GBA with 5.4" screen

yuppicide · Post by **yuppicide** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 1:16 am

I want to take my GBA SP and stick it in some sort of bigger case (maybe just a plastic tackle box) and put a 5.4" screen. Does anyone have any experience with removing the screen and hooking it up to something else?!

Bear with me here, I'm not really good at soldering and what not.

It might be easier for me to go get an old GBA and screen and the tv de advance, but that might not work. I think the tv de advance needed it's own power supply.

cennar · Post by **cennar** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:01 am

you can do it with the GBA, not the sp. i dont know why any one would want to do it. like say it out loud, it most likly makes less sense when you hear your self saying it.

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:36 am

you cant replace the sp creen

yuppicide · Post by **yuppicide** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 11:12 am

First off, yes it's possible on the SP. Anything is possible in a hacker's realm. I mean, if you look at the SP it's two halves probably connected inside by a ribbon wire.. so then it is possible.

Second, it's a good idea. I like playing my GBA games.. the screen is a little small though. I'd like a bigger screen, not only for games, but for seeing movies converted on the GBA Movie Player a little easier.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:08 pm

Hes one for the gba: http://pages.prodigy.net/tan.ax/GBALCDP ... oject.html
This might help.

Post by **Gamelver** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:50 pm

yuppicide wrote:Second, it's a good idea. I like playing my GBA games.. the screen is a little small though. I'd like a bigger screen, not only for games, but for seeing movies converted on the GBA Movie Player a little easier.

hmmmmm I wonder if the GBA movie player works on the third party GB player that plugs into the memory card slot on the GC, if so, my GCp could double as a movie player with a five inch screen

!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for giving me that idea, yuppicide

!!!!

about your GBA with a new screen, first of all check out the site HK mentioned, that should help you out a lot

. second of all, I'd say use the GBA and then use an av out adapter for GBA. Here's one

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JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:48 pm

The ribbon cabl;e doesn't help at all

Post by **Sparkfist** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:58 pm

I thought the guy that originally did the mod to replace the GBA screen used an a/v out adapter, so if you can have that constintly connected some how you can replace the screen. Unless the whole thing shuts down if the screen is detached.

goodie · Post by **goodie** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:22 pm

Here's another guy who is making a GBA with a bigger screen. There isn't much info about it though.

http://portablesystems.bravepages.com/gba.html

Post by **Gamelver** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:26 pm

He's actually already done

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HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:28 pm

And his name on this board is dkap01. Hes the guy who made the dreamcast portable not long ago.

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:29 pm

Reaperman did one too

cennar · Post by **cennar** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:39 am

yuppicide wrote:First off, yes it's possible on the SP. Anything is possible in a hacker's realm. I mean, if you look at the SP it's two halves probably connected inside by a ribbon wire.. so then it is possible.

yeah but the thing you need to make is improbable... plus you would save money on using a GBA.. there cheaper these days!

Also the ribions are vary difrent.(betwen the SP and GBA)

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 5:36 am

Listen to Cenner he knows about gameboys believe me