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Game Boy Advance Teardown

Written By: Adam (and 10 other contributors)
Published: February 10, 2010
  • Comments: 13
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Game Boy Advance Teardown

Written By: Adam (and 10 other contributors)
Published: February 10, 2010
  • Comments: 13
  • Favorites: 44
  • Views: 89.9k

Teardown

Introduction

Use this guide to disassemble all or any of the parts of the Game Boy Advance.

What you need

This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Game Boy Advance, use our service manual.

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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    • Use the tweezers to remove the black tape if needed.

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8 Guide Comments

used this to replace the case and buttons on my GBA worked like a charm thanks!

Josh - Reply

I dont understand. The items in “Tools featured in this teardown" is different from the tools written on the article e.g. Y0 in “featured" but Y1 in the “article”.

darelldechavez - Reply

Buy a small electric tool kit and test both, they will probably be different sizes in different models of the console

Gaget -

Bruh thx for

ColdPizza - Reply

Great guide. My dumb ass didn’t see the screws holding the circuit board to the front shell lmao

RikaSprout - Reply

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