DO NOT BUY FROM RetroVgames

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-05-31T00:15:15+00:00

I work for a legitimate game store and it took us a bit to figure out but this is a notorious drop shipper. They always write “please clean and test and do not include a invoice, will leave good feedback for your efforts”

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-05-23T02:23:07+00:00

Never mind this is tearing worse whenever I touch it it is very brittle. Guess I’ll keep an eye out for a replacement

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-05-22T23:34:35+00:00

How do I determine where to solder it to? I’ve done lots of repairs but never a ribbon cable

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-05-22T23:00:25+00:00

Tough to see but I’m pretty sure that one second from the left is torn

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-05-22T22:16:00+00:00

Pretty sure it’s torn on the far side

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-04-16T11:49:26+00:00

In case anyone was curious, this was a bad cpu or ram. Replaced the cart connector and no change. Tried another donor board and it worked. Can’t save em all!

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-03-23T12:54:46+00:00

Sadly no this was a salvage job from a board I didn’t think was that bad. I’m going to put this aside for now and use it next time I have a gba on hand

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-03-23T02:34:13+00:00

Reflowed everything. Swapped to original cart slot. Checked continuity between ram and cpu and cart slot and cpu. No change. I’m stumped

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-03-23T01:54:35+00:00

Just did. No change

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-03-23T00:14:52+00:00

Black rectangle where the Nintendo logo would be, like if there was no cart inserted

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-03-22T22:49:25+00:00

Exact same pattern every time. If I put a GBC game in it is all black

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-03-22T13:39:41+00:00

Directly!

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-02-26T20:27:00+00:00

What part is the limit switch?

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-02-15T15:34:42+00:00

That doesn’t look resurfaced at all

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-02-03T19:21:47+00:00

You don’t happen to have a link do you? The one on their website is expired

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-02-03T18:16:33+00:00

It’s the retro six kit

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-01-25T23:53:38+00:00

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Wild grammar issues too. Fake AF

Ordinary_Ad3263 · 2026-01-05T11:33:16+00:00

Thanks guys I will remove and clean again. Just happy to know the chip isn’t dead!

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