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Hardware > Half my screen messed up

#112579 - gauauu - Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:28 am

Hey all...my SP's screen started acting funny all of a sudden, and wanted to see if anyone had seen anything like this before, and whether there were any suggestions of a way to fix it myself.....

Basically, the entire left half of my screen (a straight line down the middle) is often colored wrong. It seems to be something with red colors, as I only notice it on red backgrounds. (Can't see it at all on a black screen or the pure white intro screen) Basically, it looks like that half of the screen is twice as dark of a red as it should be. Whenever reddish colors animate or move, I get weird flashing effects.

It's entirely playable, just a little distracting, really...

Any suggestions? I guess it just might be time to buy a new gba.....

#116315 - HyperHacker - Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:41 am

Possibly the ribbon cable has come loose. If you can open it up and poke at it, give it a shot. I've had similar things work before (fixed a calculator dislpay by wedging some cardboard behind it).
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