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I have fixed five or six GBOs with this problem with good success. I have a few theories as to why it works but in any case it usually does work.

So long as the following conditions are present...
1. Some vertical lines are dead. (Not too many, the more that are dead, the harder it is to get them ...

It was only about a week old, I figured that wasn't too long, hehe. I found your post while searching for a replacement LCD screen for my own GBO project and thought I would comment. :D
http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?t=25613

There is a small black rubber strip glued to the inside of the ...

Yeah, I tend to agree with that. When I was a kid our first real exposure to video games aside from the local arcade that we were too young for, was an Atari 2600 we got for X-mas one year. We were not that well off of a family but we felt rich that year.

As video games evolved we were there for ...

No problem. I am not in a huge hurry so take your time deciding.

I did a quick search on eBay last night and found a few. I was just hoping to fix this one for less than getting another. That, and my pride of wanting to fix it, hehe.

I certainly understand that these are new and sealed. For me it ...

PM sent. Thank you!

I'm still happy to hear other offers if people have them and waiting for palmertech to reply, too. Since I seem to actually have options, I'm looking for the best I can do for the best price. I hope that makes sense. Right now palmertech might have my favored solution, but I ...

Thank you for the reply!

The reason I got the kids a GBO is because my boys are 2 and 4. My 4 year old is only just starting to get into gaming and I can get GBOs for so cheap. This one I got on craigslist for $20 with about 15 games or so. Most of them even came with their original boxes and ...

Ah, gotcha. Thank you very much for the offer but the screen is the main thing I need working really.

Thank you very much for the offer, though!

While searching though, I did see someone else in another topic that might be able to use a part from yours depending on what they find out is wrong with ...

You can usually use a super tiny flat head screwdriver. The kind you find in an eyeglasses tool set. You can usually get these small screwdriver sets at dollar stores and such. Mine fits in just right so that I can get a crooked yet good tight fit.

If it is too tight to turn at first for the ...

I'm pretty new here so I'm not going to start asking for free stuff quite yet. Maybe tomorrow, hehe. But I did want to say how cool I thought it was of you to give your unused stuff away to the other members.

Wow, that was a fast reply.

I might be interested. I'm sorry to say though, I'm not sure what you mean by "booded"?

Hello, I am new here. I found this site while looking to find Original Game Boy (GBO) parts.

I picked up a used GBO on craigslist for my kids and it had the missing vertical lines problem. This one happened to have several dead lines on both of the outer sides of the screen. It was the problem ...