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I Bought a BROKEN Game Boy MICRO - Let's Fix It!

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BROKEN Game Boy Micro Repair - I bought a broken Game Boy Micro that won't power on. I tried a new battery but it still wouldn't turn on. So I ended up having to take it apart down to the motherboard to discover what was wrong.
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@TheCod3r 3 года назад

Given the circumstances surrounding this, I'd say the fuse blew because it had a damaged port. Someone replaced the port but didn't go an further with it. Awesome job :)

@Tronicsfix 3 года назад

Yep, I'd agree with that.

@herrakaarme 3 года назад

It seemed to me the liquid covering some of the IC's legs also did some short-circuiting. Maybe the device would have worked without cleaning that stuff, but it could have potentially caused instability.

@mouthwash8182 3 года назад

@@herrakaarme the liquid damage likely fried/shorted the port, and the bad port likely killed the fuse. Someone replaced the port, still didn’t get it to work. They sent it to TronicsFix, he replaced the fuse and cleaned up the liquid damage. Problem solved

@herrakaarme 3 года назад

@@mouthwash8182 Yeah, sounds quite plausible. It's just kind of strange the previous owner didn't clean all the liquid residue despite replacing the port.

@mouthwash8182 3 года назад

@@RWL2012 just stop, no one cares.

@kirara4953 3 года назад

This type of restoration, where there's no schematic or booklet to help, just pure skill, are so satisfying to see.

@ImPattMan 3 года назад

The ability to pick up a device you've never seen before and quickly and accurately diagnose the issue is what separates the amateurs from the pros. You my friend are certainly a pro, I know you like to feel you way around devices blind when you get them for the first time instead of looking up guides (which certainly would have been available for a device like this), and I think that gives you a certain amount of knowledge and expertise that's difficult to obtain elsewhere. Love watching these, and keep killin' it my friend!

@ricahrdb 3 года назад

I love the GBM. It is just about the most perfect portable gaming device. Great to see one brought back from the dead. 👍

@AnarickTheDevil 3 года назад

Maybe if you have baby sized hands and play looking through binoculars. Original agb-001 is the best epically when you do the ips backlit screen mod, It's compatible with all gba accessories and can be used as a controller for playing gba games on GameCube through the gba player.

@danboy37 3 года назад

Way to succeed in trying something new. This video just goes to show that if you work hard and keep practicing at whatever project that you want to finish, you can succeed at accomplishing such amazing goals.

@ianmitchell4742 2 года назад

I have absolutely no intentions of fixing anything like this but your videos are mesmerising

@lysergicaciddiethylamide6127 3 года назад

I remember playing this in class in middle school. This is pure nostalgia.

@nitrax8629 3 года назад

Love these tiny Game Boys! The screen is probably the easiest part for these to source ironically, as it was a standard part used in many cameras at the time.

@FrugalRepair 3 года назад

Wow, great repair! It's always so great to see things come back to life. For the scratches on the screen, have you tried a magic eraser (the OEM brand) for those kinds of scratches on the polarizer?

@windowsxpprofessional 3 года назад

It won't work, since it has gone too far. If you saw Jerry rigs video on how to remove scratches, you know it or else pls watch that

@notmyrealname1526 3 года назад

It probably makes more sense to replace the polarizing filter. Not exactly the most fun task, but the result will be leagues better. Provided you can source the correct materials, that is...

@RestoreTechnique 3 года назад

A polarizer replacement is very cheap, and pretty easy to do

@BloodlustNL 3 года назад

@@Easymoneysniper5 if ya don't want spoilers, don't read the conments before watching the video😅

@LolmenTV 3 года назад

Car polishing resin maybe remove the scratches 😉👍

@MyNewOldConsole 3 года назад

I loved it! You should have a retro fix section, there are a lot of pseudo fixers that do "obvious" repairs (like replace the charging Port for example) and then they ruined the devices or leave it because they asume there is nothing to do. Great video, great job! I hope to see another retro console repairs in the future

@TheCod3r 3 года назад

These things look awesome, might have to grab one for my collection. Great video as always Steve

@Tronicsfix 3 года назад

You should! These are great little handhelds.

@Sam-gw3gc 3 года назад

prepare to have to pay a million dollars for one

@handyhomebrewnetwork2142 3 года назад

@@Sam-gw3gc are these worth something now? I have a black one thats been played like 10 times. Maybe I should off load that.

@aldesalOG 3 года назад

@@handyhomebrewnetwork2142 yeah, they've been going up in price

@luismarquez4757 3 года назад

It's beautiful when an old console is bring back to life. They deserve a second chance to bring hours of fun.

@FatassRat69 3 года назад

My parents got me one of these for about 15 dollars when I was little, that thing was my childhood

@Tronicsfix 3 года назад

Fifteen? That was a great deal!

@MyRegardsToTheDodo 3 года назад

@@lordjaashin Considering your subscriptions I'd say your hood is whiter than toast.

@3VAvenue 3 года назад

I had the 25th anniversary Gameboy Micro. It was super cool!

@kurisu2873 3 года назад

@@lordjaashin low quality bait

@ExcenGaming 3 года назад

Love the Micro. Great little handheld.

@Tronicsfix 3 года назад

Yep!

@juampimlb1745 3 года назад

Tronix, your voice is si calm. I almost fall sleep with the sound of this video 😁

@Tronicsfix 3 года назад

Ha, ha...glad to hear it!

@mightyflower 3 года назад

Almost? I ended up sleeping. I had to rewatch the video. He did a great job! 👍

@CoasterNut 3 года назад

That seemed like a very satisfying fix. Always fun to see you work on a new system!

@forewheeler 3 года назад

This was really impressive man. Never even worked on the device and diagnosed the issue. Color Me impressed

@theringoffire67 3 года назад

It’s great watching this because you know so many others would just throw broken electronics in the garbage while my man here is giving them a new life.

@StezStixFix 3 года назад

Love these little things. I've been keeping my eye out for one, but boy are they expensive! Great fix, Steve 👍

@Tronicsfix 3 года назад

Prices are crazy on most things right now. These included

@sdewey4152 3 года назад

Sheesh, just checked the prices, my green ones been in a cupboard for nearly a decade..I lost the charger but even without they seem to be expensive.

@farmercat4510 3 года назад

Sir can you fix my marriage pls

@chasefournier 3 года назад

Loved this video Steve! I remember when the Gameboy micro came out soo many years ago, I wanted one but it wasn't super practical at the time, + I was young and had an original DS from what I remember. Anyway, crazy that one fuse blew and caused it to not turn on! I really enjoy these types of videos, I love seeing how electronics are fixed with no schematics. They look intimidating if your not familiar, but electronics aren't as complicated as they look! (Well maybe sometimes LOL @iphone boards)

@Chrispy9393 3 года назад

I frickin' love the Gameboy Micro. It's the first console I bought with my own money as a kid, it was $100 from Toys R Us. I saved up forever for it. It was so much fun with the interchangeable face plates and the fact it was a nice shape, held a long charge and played all of the GBA games. I still have mine!

@waltercomunello121 3 года назад

a blown SMD fuse. I had a similar problem (no power, aka NLOD) on a PS2 slim, I spent a lot of time tracking down the culprit, and it was a single tiny fuse bringing power to a secondary power rail with a switching regulator which among other things brought power to the on/off button board. the voltage went from 8,68V to under 2V on the other side, and verifying resistance on the removed piece showed more than 1MOhm - that acted like an open circuit. So, blown fuse. once the fuse was replaced the whole system was working again I had to resort to schematics though. always refreshing to see old video game consoles back in shape from a nonfunctioning state

@factsheet 3 года назад

Your restoration videos give me life

@gargaj 3 года назад

Very cool to see a video out of your comfort zone; with the videos on modern consoles it sometimes feels like you immediately know the problem just by looking at it, but here it was a lot more fun to see the thought process and the actual process of elimination to find the problem!

@Madblaster6 3 года назад

Most Game Boys it's the F1 fuse when it doesn't boot with battery. Crazy how quick he was able to find it without that knowledge.

@cirugiaretro 3 года назад

Your videos definitely inspired the ones I´m making! Thanks for showing your great work!!!

@pedropicapiedra3598 3 года назад

Even without the PERFECT amount of thermal paste... great video, man!

@Chiller31916 3 года назад

Really enjoyed the video! I enjoy seeing repairs on old hardware. Maybe in the future you could repair a Gameboy/Gameboy Color or any other old console.

@rikprince8414 3 года назад

Nice fix, Sir! I got one of these as a gift several years ago. I could only play it for a few minutes at a time as the small screen made my eyeballs ache!

@tonymosbach2868 3 года назад

Anyone else find it oddly satisfying listening to this guys videos? 🤩

@squallneko5004 3 года назад

Missed your repairs. Hope life is good. Never had a game boy mirco before.

@ifacepunchppl 3 года назад

Finally 😭 your upload couldn’t come fast enough. I love your channel!

@Tronicsfix 3 года назад

So glad you enjoy!

@neojeets 3 года назад

Nice work! Elliot over at The Retro Future channel would be happy to see a Micro restored.

@lyianx 3 года назад

I wish i could find one of these broken for a decent price. But even the non-working ones are going for an insane amount of money.

@frostedbutts4340 3 года назад

Yeah all GBA prices are going crazy, Micro and SPs are going for $200+ here :/

@alirezamosadeghzade 3 года назад

man! I love the way you fix things, the way that you make alive the dead! it feels really great to me! Hope you have a good one!

@abandapart82 3 года назад

Fantastic! I love it when you fix these old handhelds! Great to see that old Micro comeback to life.

@grahambaker7563 3 года назад

Great video Steve! This was obviously a challenge for you, but you came through in the end. Boy done good! Btw, love watching your channel. Always entertaining!

@willkra 3 года назад

What a technician you are! Very nice job!

@bademume449 3 года назад

It always surprises me that the Micro isnt well known, cause i had one and since i lived in a very small village and were not meeting a lot of other children I assumed others must have one too. Due to the smaller display everything, especially Golden Sun, looked so cool. It was a very good Console.

@frostedbutts4340 3 года назад

It came out at the same time as the DS, which really overshadowed it

@ChrisEpp 3 года назад

Heck yeah, awesome to see you text another device and especially the one you’ve never done before!

@StephaneGarant 3 года назад

Love your videos because they show that sometimes things don't work out as planned. We have to work without schematics and things get messy. So thank you for showing everything, even if it doesn't work. I learn a lot and look forward to your videos every week.

@TeckieWeckie 3 года назад

while you have the screen exposed you should try feathering out the scratches with a q tip and some rubbing compound. it's not going to magically erase the scratch but it will help reduce the amount of light it catches and make it a lot less noticeable.

@randomretroplays3123 3 года назад

Hi,just wanna say I love your channel very much. I like game consoles and repairs so your content is perfect for me. Subscribed ages ago and still enjoy now 👍.

@elvsrbad2 3 года назад

Any news on a new challenge between you, Vince, Tampatech, etc? Those I loved that series and would love to see another

@JensilDsouza 3 года назад

It's Tronics Friday! 🙂

@Tronicsfix 3 года назад

YES!

@MageLeaderInc 3 года назад

You should do more videos of repairing older consoles. I see a lot of people that have PS2s&3s and Xbox 360s that are starting to fail and it'd be cool to see some brought back to life.

@caddilex8770 2 года назад

Gosh, it’s the one Gameboy missing in my collection to collect the whole series of Gameboys. I love the video, keep up the great work😁

@raf42 3 года назад

I don't know why, but you scrubbing at a chip with a toothbrush and suddenly the lights coming on made me laugh harder than I have in a long time. Keep up the amazing work!

@TheGlitchyMario 3 года назад

It’s always cool seeing a repair on something you’ve never taken apart. Always learning.

@epicplayz2001 3 года назад

We all got together to send you the video that Rodrigo made for you. It was with a lot of love and humility

@Denlak777 3 года назад

Oddly enough leaving the battery in and the switch on worked out perfectly. The game boy practically told you it was fixed lol

@dreboski 3 года назад

This video put a smile on my face. Glad you were able to fix it! I love the oddity that is the Micro.

@TerraWare 3 года назад

I bought a Gameboy Micro for a dollar a couple of years back at a thrift shop for a dollar. Its an awesome little console. Pair with an EZ Flash cart you have access to some bangers.

@imranahmad2733 3 года назад

I've had DS lites bought to me with the same fuse issue for repair, it normally happens when the user keeps inserting the power cord when the lithium ion cell is completely drained due to not being used for an extended amount of time and behaves like a short circuit.

@ikathan26 3 года назад

Great, You should do more of these retro fixes 👌

@muruhs 3 года назад

Man I love your videos, I love the aspect of taking something apart fixing and cleaning it up and putting it back together, I do it with every used item I buy, its so fun to me.

@wildmanjosh95 2 года назад

I had a friend named Mark who collected handheld gaming systems and he's the only person I've ever seen in my life to actually own one of these.

@virgildeklerk 3 года назад

Yes it's tronicsfix friday again. I really adore the gameboy micro it was such a great small console for it's time. Great to see it come back to life so someone can enjoy it again. Love those repairs so keep em coming. Have a good weekend Steve

@jimcanterak7349 3 года назад

Man I loved this thing as a kid. I still have it in pristine condition. This video certainly put a smile to my face.

@RockCity1111 3 года назад

The intensity is off the charts this vid !!🔥🔥🔥

@panandcsupomona 3 года назад

Please continue to make these videos and fix more electronics like this. 👍😄

@TemptationS666 3 года назад

WOOOOOOOW what a blast from the past even seeing a Gameboy Micro!!! great fix!

@candidosilva7755 3 года назад

I remember those micro gameboys but mine was the normal gameboy. But its a cool retro peace of history.

@awilliams1701 3 года назад

I was replacing the cartridge port in my C64. Back in the day it didn't get used much since I mostly used real floppy disks. But I don't have any of that nor do I want that. So instead I use a cartridge that emulates a real floppy disk drive, but it's controlled via the cartridge port.....which wasn't working anymore. Since I was going to do a lot of desoldering I'm like I need better flux than this hard crap I've been using. I got this HORRIBLE stuff that evaporates a lot like alcohol. But it'd definitely not. I just stopped using it. All it was doing was leaving white crusty crap on the board. I needed that gell stuff you guys use. Oh well. I got it replaced and it works good as new now! And of course I made sure to clean up all the flux residue afterwords with actual alcohol. I did damage a trace though. Not broken, just not completely attached to the board anymore. I ended up soldering it directly to the pin and double checked continuity. If I have to do anymore work on it, I'll have to find a better flux for next time. That stuff was worthless.

@Tronicsfix 3 года назад

I use paste flux. The liquid flux is not that helpful. Nice work on the repair!

@RavenWolfRetroTech 3 года назад

Nice Repair. I can't count how often I had to explain to a customer that each tech has to do their first repair on each and every model they work on at some point. People would complain if a tech, doing an on-site repair, was using a service manual. I would simply ask "Would you prefer they wing it?" We would, of course, adjust any labor charges to account for any additional time needed when dealing with new models.

@Fulvica133 3 года назад

Love these type of video you make

@Tronicsfix 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed!

@JuicyJakeRepairs 3 года назад

it cleaned up nicely! The inner plastic bracket is quite fragile but luckily you had no issues. I need to pick up some gameboy micros at somepoint but they are very expensive haha

@Kimdah_ 3 года назад

I once replaced the LCD of my silver Micro that I got from my mom when my GBA SP was sent to Nintendo for repair. (Long story short, they couldn’t fix it, mom had to pay €60 and I actually got a brand new 101 while I sent in a 001) Tldr; I replaced my own micro’s LCD screen, and it was a hell of a task, but I succeeded and it works like a charm now.

@lookitskazzy 3 года назад

That charge port was definitely reworked. Giant solder blobs, messy flux, dirty joints. Probably was an attempt to fix it, not realizing that some corrosion on that IC was the real culprit that caused the short and popped the fuse. Great job!

@MikeeVee 3 года назад

Another great repair video. I was actually unaware of the existence of these handhelds til today.

@dannyb1187 3 года назад

crazy i just found a game boy micro at a yard sale for 2 bucks and then you put this video up nice

@razzikhan1980 3 года назад

Video is great 👍🏼 but one thing my ears missed lot today is the "perfect amount of thermal paste" 😏

@rickyphineas5165 3 года назад

I am Rodrigo's uncle, the video that the school boys made for you was with a lot of love, I would love for you to watch it

@TechiesUnofficial 2 года назад

Blown fuse and a dirty chip needed fixing. Although not sure if he used the old battery after everything was put back together.

@user-gj6vg6nq2f 3 года назад

Nice job Steve! those are fun to fix I buy alot of them from Japan for cheap sendico auctions and fix and sell them

@haukkes8546 3 года назад

i have one of these somewhere. Gamestop gave these to us at the conference when they were released.

@anhduynguyen6050 3 года назад

I dont know why i always enjoy watching he fixing stuffs :)

@marcusjones457 3 года назад

Man, I had the red and gold one in middleschool before it got stolen, I miss that thing

@AlbertNaranjo 3 года назад

I have had your videos recommended to me lately... and I have watched a few. Great stuff... but THIS VIDEO... THIS ONE... made me click "Subscribe"!

@Tronicsfix 3 года назад

Wow, thanks! Welcome to my channel!

@SneakyHoboJesus 3 года назад

Back in my working in a second hand store days, we had one of these come in. the faceplate was made to look like the game and watch lcd games.

@paracethamol4799 3 года назад

I've two of those bad boys repaired but founding good replacement batteries is a pain... All the ones I have are a bit larger and fit difficultly in the gameboy.

@Tronicsfix 3 года назад

Replacement parts can be a big pain for this stuff.

@paracethamol4799 3 года назад

@@Tronicsfix sadly true :(

@smashICE1 3 года назад

I never heard of the GB Micro and just checked ebay prices and I just can say holy cow ...

@LEV1ATAN 3 года назад

If you have 15 years old, yes probably no But this GB Micro was good🤙🏼

@kikihobbyrepair 3 года назад

Nice job Steve! Good to see you saving these old consoles from being scrapped. 🙂

@shyvika9445 3 года назад

I think i'm in love with your work, really you enjoy it so much and it's so high quality, i appreciate the hard work you put in your videos, i hope your channel grow to the infinity

@TheWhteWolf 3 года назад

I think I line under a rock because I didn't know that Gameboy micro was even a thing. Now I want one.

@Kiddo311 2 года назад

I need someone like you in my town. My monitors usb-c port is broken and I bat it just has to be resoldered. :-(

@Fenrir11119 3 года назад

Glad to see this repaired but whoever took care of it absolutely abused it. That case is a wreck.

@Elesvan20 2 года назад

How did you know which fuse to use for replace? Im always scared of using the wrong component and cause a bigger damage xD

@thatdude5104 3 года назад

Nice fix, never seen one of these before, cool looking device!

@andycap8469 3 года назад

This was a satisfying fix. Can you go into detail on what helps you remember how to put things back together? Like using photos or notes or just great memory?

@lilrex2015 3 года назад

I really love this channel. You inspired me to get back into doing Maker stuff. Thank you.

@CDRaff 3 года назад

Now I kinda wanna grab a GB Micro. Always wanted one when they were out, but could never scrape together enough to actually grab one.

@r100curtaincall 3 года назад

Nice job! I’ve had to do some extensive repairs on a couple of these, It can be a little bit of a pain. Great little devices and a little ahead of their time. Very compact custom boards for the time period. It’s not surprise why they were so much more expensive, but because of that they didn’t really make a lot of sense to buy at the time. Very cool though.

@goku077Z45jeNkydaMa 3 года назад

Good job, already a child is happy to have it 😃👍🏻🛠️

@jacobf6723 3 года назад

I love watching your videos, your work always amazes me. I wish I could ship you my sons learning tablet, one day it just randomly stopped turning on. He loved that learning tablet.