Introduction
Go to step 1 ↓This is a teardown of the Game Boy Player for the Nintendo Gamecube. The attached video is an ASMR-style teardown with a cleaning montage and reassembly footage. Steps based on this guide are provided with different photos.
What you need
Tools
Video Overview
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Place the Game Boy Player flat on a surface, with the top surface that would mate with the Gamecube facing up, Nintendo logo on the bottom.
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Use a gamebit screwdriver to loosen and remove eight screws around the top of the surface.
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After the screws are removed the top piece can be lifted off of the rest of the unit.
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Try grabbing around the raised portion where the socket would mate with the bottom of the Gamecube, and and lift straight up and out.
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Use a Phillips head screwdriver to remove 11 screws installed all around the metal heat sink.
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The metal shielding around the socket port is a separate smaller piece and should be removed first by grabbing around it and pulling up and away.
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Then, the rest of the outer shielding can be pulled up and away.
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With the metal shielding removed, the motherboard can be lifted up and away from the bottom shell of the Game Boy Player.
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The shell has another layer of shielding in the track of the motherboard, and this can be pulled up and away after removing the motherboard.
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Additional removable pieces include:
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two poles, one on the side and another near the corner,
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a small flat piece near the front above the cartridge slot that would mask over the extension port,
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and a long thin piece that goes across the shell, attached by a spring, which overall act as the cartridge's ejector.
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