The easiest and most SIMPLE way of fixing the Virtual Boy,

Perhaps Virtual Boys are like humans in a way, sometimes they get sick (also known glitchy screens) but in a few days or so (most of the time) they get better

on a silly note: but if you feel your Virtual Boy isn’t getting better after long periods of time you can always take them to see Dr. Mario 😉

DogP wrote:
LOL! I hope you’re kidding. I mean… seriously?

Yeah I know, Dr. Mario is all the way in the mushroom kingdom, really far away to get a VB repaired 😛

DogP wrote:
When your car only starts every now and then, do you just wait until tomorrow, when the temperature/moisture will be different, which may fix whatever problem exists? And if not, maybe the next day? What happens when it finally does start, then you get to where you’re going and it doesn’t start again?

I don’t have a car and I don’t think the VB is one

DogP wrote:
Or… when the TV only works when you smack the side of it… is the solution to just smack the side of it, or get a mechanical hand with remote control to smack it (so you can do it from the couch 😛 )?

The VB isn’t a TV either but repairing the VB would be better than smacking it (I detest VB abuse)

DogP wrote:
If you’re fine with having a VB that works only when it feels like it, and will progressively get worse, then feel free to be “patient”.

some VBs are just finicky, maybe said VBs were previously owned by a VB hater

[size=xx-small]all above comments are for entertainment purposes only, nothing above is to be taken too seriously but it is true that I do not support or participate in VB abuse and it is also true I do not own a car, I also do not own a license or bumper stickers that say “Long Live the Virtual Boy”

That’s like saying: “It works perfectly fine as long as you don’t actually use it”…

If you want to be able to use it, setting the knobs and so on the way you like it, you have to repair it properly. The way they mounted it 15 years (or more) ago is not sufficient.

DogP wrote:
LOL! I hope you’re kidding. I mean… seriously? There’s lots of “intermittent” problems, and being patient isn’t the solution. When your car only starts every now and then, do you just wait until tomorrow, when the temperature/moisture will be different, which may fix whatever problem exists? And if not, maybe the next day? What happens when it finally does start, then you get to where you’re going and it doesn’t start again?

Or… when the TV only works when you smack the side of it… is the solution to just smack the side of it, or get a mechanical hand with remote control to smack it (so you can do it from the couch 😛 )?

These displays don’t “fix” themselves (and they’re definitely not “sick” or self-healing)… they intermittently work, which means they also intermittently don’t work. If you’re fine with having a VB that works only when it feels like it, and will progressively get worse, then feel free to be “patient”. For everyone else, I recommend actually repairing the displays.

DogP

Zubari95 wrote:
I dunno maybe its cuz my Virtual Boy is brand new and unopened that it works great. I dunno what happens to other Virtual Boys.

I don’t think the cable problem has anything to do with new or used… it’d be pretty hard to damage the cable connection from abuse, since the cable is so light and well shaped, and everything with much mass is rigidly secured to the case. The worst thing you could do would be to play with the IPD adjustment a lot (or leave it at the maximum inward position).

If you want to see another display cable from a BRAND NEW VB… check this out: http://www.planetvb.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=10333#forumpost10333 . I also had another brand new one with problems, though the cable physically looked fine (I think that problem was caused by the stress of the IPD being adjusted inward during storage).

DogP