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An upgrade of the Nintendo Game Boy Advance, the Advance SP was released, in North America, on March 23 2004 with a square structure and clam-shell design.

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Why will my Gameboy Advanced SP will not charge or turn on?

I got a GBA SP from my friends and I tried turning it on but it would not turn on. I then plugged it in to the charger. It flashed orange really quickly and then would stop charging. (Note: My OTHER friend said that the battery swells up on those things and it looks like that might be the case but I don't know how to fix that either.) If someone could help me figure that out I would be pretty happy!

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Same thing for me, but the battery replacement didn't work

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I've diagnosed the problem with mine, the wiring between the charging port and the battery is somehow broken.

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Same problem

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Do a bridge on the F2 fuse.

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i have that same problem

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Tommy the very first thing you want to do is to change your battery. Here is the guide for it. The battery is available at places like this. Hope this helps, good luck.

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Already did. No help

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I think you should bye a new gameBoy Advanced SP

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Do a bridge on the F2 fuse.

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All you need is a new battery :)

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I had the same problem. It was because of the battery. Not the charger, not the cable, not the GBA itself.

I solved it by plugging an unplugging the cable several times. I slowly noticed a little increase the time the orange light was on (not reaching a second). Then it stayed on and charged.

My guess is that the battery was in a deep-dicharge state and that cycling refreshed the charging protection and kickstarted it.

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