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Game Boy Color Speaker Replacement

Game Boy Color Speaker Replacement

Cody and 3 other contributors

Last updated on September 24, 2024

10 minutes

Difficult

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Introduction

The Gameboy color is a wonderful handheld, and a lot of the fun comes from the retro sounds. if your Gameboy color has suffered a speaker malfunction(mine got left in the rain :( and died) this is how to fix it and get back to Super Mario Bros. Deluxe!

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Step 1 Speaker

Game Boy Color Speaker Replacement, Speaker: step 1, image 1 of 3

Game Boy Color Speaker Replacement, Speaker: step 1, image 2 of 3

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Take out the cartridge and batteries if there are any, very simple

Step 2

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now to remove the 6 triwing screws from the rear of the handheld
if you cant find a triwing a small flathead will work

Step 3

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Though it may seem like you can get to the speaker now, its still inaccessible
you still need to remove three phillips head screws and lift the logicboard

Step 4

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now simply desolder the old speaker and solder the new one in place

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Cody

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