How-To: Frontlight your Game Boy Color!
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Schmeman
Member
Sorry your response kind of confused me...
Materials:
-A Game Boy Color
-A GBA SP (Make sure the model is AGS-001, not AGS-101); try to get one with a cracked screen
-A bit of wire
-Soldering iron
-A 47Ω Resistor (a bit less or a bit above won't hurt a thing)
-A phillips screwdriver (The + head)
-A tri-wing screwdriver (Like the + head, but with only 3 parts instead of 4)
-Wire cutters or other cutty things
I was just wondering if a 47k resister was the same as the one listed above because thats all I could find. I understand that 47k = 47,000 ohms but I don't really know what Ω(omega, i was too lazy to copy and paste earlier) is. I just want to get the right part to do this mod.
EDIT: I think I figured it out if any one could just confirm this. What I need is a resistor with 47 ohms not 40000. So therefore the color code on the resistor will be Yellow, Violet, Black, and then Gold I guess? I think I was just getting confused by the Ω symbol.
Materials:
-A Game Boy Color
-A GBA SP (Make sure the model is AGS-001, not AGS-101); try to get one with a cracked screen
-A bit of wire
-Soldering iron
-A 47Ω Resistor (a bit less or a bit above won't hurt a thing)
-A phillips screwdriver (The + head)
-A tri-wing screwdriver (Like the + head, but with only 3 parts instead of 4)
-Wire cutters or other cutty things
I was just wondering if a 47k resister was the same as the one listed above because thats all I could find. I understand that 47k = 47,000 ohms but I don't really know what Ω(omega, i was too lazy to copy and paste earlier) is. I just want to get the right part to do this mod.
EDIT: I think I figured it out if any one could just confirm this. What I need is a resistor with 47 ohms not 40000. So therefore the color code on the resistor will be Yellow, Violet, Black, and then Gold I guess? I think I was just getting confused by the Ω symbol.
shiroikuro
Member
Would a 33 ohms resistor be alright for this too or is it too far off? Because that's the closest one I've got lying around.
That should work fine. Bibin only used 47 because that is all he had lying around, I have told him many times it is overkill. 
shiroikuro
Member
Yeah, it works. I just put it in and it didn't blow up in my face or anything :>
shiroikuro
Member
Yeah, I did that and everything looks and feels alright. Thanks for the tutorial, it's great.
25ohm should work fine. Just run it for a while, and see if the LED or the resistor get more than a little warm.
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A lot of them are pretty overpriced on ebay though.
