Hello, I`ve just bought a yellow Play it Loud DMG game boy, and the screen seems to have some black pixels in the border of the display screen, it doesnt`t affect the usable area of the screen but it seems strange to look at. Is there any way to fix it? Thanks View attachment 9985 PS. Sorry for my english, it`s not my native language
yeah, this is what we refer to as a 'dead pixel' - on a colour screen, they show up as a green or pink dot that doesn't change in colour. It is a single pixel of the screen that is no longer functional. On the Gameboy's green and black dot matrix screen, this shows up as either pure black that never goes away, or is a square that remains the default green and never alters at all. The result is the same in either case - the specific pixel is gone. I'm afraid that there aren't usually many fixes for dead pixels. On Gameboys, I am not aware of any way to fix this issue.
It really seems so,thanks for the tip! at least the dead pixels are outside the usable area. Is it possible to buy only the screen or are they soldered to the board?
I've never opened up a classic GB, but I think that you would need to desolder the screen to get it off. There are screens out there to buy, but I've seen whole gameboys go for less on occasion. Of course, I don't know decent stores for these things, so I'm going by ebay store pricings.