Recent I bought a Gameboy Advance bundle from someone off Kijiji. There was about twenty games and two GBA SPs. I quickly tested them at the guys house and everything appeared to be working but when I got home it turns out that the R button on one of the systems doesn't work.
The guy won't give me a refund and it's not really worth fighting about anyways, but I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on how to fix it. Everything else about the system works and I need the R button to play Four Swords so I really want to get it fixed if it is worth my time. Does anyone know where/who can fix it or if I can get a replacement button from somewhere? I could try and fix it miself if need be.
Broken Gameboy Advance
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Re: Broken Gameboy Advance
Open it up and look at the button. You'll need a tri-wing driver. I haven't been in a GBA, but it could be a rubber dome or a small click switch for the R button. Maybe some dirt or soda got into the button and fouled it. If it's rubber dome it will be easy to clean. If it's a small click switch then probably have to flood it with cleaner several times then let it dry else replace it.
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Re: Broken Gameboy Advance
If my memory serves me right, on the SP it is a switch.
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Digikey or Mouser will probably have something suitable. But you might be able to get it cleaned enough to work once you've got the system open.
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Re: Broken Gameboy Advance
Whenever that happens to me, I just open it up, move the tact switch around a bit, put it back together and it works just fine.
Re: Broken Gameboy Advance
If the button doesn't feel "sticky" or loose it's most likely just a dirty contact. Like everyone else was saying, open it up and check the button/pcb. If it looks like green stuff (corrosion) on the pcb, cleaning it off should fix it.
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Re: Broken Gameboy Advance
Both of my SP's shoulder buttons are broken, but I don't have a tri wing driver. Anyone know where I could get one?
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Re: Broken Gameboy Advance
the internetSwooshBear wrote:Both of my SP's shoulder buttons are broken, but I don't have a tri wing driver. Anyone know where I could get one?
