Great brand for mass storage imo[emoji14]
Great brand for mass storage imo[emoji14]
Dirty power switch typical problem with gbcsI recently bought a broken Gameboy Color (It does not turn on at all), I wanted to see if I can repair it.
At the moment I just have to wait until the right screwdrivers finally arrive.
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I recently bought a broken Gameboy Color (It does not turn on at all), I wanted to see if I can repair it.
At the moment I just have to wait until the right screwdrivers finally arrive.
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Before you do anything drastic, open up the back and blast into the on/off switch with CRC Electronics Cleaner*, flip the switch a few times while it's still wet (the stuff evaporates really fast), then blast it again. Make sure the battery contacts are corrosion free, and make sure the batteries are brand new. If it won't turn on after those easy things, then yeah you have a project on your hands.
* you can get it at Walmart in the same section as the spray oils, WD40, stuff to make seized nuts loosen up, etc. If you're really in Germany, well .. find a spray electronics cleaner, only in German lol.
Thank you so much! This is what I will do first then
Same guy also offered me a little probably garbage CRT TV, some cheapo Toshiba thing that I told I'm I'd just take. I have a nice big 27" LG one in my basement that's really great for retro stuff...but I have 0 place to put it upstairs (and it weighs like 100lbs ), so I figure a nice small one I can place on my desk will be better than nothing at all for all my retro stuffA buddy of mine was cleaning out his grandparent's house, and stumbled across an old late 90s era desktop in it, told him I'd pay him $50 for it if it turned on and he claims it did. So I'll probably be picking that up sometime next week if it actually works works.
Seems to have an old 266mhz AMD K6 in it, he says he "thinks" it has 16mb of RAM, 3.2GB HDD that I bet is dead, and a couple expansion cards he can't identify and the pics he sent me are useless so that'll be fun. Some kind of soundcard, video output, and networking thing though.
Be a nice Win95 PC to play with if it all works, been a bit since I've gotten my hands on a nice vintage PC so figured eh why not if it works