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OLD SKULE GB

PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:42 am
by airplanes18
ok, so i have the original gameboy. gray and thick and stuff.

for some reason, there is no power getting to it. the batteries are new (ALL 4) XD but it wont start. red LED wont light up or anything. any ideas?


anyone want pictures?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:43 am
by Puncharger
Pictures would help.

My cousins did that but that's because the connections for batteries were all corroded.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:27 am
by crait
Pictures would be helpful. Mine works fine. Mess with your contrast, too. I thought mine was broken when I picked it up the other day but I just had to change the contrast to view the picture.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:27 am
by airplanes18
one or two are slightly corroded... could that be it?

ok, so i tested the battery tray and the power completes the circuit,but no power to the rest! and the DC input turns it on.....

PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:40 pm
by Puncharger
Maybe it's just self aware.. lol

PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:06 pm
by Mailas
Could just be that it's really old =/

PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:12 pm
by airplanes18
mailas, i honestly think that is it just cuz its old. :/




well, i rigged something up so it feeds the batteries to a dc input, but the screen doesnt work -_-

PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:37 pm
by Mailas
airplanes18 wrote:mailas, i honestly think that is it just cuz its old. :/




well, i rigged something up so it feeds the batteries to a dc input, but the screen doesnt work -_-

Check if there is any volts coming from it.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:55 pm
by ace
Did you check to see if there was any power coming from the battery tray?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:15 pm
by airplanes18
yup, there is

PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:01 pm
by Mailas
airplanes18 wrote:yup, there is

If you're really keen on getting this turned on, take off the casing and use a voltage reader
and check all of the connections.