Just spent the afternoon installing this kit and had a moment of concern when the OSD would not work, not realizing a game has to be loaded for it to work. Thanks for all your work and tutorials, they're always entertaining and educational.

Thank you Makho, you’re the best. I just finished installing this kit five minutes ago, and I am extremely pleased with it. I mostly struggled with the soldering of the A B Select wires to the motherboard, but I’m getting better with every project. A very important note, and I apologize if you covered it in this video, is that a game MUST be inserted in order to bring up the OSD. It might seem obvious to most, but I questioned my soldering skills, and was too lazy to put a game in, so I wasted an hour troubleshooting and ripping my hair out. I also used a cheap aftermarket shell, and had to use the cheap power switch that came with it, just like you did. In the end, I recommend this mod completely. Thanks for the help.

I come for the factual, chill mod installs. I stay for the cheeky Makho reflection shots.

I recently installed this kit into a gb light (original display had missing lines) and it looks fantastic. having retropixel is a must and being able to edit all the palettes to my liking sealed the deal. being a gb light I had to fiddle a little to find the correct solder points for the OSD, but your video helped greatly, thanks!

That packaging is sick! I can tell by that alone that this is a quality product

thanks makho... im looking at doing a couple of GBP screen mods and this vid was super useful! 👍🙂

I learn so much dude! Thanks!

I was hoping you would make a vid on the kit they have for the pocket. I gotta see how a mod is installed before I buy it. Just bought their DMG kit earlier today. Thanks for the vid, man 👍🏻 Here's hoping they release a kit for the color

Another great video ☺️

awesome shell, and the kit looks great too. shame about the EZFJr, but i think all IPS kits for the Pocket have that issue.

the pixel grid actually looks quite good on that particular kit. On previous kits I've tried, the grid always ruined the contrast of the screen, and created a weird glitch during screen transitions.

Oh I remember the first gba sp reshell I did, it didn't turn on at first so I though I blew the fuse but turns out the included power switch cover thing somehow didn't reach the power switch fun times.

I really enjoy your videos. Just want you to know Makho. Question, out of the GBA and the SP what one do prefer ?

you should really do a video or series on every mod you can do on each console and rank each mod on how hard they are so people have a repository/video they can come back to to see what they want/can do to the consoles they have. i just think it would be nice just to have it all in one place then having to sift through a bunch of different video's trying to find just one thing, especially with screen mods because to someone new they might no know the differences between each one on the sight they are looking at.

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

I've already basically done that. Search my channel

I seem to have issue with bring up the OSD as well, it sometimes works and other times it doesn't. Is there a different way to wire it up other than what you showed in this video??

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

it won't work unless you are in a game due to how the Pocket handles button inputs.

@BlockABoots

3 жыл бұрын

@@makho So you actually need to be playing a game for it to work correctly then?. How odd

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlockABoots Yes. Like I said, it's because of how the Pocket initializes button inputs. There is no need for button inputs during boot so initialization happens after.

i currently dont have soldering tools so I was wondering if it works without soldering like the gba screen mods

Holy crap, get a softer brush for that! Girlfriends make up brush is the best one to use.

Hello. Hope you still read these comments. 2 questions, if i may: 1)!You connected the IPS screen to the "common" pin of the power switch. Whats the difference between using this pin and the one located at the very left? I used this following another of your videos. 2) So, I have this IPS screen on my GBP, same model as yours (power led model). I can make it work with batteries, but when i plug a Pelikan 3V AC adapter (designed for GBP and GBC) it wont turn on, or when it does, the screen flickers and the GBP acts slow amd weird. I assume the power is not enough. How can we make it work? Batteries last nothing.

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

Common pin means the kit only gets power when the GB is on. On earlier kits, the screen would glitch out on some GBs when supplied with external power. Your power supply is not rated for a modded GB.

now if they make this for the gba and the gameboy sp would be awesome

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

you know there have been IPS kits for the GBA and SP for a while now, right?

Quick question: Do you need the orig. power regulator from the GBP? I've been looking to install the CleanPower GBP and been wondering if i need to keep the old one! Also, nice video mate! Keep it up!

@chris-fk1hb

Жыл бұрын

Also, if I have a RetroSix shell with the Q5, will the IPS fit in the shell, and can I use it without the bracket?

@makho

Жыл бұрын

@@chris-fk1hb Retrosix is a scammer and you should not purchase anything they sell. That being said, this particular kit only needs 5v so it will work with any aftermarket regulator replacement. The funnyplaying kit requires OEM regulators because of how the brightness control works with the contrast wheel.

Does it saves the custom OSD color configuration after powering off and on again?

@tnttgustavo

3 жыл бұрын

Already got my answer, thanks for that info and this great video.

Hey love the videos , where can I buy a bracket like that all the ones I find are for osd for the color?

@makho

Жыл бұрын

Your best bet is probably 3D printing. I don't recall if I have a bracket for this kit in the Pocket but I know retromodding does.

I imagine that the board knows what type of response it is looking for and that it is different for a button press versus the "touch/proximity" sensors. If it isn't could you just put a bunch of those pads in the shell and then by placing fingers over one or two (for the hold down buttons) and then tapping the change areas have it be all non physical button?

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

the touch sensors and button inputs are wired differently. I don't believe that will work without extra circuitry. I've been meaning to experiment with that sort of thing though.

@JimmyGFromDayton

3 жыл бұрын

@@makho I figured as much but if nobody asks the stupid questions then they float infinitely in space.

For some reason the OSD only works for me when I have no game installed at all. As soon as a game loads, it’s locked out and I can’t use the OSD. Only when there is no game. Any clue why it’s the opposite of everyone else? Would be much more useful to use while in game for changing color palettes etc, but I can’t do that

Hi Makho, how did you manage to solder the wires onto the A,B and Select on the motherboard? There doesn't seem to be anything to solder on to.

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

I soldered to the vias. You just have to get some solder in the hole and then you can insert the wire there.

@brownbread201

3 жыл бұрын

@@makho I will give it a go. Thanks for the reply mate.

This stopped my LED power light from working? it doesnt matter to me but i wanted to sell it. not sure how to approach that.

So, I didnt have any problem loading my ez flash on the FP IPS kit with Laddas -- is this one more power hungry? The voltage regulator would fix this problem with this kit, correct?

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

Not every console is built the same. Also, the issue is more apparent when the batteries are not fresh off the charger. Try playing it for an hour or two then reboot.

@ilchymis4000

3 жыл бұрын

@@makho bingo! I played it for an hour, turned it off, and it started to cycle loop with my Jr. Could you do a video on a voltage regulator install with an IPS? All the ones I see are for backlight/bivert kits :/

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilchymis4000 A voltage regulator isn't really going to help.

Hi, how could you soldering the points? Do you scratch the pbc board??

@bigmedfares

3 жыл бұрын

I’m also struggling to solder on the tiny via and I don’t want to scratch the board...

Hey Makho any advice on dealing with the high frequency noise on the GBPs after the IPS screen install??

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

Try better batteries

@ivandosio9826

3 жыл бұрын

@@makho Duracells, energizers, eneloop pro's seems to not matter a lot when dealing with this issue. Anything you recommend?

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

@@ivandosio9826 constant voltage batteries like jugee or tenevolts

The problem with the pixel grid is that the color is wrong. It's supposed to be white (transparent), not black.

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

it's not but ok. Best bet is to leave it off anyway.

I can’t even get my OSD to come up. I triple checked all my connections! I do have the gbp without the battery light. I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

@makho

2 жыл бұрын

Make sure you follow the instructions for soldering that the manufacturer provides (before the diode array). I tried to be clever and initially used the wrong pads (after the diode array). Ensure the button itself even works then double check with a multimeter if you're confident in your soldering.

I recently got 2 OSD kits (one chip versions from another AliExpress store) that look almost identical to this, except that there’s 36 color palettes and the menu controls are absolute garbage. IF anyone comes accross that one, I’d recommend NOT picking it up. Stick to this one. I installed them on 2 separate Pockets and for both, the signals get triggered randomly while playing a game and suddenly the OSD pops up and you can’t close it. I tried cleaning, resoldering and taping off various things to avoid possible interference a dozen times to no avail, leading me to think something’s wrong in/on the PCB itself.

I cannot get the wires to properly solder to the connect points you used after fixing it. What am I doing wrong?

@makho

2 жыл бұрын

try posting in the troubleshooting channel of the gb discord. Bring pics.

Can you use regular lenses with this mod or do you need one with a bigger viewing area?

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

works with regular lenses

@DasAntiNaziBroetchen

3 жыл бұрын

@@makho Thanks!

where can I find stl file from PCB based brackets.thank you for help

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

read the description

i follow your video for my kit that is equal. But somethings go wrong...backlight in rear dispaly is on adn also brightness work...but nothing on screen all black. Is my kit fault? or do you have a suggest for me?

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

try reseating ribbon cables

@gladiorosso9816

3 жыл бұрын

@@makho do you know where I can buy another ribbon cable to try to fix?

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

@@gladiorosso9816 same place you bought the first one

Ok just installed and I'm having issues So it keeps swapping pixel grid on and off Also is there like a manual for the menu I'm so confused and would like to sell this so I would like something presentable to the customer Your videos are great Happy to solder the wrong points with you even tho I watched the video before Fun times! Just did this and the usb c mod Everything is perfect minus the pixel grid thing and the speaker is kaput Oh I bought the board from China and it had a doctored on led They just drilled a hole and slaped in a led I was soo confused but after installing the battery indicator led from the usb c board I realized what had been done to it

Where did you buy the voltage tester?

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

Voltage tester? The multimeter I used? Or do you mean my power supply? The former is a cheapo freebie from harbor freight (well worth the cost with the coupon) and the latter is a MDP-XP.

I had horrible experiences with the Jugee AA batteries, try the Kentli AA/AAA PH-5/PH-7 1.5V rechargable Li-ion instead, it would be interesting to see a comparison by someone else to see if I've gotten a bad Jugee charger or something. Obviously I didn't buy more of that brand after that... They still fall a bit short of Ladda NiMH on high power-draw application if the item can tolerate low voltages (down to 1V), OTOH on items that require a high and stable voltage they're not bad - both Jugee and Kentli will hold 1.5V (+/- 0.05V) even at high load until they've got less than ~5% charge or less where they start dropping voltage to trigger battery warnings, while "normal" batteries experiences voltage sag both as they discharge and due to the amount of load (mostly caused by voltage drop due to internal resistance in the battery). You measured a no-load voltage of 1.36V on the Ladda but the voltage the GBP sees would be lower due to putting load on the batteries, the active voltage regulation on the Li-ion 1.5V avoids this. OTOH the KENTLI chargers are a bit more clunky to use than the Jugee's chargers, they uses a third connector for the charging current and the batteries can be a bit hard to get in and out of the charger while the Jugee is as easy to use as a regular NiMH charger. Both are available on AliExpress and other normal sources, though as you mentioned that the Jugee AAA was pre-production while Kentli have had their PH-7 AAA model out for a while and the corresponding PH-5 AA model is their third-gen Li-ion rechargable 1.5V - if it doesn't say model number just look for light blue/dark blue color combination, the first/second generation was gold and gold/red respectively. Jugee AA cells are dark-blue.

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

I can't accurately compare my pre-production JUGEE AAA batteries to anything because they are only samples and the manufacturer has told me that they are not up to spec of the final versions. The quoted capacity like three to four times the capacity of the cells I have so if the manufacturer isn't lying about that (which -- they were spot on for the AA cells so that seems like a reasonable assumption to me) then they should be pretty good. And yes, that was a no load measurement but for my purpose it was sufficient. I was just showing that the JUGEE batteries put out more voltage which tends to help greatly in a Pocket.

where i can buy this clear black pocket shell?

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

read the description

I just installed this kit using a trimmed OEM shell. I'm finding the motherboard doesn't want to sit flush in the shell on the top corner of the power switch side. This is causing too much pressure on the display when I close up the shell. I can't see anything obvious that's binding. Anyone else have this issue?

@brian5460

3 жыл бұрын

I removed the OSD wires in case they were the issue but no luck. I also trimmed any leads on the front of the motherboard but that doesn't seem to be it.

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

@@brian5460 it sounds like you haven't trimmed enough of the case

So... what happens with the contrast wheel after the mod? It just does nothing?

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

yes

@DasAntiNaziBroetchen

3 жыл бұрын

@@makho Ouch. That's pretty lame.

What model of multimeter is this?

@makho

Жыл бұрын

Multimeter or power supply? People usually ask about the power supply. Multimeter is a harbor freight special from years ago. Good enough for this but not worth the price if you don't get it for free. Uni-T UT123T is heaps better for nearly the same price. Power supply is Miniware MDP-XP.

Would have really preferred for the botched install to have been removed from the video entirely

I play on Ez Flash Jr all the time so I'll have to wait for a mod that drains less battery... 😭

You really should remove the part of the video where you're soldering the sel/a/b to the incorrect vias - or at least flash up a message to indicate that these aren't the right points to solder to.

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

You know that videos can't be edited once uploaded, right? This is also why you should always read the entirety of the instructions first.

@blurigard447

3 жыл бұрын

@@makho Entirely my fault my good man! I treat your videos as more of a Bob Ross affair, where I can relax and solder along with you! My lack of ability to read even the most clearly-written instructions is why I watch videos.

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

@@blurigard447 no worries my dude. Glad you like

@michaelz33

3 жыл бұрын

@@makho What instructions are you talking about? I watched the video and soldered to those points after I tested continuity with my multimeter. I'm not sure which are the correct vias points if I don't want to solder to the points that are in the manufacturer's instructions.

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelz33 whoever you bought the kit from almost definitely has an image in the listing of the recommended solder points. Or just keep watching the video where I fixed it.

So, I despise soldering to via's so I actually found traces and scratched away solder resist to make pads. A little flux and tinning and they are super solid i.imgur.com/qrqbZze.png I do not have a transparent shell on mine so this was no issue. I may take a stab at the upper VIA's like you did next time I do this mod. The VIA's below in the area with white solder mask are a nightmare to get solder to wick down into the via itself.

@makho

2 жыл бұрын

You have made more work for yourself and it results in a worse looking install. I can't say I recommend doing this.

@jamesdavies686

2 жыл бұрын

@@makho I would agree with both points and next time I would use the upper PCB via's. However I do not have a transparent shell and those joints are rock solid so from a functional standpoint I feel comfortable with them.