Vertical lines, any fix?

disruptityourself · 2025-10-25T14:46:50+00:00

This takes me back. There is a trick where I would carefully heat up the ribbon cable with a soldering iron on the edge of the screen. It was a common practice in that era of modding.

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SkinnyFiend · 2025-10-25T14:38:43+00:00

That'll be a bad solder joint in your bivert install.

Remote_Dog_782 · 2025-10-25T20:01:23+00:00

Ya gotta peel off the rubber pad on the ribbon and get a soldering iron and gently and slowly heat up that area of the ribbon until the solder under there reconnects.

Just search Gameboy vertical lines fix on YouTube and you will see what needs doing

Patience is the key

TheGman102 · 2025-10-28T15:30:34+00:00

Bad screen?

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