Difficulty

Very difficult

Steps

8

Time Required

                          30 - 40 minutes

Sections

6

  • Battery
  • 1 step
  • Back Panel
  • 2 steps
  • Shoulder Button and Side Panels
  • 1 step
  • On/Off Switch
  • 1 step
  • Buttons
  • 1 step
  • Speakers
  • 2 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Remove the Battery Cover/Batteries
  • Take the battery cover off by releasing the locking tab and hinging the cover away. Remove the batteries inside the cover
  • Do not forget to remove the batteries! This applies to working with any electronic device as working with live electricity may damage the device or cause malfunctions

Take the battery cover off by releasing the locking tab and hinging the cover away. Remove the batteries inside the cover

Do not forget to remove the batteries! This applies to working with any electronic device as working with live electricity may damage the device or cause malfunctions

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Step 2

              Unscrew the Back Panel
  • Remove the six back panel screws using a Tri-wing Screwdriver.
  • Remove bottom back panel screw with a Phillips #1 screw driver. (Image #2)

Remove the six back panel screws using a Tri-wing Screwdriver.

Remove bottom back panel screw with a Phillips #1 screw driver. (Image #2)

Step 3

              Remove the Back Panel
  • Remove the back panel by pulling away with one hand and the front secured in the other hand.
  • Removal of the back panel may cause shoulder buttons and side panels to come loose and fall off.

Remove the back panel by pulling away with one hand and the front secured in the other hand.

Removal of the back panel may cause shoulder buttons and side panels to come loose and fall off.

Step 4

              Remove Triggers
  • Remove left and right triggers by lifting and pulling them away from the system.
  • Do the same for side panels
  • For finicky or jammed triggers only! Adjust and correct triggers and reassemble. Most jammed triggers are caused by buttons misplaced or jammed in its enclosure.

Remove left and right triggers by lifting and pulling them away from the system.

Do the same for side panels

For finicky or jammed triggers only! Adjust and correct triggers and reassemble. Most jammed triggers are caused by buttons misplaced or jammed in its enclosure.

Step 5

              Remove the On/Off Switch
  • Remove the gray On/Off Switch by pulling up and away from the unit. Replace with another switch if necessary.

Remove the gray On/Off Switch by pulling up and away from the unit. Replace with another switch if necessary.

Step 6

              Buttons
  • Remove the rubber button pads from their pockets.
  • Remove the plastic buttons and the D-pad from beneath the rubber pads with tweezers or by hand.

Remove the rubber button pads from their pockets.

Remove the plastic buttons and the D-pad from beneath the rubber pads with tweezers or by hand.

Step 7

              Speakers
  • Using the tweezers, gently pull the ribbon from the logic board.

Using the tweezers, gently pull the ribbon from the logic board.

Step 8

  • Slightly move the speaker to the right and desolder the two wires from the logic board.
  • Beware of over heating the soldering kit will damage the logic board.

Slightly move the speaker to the right and desolder the two wires from the logic board.

Beware of over heating the soldering kit will damage the logic board.

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Pekka Hollola - Sep 10, 2018

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When no sound in GBA. Is the broken speaker the most common problem ? Or some SMD part in circuit board ? What to do if the new replaced speaker emits no sound ?