Game Boy Color Lcd Display Replacement Repair Guide

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

9

Time Required

                          50 minutes            

Sections

5

• Battery
• 2 steps
• Back Housing
• 2 steps
• LCD Ribbon Cable
• 2 steps
• Motherboard
• 2 steps
• LCD Display
• 1 step

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery               

• Locate the battery compartment on the back of the Game Boy Color.
• Push down on the tab and hinge the cover downwards and outwards to remove the battery cover.

Locate the battery compartment on the back of the Game Boy Color.

Push down on the tab and hinge the cover downwards and outwards to remove the battery cover.

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Step 2

• Remove the batteries from the battery compartment.

Remove the batteries from the battery compartment.

Step 3

              Back Housing               

• Using a Y1 screwdriver, remove the six screws on the back of the device as pictured. The bottom two screws are located inside of the battery compartment.

Using a Y1 screwdriver, remove the six screws on the back of the device as pictured. The bottom two screws are located inside of the battery compartment.

Step 4

• Gently lift and separate the back housing from the rest of the device. Now you’ve got the back housing out!

Gently lift and separate the back housing from the rest of the device. Now you’ve got the back housing out!

Step 5

              LCD Ribbon Cable               

• Push up on the tabs on either side of the ribbon with a spudger.

Push up on the tabs on either side of the ribbon with a spudger.

Step 6

• Gently remove the ribbon cable from the port

Gently remove the ribbon cable from the port

Step 7

              Motherboard               

• Using the Phillips #1 screwdriver, remove the 3 screws shown in the picture.

Using the Phillips #1 screwdriver, remove the 3 screws shown in the picture.

Step 8

• Gently lift the motherboard from the front housing.

Gently lift the motherboard from the front housing.

Step 9

              LCD Display               

• Gently pry and lift the LCD Display from the front panel.
• Twisting the front casing may help gain more leverage.

Gently pry and lift the LCD Display from the front panel.

Twisting the front casing may help gain more leverage.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Andrew - Nov 1, 2016

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I broke my screen doing this. Be really gentle!

VoopTech - Aug 25, 2018

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Michelle Fernandez - Nov 2, 2020

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Horrible instructions, TBH.

Daniel Guerrero - Nov 9, 2021

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Broke the plastic around the screen and doesn’t turn on anymore -_- . Guess now I can put a backlit in but not how I wanted it to go

DJ Gunter - Dec 6, 2021

Same thing happened to me, but its not really an issue. The way I see it, this is an article for replacing the screen, so it doesnt much matter if the one you’re taking out is broken.