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MGB: [iceboy] #6 - MH12297427

Front side of Game Boy PocketBack side of Game Boy Pocket

Color
green
Release code
C/MGB-JPN
Assembly date
February/1997
Has LED
no

Mainboard

Front side of Game Boy Pocket circuit boardBack side of Game Boy Pocket circuit board

Board type
MGB-ECPU-01
Color of bottom half
white
Manufacture date
January/1997
Number pair on board
1-1
Stamp on board
702-3702
Circled letter(s) on board
HS
Extra stamp on front
R
Extra stamp on back
-
Label on power board
6Z4
Stamp on speaker
7(?)

LCD Panel

Manufacture date
December/1996
Panel label
D61214
D61218
Extra label
4
Row cable label
-

Chips

 ChipTypeManufacturerDateLabel
U1CPUCPU MGBSharpWeek 51/1996
CPU MGB
Ⓜ © 1996 Nintendo
JAPAN
9651 D
U2Work RAMLH52A64N-PLMosel-VitelicWeek 49/1996
LH52A64N-PL
MOSEL-VITELIC
JAPAN
N649 04 C
U3AmplifierIR3R53NSharpWeek 51/1996
AMP MGB
IR3R53N
9651 C
U4LCD RegulatorIR3E02SharpWeek 49/1996
DMG-REG
IR3E02
9649 h
X1CrystalKDS 4.194DaishinkuWeek 51/1996
KDS 9651
4.194
-LCD Column DriverLH5077 B1SharpWeek 42/1996
LH5077 B1
6421
-LCD Row DriverLH5076 ESharpWeek 40/1996
LH5076 E
6400

Notes

- Display cover fell off:
    -> Cleaned old glue
    -> Attached replica part
- LCD polarization filter is burned/inverted in the middle:
    -> TODO: Try to replace (LCD has no missing rows/cols, thou)
- Battery acid distributed on the PCB
    -> Cleaned
- Battery contacts are corroded by battery acid:
    -> Milled off the corrosion
- Sticker on the back was soaked in battery acid and disintegrated
    -> garbage
- Two shell screws were heavily corroded.
    -> Replaced them with tri-wing replicas
- Many buttons don't work: Right, Down, A:
    -> TODO: Investigate
- Gets random button presses, like if an input is floating:
    -> TODO: Investigate

Misc

CPU works
yes

 

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