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    GBoy black screen upon boot

    Holy crap, I got some helping hands in the mail today and attempted to reconnect the wires one more time. To my surprise, it worked! I think I was putting the wire to a different area or wasn’t connecting it well enough. It booted just a couple minutes ago! Edit: The wire on the via popped off...
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    GBoy black screen upon boot

    I redid the connections after getting an 0 for continuity from the leg to the via. I tested it again after a lot of fumbling and flux and got a .1 ohm. The voltage is from the via to the ground is .4mV
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    GBoy black screen upon boot

    Thanks, I'll try that out today. Sorry, I'm still fairly new to this, but what areas would I need to place the multimeter to measure the voltage?
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    GBoy black screen upon boot

    Hey everyone, I’ve been working on my G-Boy and everything has been going pretty smoothly up until I hooked up the Wii. I went through all the steps: fans all good, usb works great, and power/charge is good to go. Upon hooking up my trimmed Wii, I was greeted by the backlight turning on and a...
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    BitBuilt Welcome Thread!

    Hello everyone! I’m from California and I’ve been opening up some of my systems here and there for some simple cleaning. I recently repaired a broken speaker on a broken Gameboy Color, but I became so intrigued with the circuitry that I just wanted to learn more. I saw videos on the G Boy and...
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