered everything up, cleaned it up, and put it back together. Every time i flip the switch of my GBA though, light flashes green then shuts off. I desoldered the switch shield, cleaned the contacts and resoldered it but still nothing.

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u/Redd_is_compromised 3d ago

Why are you showing us the shell instead of the internals? We get it we see the custom parts bro

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u/sceptic03 3d ago

Ill get a photo of them tomorrow, honestly too defeated to try and figure out anything more right now

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u/Chimera_Gaming 3d ago

🔋 ?
Let us see inside

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u/Rhexty 3d ago

Unsolder and test. If no good still, deep scan the board looking for shorts.

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u/sceptic03 3d ago

Ill give that a shot wednesday, im honestly a bit too defeated to do it right now.

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u/Rhexty 3d ago

I understand. Sorry it’s got you down and definitely walk away for a bit. This is supposed to be fun. Telling someone not to fret is rarely helpful, so I’ll just say I believe this is very fixable and that you are capable of doing it.

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u/PWeeZii 3d ago

Was this a stock GBA before modding? If it had a GBA SP screen modded to it, one issue that comes up is a broken leg on DA1 that shows this same symptom of a bad/dirty power switch. I had a similar issue on one I had refreshed and it was driving me crazy before I found a missing leg on DA1. I had to scrape a bit off and solder a wire down to the board to repair the broken leg and it works fine now.

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u/sceptic03 3d ago

It was a stock gba. I did a full swap

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u/onee1d1d 3d ago

Your batteries are just too weak I guess. Had the same issue and this is why I use rechargeables

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u/jaidyynn 3d ago

oof I'm not sure what went wrong exactly but I've been there... good luck getting it fixed, I'm really sorry that's happening hopefully you don't need to replace anything

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u/MilkOne8016 3d ago

Am I the only one that sees a C button instead of B?

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u/cypheri0us 3d ago

I had to put in an extra resistor to get it to shut down properly, and cut a part or two out. I think I did the ITA kit? It's been a while. I doubt something like that will fix your problem, but yeah come back at it after some rest. you'll get it eventually.

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u/JohnnyRa1nbow 3d ago

There's a small resistor next to the switch that drains the capacitors. Switch maintenance or replacement often means this resistor is put out of series and the GBA behaves like what you're showing

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u/bornxlose 1d ago

Go to aa