mcwill lcd screen made in china

Your power board may be struggling under the strain of the McWill board ( it takes more power than a stock system ). Were you able to power it up and play games after capacitor replacement?

I have already heard from others in the modding community that have ordered the Aliexpress kit and stated that it is the exact same screen as apparently the LCD itself is a pretty common type. They used the same instructions to install the Ali kit as the normal kit and it does work in the exact same fashion. However, they did state that there is some strange buzzing from the audio after installing one of these kits so it would seem there is a ground loop or something the clone kit introduces.

After bringing high-quality backlight kits to the GameGear and the Atari Lynx, McWill returns with a backlight for the Game Boy Color. This true plug-and-play drop-in kit will dramatically improve the brightness, color, and contrast of the GBC so you can enjoy your favorite retro games like never before. No soldering necessary!

If batteries are low when attempting to turn on the Game Boy Color after performing the mod, the LCD may not power on with the first try. You may need to turn the GBC on and off 2-3 times before starting to play. This phenomenon can be avoided by using fresh batteries, keeping charged batteries in the console, or pairing this product with the McWill USB charging kit.

Avoid placing pressure directly on the screen. Hold the edges of the drop-in kit carefully when installing it in your console. Do not pinch the screen between your fingers when manipulating it

Too much pressure can permanently damage the screen and result in rows of dead pixels. Do not force the shell closed around the LCD. If necessary, remove more plastic from the shell.

The dimensions of the LCD screen being always the same (3,5" TFT or IPS), the brackets are compatible with all the other LCD replacement kits on the market such as BennVenn, RetroSix, McWill or the numerous generic Chinese clones.

Im about to recap my second game gear and decided to do the lcd mod. It looks like a clone of mcwill"s LCD .. im wondering if he gets them made in china

Installing the LCD is similar to those before it, aside from the fact that this can be installed with easy install flex cables.  The install instructions are both sent out with the boards as well as held on the RetroSix Wiki pages.  These instructions are both easy to read and also seem very professional in there production.  Within the instructions are both the wireless and the flex install instructions.

It turns out I’m far from alone in all this: from Facebook groups to Discord channels, there’s a lively and thriving community around the handheld refurbishing scene. Take Andrew Hendrick, for example: he too had fond childhood memories of the Sega Game Gear, and so, with the UK in lockdown due to the pandemic, he brought one to play around with in his spare time. Once again, the Game Gear was broken – because the leaky capacitors Sega used in these handhelds mean they all break eventually – but Hendrick decided to see if he could fix it. “In November [2020], I just decided to buy myself one,” he says. “I recapped it, and it worked. Then I did some research, and found the [replacement] screen. I had no soldering skills whatsoever, but I really enjoyed it. So I thought, ‘What else can I do with it?’ So I decided to paint one.”

Today, it’s possible to take a tired, broken old handheld console and give it a new lease of life. You can replace the shells and buttons, improve the audio with better speakers and sound-boards; even replace the Game Boy and early Game Boy Advance’s dim, un-backlit screens with pin-sharp, modern ones. Thanks to the handheld modding community, you’ll also find replacement parts for more obscure systems like the Atari Lynx or Neo Geo Pocket, and even replacement LCD screens for the PlayStation Portable.

One hobbyist who’s really pushed the modding boundaries, though, is Mathijs Nilwik from the Netherlands. An engineer by trade, he began his console repair pastime around four years ago. “I’ve been repairing Game Gears for years – swapping capacitors, mainly, and later, replacing screens. I was just buying and selling them.”

Assuming you can stomach the rising costs of those old consoles, though, the cost of upgrading them isn’t necessarily exorbitant if you’re willing to do the mods yourself; even once-expensive modifications like replacement screens are cheaper and easier to install than they were a couple of years ago.

As a starting point, Malpass and Hendrick agree that the original Game Boy or Game Boy Advance are ideal for newcomers. “I’d start with the Game Boy Advance, because you can literally fit a screen with no soldering,” says Malpass. “You just place it in, connect the ribbon, and then you can replace the buttons and shell without too much work. It’s definitely the easiest of the consoles, I’d say.”

During the 11th Five-year Plan period,Instituteof Developmental Biology and Medicine, part of Fudan University, has established an integrated database system for piggyBac (PB) insertional mutations and associated characterizations in mice, containing more than 5,000 PB insertions, or 20% of the mouse genome. The scale the database has so far reached is equivalent to the total PB insertions collected by the world biomedical community in the past 20 years, making it the largest of its kind in the world. The new database has collected 280 known mutagens concerning human diseases, 447 candidate mutagens that may trigger up diseases, 10 confirmed mutagens as a drug target, 24 possible drug target mutagens under intensive studies, 378 genes that serve as a signal pathway, and numerous genes whose functions have to be determined. The database makes a great tool for searching and validating the genes that may contribute to the occurrence of diseases or have a major physiological function, studying the mechanisms that define life activities, establishing animal models, screening biological markers or drug targets, and developing innovative methods for diseases prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. All the mutagens in the database have been made available to the public through online PBmice.

An expert panel, organized by Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, nodded its approval on August 20, 2010 to a national key lab on mobile telecommunication sitting at the compound of China Academy of Telecommunication Research. The expert panel listened carefully to the Academy"s report, and visited the physical lab. Experts believed that the lab has been working on the nation"s strategic mobile telecommunication needs, with a focus on the new generation mobile telecommunication technologies and SoC chips, including TD-SCDMA, TD-LTE, SCDMA, and Mcwill. In this context, the panel justified the approval check.

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...

The bracket fits perfectly to mount a widely used Chimei LQ035NC111 LCD screen, what comes with the McWill, RetroKai Magicscreen or Chinese FunnlyPlaying v2.0 - v3.1 clones.

Specifically this means Freckleshack or the new backlight kit from China with the touch sensor backlight control. McWill_Spacers is specially designed to help locate the screen within the shell. The PCB should already do this for you but mine was...

McWill_Spacers is specially designed to help locate the screen within the shell. The PCB should already do this for you but mine was slightly crooked. This helped, but not as much as I"d like.

This adapter is for use in Boxy Pixel Aluminum housings. ... It will drop in and locate the Mcwill backlit screen without the need for any trimming. ... This is for personal use only please.

You"ve probably heard that BennVenn has been working on a new LCD screen mod for AtariLynx. This mod will be shipping soon and AtariGamer was able to get a hold of an early version (hand assembled by Ben himself) to test out and to compare to the McWill LCD.

As you"d expect from a kit like this, it came in an anti-static bag. Inside was the LCD itself, with the driver board adhered to the back. The driver board had a small daughter board to generate 17V for the LCD backlight, this was a typical board design that BennVenn used on his other LCD kits.

Installation of this kit was a breeze, but first lets tackle the issue of screen positioning. Unlike the McWill kit, this kit didn"t have a PCB that could be screwed into place, instead it required manual positioning. Typically it would be held in place by 3D printed washers, but since this is AtariGamer, we one upped BennVenn and created a mounting bracket to use with the kit. These brackets are available for purchase from our store and are included with every kit now.

That"s it! This wiring was so much easier than the McWill mod...especially the backlight connection (which is used to adjust brightness and scan-line settings here.) Removing the inductor disabled the rest of the CFL high voltage circuit, so there was no need to remove its other components like instructions in the McWill kit say to do.

Overall the image produced by this display is very good. Miles ahead of the original display. There is a small horizontal scanline artefact visible on the top and bottom sections of the screen however. This isn"t very noticeable, but if you have large sections of solid colour on screen, you do see it. It"s not a big deal, certainly not a deal breaker and in fact adds a bit of a retro feel to an otherwise clinically clean and modern display.

With regard to the "high colour mode" that some homebrew games and slideshows use, the BennVenn version performs considerably better. It"s not perfect, but the screen tearing that the McWill kit has is not as profound. Here"s a vide of the BennVenn (left) vs the McWill (right) displays showing a high colour slideshow...

There is no VGA out option on this kit. This is reflected in the price too. However, you have the choice of which LCD panel is used - either a Chinese assembled or Japanese assembled. The Japanese version is slightly more expensive. AtariGamer got the Chinese version and there really was no issue with it.

Lower numbers mean less power usage and BennVenn"s kit uses about 2.5x less power than the McWill kit. This means much more play time on the same batteries vs the McWill kit. It"s actually amazing it"s so much more efficient.

When running on full brightness the BennVenn kit uses a maximum of 266mAh. When set to the lowest brightness level, this drops down to 212mAh. Comparatively, the McWill LCD burns though 523mAh and there is no way to adjust its brightness. The original Lynx CFL display uses 367mAh, when overclocked this number jumps up to 400mAh.

This kit is an absolute steal. At the $50USD entry point (+$10 if you want to have the Japanese LCD panel), you"d be crazy not to get it. The difference between a standard Lynx display and this kit is earth shattering. It"s easy to install and performs on par or better than the McWill LCD mod. It"s about time that the Atari Lynx got a mod like this!

The horizontal artefacting is most visible in the last screenshot of Turkey Puncher. The top and bottom sections of the image have interlaced light/dark bands where there should be solid colour. The effect isn"t as pronounced in the middle of the screen however.

There is another video from Ivory Tower Collections that shows the installation process in more detail. Check that out here - ITC# 62 :- Atari Lynx - BennVenn LCD Upgrade Installation.

If your Lynx motherboard edition is C104129-001, you may experience some side-effects after the LCD mod is installed. We"ve had a chat with BennVenn and this was a summary of his feedback...

This edition of the motherboard is using the same chipset as the Lynx 1 motherboard. Unfortunately the BIOS in the Lynx 1 (and this motherboard) doesn"t set the VBLANK on boot. This causes the image on the screen to be unstable until a game starts. This will affect the "INSERT GAME" screen and on some games the game"s logo/splash screen i.e. you won"t see a proper image until you are actually playing the game. If you"re using a flash cart to load ROMs you should not have any issues.

Update: There is a version of the LCD kit that now supports this motherboard version. You can read more about it on this news post: BennVenn adds support for the Atari Lynx C104129-001 motherboard to his LCD kit and purchase it from our online shop.-AG