Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP Screen Replacement

Step 1 Battery




• Turn your GBA upside down so that the battery compartment is facing up.
• Remove the one Phillips screw holding the battery compartment cover in place.
• Remove the battery compartment cover.
Step 2 Battery




• Pry the battery up with your fingernail or Spudger.
Step 3 Lower Case
• Remove the 6 Tripoint screws holding the case together.
• Pry the 2 halves apart. Do not force it though, or you may break your GBA.
• Set the bottom half away for later.
• Be sure not to lose the small, square nut that hold the battery compartment nut in or else you will not be able to screw the battery compartment in.
Step 4 Motherboard
• Unscrew the three Phillips screws holding the motherboard to the mid case.
• WARNING!!! Do NOT Take the motherboard off yet. It is still Secured with A Ribbon Cable.
• Turn the GBA so that it is like the Third photo.
Step 5 Screen ZIF Connector
• Fold the motherboard down like in the first photo. Be sure that the case is ON TOP of the motherboard.
• Use a screwdriver or tweezers to unplug the ZIF Connector from the motherboard.
• Take the Screen ribbon cable out of the motherboard.
Step 6
• Use a flat-blade screwdriver or the pointed side of a spudger to remove the 5 rubber screw covers.
• Unscrew the 5 tri point screws under the rubber pads.
• Close the GBA and unscrew the single Phillips screw on the bottom.
• We are done with the screws now!
Step 7 Screen
• Open up the GBA and everything should fall apart. Thread the ribbon cable through the opening and lift the screen out of the upper case.
• You are done!!

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