Game Boy Pocket Teardown

Written By: John
Published: 06/10/23
  • Comments: 1

Game Boy Pocket Teardown

Published: 06/10/23

Teardown

Introduction

Today, we’re going to Teardown the Game Boy Pocket to take a a closer look at the components and shell etc.

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    • Turn the game boy pocket around and remove the battery cover and batteries.

    • Please do note that I don’t have a battery cover.

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    • Using a Y00 screw, remove 6 screws from the back.

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    • Remove back cover.

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    • Remove 4 screws from the cartridge panel using a JIS000 screw.

    • Remove cartridge panel.

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    • Remove 3 screws on the motherboard using a JIS00 screw

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    • Push on two lock pins that are locking the ribbon cable for the screen using a spudger.

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    • Using a plastic tweezer, remove the ribbon cable.

    • Be careful not to scratch or break the ribbon cable!

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    • Remove motherboard.

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    • Remove covering on buttons.

    • Remove buttons.

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    • Remove display using a spudger.

    • Be careful not to break the display!

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    • Done!

Author

John

Member since: 04/07/22

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Came here because I thought I missed a screw in the back or something. Nope, still had a game inserted which holds the two parts together, haha.

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