Missing lines on Gameboy

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  1. lardo4life

    lardo4life Active Member

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    So I have a Gameboy sitting here, with a screen that has the missing line problem. I've opened it up to put a bit of pressure on the ribbon cable going to the LCD to see if that would help, but it needs a fair bit before it starts making the missing lines show up.

    Does anyone have any experience fixing these? What would be the best way to go about repairing it (if I can)?

    Also, here's a picture to show what I'm dealing with.

    Thanks!
     
  2. MoBoRoS

    MoBoRoS Intrepid Member

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    Bravo!
    A perfect vertical 16:9 screen for you GB shooters!
    What else would you want?
     
  3. lardo4life

    lardo4life Active Member

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    A 4:3 screen for everything else :(
     
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    l_oliveira Officer at Arms

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    lardo4life Active Member

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    No dice. I just ended up getting a cheap GB that had a working screen and swapped it in.
     
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    Thanks for the tip! Didn't know that... will try it on mine which suffers this annoying problem.

     
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