Fixing a GameBoy Color to Work

consolegamer · Post by **consolegamer** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:00 am

I got a GameBoy Color and I wanted to mod it's casing so it has a different color.

I wanted to play the gameboy before I opened it up, and i didn't want to use batteries in the gameboy color so i used a universal power cable in the system. (It alows you to select different voltages and stuff)

i usually use this cable and it works fine, but this time when I used it the system didn't turn on. I got batteries and tried them in the system, and now the system wont work at all and wont turn on! Uh oh!

What might have happened? Can the GameBoy be fixed? Is the motherboard fried?

toby dawg · Post by **toby dawg** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:19 am

Maybe a Fuse?

consolegamer · Post by **consolegamer** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:22 am

Is there a place online buy a to replacement for a broken fuse and instructions on how to install it?

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:06 am

you could just skip it...

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:10 pm

What voltage did you set it at?

consolegamer · Post by **consolegamer** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:01 pm

[quote="Valium"]What voltage did you set it at?[/quote]
at 1.5V, 3V, 4.5V, and 6V

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:16 pm

Okay... But which one of those did you set it at, 3v?

ghosstt · Post by **ghosstt** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:05 am

Valium wrote:Okay... But which one of those did you set it at, 3v?

i think he means he tried em all

Post by **bicostp** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:32 am

Ooh... bad.

The GBC takes 3v DC with a positive pin. (Rat Shack Adaptaplug A, if i remember correctly from making a D-cell battery pack.) Anything else might kill it. (And I think you might have.)

Why didn't you just use a couple batteries in the first place?

You don't need to find a replacement fuse, just connect its two contact points with some solder. Just remember that this will leave the electronics vulnerable to power surges so don't put more than 3 volts into it.

Or maybe it was dead when you go it.

consolegamer · Post by **consolegamer** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:12 am

bicostp wrote:You don't need to find a replacement fuse, just connect its two contact points with some solder. Just remember that this will leave the electronics vulnerable to power surges so don't put more than 3 volts into it.

Where are the 2 contact points on a GBC motherboard?

Post by **bicostp** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:41 am

The contact points on each end of the fuse. Duh. You're replacing the blown fuse with a blob of solder. In all honesty, you shouldn't be doing this project if you couldn't figure that out.

That is, if there's a fuse at all. You may have blown the processor or another part you can't easily replace if you pumped twice the required voltage through the motherboard backwards.

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:01 am

What were ya thinking?

"Hmm, 2 AAs, 1.5 volts each, thats 3 volts. Lets just pump 6 volts into it and see what happpens"