I talked to my “repair guy” (Ben) and he does not mind helping out other people with their display issues. He is based in the US (Milwaukee). You would need to send just the lenses so you will need to open the VB yourself. You will also need to send a prepaid return envelope. I buy the small padded envelop at the post office, stick the lenses in, address it to myself then have them weigh it and apply appropriate postage for it to be shipped back. Then insert that envelope in a larger one and ship it out. I asked Ben what his charge would be and he said $20 which is cheaper than I imagined (I paid more when he worked on mine and only said tips were appreciated). Please keep in mind that this is not a business, he has a job, family, and kids. I received mine back in under two weeks but I would not be put off if it took longer. His email address is benjamin.r.lloyd@gmail.com which is also his paypal.

is he soldering them or doing something else?

thanks.

Soldering them so they will be fixed permanently. Here is some pics he sent me when he did my first set. Apparently it was more damaged than I realized, probably because I attempted the oven method a few times first. The oven method worked but only lasted a month or so each time.

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This was what he said about the above repair:
“hello again. I have tested and verified both displays work. I did run into another weird issue. The same line in the ribbon cable (select) of the other display was cracked at the connector end. I was able to bridge it with a little solder. Have you every noticed the display having a double image (normal and mirrored overlayed) this is what it does when the select line is disconnected.”

You can see he verifies his work and is very thorough. I was very pleased, otherwise I would not be recommending him to the community.

Just mailed him my second set yesterday. Hopefully I will be able to test out Kevin’s cable soon!!

Hey VB fans! This is Ben, the repair guy that tydyedsyko mentioned. I’ve been getting a lot of requests, and I appreciate it. I’m a big nintendo fan and I enjoy repairing retro electronics and video games. I started doing repairs for a local seller and started getting requests from other sources. I do this purely for the joy of keeping VB’s going, as I am so impressed by the hardware, I really consider it’s short life a tragedy.

Anyways, keep ’em coming, I’m happy to solder your displays. I took some photos of the most recent set I did for anyone interested. The pictures from the units above were rather unusual as BOTH displays had cracks in the ribbon cable. I’ve never encountered this before but was able to apply a little heat and solder and bridge the cracks. I don’t usually have to do this.

After trying the method using LYE to dissolve the ribbons (which takes hours) I’ve devised this method which is much faster and just as effective.

Here is the whole process. It takes me about 30 minutes per set if everything goes well, more if I have to rework and retest when I run into unexpected “complications” (such as the case above 🙂

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i like your post a lot. thanks for sharing and taking the time to post the images!

Welcome Ben!! Thanks for the pics. After seeing more of the process I was definetly correct in thinking this is out of my skill set. I received my second set of fixed displays from Ben earlier this week and was finally able to test Kevin’s link cable. It works great and I can’t wait for more games that utilize this capability.