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Opening the GBA SP
I'm planning on changing the shell of my GBA SP. It's scratched up quite badly on the top, and I've always felt I made the wrong choice buying a silver one so I'd like to change it to black. There's also a highly irritating piece of lint smack right in the middle of the screen that is highly visible, and I've been meaning to take it apart to remove it. I don't really want to do this without prior knowledge, so I've been scouring the net hoping to find an odd tutorial or a gallery that will warn me of the secret contraptions that will destroy the CPU if it's opened. However, I've spent the past 2 hours looking and haven't found anything, you disappoint me, intarnet. >=0
If you know of a site which has information on GBA SP disassembly, or if you've done it yourself and have some experience to share, then please post. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
I've only opened up a DS but you should take extra care not to strip any of the screws by using an improper size (too big) screwdriver. Seems like common sense but it's really easy to completely fuck them up. I trust you have a tri-wing screwdriver ready for the non-standard tri-wing screws.
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
If you open up your SP, be prepared to get more dust in it. I changed the screen cover on my old non-SP GBA and had tons of dust after that, even though I was sure none had made it in there.
If that sort of thing bothers you, you're probably best just leaving it be. What's the big deal about scratches anyway? They're just scratches... This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |