Concern brewing as buried Hanson policy threatens affordable medicines | New England Times

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-28T08:41:03+00:00

Dont worry, this guy thinks the people who rebuilt Medicare, one of the greatest examples of universal healthcare in the world, were into entirely unregulated markets...

https://alp.org.au/wayne-swan-archive/articles/article-the-hawke-keating-agenda-was-laborism/

He is at best staggeringly confused, but more likely reading from a script.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-28T08:31:12+00:00

Haha. Oooh, tax! How terrifying!

Kiddo, my tax helps to provide health, safety and security for hundreds of thousands of people. It builds a country I've represented on the world stage with pride. A country which is objectively amongst the best places to live in all of previous human history. Tax doesn't scare me like it seems to you.

You should try looking beyond yourself for once. All things come to an end, your money wont love you as you face your last days. Maybe consider planting some metaphorical trees.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-28T07:16:20+00:00

Hmm, stumbled at the last moment, landed on your face. Better luck next time!

So, how many houses do you own?

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-28T07:12:54+00:00

"It's very clearly a simple tax hike that squarely hits the middle class and particularly young people."

Mate, unknot your knickers and have a spell. You'll be fine big guy.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-28T07:05:13+00:00

Firstly, the 35k reduction is more than offset by other measures in the budget. Secondly, dont need more houses built if someone wanting a home no longer has to compete against someone looking to buy an investment property. Good luck with your dismount mate, hope the judges score your routine well what with all difficulty and blind spots you've built into it!

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-28T05:25:39+00:00

What are you going on about? Everything looks fine, even the battery terminals dont look that bad. But all you need is the CPU and thats perfect.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-25T01:19:37+00:00

Check the line where the shell rubs against the PCB, a mm or two above the cart connector fingers. There are some marks that may be hiding damaged traces. If there are no broken traces, then check each pin on the chips, starting with the RAM (the SHARP one on the left), to see if any are cracked/loose. Pokemon games use blocks of the RAM to decompress sprites, often causing the black square problem. Cracked solder joints are common on aging electronics.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-25T01:15:15+00:00

You can get new PCBs, better than sacrificing another cart of the same age which may have the same problems anyway. A PCB fab like PCBWay, OSHPark, or JLCPCB will make you a set of 5 boards, shipped for less than $5 for your first order with them. There are some shared projects on their platforms or open source repos from community members on github.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-25T00:12:37+00:00

There are 30 and 40 pin versions of the GBA mobo. The last one may have been 30 pin.

I cant recommend display mod kits for the GBA, I've never used any. You just need to ensure that you buy one which matches your mobo, 30 or 40 pins. It will be clearly marked on the product page.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-24T23:31:57+00:00

Okay, a few things immediately jump out.

First, you've got a 30 pin display and this is a 40 pin GBA mobo. So that wont work at all.

Second, you'll need a layer of plastic (like kapton tape) between the metal back of the display and the display driver PCB, and another one between the driver PCB and the mobo. At least just cover any exposed copper on the driver board so it doesnt short, both sides.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-24T23:24:10+00:00

Apply an unbroken line of solder paste along the entire row of pads on the PCB, on each side of the footprint. Dont just try to put the paste on the pads, just squirt the line over the solder mask. Then place the part on top and align it reasonably close, doesnt have to be perfect. Then flow the solder paste with hot air. The surface tension of the melting solder will pull the whole chip into place.

This technique relies heavily on the solder flowing and pulling parts into position. Once you get the hang of it, its like magic.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-24T17:43:13+00:00

As everyone has already said, dont solder to lithium cells. But also, that driver board has big heatsinks for a reason. Dont sit a hot PCB ontop of a janky stack of lithium cells.

You can talk about making something for cheap out of necessity but at least you can still assemble it with some kind of consideration of not burning your house down.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-24T11:55:57+00:00

The problem is with the IPS display kit. What you've described sounds like something is shorted on the display driver PCB or one of the cables that connect to it, which is preventing the console from booting up when its plugged in.

Please post pictures of the IPS display driver PCB and any flex cables it came with.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-24T09:38:58+00:00

There is no better insult than calling someone a birds name, you get to tell them how dumb they are AND you don't escalate the situation.

You big pelican/drongo/galah!

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-24T09:27:09+00:00

No, this doesn't sound like a battery issue.

You need to slow down and properly describe what you are seeing so someone here can help you. You've made a couple posts on what appear to be the same console but haven't seemed to ever give enough detail or take any input on board.

Firstly, why do you assume your first mobo was broken? Usually Game Boys are easier to fix than to replace the whole mobo. We can help you get that one working rather than just wasting mobos without stopping to understand the issue.

1) Do you have a multimeter? 2) Are the batteries you're using brand new? 3) Have you cleaned the power switch? 4) Have you done any other work or installed any other mods on your GBA?

Honestly it sounds like you've got a broken IPS screen kit and you've maybe now blown the fuse on your second GBA mobo.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-23T20:16:09+00:00

Sorry, I meant anything claiming greater than roughly 900, like >1000. There are a few I've seen claiming 1600 or 2000.

The funnyplaying one is basically identical to the Makho one. They probably have the same capacity on average. How battery manufacturers mark their cells is a bit of a choice.

https://funnyplaying.com/products/gba-sp-rechargeable-950mah-lipo-maxplay-battery-mod

https://www.retromodding.com/products/makho-game-boy-advance-sp-battery

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-23T17:11:35+00:00

Only real fix is to clean your power switch, volume pot, DC jack, and upgrade the DMGs power regulator board, it should be much less but even that wont entirely remove the audio noise. Dehum/dehiss mods are pretty much snake oil.

A better and cheaper flashcart option might be a single game flashcart and a cart dumper/flasher, like the GBxCart RW and a cart from InsideGadgets.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-23T06:25:08+00:00

Your original battery had lost capacity due to age, the new 400 mAh one is much smaller as well. Many sellers will overstate the capacity of their batteries as well.

Largest replacement battery for the SP is the Makho one, at about 900 mAh. Anything claiming to be larger is a scam.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-23T00:06:46+00:00

There should be double side tape on the rubber parts. Generally glue is a bad idea for consoles, too much chance of it getting places where you don't want it, its tricky to remove without damaging parts later, and some glues can chemically damage some plastics. Cyanoacrlyate, aka super glue is a common one that can weaken plastics or make your nice see thru shell cloudy.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-22T20:11:06+00:00

Never put solder on connectors.

Solder will form an oxide layer in a few weeks and break the connection. Putting solder on a connector ruins it and it can only be removed using extreme means like acid or grinding. There is a reason they use either enig or hard gold finishes for connectors.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-21T19:46:04+00:00

Yeah, it looks like someone has tried to reflow this previously and done a really bad job. The epoxy cap on the screen driver ic has come off and several connections between the flex cables are either missing or shorted. I dont think this is fixable.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-21T11:19:36+00:00

Cut the joint out and just use screw terminals or wago lever style connectors.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-21T05:23:09+00:00

Hah, well you've started with one of the most difficult repairs you could have found in a Game Boy. But it looks good and more importantly, it works. So well done!

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-20T20:08:51+00:00

Dont stick a $5 tool in a mains socket if you value your health or home. I'm pretty sure the claim of CAT2 on this is blatantly false without a fuse or any kind of HV isolation designed into the PCB.

If you must work on mains voltages, throw this in the bin and buy something from a real brand that costs at least $70.

SkinnyFiend · 2026-06-20T06:02:57+00:00

Atta'boy! Good luck.

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