dreamgazer
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Post by dreamgazer on Nov 28, 2020 18:37:22 GMT -5
Hey all. I made the single dumbest mistake of my life today.
I have had my custom-built IPS GBA for a few months now and have been absolutely loving it. Today, however, I decided to get adventurous and swap out the plastic front screen with a glass one. I took off the plastic screen and successfully installed the glass one, but noticed a few dust particles resting on the screen. No problem, I thought, I'll just use some canned air....
For context, I'm living at my parents house until winter break is over. My dad always keeps the computer duster on a specific location on his shelf, so I went to grab it. I flicked the stem out on the can, pointed it at the screen, and almost crapped myself when I saw white foam spray all over my screen.... Turns out, he had put WD-40 there instead for whatever reason. 
The screen was completely ruined, the stuff seeped in and ruined the whole display. I spent a month in the summer saving up for the parts for this thing so... whoops.... I ordered a new screen but blowing $60 for such a dumb mistake as a broke college student is... Oof.
Anyways, hope you guys can laugh at my mistake and maybe even avoid screw-ups like mine in the future. Cheers  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2020 19:56:10 GMT -5
Big oof, that definitely hurts. You're not alone. Although it's not a custom GBA, I managed to snap my GBA SP Onyx in half. I wasn't being careful with it, especially after the left trigger started to act up (it became difficult to read the input when I pressed it). After it snapped, I thought no biggie. I bought the thing for like $15 bitd, I'll just buy another, how expensive can they be?
One look and I knew I wouldn't be owning another one ever again.
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dreamgazer
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Post by dreamgazer on Nov 28, 2020 21:14:14 GMT -5
Big oof, that definitely hurts. You're not alone. Although it's not a custom GBA, I managed to snap my GBA SP Onyx in half. I wasn't being careful with it, especially after the left trigger started to act up (it became difficult to read the input when I pressed it). After it snapped, I thought no biggie. I bought the thing for like $15 bitd, I'll just buy another, how expensive can they be? One look and I knew I wouldn't be owning another one ever again. If it makes you feel any better SP replacement shells are pretty cheap! You could probs have the whole thing fixed for under $30 after the cost of the shell and tri-wing screwdriver! |
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Post by Sarge on Nov 28, 2020 21:21:35 GMT -5
Aw, dang, sorry to hear that. Definitely no laughs from me - I hate it when I lose hardware, and I hate it even more when I'm the one responsible. I remember frying a component recording device for PC because I hooked up the wrong power supply to it... yeah, that wasn't the best smell in the world. Hope you get it swapped back out and back to playing soon!
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Post by Ex on Nov 28, 2020 23:33:25 GMT -5
Truly sucks dreamgazer, hate that happened to your GBA. I definitely understand how aggravating specks can be under a screen. I can't abide them either. |
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Post by anayo on Nov 29, 2020 12:39:51 GMT -5
This story makes me uncomfortable because sooner or later it will be necessary to recap many of my old gaming systems but I'm worried I'll damage them in the process.
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