Nintendo Watch Boy, Need Help! (Lot of pictures)

Hi there Assemblers!

I was lucky enough to find myself a non-working Nintendo Watch Boy, for a reasonably price.
I was hoping that all it needed was a solid cleaning, and a new battery at it would be ready to work again.
The watch itself is incredibly fragile and quite frankly very cheaply made, so I was very carefully once I disassembled it.

The watch itself.


Putting a new battery in it, did not fix anything.


I removed the motherboard and cleaned it.
This is the front.


And here is the back.


Here is where the LCD and buttons are housed.


This little bracket fell out once I removed the motherboard.


However, I am pretty sure that it fits in here, as a support for the battery.


I then noticed that a panel from the LCD was broken loose.
Pretty sure, that is why nothing appears on screen.
Is this fixable?
Or is the LCD dead for good?


I can´t wait to hear from you guys!
I really hope this can be fixed.
However I will not have my hopes up, since it is so old and fragile.
Sorry for the long post, with a thousand pictures, I just wanted to have every detail along.

Thank you!

- Mads

 

Managed to get all the pieces assembled right and everything cleaned!
After hours of work...
It finally worked!
Awesome!

 

Very nice, out of curiosity, what products did you use to clean the electronic components?

 

Just some regular isopropyl alcohol actually

 

Good stuff, the higher the concentration the better for electronics, it leaves no residue and evaporates straight away. One thing that I was about to tell you was to apply contact enhancer on the batteries metal and slightly bend them upwards as well. I saved many faulty electronics that way. The conductiveness of metal components usually fades away with time and it is one reason why it might not be working. Good for you that you were able to repair it. I'll post the product as you might find it helpful for a future project . It is the same format as nail polish, you just apply it on metal components, a little bit goes a long way.

 

Thanks!
I will try to find something similar where I live!

 

No problem! Feel free to PM me anytime about electronic restoration questions, that is something I'm really passionate about and I like to share stuff about this topic.