Hi all, I’m new to the forum and hoping to get some great advice/help. I’ve found loads of info here, the net and YouTube on various mods and fixes for the GBA but i’m running in a situation where I can’t seem to find any reliable info/fixes for my problem.
Bought this broken GBA on eBay as a fun little project and test my capabilities at fixing electronics.
First no power. So I went on to replace the power switch. And success the GBA is alive and running games.
Then crap crackly sound. So I replaced the speaker. Sound has improved but I still get a hiss out of it. Still bad compared to how my GBC sounds.
After further inspection the GBA is also running slow!! To the point things start to look like slow motion. You can hear the sounds slowly slowing down and movement on the screen becoming slow. It’s like if you play a YouTube video and decrease the playback speed.
Any tips on where to look at? The sound I guess I can try and replace capacitors and/or the volume wheel.
But the slow speed at which the gameboy is running is where I’m really struggling to find a solution to it.
I want to get the GBA in good running condition before I start spending money on a laminated ITA screen, new shells, buttons,…
Bought this broken GBA on eBay as a fun little project and test my capabilities at fixing electronics.
First no power. So I went on to replace the power switch. And success the GBA is alive and running games.
Then crap crackly sound. So I replaced the speaker. Sound has improved but I still get a hiss out of it. Still bad compared to how my GBC sounds.
After further inspection the GBA is also running slow!! To the point things start to look like slow motion. You can hear the sounds slowly slowing down and movement on the screen becoming slow. It’s like if you play a YouTube video and decrease the playback speed.
Any tips on where to look at? The sound I guess I can try and replace capacitors and/or the volume wheel.
But the slow speed at which the gameboy is running is where I’m really struggling to find a solution to it.
I want to get the GBA in good running condition before I start spending money on a laminated ITA screen, new shells, buttons,…