Good video, but always turn screws left until it clicks into place before going right when you put them back in. That will set the screw to the original threading and prevent it from making new threads and damaging the plastic.

@inputfunny

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I think I've already told you this on a different video. Lol. I didn't see it was the same channel.

Just wanted to say thank you for posting this video! I've had a GBA SP 101 that had the light flash between green and red all the time. I could get it to stop for a short while, if I pressed on the shell, right about the power switch. I thought for the longest time, it was a battery connection issue. After watching this, I decide to give it a try, and I think it fixed my issue, might be still to early to tell. I normally could replicate the issue right away, each time I tried a new "fix", but so far I haven't been able to. So thank you again!

Thumbs upped and subscribed. I have to admit when I first watched your vid I thought it was dumb -- boy was I wrong. My board looked great and there was zero sign of corrosion but after testing the charging port and the two main fuses with a multimeter I was baffled and check and traced so many points of continuity that I began researching the boards and looking for what might be wrong when I saw someone post a comment describing exactly what you did in this video -- so I came back, watched again and pulled out the soldering iron and an exacto knife and did exactly as you did. My GBA SP AG 101 now charges and it's all thanks to you. Great vid-- you're helping people out there, so keep up the good work!

Finally got around to getting the courage up and doing this. It took me way longer than you and was super stressful until I got the shield off. Works perfectly now. Thank you so much!

Hey anyone who is coming to this and wants to quickly understand how to fix this. The problem is the power switch itself. You have dissemble the Gameboy, solder the shield off the power switch, take it apart and clean the insides with isopropyl alcohol. You better be comfortable with solder! The problem this fixes is when the power LED flashes red/green or it switches off. Thanks Makho for making this video!

seeing you think you messed up and then realizing that it was just a dead battery after remaining calm gave me the confidence to do this to both of my gba sps , tyvm

@makho

Жыл бұрын

you got this

@jeremyxb777

Жыл бұрын

@@makho tyvm, both went well !!! i learned that the black hinge goes on the dpad side and now my hinges all work perfectly!!!

Fingers crossed I can get this little sp working tomorrow thanks to your vid!

Yoooo, thanks so much! I tried this out and my gba sp light doesn't turn red randomly from just a tap of the power switch. Keep up the great work!

i finished installing an ips kit and everything went smooth. i wanted to clean the power switch while i had the soldering iron out and no matter what, that top metal cap of the power switch would not come off. i don't want to hold the iron tip to it for too long but i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong. EDIT: i finally got it but i'm not entirely sure what i did. the small metal in the white plastic piece came off while i was cleaning it. took 30 minutes to find it but it was pure luck that i did. had to use superglue to get it to stay on the white tab. everything's working now. thanks makho for your video. i really appreciate it!

I bought a SP a month ago and the on/off switch is kind of iffy. I recently bought another used one with the same issue you solve in the video so I hope I can fix both with your video guidance.

When it didnt turn on i was like, "this man really wasted my time" nooe nevermind the battery was dead

My cobalt blue SP is acting strange. That's the only way I can describe it. It never fails to turn on but the light flickers from green to red then sometimes either freezes or powers off a few mins into gameplay. I assumed it was the battery dying so I replaced it but nothing changed. Will I follow your steps here and clean the power switch or do you think the issue is more complex? Thanks

Thanks. This always bugged me. When the led flickers from red to green if you even tap the power switch. I always wondered what caused that.

thanks for the well-explained video, sadly the little 'contact pins' in the white switch thingy snapped in half, oh well I can just get a replacement from AE. are those pins just that delicate, or were mine brittle or something?

Thank you so much that red and green flashing was bugging my OCD

Hell yea man i did it to my gba and it worked!! No more flickering led. Im not sure what its called the little copper part that sticks out from on/off switch, it came off and it was a little mission just to put it back but luckily i was able to that thing is so small😬

This worked for me, thank you SO much!

Awesome tutorial as usual, but unfortunately after trying to do this myself my SP no longer turns on. It turned on before, but now it only shows a charging light when plugged in and won't turn on at all. If you could provide don't guidance with this it would be much appreciated!

hey makho, I was applying too much force to the wiper with an xacto knife and it snapped. I'm assuming I need to salvage that piece from another power switch? would the ones from retromodding be fine? Only hesitant because aftermarket products can be cheap.

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

like the whole switch? Should be fine

Thanks for the help dude!

Thanks for the tutorial!

Working for me .thanks for sharing

my little copper piece came out on the white power switch and it doesnt want to stay in, would i be able to put a small amount of glue to it?

@makho

Жыл бұрын

no, just drop it in to the slider then install the slider assembly upside-down. Use gravity.

I've had a similar problem where the orange light doesn't turn on when I'm charging it I've switched the battery to a brand new one but still got the same result. Is there any way to fix this?

@lurch1443

Жыл бұрын

Issue with charging port/ cable

This happened to me after replacing the speaker on mine with one i got from aliexpress, and it'll flicker the light and sometimes not. Would this be the same issue?

@makho

4 ай бұрын

It's always the power switch.

Hey man my sp can't charging. the charging port, em4 chip, battery, battery pins are fine. what should i need to check next? please reply im desperate 😭

@makho

4 жыл бұрын

www.reddit.com/r/GameBoy/wiki/repairs

Hi Makho. What do you think is causing this strange behavior with the red light? (Ags-101) If you press the brightness button, the screen will become brighter, but the red light will light up, and if you set a darker mode, the green light will light up. This is a fairly common problem, but I haven't found a solution to it.

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

higher brightness requires more power. More power means the voltage drops. Lower voltage means low power light. Clean your power switch then replace your battery.

@user-tc7yi5qt4k

3 жыл бұрын

@@makho Thank you very much for your response! I also thought about accum, but everything is a little more complicated, I just put a dead battery and the situation has changed to the exact opposite: in bright light - green lights, and in dim light - red lights. At the same time, the GBA SP stopped charging when it is turned off, but it is charging when it is turned on. Something was obviously broken :( All hope for your advice, because you are the only professional here.

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-tc7yi5qt4k sounds like you've got a pretty unique situation. Water damage?

@user-tc7yi5qt4k

3 жыл бұрын

@@makho Thank you very much, thanks to your idea with the power supply, I found a problem. I put wireless charging on. And your battery mod. Apparently not correctly connected wireless charging and burned f2. In its place, I put another fuse, which is similar in parameters (but still different). And here was the problem. All these problems with turning off the console and other bad behavior, gave the fuse. I'm not an electrician, so I'm sorry for the bad terminology. I found it so, the ammeter works only if on one side there is a plus to it, and to the other side there is a minus, so on a straight line its readings should be equal to 0. And I have on a straight line from d1 to bt+ the ammeter readings were 100. By logical reasoning, I came to the conclusion that the problem is in fuse, removed it and all the strange behavior disappeared.

Hey i wanna do this but i don't have a soldering iron is it fine if i don't use one? Or i really do need it. Thxs!

@makho

9 ай бұрын

These switches are soldered together. Unless you have an ultrasonic cleaner and the proper cleaning solution, you need to use soldering equipment to desolder the switch for cleaning.

@McBrawlGame53

9 ай бұрын

@@makho ok I'll have to buy one then, thanks for telling me.

Thanks for the tutorial! I accidentally got the wiper to come out. I put it back in and it works. Is there ever a possibility that the wiper can come loose from the white plastic switch while it's in there?

@makho

4 жыл бұрын

not possible as long as the shielding is installed properly.

@christiangetchell8218

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I got some hiccups but deduced it was due to a 3rd party GBC romhack that caused it.

Does IPA 70% work just as well for cleaning the switch?

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

yep, still gotta open it but that will work fine

Yo my gameboy wont turn on when i move it all the way up to the "on" cursor on the side. It turns on when is at a certain point on the half. How do i fix this?

@makho

4 жыл бұрын

Gotta clean the power switch. Luckily, you're already in the right place and you can watch how I fixed my GBA SP with the same issue.

@alibensacrifice

4 жыл бұрын

makho yeah i thought that was the problem. im going to try this, wish me luck!

Do you have a “soldering for beginners” video? I have ZERO experience with it, but need to fix my SP 😭

@makho

7 ай бұрын

I do solder practice streams on occasion. If you want my content, I'd suggest starting there. I have a few playlists on my channel tab. Otherwise, there are definitely more succinct videos from other creators though I do not have any specific recommendations.

I just got a red GBA SP from a retro gaming store. It powers on and functions fine, only played it for a total of about 6 hours. However sometimes the power LED will flicker between red and green, occasionally staying red for a few seconds and switching back. It hasn't frozen or turned off randomly on me. But the flickering is bothering, because I believe it's at full charge. Would following this video fix the issue? I've never soldered anything in my life and don't even know where to get a kit for it or how to use it. 🙃

@makho

Жыл бұрын

This is not the project to learn how to solder on.

Hey makho, I don't know if you've had this issue before, but my GBA won't boot. When I turn it on or off, the light flickers once. Now, I have changed the fuse, cleaned the power switch and tested it for continuity, tested the power controller for continuity, cleaned the whole board with white vinegar and IPA and I still have the same issue. I've been working on it for 3 days and I can't make it work, if you have any hint or idea of what I should do I would greatly appreciate it my friend.

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

If the light flickers, it's clearly getting power so it can't be the fuse. Are you sure it's not the power switch? If you're sure it's not the switch, this issue usually is a symptom of a short. Check for water damage, stray solder balls, cut traces, etc.

@elvochogalactico4727

Жыл бұрын

Se que es algo tarde pero quiero saber si pudiste solucionar tu problema ya que tengo un gba con el mismo problema

Hi, would you know what can be the problem of a gba sp which doesnt turn on but charges the battery? The battery is good, I have cleanned the power switch button and tested the fuses. The data connector is broken, could it be making a short in the pcb? I you want I could make a video

@makho

4 жыл бұрын

Is there any water damage anywhere?

@rafaliyo86

4 жыл бұрын

@@makho I dont see any water damage. Here is a vid of the console kzread.info/dash/bejne/hWaiksenlMzRo9Y.html And this is the main board kzread.info/dash/bejne/dn1nrs1toMiuXbg.html

@rafaliyo86

4 жыл бұрын

Any suggestion?

@makho

4 жыл бұрын

@@rafaliyo86 Makes sense that the fuses are fine if it charges fine. It won't power up because there is a short somewhere and it looked like there is something fucky with your link port. The plastic bit appears broken or missing and the bottom left pin (pin 1, VCC) looks shorted to one of the data lines. That can't be good. If that's not it, you can probably narrow down the short by checking all the caps near the power regulator (U4 IIRC) and CPU for which one is shorted to ground. I don't have a schematic for AGS consoles though so I can only give educated guesses on what specific components might be connected to those caps. If you are unaware, to test the caps, place one probe on a system ground and check both sides of the cap. One side should be ground and the other side should not be. If both sides are ground, either the cap itself has gone bad (unlikely but possible) or the component the cap is connected to has gone bad or developed a short (physical damage perhaps). An easy test is to desolder the suspect cap and run the test again on the cap pads. If both pads are still shorted, the problem is still present and you'll have to try and trace the circuit.

@rafaliyo86

4 жыл бұрын

@@makho thanks for the reply. When you talk about plastic bit (i am not sure of the traduction) and the pin 1, do you mean in the link port? I want to remove it but its hard without a heat gun. I have bought one I hope to receive this week. BTW i take the opportunity to ask you about the propper temperature to remove components Yes, I know more or less how to test the caps lightly

I did this yesterday, never saw such a shitty Switch before. But now it works fine again. Thank you!

I installed a ipsv2 screen and now my GBA is flickered red and green constantly is this the same issue or something involving the screen mod?

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

clean your power switch

@duke_8747

3 жыл бұрын

@@makho that fixed it thanks :)

@consolectterree7030

3 жыл бұрын

@@makho hey my sp won't work i changed the battery but it's still not working i chraged it already it's charging buuuuuuuut when i unplugged it and it switch it it's still not working.

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

@@consolectterree7030 www.reddit.com/r/Game_Boy/wiki/repairs#wiki_game_boy_advance_sp_problems

Thanks super useful

The only sp I’ve seen like this is surf blue which I believe was a Europe exclusive?

@makho

4 ай бұрын

The same color was also released in JP as "Mana Blue" and had different color hinge caps.

@Jared.Elliott

4 ай бұрын

@@makho That’s so cool I had no idea, definitely my favourite colour sp! So many limited editions it’s hard to keep track of lol

Hey man Ik this video is old but I figured I’d comment anyways. When I was a kid my dad took two gba sps and combined them together. One cobalt blue and one red. It had the blue top and red bottom. But I sold it years ago and regret it ever since. And just so happen I saw one similar in your video. I’d love to know where you acquired it because I’ve never seen anything like my gba until this video. Thanks

@makho

Жыл бұрын

Mine was made the same way yours was, from a red and a blue console.

me when it turned back on after the initial failure: Not gonna lie, they had us in the first half.

the plastic on my power switch snapped in half doing this :( had to frankenstein it with another SP i had lying around while i wait for a new switch from china.

@makho

3 жыл бұрын

gotta be careful not to use the plastics for leverage

I fixed my Gameboy by spamming shut off and on and then after i cheked the battery it worked all alone with the original parts

What the hell when i opened up my shit power switch solder is way too clean and it has two end points.