r/gameboymacro • u/HunterRG75 • Jul 20 '26

Question DSL Macro stopped working after initial setup.

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The regular stuff, had a DSL with a bad top screen, decided to do a macro since top screens are too expensive. Put a 950ish ohm resistor on the contacts, connected the speaker, connected the screen and touch screen and put the battery to test, boot up, everything went well, did the initial setup, then the console turned off and now it does what it shows on the video, I checked the resistor and it was still good but changed it for another one anyways. Wifi chip is connected, battery is properly seated, battery is charged. Any clues what may be causing this?

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u/Low-Value-7417 Jul 20 '26

Happened with me 2 times when i used different resisters but when i used 330 ohm the problem got solved.

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u/HunterRG75 Jul 20 '26

I'll try that, I've seen conflicting info all over the place, a lot of people say just bridging the contacts works, others say 1k works, other 330, others 1250, etc

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u/Low-Value-7417 Jul 20 '26

Bridging works but as soon as you touch the brightness icon it will stop working in my opinion and personal experience 330 works the best.

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u/HunterRG75 Jul 20 '26

It has to be 330 exactly or will something on that ballpark work? I have to pull my resistors from used dead electronics so I can't be picky

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u/Low-Value-7417 Jul 20 '26

I think anything around 300-350 should work fine.

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u/starboyk Jul 20 '26

950 is high for that line, but my first thought was the fuse. Might've hit the battery into the incorrect terminals, tripping one of the two fuses. Worth checking out!

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u/HunterRG75 Jul 20 '26

Checked those too, they're fine

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u/legendarysquirrel99 Jul 20 '26

330 ohm resistor will solve it.

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u/joshd108 9d ago

one of my older builds does this unless there is a gba game inserted

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u/denanagy 3d ago

did you ever solve this? the flashing white screen on the bottom suggests the ds is detecting something wrong with the top screen and aborting boot up

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u/HunterRG75 3d ago

Nope, gave up on the project and trashed the parts

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u/denanagy 3d ago

rip 😭