Channel: RRC Restoration

Category: Gaming

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Description: Welcome to my original Nintendo Game Boy restoration. I found this broken Game Boy on ebay and knew you guys would love to see it brought back to life... well at least i hope you do? lol So first thing was first and that was the mandatory unboxing and look around shots. After that i put some batteries in the console and tested it using my old Tetris cartridge ( I dont use my good games incase anything goes wrong ) upon start up i could see instantly that around half of the the screen wasn't displaying i also noticed when the game started some of the buttons were unresponsive so this Gameboy has obviously had a hard life. So once tested i flipped the Gameboy over and applied a little heat to soften the glue on the serial number so that i could remove it without damage and can re-use it later to keep the console as original as possible. I then proceeded to remove all the casing screws the hold the case together and the screws that hold the PCB's in place. once the boards were removed it was easy to see why some of the buttons weren't working . Something has been split on it at some point and worked its way onto the carbon pads causing then to become non conductive but its nothing a good clean wont fix. Once stripped down to component form i took the plastic pieces over to my ultrasonic cleaner to remove every trace of dirt from the cases before moving onto placing the yellowed parts into a hydrogen peroxide and uv light solution. This process will remove all the yellowing and bring the cases back to the light grey that they should be. While the cases were bleaching i made a start on cleaning all the grease and grime from the circuit boards and cartridge slot. This was done with isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and a soft detailing brush. The IPA lifts the dirt without damaging the electronics, I then blow the dirt and alcohol away with compressed air leaving the boards as good as new. After a day in the H202 and being bombarded with U.V light the cases are now a lovely bright grey like they should be no nasty yellow in sight. I rinsed and dried the cases and we were now ready for assembly. This was just the reverse of the disassembly up until the point where i needed to fix the screen. To fix the missing lines i had to reflow the solder joints at the screen under the ribbon cable as they tend to crack over time. Its extremely satisfying applying the iron and seeing the screen coming back online. Once the display was fixed it was a case of fitting the board back into its housing and screwing the case halves together again. Instead of replacing the plastic screen with another plastic one i decided to go for a tempered glass one instead because it looks identical to the original screen but with the added benefit of being way more scratch resistant. Then it was a case of flipping over refitting the serial number sticker and replacement batter cover and voila we have a fully restored and functional Nintendo Game Boy DMG-01 I hope you will all join me again soon and I also hope you enjoyed the video Stay Tuned and i will see you all again soon. RRC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A new addition to my videos from now on will be a water mark and my channel name popping up in random places throughout the video as im getting rather tired of people re-uploading my content as their own i hope you guys understand. If you like what you see and have any ideas for the channel or would even like to donate something to restore to the channel please get in touch. :) And as usual if you liked the video please like share and subscribe and help the channel grow. PATREON -If you would like to help support the channel you can find my patreon account here- patreon.com/RRCRestoration INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/rrcrestoration More videos can be found here- youtube.com/channel/UCKWkhqAHjW4x2oRK_yzpxlA/videos?view_as=subscriber #Nintendo #Game Boy #Restoration RRC Restoration I Restored This Junk Game Boy - Retro Console Restoration & Repair