GBA power help...

[Malon_Forever]

I found this GBA (not SP), and the power switch seems pretty loose. I can turn the GBA on, but when I do the power light keeps flickering. It turns green right away, but it then flashes to red, and will fade on and off. At first it seemed to be ok to play, but I was starting a file in Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga, and then it just turned off.

To sum it up, is there anything I can do to fix this? Thanks!

[Gameguy]

Open it up and resolder the connections for the switch, that should fix it.

[gokugohandave]

Ive had my GBA since launch and I can almost assure you that its your batteries, when the batteries get low the power light changes to red, then flickers and finally dies. When you turn it on yes it does become green but it realizes the batteries are dead and goes to red. Ive found out that if you catch it turn red it means about 1/3 left of battery power.

[Malon_Forever]

Ive had my GBA since launch and I can almost assure you that its your batteries, when the batteries get low the power light changes to red, then flickers and finally dies. When you turn it on yes it does become green but it realizes the batteries are dead and goes to red. Ive found out that if you catch it turn red it means about 1/3 left of battery power.

I changed batteries, and it stayed green longer, but if I would move the GBA a little, it would flicker to red, and keep fading. It seems because the switch is very loose. I'm not very handy with resoldering, so I may just look into getting a DS.

[gokugohandave]

how much would you want for it?

[Malon_Forever]

Sold!