DMG Game Boy RIPS v3 IPS LED/LCD w "Prestige" Case!
44Complete overhaul of a DMG Game Boy that had a broken screen. By using the RIPS v3 IPS display kit with the new "prestige" case we are basically building a brand new Game Boy using just the original motherboard and speaker. The prestige case includes new buttons, power switch, button membranes, battery contacts and a tempered glass screen cover!
Install was fairly easy. Very easy in fact if you consider what we're doing here. Ever seen an IPS screen replacement on a Game Gear or Lynx?? Soldering dozens of tiny wires to tiny points all over the motherboard while also removing some components. It's actually quite difficult and this is partially to be expected when changing out an old custom "application specific" LCD display for a modern off the shelf one using a custom driver board. There is a lot that needs to change! But not here. This is partially due to the way the DMG was designed with two main (front and rear) PCB's. The front PCB board normally has the screen soldered to it but it also contains the speaker, contrast wheel and button contacts. This means the display information, sound information and button input information is all being sent and received between the two PCB's via a single ribbon cable. When designing a replacement LCD for the DMG this means more was involved as a new front PCB would also have to be accounted for (since the screen is normally soldered to this) and while this means costs for manufacture will be higher it also makes the install much easier! There is no soldering wires (other than for the speaker but not related to the LCD display!) and no removing components from the motherboard! This is as easy as it could possibly be as it's practically a drop in solution!
The end result is superb! The fit and finish (tolerances) on these new replacement cases are on par with OEM! The button feel is bang on perfect! The D-Pad is very similar to OEM but with a little more "bite" on top thanks to slightly larger and sharper ridges. Despite using aftermarket buttons (I used OEM B and A buttons on this one but I used all included buttons on the second green build), aftermarket membranes and an aftermarket PCB (button contacts) the force, travel and bounce-back is Nintendo all the way! This is like a brand new Game Boy with a modern screen!
My only complaint is that on BOTH kits (I installed the other one into the green case also!) the brightness wheel is very unresponsive to turning up. The brightness turns down instantly (and pushing in to change color always works) but it requires some fiddling to get it to go back up. The rotary encoder switch itself is most likely the issue here and it does bring up questions about the quality of that part. Both kits I bought have this exact same issue to the exact same degree. My fear with this would be that it could get worse over time making it impossible to turn up the brightness if you decide to turn it down. Hopefully this issue doesn't get worse! I'll try and choose a good brightness level and leave it there if I can.
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