MachoNacho has made a full tutorial that goes over the various mods on the GBA including the part above and recap kit: th-cam.com/video/7pfPCdLFxHo/w-d-xo.html
@@Angryhelder ooooh now I remember how I discovered you... Jo from Consoles Unleashed talked to me about you. Sorry, too many social websites (discord, instagram, Twitter...) and a very bad memory. I'm now following you on Instagram !
Hey Helder thanks for the easy to follow guide. One question. I ordered one of these and mine looks a little different. It has another contact point on the left side. What is its purpose? I can't find it on your site or anywhere else for that matter. Thanks in advance!
It's black now and the solder points are exactly the same so nothing of the install changed. There is a tiny gold circle on the left and that is just for the pick and place machine to identify where the coordinates start.
@@crysix944 partly for production and mostly for some of the older LCD installs that some people had issues with the caps interfering with the LCD on the left side so now they are all on the right side.
Hey, I haven’t been able to find direct recording from the headphone jack of before and after installation. I’m especially interested in the gba sp power cleaner if you have a/b tests posted anywhere.
@@thebombingsoda I showed the 2 different boards but I still do not know what you are asking me. Did you see the video because other than the 2 different pcb which are essentially the same not sure what each side you are talking about.
Hi I just installed the power clean pcb and I had a little too much solder so I went to clean it off but when I did the c15 and c6 resistor came off the mother board I have soldered them back into place and do not have the power clean pcb in right now and I cannot get the gba to power on , everything worked fine before I'm not sure if maybe I damaged the resistor or its not in place correctly. Any help would be greatly apreciated
@@tyleranderson8634 interesting, just had another customer who did the exact same thing. I will tell you here what I told them but after that send me an email through my contact page for more help. Simply clean up the solder pads of the capacitors you destroyed or knocked off and just solder the power cleaner to the solder pads of those lost capacitors. Be sure that there is no solder bridge or your going to blow the fuse and possibly damage your gba. Since you can't show me pictures of your work or soldering I can give you any more advice hence why I don't do troubleshooting on TH-cam.
@@Angryhelder ok awsome I was thinking about soldering the pcb right to the board but wasn't sure of it would function correctly , I will try that and let you know how it goes thanks alot
@@Angryhelder I just did the same thing on my 3rd GBA. It's funny that the first two went smoothly. But this one, I used too much soldered and lifted it, and couldn't solder the resistor back on as I believe the soldering points on the resistor are gone. Won't stay. So I just soldered the pads to the Power Cleaner, and it works fine. Glad this confirms it that I won't need to replace it.
Could this help with the issue when using rechargeable batteries you get random red light on the battery indicator even though the batteries are full? This is after I’ve installed the IPS screen.
Sounds like a dirty Power Switch you have there, once it's cleaned you should not have the red light coming on. also what kind of batteries are you using?
Helder Silva hi Helder! I’m using Eneloop pros. Before installing the IPS I had no issues with the power light :(. I have another GBA that is behaving differently.
@@BubbalooXRS I also suggest a good recap on the GBA. I sell a kit but if you want to source your own just get the values I posted in the install image and this will help in many things but be sure the switch is clean as I said above.
Helder Silva thank you Helder. Unfortunately I’m not too solder savvy so the recap scares me a bit. I have some WD 40 electronics cleaning spray to see if I can avoid doing the unsoldering of the power switch in order to clean it.
The caps are a bigger benefit than the other mods including this one. Also there are 2 regulators used in the GBA and one is noisier than others which is why the caps make a big difference. On my cap kit page on my site I show the different Regulators so you can identify them.
Please help! my c15 appears to be missing. I bought my GBA with a v2 IPS mod and a aftermarket shell and lense already all fitted the were no other mods. I've since bought a Amp and this power cleaning mod but whilst lining things up to see where they I noticed the was no capacitor for c15. The GBA works fine though. Will soldering the power cleaning mod on even without the c15 cap still work OK and do it's job? Thanks in advance for anyone that can help me with this.
I installed power cleaners into 2 different board but when i turn it on, it shows the gameboy color startup with a black bar on it. Please help, what do i do?
I don't give troubleshooting advice on TH-cam, I will need to see your installations and also need to know what else you did like what other mods you did or what parts you possibly damaged in the install. Send me an email through my website if you want me to help you out and this is the first time I heard of this issue so I know it has to likely be something you might have damaged during the install. www.heldergametech.com/contact/
@@Angryhelder OMG. You're Helders Game. I just bought a battery for my sp from your site. I wish I knew. I would have scooped up something to fix the audio while I was shopping.
Caps don't drain batteries or anything like that, all it does is give the current power system a cushion for the extra draw from the IPS and Flash carts. Not sure where you heard capacitors drain batteries.
I saw from Tito over at macho nacho that you have a flex amp for the GBA. What would you say the difference between your flex amp and the clean amp pro from retrosix is? Not trying to be rude to either one I just don’t know what to install on my gba:/
You mean the one they copied off of my design? They both do the same thing but use different amps so there is a little difference in audio power, pretty sure mine is louder but I'm sure some will like his over mine or vice versa. I don't spread lies unlike my competition to get a sale and tell it as I know it to be. Thanks for the support by buying my parts. 😀
@@Angryhelder i definitely don’t like ppl like that. I’m glad your honest about your work and I will definitely continue to show my support use your products😎
I messed up and lost R38 and C5 when trying to install this... how would you recommend me to fix it? i cant solder these on as they are too small and they got lost on the tip of the iron... did i just trash my GBA?
It will not function properly with missing parts. You can use some wire and solder to the pads of the missing parts then use larger versions of the parts soldered to the wires. If you can't solder something that small I suggest you seek someone who can before you cause more damage by attempting to repair or replace the lost parts.
@@Dan_Sightsandsounds C5 is 0.01uf 0402 size 16v capacitor. R38 is a 47 ohm 0402 size resistor, the power rating is not important for this part just the value and size. You can buy these on mouser.com, digikey.com, aliexpress, ebay, maybe even amazon and taydaelectronics.com
@@Angryhelder I just saw! I will go ahead and do that then thank you! I have one power cleaner at my desk I will wait for the cap kit. So with both items installed, there is no need for the dehum kit from them correct? Anywho, hope you had a nice holiday yesterday thank you!
@@thatonedudenamedvalentine7836 The tantalum caps are the biggest factor in cleaning the noise on the GBA, the other mods help but none have the most audible results as the recap.
You may have mentioned this already and I missed it but is this Mod to be added as well as the larger caps that come with the retro six dehiss/dehum kit?
This cleans most of the noise, the other part can be done simply by Changing the 100uf cap at CP2 with a 470uf or higher cap as well as change the other two 100uf caps to at least 220uf caps. be sure they are 6.3v rated or higher.
@@Angryhelder ok I’ll just grab some of those caps then as well. I won’t be running a rechargeable battery pack but will be using rechargeable AAs and the IPS screen, just want to keep the Audio as clean as I can
@@josephlefebvre9213 Yea just changing these caps can help with the remaining noise greatly and you're giving the GBA some new caps to prolong it's life.
Hello :) Juste installed the board and 2x 680uf cap from retrosix guide. I messed UP with something. My gba drain batteries in 10 min et i don't have a better sound. Any tips ?
I don't know man , I do not know what guide you followed or what you did since I can't see pictures of your work. All I do is a recap of the capacitors on the GBA using some higher values and use the cleaning flex pcb and sound is good. You need to realize sound on the gba is not that great in general all these mods do is clean the noise from the system so if the game sounded shitty it will sound the same just without extra noise.
@@Angryhelder Ok thx for your answer. I checked and don't find any short on those new 680uf cap i added. If i failed at solder the Ribbon correctly, does it explain the batteries drain ? Sry for my english and poor Electronic skills
@@lemaire0gontran Unless you some how bridged the small capacitor that the ribbon solders to then the system would not even turn on. Now when you say ribbon do you mean Flex PCB I made or the Ribbon of an IPS Mod? Join thje Game Boy Discord server where people can help you diagnose your issues. discord.gg/U8KucJgxed
What should someone do if they accidently remove/lose the stock capacitors? Can you just bridge the solder between the "half moons' and the pads on the board? Or should you get new capacitors?
NO, DO NOT BRIDGE THOSE PADS!! there is essentially a positive and a negative on each of the pads so if you bridge them you are essentially running power to ground and could damage your console. If you lost the original caps you can leave them out and solder the "half moons" to the pads of the missing capacitors. It won't be that big a deal but you can always buy some 0.1uf 10v size 0805 caps and solder them to the Capacitor on the flex PCB. The original size of the lost capacitor is 0402 which is really tine if you plan to put the original back.
@@Angryhelder That's what I mean, bridge the half moons to the pads on there corresponding sides. I already guessed bridging the pads to each other was a bad idea. Thanks!
I got a somewhat difficult question. The SP that I modded with an IPS screen sometimes shows random black frames during gameplay. This is much more common with GBA games. Is the problem related to power delivery? Will this mod help in any way?
Sounds like not an issue with the gba but the ips itself. Not all ips displays work perfectly and it's usually the ribbon that has the circuitry that is at fault. Check out makho here on TH-cam he has many videos showing different ips mods and their shortcomings.
Install power amp, when volume is low its like the highest volume of non moded. Then installed the power cleaner, now static is heard. But only slightly. Can you help me?
When you amplify dirty sound you get louder dirty sound, this is how amplification works. The Power cleaner cleans very little to be honest and if you want the best noise cleaning you want to do a recap with larger values like the same value caps that I sell on my site. You can use electrolytic capacitors if that is what you can get and this will greatly improve the noise. One thing everyone needs to know is that there is no 100% noise cancellation unless there is an entirely new audio circuit with better built in filtration so the best we can do is clean up the power to lessen the noise. Also sound is subjective, as some people are more attuned to hearing things that others can not. This statement above is the honest truth that many people selling things will not tell you and all I can promise you with my products is that it helps clean some noise but as I said the recap is the best mod for cleaning a majority of the noise you hear.
do you have a tutorial for the GBA Capacitor kit?
MachoNacho has made a full tutorial that goes over the various mods on the GBA including the part above and recap kit: th-cam.com/video/7pfPCdLFxHo/w-d-xo.html
Just order quite a few, thanks for sharing mate!
Be sure to tag me in whatever social media once you install it so I can see it.
@@Angryhelder What's your social media ? I'm basically exclusively on Twitter
@@SLRModShop I'm on there as well but rarely use it, I'm more on Instagram @angryhelder
@@Angryhelder ooooh now I remember how I discovered you... Jo from Consoles Unleashed talked to me about you. Sorry, too many social websites (discord, instagram, Twitter...) and a very bad memory. I'm now following you on Instagram !
Ordered one of these, my GBA is jacked to the tits!
Hey Helder thanks for the easy to follow guide. One question. I ordered one of these and mine looks a little different. It has another contact point on the left side. What is its purpose? I can't find it on your site or anywhere else for that matter. Thanks in advance!
It's black now and the solder points are exactly the same so nothing of the install changed. There is a tiny gold circle on the left and that is just for the pick and place machine to identify where the coordinates start.
Awesome. Appreciate the quick response. Works great. Installed this with your flex amp. Annoying the neighbors now with my loud GBA!
@@Angryhelderthe capacitors are now all on the right side, was this done to improve performance or simplify your production?
@@crysix944 partly for production and mostly for some of the older LCD installs that some people had issues with the caps interfering with the LCD on the left side so now they are all on the right side.
What temperature do you use on the iron?
330 Degrees Celsius
can this pair with the dehum dehiss mod?
Hey, I haven’t been able to find direct recording from the headphone jack of before and after installation. I’m especially interested in the gba sp power cleaner if you have a/b tests posted anywhere.
The power cleaner has very little benefit overall, the best audible mod that is easy to hear is the capacitor replacements.
Quick question, do you one on each side or do you just do one?
No idea what you're asking, go back and reformat the question so I or anyone reading it will know what it is you're asking.
@@Angryhelder you put two on, do you put one on each side?
@@thebombingsoda I showed the 2 different boards but I still do not know what you are asking me. Did you see the video because other than the 2 different pcb which are essentially the same not sure what each side you are talking about.
@@Angryhelder oh ok, I though it was the same board, thanks for clearing things up
Hi I just installed the power clean pcb and I had a little too much solder so I went to clean it off but when I did the c15 and c6 resistor came off the mother board I have soldered them back into place and do not have the power clean pcb in right now and I cannot get the gba to power on , everything worked fine before I'm not sure if maybe I damaged the resistor or its not in place correctly. Any help would be greatly apreciated
I do not offer help through youtube, and I believe we just spoke through email and resolved the issue.
@@Angryhelder this is my first time reaching out as I have just installed this mod last night
@@tyleranderson8634 interesting, just had another customer who did the exact same thing. I will tell you here what I told them but after that send me an email through my contact page for more help. Simply clean up the solder pads of the capacitors you destroyed or knocked off and just solder the power cleaner to the solder pads of those lost capacitors. Be sure that there is no solder bridge or your going to blow the fuse and possibly damage your gba. Since you can't show me pictures of your work or soldering I can give you any more advice hence why I don't do troubleshooting on TH-cam.
@@Angryhelder ok awsome I was thinking about soldering the pcb right to the board but wasn't sure of it would function correctly , I will try that and let you know how it goes thanks alot
@@Angryhelder I just did the same thing on my 3rd GBA. It's funny that the first two went smoothly. But this one, I used too much soldered and lifted it, and couldn't solder the resistor back on as I believe the soldering points on the resistor are gone. Won't stay. So I just soldered the pads to the Power Cleaner, and it works fine. Glad this confirms it that I won't need to replace it.
Just installed one of these in a OG GBA, and it's made literally zero difference. Any help would be appreciated :)
TH-cam is not a support channel, if you want help then send me an email through my site.
@Angryhelder nah, I'm good, thanks, lol
Could this help with the issue when using rechargeable batteries you get random red light on the battery indicator even though the batteries are full? This is after I’ve installed the IPS screen.
Sounds like a dirty Power Switch you have there, once it's cleaned you should not have the red light coming on. also what kind of batteries are you using?
Helder Silva hi Helder! I’m using Eneloop pros. Before installing the IPS I had no issues with the power light :(. I have another GBA that is behaving differently.
@@BubbalooXRS I also suggest a good recap on the GBA. I sell a kit but if you want to source your own just get the values I posted in the install image and this will help in many things but be sure the switch is clean as I said above.
Helder Silva thank you Helder. Unfortunately I’m not too solder savvy so the recap scares me a bit. I have some WD 40 electronics cleaning spray to see if I can avoid doing the unsoldering of the power switch in order to clean it.
@@BubbalooXRS You can try it but I don't think it will have good results.
So just a question I will just be adding this and adding a ips screen mod and a funnyplaying speaker will I need to change the caps/ get an amp?
The caps are a bigger benefit than the other mods including this one. Also there are 2 regulators used in the GBA and one is noisier than others which is why the caps make a big difference. On my cap kit page on my site I show the different Regulators so you can identify them.
Please help! my c15 appears to be missing. I bought my GBA with a v2 IPS mod and a aftermarket shell and lense already all fitted the were no other mods. I've since bought a Amp and this power cleaning mod but whilst lining things up to see where they I noticed the was no capacitor for c15. The GBA works fine though.
Will soldering the power cleaning mod on even without the c15 cap still work OK and do it's job?
Thanks in advance for anyone that can help me with this.
It will work fine, the capacitors on the flex board will do the work as intended and if that capacitor is missing the others will compensate.
I installed power cleaners into 2 different board but when i turn it on, it shows the gameboy color startup with a black bar on it. Please help, what do i do?
I don't give troubleshooting advice on TH-cam, I will need to see your installations and also need to know what else you did like what other mods you did or what parts you possibly damaged in the install. Send me an email through my website if you want me to help you out and this is the first time I heard of this issue so I know it has to likely be something you might have damaged during the install.
www.heldergametech.com/contact/
@@Angryhelder Okay i will do just that. Thank you very much
Does this work for the gba sp?
I have specific GBA SP power cleaners and Amps on my site.
@@Angryhelder OMG. You're Helders Game. I just bought a battery for my sp from your site. I wish I knew. I would have scooped up something to fix the audio while I was shopping.
Quick question if I do the power cleaner the amp when it's available and change the old caps will it drain battery more or still be the same. Thanks
Caps don't drain batteries or anything like that, all it does is give the current power system a cushion for the extra draw from the IPS and Flash carts. Not sure where you heard capacitors drain batteries.
@@Angryhelder forgot to mention the battery 1watt
@@Angryhelder thanks for the response tho
I saw from Tito over at macho nacho that you have a flex amp for the GBA. What would you say the difference between your flex amp and the clean amp pro from retrosix is? Not trying to be rude to either one I just don’t know what to install on my gba:/
Ps. I bought both amps one for my gba and SP😎
You mean the one they copied off of my design? They both do the same thing but use different amps so there is a little difference in audio power, pretty sure mine is louder but I'm sure some will like his over mine or vice versa.
I don't spread lies unlike my competition to get a sale and tell it as I know it to be. Thanks for the support by buying my parts. 😀
@@Angryhelder i definitely don’t like ppl like that. I’m glad your honest about your work and I will definitely continue to show my support use your products😎
I messed up and lost R38 and C5 when trying to install this... how would you recommend me to fix it? i cant solder these on as they are too small and they got lost on the tip of the iron... did i just trash my GBA?
It will not function properly with missing parts. You can use some wire and solder to the pads of the missing parts then use larger versions of the parts soldered to the wires. If you can't solder something that small I suggest you seek someone who can before you cause more damage by attempting to repair or replace the lost parts.
@@Angryhelder where can I get a replacement resistor and cap for these? Or do you know what the values are for them?
@@Dan_Sightsandsounds C5 is 0.01uf 0402 size 16v capacitor. R38 is a 47 ohm 0402 size resistor, the power rating is not important for this part just the value and size. You can buy these on mouser.com, digikey.com, aliexpress, ebay, maybe even amazon and taydaelectronics.com
Hello, just bought the power cleaner and amp. What caps do I look for in your store to purchase for the gba? 😊
There is only 1 kit of capacitors on my site and it is for the GBA so kind of hard to miss it, they are tantalum caps black and yellow.
@@Angryhelder I just saw! I will go ahead and do that then thank you! I have one power cleaner at my desk I will wait for the cap kit. So with both items installed, there is no need for the dehum kit from them correct? Anywho, hope you had a nice holiday yesterday thank you!
@@thatonedudenamedvalentine7836 The tantalum caps are the biggest factor in cleaning the noise on the GBA, the other mods help but none have the most audible results as the recap.
@@Angryhelder Well I should be ordering from your store in a few hours. Thanks again for the quick response brother!
You may have mentioned this already and I missed it but is this Mod to be added as well as the larger caps that come with the retro six dehiss/dehum kit?
This cleans most of the noise, the other part can be done simply by Changing the 100uf cap at CP2 with a 470uf or higher cap as well as change the other two 100uf caps to at least 220uf caps. be sure they are 6.3v rated or higher.
@@Angryhelder ok I’ll just grab some of those caps then as well. I won’t be running a rechargeable battery pack but will be using rechargeable AAs and the IPS screen, just want to keep the Audio as clean as I can
@@josephlefebvre9213 Yea just changing these caps can help with the remaining noise greatly and you're giving the GBA some new caps to prolong it's life.
Hello :)
Juste installed the board and 2x 680uf cap from retrosix guide.
I messed UP with something.
My gba drain batteries in 10 min et i don't have a better sound.
Any tips ?
I don't know man , I do not know what guide you followed or what you did since I can't see pictures of your work. All I do is a recap of the capacitors on the GBA using some higher values and use the cleaning flex pcb and sound is good. You need to realize sound on the gba is not that great in general all these mods do is clean the noise from the system so if the game sounded shitty it will sound the same just without extra noise.
@@Angryhelder
Ok thx for your answer.
I checked and don't find any short on those new 680uf cap i added.
If i failed at solder the Ribbon correctly, does it explain the batteries drain ?
Sry for my english and poor Electronic skills
@@lemaire0gontran Unless you some how bridged the small capacitor that the ribbon solders to then the system would not even turn on. Now when you say ribbon do you mean Flex PCB I made or the Ribbon of an IPS Mod? Join thje Game Boy Discord server where people can help you diagnose your issues.
discord.gg/U8KucJgxed
@@Angryhelder i mean flex pcb , thx for the discord :)
Fyi it was my 680uf 6.3v added on cp1 who drained batteries . After disolder everyrhing is ok
What should someone do if they accidently remove/lose the stock capacitors? Can you just bridge the solder between the "half moons' and the pads on the board? Or should you get new capacitors?
NO, DO NOT BRIDGE THOSE PADS!! there is essentially a positive and a negative on each of the pads so if you bridge them you are essentially running power to ground and could damage your console.
If you lost the original caps you can leave them out and solder the "half moons" to the pads of the missing capacitors. It won't be that big a deal but you can always buy some 0.1uf 10v size 0805 caps and solder them to the Capacitor on the flex PCB.
The original size of the lost capacitor is 0402 which is really tine if you plan to put the original back.
@@Angryhelder That's what I mean, bridge the half moons to the pads on there corresponding sides. I already guessed bridging the pads to each other was a bad idea. Thanks!
I got a somewhat difficult question. The SP that I modded with an IPS screen sometimes shows random black frames during gameplay. This is much more common with GBA games. Is the problem related to power delivery? Will this mod help in any way?
Sounds like not an issue with the gba but the ips itself. Not all ips displays work perfectly and it's usually the ribbon that has the circuitry that is at fault. Check out makho here on TH-cam he has many videos showing different ips mods and their shortcomings.
Install power amp, when volume is low its like the highest volume of non moded.
Then installed the power cleaner, now static is heard. But only slightly. Can you help me?
When you amplify dirty sound you get louder dirty sound, this is how amplification works. The Power cleaner cleans very little to be honest and if you want the best noise cleaning you want to do a recap with larger values like the same value caps that I sell on my site. You can use electrolytic capacitors if that is what you can get and this will greatly improve the noise. One thing everyone needs to know is that there is no 100% noise cancellation unless there is an entirely new audio circuit with better built in filtration so the best we can do is clean up the power to lessen the noise. Also sound is subjective, as some people are more attuned to hearing things that others can not.
This statement above is the honest truth that many people selling things will not tell you and all I can promise you with my products is that it helps clean some noise but as I said the recap is the best mod for cleaning a majority of the noise you hear.