Fixing a GBA SP That Won't Charge | USB-C Upgrade!

[@ScottofOakland]

Jake, I really appreciate the care and time you took in repairing my Gameboy! it works perfectly now!

[@DammitJeff]

Woa, I found my very old GBA SP literally yesterday and it had the exact same issue. What a coincidence this popped up on my feed. Gonna give this a shot this looks like a fun mod to try 🤗

[@JakeSimmons64]

Love your channel! Check out my main channel if you want to go down the modding rabbit hole 😅

[@KagoK]

Rosin is an acid gel that helps remove oxidation on whatever your soldering. Since you want to connect metal to metal you need to remove the oxidation layer, so using a little flux/rosin helps to remove that oxidation.

[@hamsterwolf]

for the holes on the usb c board you could run a wire through the two holes then fill with solder to lock the board in place

[@Orion_Alathorn]

tip from a fellow tech, a friend a short while back pointed me towards these black japanese q tips on amazon that are perfect for cleaning flux off, they are way more packed the western style ones and don't tear as easily, and some come with a wide end and a thin end which is perfect for getting in between pins. apparently they are that way due to the difference in earwax in asia but somehow that makes them perfect for these applications

[@brandonkick]

Cool little mod. I'd never go for the $26 version, but it is nice to convert this to USB C! Friendly word of caution, your very lucky you didn't tear pads / traces. Hot air is far better for this job. If you dont have hot air and dont want to buy one, wick the data / power lines clean of solder first then do the anchor ports. In your case, luckily, they already were... I fear you'd have pulled pads if not.

[@JakeSimmons64]

I am aware. That’s why I put the warning in the video immediately following

[@niplob]

I love how easy the usb c upgrade is! Might actually buy an sp just to do that mod (I am a lunatic)

[@Resolve_DigitalMedia]

Did this mod along with a few other mods over the weekend. Love it!

[@ScottofOakland]

Hey that's mine!!

[@AnnaVannieuwenhuyse]

To clean the burnt flux, use clean flux. You forego the whole alcohol evaporating thing. 🙂

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Rosin is a specific type of tree sap. There is nothing better for soldering

[@fantom0369]

for the USB c mod I would have looked for either wire to make new posts to go through the board or small pieces of metal(no stainless steel or nickel as they don't bond well with solder)

[@marcos2682]

Tus intenciones de compartir son muy buenas pero es un poco estresante ver como trabajas y a la hora de limpiar también igualmente muchas gracias!

[@krakentoast]

Is there a way to iclude bluetooth to the gba sp?😊

[@sunnyrainbows3193]

Rookie question: So if I have continuity only then should I solder when charger does not work?

[@samweiskittel8485]

What brand/style of wire do you use?

[@MorganEdgy]

OH MY GOD IT'S A _Gameboy Advance SP Blue Edition_ but where's mareeo?

[@Resolve_DigitalMedia]

@JakeSimmons, how you like your wireless soldering iron?

[@JakeSimmons64]

Haha it’s not wireless. I can just unplug it from the iron

[@rcake_et]

I'm trying to connect the via like in this video but then I realized my board is for the ags 101. Do you know which via should I use for the 101 board?

[@Divinis1399]

I was just thinking about fixing my sp that had the same problem.

[@James_D.]

👏🏻

[@magicalsleeper]

👏 👏 👏

[@rubenmejia4881]

Which flux are you using 🤔

[@ika5663]

❤ f tom brady