sega game gear replacement lcd screen free sample

To avoid having to solder a lot of wires, we developed the Easy Soldering Guide, a piece of printed circuit board that solders directly to the connector on the original Game Gear display. This connector connects to the main printed circuit board via a ribbon cable.

The installation of the Magic Screen requires (in addition to the original screen and its backlight system of course) the removal of only 3 components.

If you choose to do the complete installation (5 wires to solder so), you can choose between the 7 display modes proposed in order to have the choice according to the game you are playing.

Thus the Magic Screen consumes between 1.6W and 2W depending on the backlight setting chosen and we have chosen to equip the kit with a switch-mode power supply for maximum reliability. We did not want to risk the linear power supply which sometimes causes a short circuit in the kit or in the console.

Note: beyond 3.5W the power supply card has difficulty providing the necessary power to operate the Game Gear. It starts to heat up and wear out prematurely, even more true if you use a flash card like EverDrive which consumes more power than a standard game.

This is especially true when it comes to a video game console that is more than 30 years old and has components that operate at voltages close to 50V. The Sega Game Gear is a fragile console that can be unpredictable.

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TL;DR:It seems that the majority of Game Gears that have troubles operating is suffering from leaking electrolytic capacitors, so it makes sense starting with recaping. It is very important to clean the PCB thoroughlyof the electrolyte fluid from old capacitors. As GameGear motherboard will operate even with no caps at all, although not recommended.

I bought a Sega Game Gear(VA1 — Twin ASIC (837–7398–01, 837–7719–01, and 837–7996)) at a local flee market. Since it is a European version (different regions have different power plug polarity, so be careful what power supply you use), I used my Spectrum ZX power supply to test it.

So if your Game Gear is experiencing similar symptoms, try measuring the output of the powerboard (first 5V and than 34V lines after power up cycle). It is important that you attach the multimeter before powering on, otherwise you might miss the initial surge. If 34V is stable and the 5V is not, try resoldering the components that are shared between them.

A picture off Facebook from a professional repair man, please note he uses a lot of SMD ceramic/tantalum capacitors (tantalum has the lowest ESR) the size of the caps is 1210/1206. If you find them in the right values, this is a much better option than using electrolytes, because the physical space in the console is very limited and the ceramic/tantalum caps are much more reliable. This board also has the LCD screen mod.

If you’re still not getting the correct voltages a user on Facebook group suggested the Game Gear Power Board IC Repair Kit, which contains the electrolytic capacitors, MB3775 (size SOP 16) IC and 3 power transistors (A, B and C).

Turning off is a protection mode for Game Gear and something is grounding out (you have a short to the ground (measure resistance between 5v and ground with power switched off)). Can be as simple as a misplaced polarity on a cap, a fleck of solder, bad power board, electrolytic fluid from an old cap, or battery acid under a chip that you can"t even see. The base point for troubleshooting would be a nicely and thoroughly cleaned mainboard.

If the fault on your game gear is the CFL tube lights, no power light, black screen then power off. A few times switching on and off and it starts working, than it was suggested to swap tiny transistor next to the 0.47 50v caps, swapping(Q3, Q4 transistors fixed the issue in one case).

One easy thing to check is leave the Game Gear on, for some time. If your screen is still flickering pay attention to transistors (Q9 and Q10). Sometimes electrolytic fluid from leaked capacitors catches underneath one of the transistors or resistors and that can be causing a slight short.

The last resolve would be an LCD screen mod McWill or a Chinese clone. (all of the images are from FB group and are here for educational purposes only)

If the lines roll and are not static, than there is usually still hope that recapping will fix the screen issue. With static lines it usually means that there is physical damage to the screen or the driver chip died or is on its way out.

Matt Marshall from the Facebook group suggested that sometimes these lines can be removed by (very!) gently warming up the LCD chip & ribbon cable and basically attempt to re-flow the ribbon cable, this should be used as a last result as you may damage the screen. If the lines roll and are not static, than there is usually still hope that recapping will fix the screen issue.

Alex Schot from FB group: “The middle IC LCD driver chip is losing connection or failing. Sometimes applying heat to the IC (hover your soldering iron above it for example) and then pressing down will fix the issue.” You could also try with a hairdryer.

This screen was saved by changing electrolytic capacitors. If the lines roll and are not static, than there is usually still hope that recapping will fix the screen issue.

Some have tried to fix this issue by heating the right edge of the GG LCD but have also had it come back not to long after. This issue seem like a typical case off ribbon cable detaching from the screen matrix. As a last resort I would try to heat the connections and try to re-flow them.

Vertical lines aren’t unfixable so much as its only a temporary fix, they are caused the same way they are on Game boy screens, just heating the ribbon cable with hot air and pressing it down usually removes them however every time the system gets hot you fix melting the connection and it probably dying again.

A newly designed drop in replacement power board for the GG, that is currently in beta testing. Instead of the barrel plug it has USB-C, so you can power it from a traditional USB power supply, power bank or computer for example.

I did McWill LCD mod on my Sega Game Gear and while upgrade from original LCD is amazing I was annoyed by gap between new LCD and Game Gear shell. Originally there was thin rubber frame between shell and LCD, but with new LCD gap is much bigger, as shown in the images.

So I modeled thicker replacement to try and close this gap. On comparison image above my version is one the right, original rubber is on the left. I skipped on making square cuts on the right side because these were holes for clips that were holding old LCD in it"s frame so they were not needed any more. New frame closes this gap. It doesn"t actually comes in contact with new LCD, I tried sliding piece of paper between them and it slid effortlessly. Which is fine as I wanted to avoid making pressure on LCD.

The Game Boy"s Biggest Rival Gets Revived By The Modding Community - Feature Nintendo Life Where there"s a McWill, there"s a way by Share: In the early 1980s, portable gaming was mainly limited to LCD-based games. Companies such as Casio, Grandstand and Tiger Electronics would all release various watches and devices to keep us entertained on those tiresome journeys. Nintendo wasn"t really known here in the UK back then, but it stood out from the crowd with the excellent range of handhelds. The Japanese company showed just how skilful and creative it was when it came to creating great gameplay with limited hardware (a skill it arguably continues to exploit), releasing hits such as Mario Bros. and the multi-screen Donkey Kong. Nintendo"s Game Boy had taken everyone by surprise and it would be Sega which played catch-up In April 1989 – – Nintendo took portable gaming to a whole new level with the release of the Game Boy, a cartridge-based handheld with a dot-matrix monochrome screen that had similar controls to the famous Game & Watch range. The Game Boy was an instant success and rival companies would race to get out their own handheld devices onto the market – one of those companies being Sega. One year earlier, Sega had taken Nintendo by surprise in the console market when it released the 16-bit Mega Drive and it would be two years before Nintendo responded with the Super Famicom/SNES. In the nascent world of handhelds, however, things were the other way around. Nintendo"s Game Boy had taken

everyone by surprise and it would be Sega which played catch-up; on October 6th 1990 – 18 months after the Game Boy"s release – Sega released the in Japan. With a backlit colour screen and hardware based on the 8-bit Master System, it was technically superior to the Game Boy and Sega hoped this would be enough to steal some of Nintendo"s rapidly-increasing market share. As most people will be aware, this never happened and the Game Boy went on to sell over 100 million units, eclipsing the 10.6 million sales of the Game Gear. However, Sega’s handheld will always be remembered for being the main rival to the Game Boy (Atari"s 16-bit Lynx only managed around 3 million sales), as well as a system with a decent library of titles – some of which were exclusive to the platform. However, looking back now, it"s clear to see why Sega"s gamble failed. The Game Gear’s biggest problem was battery life; the Game Boy could go for over 30 hours on four AA batteries, while the high spec of the Game Gear meant it consumed double-As like nobody"s business. In fuel economy terms, the Game Boy was a Volvo estate, while the Game Gear was a (yep, that one with the whale tail spoiler). The Game Gear has not stood the test of time as well; you are more likely to bump into an honest politician than see an original Game Gear in full working order Another problem with making a technically powerful device is that by default it also becomes more complex inside, and unlike the Game Boy, the Game Gear has not stood the test of

time as well; you are more likely to bump into an honest politician than see an original Game Gear in full working order. Most units have faulty sound or weak displays as a result of faulty capacitors; these units weren"t made with a vision of people using them 20-plus years later. In order to fix these issues and ensure no further failures, most Game Gear consoles require a replacement of all the capacitors on the internal PCBs (commonly known as recapping) and in the rare event of a unit still fully working, it is just a matter of when (and not if) it will require the recapping treatment. I bought a Game Gear that was sold as "fully working" with the intention of recapping it, and had it delivered to retro repair wizard Simon Lock, a man whose electrical expertise was detailed in a . Upon investigation, it turned out that my model had almost zero sound, a line missing from the display, took ages to power up and wasn"t reliable when reading carts – so not quite "fully working" as had been described. Simon sent me pictures of the issues and his findings, and after extensive testing, cleaning and recapping my Game Gear had sound and a decent display bar 2 lines – Simon informed me this was down to an IC failure from voltage damage caused by the previous owner using an incorrect PSU. The unit was returned to me and I was really happy to finally have a Game Gear, having never owned one back in the day. As a kid in the 1990s, it was exciting just to have colour LCD screens and while they did a decent job,

they pale in comparison to modern displays; original Game Gear screens need to be tilted to find an optimal viewing angle and suffer from terrible motion blurring. It"s something we tolerated back in the day as it was the best option available, but after witnessing a Game Gear with a brand new LCD screen fitted at a gaming market, it wasn"t long before I made the decision to get the famous . I got in touch with , a UK-based company specialising in console and handheld modifications, and just a few days later I had a Game Gear with a brand new screen. Playing the games with the McWill screen mod is a visual treat and breathes new life into the Game Gear So how good is the screen? In a word, incredible. I would compare it to playing Silent Hill on a PS1 and then putting on on the Switch; there is such a difference in colour, contrast and sharpness it is hard to imagine ever having tolerated the original display (you still have an option to add scanlines should you wish to emulate that older screen). Playing the games with the McWill screen mod is a visual treat and breathes new life into the Game Gear; the mod includes a full recap and a new screen protector so the machine arrives looking and sounding at its best. If you want to play Game Gear games on original hardware, this is an essential purchase and one I cannot recommend highly enough. Retro Modzz also changed the DC input supply which allows the use of a USB power bank to quench the Game Gear"s thirst for power; extremely handy if you want it to

remain portable. I decided to keep my model close to the factory standard but other mods can be added, such as a VGA socket to output the display to a monitor and the addition of a joystick port allowing you to attach a Master System control pad essentially turning the Game Gear into an 8-bit . The Game Gear may have only sold a fraction of what the Game Boy managed, but it"s clear there"s still a lot of love for the console. It"s a shame that the hardware isn"t as robust as the Game Boy, but it"s great to know there are options out there which enable you to bring these machines back to life – and, in the case of the McWill mod, actually make them better than before. Share: Comments ) Sorry, my Atari Lynx left the Game Gear in the dust, lol! i have a Game Gear, sadly it"s doesn"t work but my Master System does and most of the games are the same as the game gear ones anyway it would be nice to have a working Game Gear again though I had never even heard of the Game Gear until I saw it on an AVGN episode one day. Don"t think I would have picked it up over the GameBoy anyway. I loved my Nintendo games too much. 2 GG dusting somewhere... 2 lcd are dead. Will take a look at this mod... fun times ahead Problem is some of my favorite Game Gear games are also on the Master System... and normally play better on that.This is still cool though. It"s a good thing I got my Game Gear modded a few years ago for both the screen and the capacitor so now the battery life is much longer and the screen looks superb almost

as good as the GBA SP2. Playing Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on that was fantastic too, probably the best version of Power Rangers on any system today. I"m content with playing Game Gear games in 1080p on my 82" Samsung 4K TV using my Analogue Mega SG, but these updated Game Gears look cute ^-^ The two GG Shinobi games were the only exclusives really worthy of the name - though the Ninja Gaiden game was very decent for its time. That said, Land of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse, with its massive sprites on that tiny screen, looked incredible back in 1993. Truthfully, however much people rag on the screen today, it did most Master System games a favour. Man between this and the promise of Game Gear support for the Mega SG, it looks like my Game Gear collection is about to get some love again! If you haven"t played Shining Force Sword of Hajya, go get it! you fool this is a game gear made by sega not nintendo which is where metroid is from...makes me think you didnt read the article and just misread the headline and breezed through the arrticle. or you have no clue who makes what games. i just want to point out my game gear works like the day i got it, crappy screen and all.... no recapping ever done. This version of Power Rangers (and the Movie version) on the Game Gear are the best games in the franchise and one of the highlights of the system. I have two unmodded GGs from back in the day. The one has no picture and the other no sound. I really want to get a modded one since I have a handfull of

games and the official AC Adaptor... it makes me think you didn’t read their comment correctly. Yeah, a new 2D Metroid, or a remake/remaster of any of the first 3 Metroids would be absolutely awesome. Not like Metroid Samus Returns where they cut the frame rate in half, but I real 2D game with sprites that runs at 60 fps like the old games do. Nintendo should just offer to buy a developer or pay them to create a new 2D Metroid. Hire the teams who built either Hollowknight, Axiom Verge, AMR2, Sonic Mania, etc. They should also hire the Yoku"s Island Express people to make a Metroid Pinball game! Oh, and the Wargroove team to make or remake Advance Wars for Switch. I"d also highly prefer a high res, well done 2D Pokemon game that runs at 60 fps over the polygonal game they"re making now(which almost certainly won"t run at 60 fps). I"m a bit surprised that NL is just now writing about the McWill mod. Weird thing is that in my country, Nintendo didn"t have the same grip as Sega did. Just like Sony later with the PlayStation, instead of MS or Nintendo. In fact, home computers like the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga and Atari ST were all the rage, while consoles not so much. I bought a Game Gear over a Gameboy, as a tech lover it seemed so much cooler then! It had a good library, but we know how it turned out against its rival. Whenever somebody begins an internet comment with "You fool!" it"s probably a safe guess that they"re either an amateur internet troll or a cartoon villain. It"s no longer

April NLife, you can"t say "30 years ago this month" anymore! I"m more intrested in the BennVenn Game Gear screen replacement myself. I’ve still got my White GameGear and it definitely needs recapping as the screen is very washed out now. I don’t think it would be appropriate to stick a McWill screen into it though because it’s a limited edition system and should probably be kept as close to original as possible. I do really want to get a McWill modded GG though, the trouble is the prices are pretty high. I’ve got a modded Nomad and it looks fantastic so I’m sure the same would be true of the McWill mod. I also really want a biverted GameBoy but I just don’t have the cash for these goodies these days. Oh yes, I still love the first GG Shinobi and just played it on an emulator again recently! The soundtrack is by famed composer Yuzo Koshiro and I rate it higher than the Mega Drive version, just pure aural (albeit somewhat dated chiptune-y) bliss. And here I thought for a second that the Neo Geo Pocket was seeing a revival... I had one of these as a kid, played Mickey mouse castlevania (which was rock hard by the way), an after burner style game and a game where you searched round mazes and fighting blobs in turn based battles. Happy times, rated mine This would be great as a Classic Edition/Mini version. An all new Game Gear you can actually fit in your pocket. XD I like the Game Boy but I"ve got to say that I much preferred the Game Gear, some cracking games on their and its versions of Sonic

1 and 2 and the likes of Castle of Illusion were great. I might have to pick up a modded one now My friend had one and all I remember was it having dead batteries and have to play it in the corner plugged into the wall, lame.We always just played our Nintendo’s or gameboy’s instead. The game gear was awful! Every 2 hours, I was changing 4 AA Batteries!!! Luckily, I came across the sega game gear at a yard sale! I’d never pay full price for that trash! How, exactly, are you playing Game Gear games on the Analogue Mega SG? I haven"t seen any info about the adapters they are supposed to be releasing in 2019. Did I miss the announcement or something? I agree. The headline made me think Bandai Wonderswan. ;p While I enjoyed my Game Gear and the 20+ games I owned, I always went back and enjoyed my Game Boy even more. The only system I liked more than the Game Boy was my Neo Geo Pocket Color (I had the entire collection x2 and sold it before it got rare, womp womp) and its superior control stick and fighting game library. Going back and forth from my Game Boy Color and Neo Geo Pocket Color from 1998 (I imported the monochrome NGP first) to 2001 was damn good handheld gaming times. A new firmware was released April 1st that lets you play ROMs off an SD card for Master System, Genesis, Game Gear, and Colecovision Tails’ Adventure. ‘Nuff said. So happy they re-released that on 3DS!! Can someone let me know how to get in touch with RetroModzz please.I"m not on Facebook or Instagram.Thanks. So funny. I

pulled out my Game Gear carrying case (everything still inside, sans AC adapter) yesterday morning and then saw this article. Major League Baseball is still my favorite baseball game of all time. you look a burk on the train though I just turned on my game gear for the first time in years and the screen is completely shot. I didn"t even know this was a problem! hi you can get in touch via email with us at The Game Gear was my first ever console so this really does bring back a lot of memories. Would love to splash out on an upgraded model sometime so this was really interesting to read. Leave A Comment Hold on there, you need to to post a comment... Related Articles Blue sky blues Should you rush to get it? Graft from the past Gotta go fast... but not that fast Score some fresh kicks.

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