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Game Boy Advance Screen Replacement

Use this repair guide to replace the screen if...

Nintendo Game Boy Advance Moderate 10 - 15 minutes Guide 195368

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Guide overview

Before you begin

Use this repair guide to replace the screen if it has been damaged.

Step 1

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Remove the back battery cover by pinching down on the tab and pulling outward.

Step 2

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TOOL USED ON THIS STEP Phillips #00 Screwdriver Referenced by the iFixit guide

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TOOL USED ON THIS STEP Tri-point Y0 Screwdriver Referenced by the iFixit guide

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Remove the six back panel screws using a Y1 screw driver.

Step 3

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TOOL USED ON THIS STEP Phillips #00 Screwdriver Referenced by the iFixit guide

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TOOL USED ON THIS STEP Tri-point Y0 Screwdriver Referenced by the iFixit guide

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Remove bottom back panel screw with a Phillips #1 screw driver.

Step 4

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Remove the back panel by pulling away with one hand and the front secured in the other hand.
Beware of right and left triggers, the right and left panels, and the power switch falling off as the back panel is removed.

Step 5

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Remove left and right triggers by lifting and pulling them away from the system.
Do the same for side panels.
For finicky or jammed triggers only. Adjust and correct triggers and reassemble. Most jammed triggers are caused by buttons misplaced or jammed in its enclosure.

Step 6

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Remove the gray On/Off Switch by pulling up and away from the unit. Replace with another switch if necessary.

Step 7

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TOOL USED ON THIS STEP Phillips #00 Screwdriver Referenced by the iFixit guide

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TOOL USED ON THIS STEP Tri-point Y0 Screwdriver Referenced by the iFixit guide

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Remove the three screws on the circuit board with a Phillips #1 screw driver.
The last screw on the right is not included on some Game Boy Advance systems.

Step 8

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TOOL USED ON THIS STEP Tweezers Referenced by the iFixit guide

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Pull circuit board away from the front panel by pulling up at the bottom of the circuit board, keeping the top ribbon still connected.
Beware not to damage the top ribbon by pulling up gently.

Step 9

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TOOL USED ON THIS STEP Tweezers Referenced by the iFixit guide

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Remove the rubber button pads from their pockets.
Remove the plastic buttons and the D-pad from beneath the rubber pads with tweezers or by hand.

Step 10

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TOOL USED ON THIS STEP Tweezers Referenced by the iFixit guide

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Use a spudger/tweezers/fingernail to unlatch the LCD ribbon port by pulling the grey tabs on the sides upwards (towards the top edge of the PCB).
Once the LCD ribbon port has been unlatched, the LCD ribbon should very easily slide out and can be removed with zero force using fingers or tweezers.

Step 11

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Use the spudger to lift the screen from the front panel. Place the spudger in the space directly left of the D-pad.
The screen and the front panel is connected by a black tape that could rip if not removed carefully.
You can use an iOpener or a hair dryer on the other side of the front panel in order to soften the black tape.

Step 12

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TOOL USED ON THIS STEP Tweezers Referenced by the iFixit guide

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Use the tweezers to remove the black tape if needed.