That ribbon cables looks like it makes it a lot easier than having to do all the individual wires like I had to when I got the really early prototype years ago.
Nice work mate. I've also played with heating up the drivers in the original screens and found it never fully revived them. Good choice with the Benn Venn screen.
Yes in hindsight I should have gone straight to the screen replacement, I didn’t realise it was so much better than the original. And they are quite reasonably priced.
The rotten pads are an absolute soul destroyer. Ive bought many Game Gears and it's hit or if they are fixable. Ive had several where the capacitors have melted too much away to even save the board. Im glad you got through it, and those screens with a new lens make all the hard work worth it.
Yes I’m super happy with the result. Sometime you have to roll the dice on these things, I’m glad it worked out for me this time around. Cheers for the comment!
Thanks! I’ve only used it connected to the power adapter, but I imagine it should last a bit longer than before without the huge power hungry backlight array.
One thing I've seen done by other UA-camrs is snipping the 34v wire from the power ribbon cable. I don't know if it's required but it would suck to be powering stuff you no longer need since you're not using all the circuitry for the CFL.
I replaced the original power board with USB-C board that utilise rechargable batteries. Weight a bit less and more run time. SMD soldering is not so hard, my first try was on the Sega Gamegear as well.
Nice rebuild. If you were soldering those surface mount components by eye then you did pretty good. By watching Bruce from Branchus Creations' videos, he added a little flux to the pads to allow the solder to flow real easily. Just watch any of his videos and you will get an idea on how he does it. I'm not keen on soldering surface mount components yet, but I may give it a go one day.. maybe...
Thanks for the comment! Yes I’ve watched Bruce’s soldering tutorial, it’s very good. I might need to get a microscope if I do much more of this sort of work!
That ribbon cables looks like it makes it a lot easier than having to do all the individual wires like I had to when I got the really early prototype years ago.
Yes, although it would have been even easier if there were some sort of instructions 😅 but I do love the neat finish it provides.
Very nice! Great job for the first time with surface mount. Totally agree - only way to get better is to do it! Just remember… flux is your friend :)
Thanks mate! I get lazy cause I don’t want to have to clean up the flux 😅
Quite an endeavor you took upon yourself and just an amazing outcome.Cheers to you!
Why thank you for your kind comment! Cheers back to you!
Great restoration! I have a few Game Gears I need to restore, I need to install one of those screens. It looks great!
Thanks Steve! The screen is amazing! Transforms the whole game gear.
Nice work mate. I've also played with heating up the drivers in the original screens and found it never fully revived them. Good choice with the Benn Venn screen.
Yes in hindsight I should have gone straight to the screen replacement, I didn’t realise it was so much better than the original. And they are quite reasonably priced.
I'm seriously impressed mate! That was a seriously high tech repair 🤯
Thanks Humph! Almost as impressive as circling wedgetail eagles! 😉
Awesome work! The IPS screen looks incredible 👍
Thanks! Good luck with your project, looking forward to your video.
Seega *commence eye twitch*. Awesome video as usual. The quality of these just get better and better.
Seeeeeega.
Really impressive results, and nice video as always!
Hey thanks so much for the encouraging feedback!
The rotten pads are an absolute soul destroyer. Ive bought many Game Gears and it's hit or if they are fixable. Ive had several where the capacitors have melted too much away to even save the board. Im glad you got through it, and those screens with a new lens make all the hard work worth it.
Yes I’m super happy with the result. Sometime you have to roll the dice on these things, I’m glad it worked out for me this time around. Cheers for the comment!
Wow! Seriously impressive. So close with that heat on the screen ribbon and then no. Roller coaster ride 😂.
It’s about as exciting as my life gets 😆
Great work!
Why not adding a modern rechargeable battery too?
:)
On the future to-do list 😉
@@TheBasementChannel waiting for it!
Excellent job!
Thanks Garth! I’m just happy I didn’t make it worse 😅
Nice work. How long does the battery last with this lcd screen?
Thanks! I’ve only used it connected to the power adapter, but I imagine it should last a bit longer than before without the huge power hungry backlight array.
Awesome! Wish I had your skillz👍👍
If I can do it, so can you! Thanks for the comment!!
This is amazing!! But how did you figure out where to solder the screen?
The ribbon sort of only fits one way. There’s also some instructions around on the web but they’re a little bit outdated.
One thing I've seen done by other UA-camrs is snipping the 34v wire from the power ribbon cable. I don't know if it's required but it would suck to be powering stuff you no longer need since you're not using all the circuitry for the CFL.
Good info, I haven’t heard about this but I guess it makes sense?
I replaced the original power board with USB-C board that utilise rechargable batteries. Weight a bit less and more run time. SMD soldering is not so hard, my first try was on the Sega Gamegear as well.
Yes that’s the other mod I’m considering. Still wondering how much money I want to spend on it 😂
Nice rebuild. If you were soldering those surface mount components by eye then you did pretty good. By watching Bruce from Branchus Creations' videos, he added a little flux to the pads to allow the solder to flow real easily. Just watch any of his videos and you will get an idea on how he does it. I'm not keen on soldering surface mount components yet, but I may give it a go one day.. maybe...
Thanks for the comment! Yes I’ve watched Bruce’s soldering tutorial, it’s very good. I might need to get a microscope if I do much more of this sort of work!
I have GG with same symptoms as you present here. Where can I get capacitors changed out? Would you do it for me??
Do it yourself Brian! If I can do it, anyone can!
Sooo clever!!!
You are!
Someone told me some game gear screen cannot be changed by a new lcd one. Do you know anything about it?
You just have to buy the right screen for your model of GameGear.
@@TheBasementChannel a friend of mine told me he can't use a new chinese lcd display on VA4, VA5 or taiwan hardware... Do you know anything about it?
Where is the best place to get game gear parts?
Just google around, that’s what I did.
Those are not tantalum capacitors. Those are ceramic caps from Retro Six.