Broken display on GBA

Discussion in 'General' started by NekoNova, Sep 2, 2016.

  1. NekoNova

    NekoNova Member

    Hey Community!

    I've recently found my old GBA again, the black model:

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    And I noticed a problem with it.
    When I insert a game, and turn on the device, the music plays and pressing the buttons causes the game to react. E.g I can boot up Pokemon and actually load my save game, but the display is completely distorted.

    I'm lucky if I get any stripes on it at all, usually some coloured blocks appear or black beams across the screen. Tried multiple games, all suffer from it.

    My guess is that some capacitor blew or something.
    Anyone have any experience/insight on this?
     
  2. vskid3

    vskid3 Well-Known Member

    Picture of the actual problem would probably be more helpful than a stock picture of a GBA.

    Easiest thing to try would be taking it apart and unplugging and plugging the display ribbon. Batteries are brand new?
     
  3. NekoNova

    NekoNova Member

    will provide screens tomorrow when I'm working on it