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Hardware > Need an LCD...

#36543 - iainprice - Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:20 pm

I've just gone and dropped my GBA SP, does anyone know where I can get a replacement LCD (in UK) that won't cost the earth!

#36555 - MumblyJoe - Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:14 am

A whole new SP doesn't cost the earth.
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#36587 - iainprice - Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:11 pm

I know, but I was hoping to spend ?10 or ?15 on an LCD rather than ?45, ?50. It's just the student in me.....

#36589 - gb_feedback - Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:25 pm

How do you know you need a new lcd?
Is it because it's visibly damaged?
Is it just because it stays blank?
Is it just scratched? (In which case its not the screen you need to replace).
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#36591 - iainprice - Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:33 pm

It is visibly damaged, it still boots OK but half the screen has nice black liquid over it...

#36592 - Lupin - Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:54 pm

a screen alone might be a lot more expensive than the GBA itself. Maybe you can get a normal GBA somewhere cheap and use its display =)
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#36593 - iainprice - Fri Feb 25, 2005 2:20 pm

No, the GBA and GBA SP have different LCDs. I am looking for a GBA SP that has a different fault and then I can make 2 into 1.

#36596 - gb_feedback - Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:03 pm

Ebay?

As I write you have 3 hours for these 3 SP GBAs
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48455&item=8171438613&rd=1
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#36619 - dagamer34 - Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:37 am

How much to send it into Nintendo and see what they will do about it/how much it will cost? I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be too much. It's not going to cost and arm and a leg for them to put in a new screen for you.
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#36628 - iainprice - Sat Feb 26, 2005 10:56 am

About ?50, which means it's cheaper to buy a new one from ebay....