Gameboy Model Dmg-01 Dc Screen Lense Cracked During Installation

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This issue affects a large portion of the glass DMG lenses on the market.

We are currently evaluating options for a replacement product and have discounted these lenses.

Gameboy Model Dmg-01 Dc Screen Lense Cracked During Installation

We will not replaced screens that are cracked during installation.

Cap kits are made using name brand, high quality, high-temp parts from Nichicon, Panasonic, and other reputable companies.

Well, yes, you do, we came here to do the job right and went through all the effort to remove the screen and this is the best access to these components that we will have.

Pinch the ribbon cable connecting the LCD Board to the Motherboard with care and gently disconnect.

Well need to unscrew the LCD Board from the front half of the shell, remove the 10 Phillips Head screws, place the LCD Board on something that can support the LCD Board without putting any pressure on the ribbon cable.

On the backside of a board bend the two legs of the staple upward, flip the LCD Board and remove the two screws.

Then heat it up with your iron and gently pull the staple out.

First lets talk about Chip Quik; I use leaded Chip Quik SMD removal, which is a low melting temp solder.

It melts around 180c 200c (great for sensitive chipscomponents) and stays molten for around 8 seconds allowing you to remove up to 40 surface mount pins easily with a standard iron.

After using Chip Quik it is extremely important to remove all Chip Quik before resoldering the screen, or component, chip quik is very brittle and has a low melting point, this will cause cold solder joints, we will go over how to approach removing this later on in the tutorial.

I personally use a knife tip on my iron, which I use because the point can be used for fine work, while the bevel can be used for multiple pin work.

Place the piece of Chip Quik on the fluxed pins, the Chip Quik will stick to the flux.

Hold your iron so that the bevel of the tip is parallel to the board and oriented perpendicular to the pin direction, gently place the bevel on the Chip Quik, melting it but dont allow your iron tip to actually touch the pins.

The pins are EXTREMELY delicate and will break if you apply any pressure to them.

Youre not forcing anything, but when the Chip Quik has completely mixed with all of the solder joints the vertical ribbon cable will naturally lift away from the LCD Board.

Open the screen like a book, supporting the horizontal ribbon cable, and remove the two double sided adhesive foam pieces.

Remove the small black phillips head screw that mounts the horizontal ribbon cable.

Pinch the three clips of the plastic LCD frame on the back of the LCD Board and pop the frame off.

Now we need to thoroughly remove any and all Chipquik, both on the LCD Board and on the LCDs ribbon cables.

Flux the pins on the LCD Board and use your Solder Braid to wick away the Chip Quik.

There will still be a layer of Chip Quik on the pads, so we will re-tin the solder pads with standard solder, and again flux and wick away as much solder as possible.

What were doing here is mixing any remaining Chip Quik left on the pads with standard solder, then wicking it away to remove as much of the Chip Quik as possible, rinse and repeat this process one or two times allowing us to completely remove the Chip Quik which, from here on out, should be considered as a contaminate.

Well do essentially the same process to the pins on the LCD ribbon cables EXCEPT that the pins on the ribbon cables are extremely delicate and you shouldnt use your Solder Braid on them or you run the risk of ripping the pins clean off of the ribbon cable.

Instead, clean your soldering iron tip and place the bevel of the tip on the pins and gently brush away in the direction of the pins (be aware of solder splatter).

The clean tip will wick away the chip quik, clean your tip again, re-tin the pins with standard solder, use your tip to wick away the solder, clean your tip and repeat this process 2-3 times on both the vertical and horizontal ribbon cables.

You may be wondering at this point how you would go about testing these 3 pin diodes, or a PNP transistor, or if you really need too.