hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and today's
retro repair is the classic Gameboy if
you're anything like me this thing never
left my hands unless it was my sister's
turn and while this nearly
indestructible box fared well over the
years my speaker has a little water or
capri sun damage so let's get to work
here's what you're going to need
phillips double zero screwdriver why one
try point screwdriver an opening tool
solder a soldering station a copper
braid for desoldering and flux as always
this is just an overview so make sure
that you refer to the guide on
ifixit.com when you do your repair let's
start by making sure it's off and
removing the game if any and the
batteries
now we can get the back panel off some
game boys have Philips double zero
screws and some have tri points securing
the panel in place mine have tri points
so I'm gonna grab my driver and get to
work on removing the six screws on the
back now we can separate the front and
back panel by pulling them apart but
we're not going to separate them all the
way as they're still connected by a
ribbon cable you're just going to
carefully pull that cable straight down
and out of its socket with the two
pieces separated we can move on we're
gonna set the back panel to the side and
turn our attention to the screws
securing the motherboard in place there
are 10 total so let's get started now we
can use our opening tool to pry the
motherboard up just be careful when
you're taking it out of the frame as the
speaker is still attached by two small
wires to remove the speaker we're going
to do a little D soldering but it's
nothing you can't handle with the right
tools I'm using my soldering station and
my copper desoldering braid first I'm
gonna put on my protective eye gear and
while my iron is hot ready I'm going to
ten it with some solder and then clean
it off and then add some more solder
having a bit of solder on the iron can
help conduct heat into the joint place
the braid on the joint your desoldering
and then place the soldering iron on the
braid over the joint the solder should
be drawn right into the braid you can
even add flux if you want do this for
both joints and then you can remove your
speaker
I hope that retro repair was this fun
and nostalgic for you as it was for me
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repairing down in the comments below or
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