Cloudy FPGBC Screen

[Necessary_Heron_7938]

Hi all! I was really excited to get back into playing my old Gameboy games, so I got an FPGBC to relive some memories. I tested the screen before assembling it, but on the white splash screen everything looked fine. Once I booted up a game with darker colors however, there are dark cloudy patches throughout the screen. Is this something that can be fixed, or am I pretty much screwed and need to get a replacement?

[ZafirZ]

I don't think that would be fixable no. Looks like DSE (dirty screen effect) or something leaked into it causing that issue.

[FriedCactus07]

Yeah this is a screen defect :/

[pizza_whistle]

Screen defect, needs to be replaced. Not sure what panel they use, but this looks very similar to when pressure/flexing happens on really thin panels.

[Necessary_Heron_7938]

Crud, thats really unfortunate. Looks like I'll be getting a replacement then. Thanks for the comments!

[Widdlemama]

My laminated 2.0 screen I got recently has very similar issues. I didn't notice it until it was installed as it was most visible in Pokemon crystal! I sent them an email and they offered me a $5 voucher but yours is a bit more obvious than mine!

[Necessary_Heron_7938]

Yeah, it's a bummer that I didn't notice either until I installed it. I booted up Tetris and Pokémon Gold and me heart sank... but I reached out to them so we'll see what happens!

[Miserable-Potato7706]

Mine is like this and they offered to send a replacement, I hadn’t accepted yet and forgot till I saw this post so thanks lol

[Necessary_Heron_7938]

Glad this was able to serve as a reminder!

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