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Jun 24, 2010 • 13:15 Profile Photo Zubari95

I got a Virtual Boy recently, the left side dosen’t work at all, while the right one works. I know there are a bunch of methods found here on the site but can anyone tell me exactly what to do and what items i need to fix the VB? do i just simply solder a wire back? Please help me!

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Jun 24, 2010 • 14:24 Profile Photo DogP

If you read this thread: http://www.planetvb.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3295&forum=1 , it tells you exactly what you need. I’ve also got pictures and details for a couple methods on my site: http://www.projectvb.com/displayfix.html .

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Jun 25, 2010 • 15:37 Profile Photo Zubari95

I read everything,but cant i just open and solder the wires back and done? cuz putting the display chip on the oven or using sodium hydroxide isent something id like to do on my VB

DogP wrote:
If you read this thread: http://www.planetvb.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3295&forum=1 , it tells you exactly what you need. I’ve also got pictures and details for a couple methods on my site: http://www.projectvb.com/displayfix.html .

DogP

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Jun 26, 2010 • 01:55 Profile Photo DogP

In that thread there’s also a link to: http://www.planetvb.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=8767 , which has a video of a guy just soldering the display (no chemicals or anything). It does work, but I personally find NaOH helps a lot.

DogP

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Jun 26, 2010 • 06:26 Profile Photo Zubari95

I have a method that might work: The guy who sold me the VB had 2 VBs, each has the same problem except the one he currently has is a left only working one while mine is a right only working one, is it possible to buy that other VB(it wasnt costly at all, like 10 bucks) and replace the broken display with the working one. I would have 1 VB with no working display but 1 VB with both displays working, then i would attempt to use solder to fix the broken one.

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Jul 01, 2010 • 00:57 Profile Photo GabrielHanson2000

Zubari95 wrote:
I have a method that might work: The guy who sold me the VB had 2 VBs, each has the same problem except the one he currently has is a left only working one while mine is a right only working one, is it possible to buy that other VB(it wasnt costly at all, like 10 bucks) and replace the broken display with the working one. I would have 1 VB with no working display but 1 VB with both displays working, then i would attempt to use solder to fix the broken one.

Holy crap! . Mine was over 100$.

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Jul 01, 2010 • 02:19 Profile Photo svenk91

GabrielHanson2000 wrote:

Holy crap! . Mine was over 100$.

That’s a tat much if you bought it with no games. Maybe the 10 dollar one was with stand, controller and power adapter and yours is working good and has the stand, power adapter and a controller (maybe a visor).

 

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