Game gear Screens??

[HyruleHero]

I see on Ebay that they sell replacment screens for the Game Gear pretty cheap. My game gear is extremely faint when a game is playing, would replacing the screen be the solution? Or is it more a inner hardware issue? If so any links or ideas how I can fix it? Thanks in advance!!!

[c0ldb33r]

good question. my GG screen sucks too. how can this be improved?

[Leo_A]

I've seen others with similar problems solve it by replacing the capacitors.

[drmay]

I see on Ebay that they sell replacment screens for the Game Gear pretty cheap. My game gear is extremely faint when a game is playing, would replacing the screen be the solution? Or is it more a inner hardware issue? If so any links or ideas how I can fix it? Thanks in advance!!!

The screen isn't the problem, the problem is the capacitors on the mainboard. You need to replace all of them. I have done it several times, it is a fairly easy but slow process. As long as you are not terrible at soldering.

[HyruleHero]

[QUOTE=drmay;1806359]The screen isn't the problem, the problem is the capacitors on the mainboard. You need to replace all of them. I have done it several times, it is a fairly easy but slow process. As long as you are not terrible at soldering.[/QU

Do you know of any link or site that gives u a how too on how to fix it??

[FireStar]

Here you go (http://members.optusnet.com.au/eviltim/ggrgb/ggrepair.html)
This guy also has instructions on how to get TV output from the GG.

[kedawa]

Solder out old caps, solder in new ones, and pay attention to polarity. There's really not much more to it.