How do you prevent glitchy display? Is it even possible? I have heard that is you turn the IPD inward, it strains the ribbon cable and causes glitchy display, but is there any way to prevent it?

solder the cable, so you don’t rely on the glue. There are people here that would help you.

-Eric

Yeah I think Nintendo (or Sanyo?) had the chance to prevent it when they designed the setup.

Has anyone ever addressed why exactly they did glue the ribbon cables down instead of putting a socket on both sides? Or just soldering it? Even if they couldn’t anticipate these display problems or the 20+ year lifespan of the system, it seems like a totally unnecessary corner to cut. Kind of like buying a new Ferrari only to find out the designer went with Velcro strips to hold the doors shut.

They used this method on Game Boys as well and there the problems are not as prominent as with the VB, but it started to happen nowadays as well, though at the time they were all in real use, as good as no one had these problems.
So, why change something that doesn’t give a problem? That was probably what they were thinking.
The sockets normally only were needed to easily replace the displays, and one socket is enough for that, at least that is my guess what they were thinking.

TheForce81 wrote:
They used this method on Game Boys as well and there the problems are not as prominent as with the VB, but it started to happen nowadays as well, though at the time they were all in real use, as good as no one had these problems.
So, why change something that doesn’t give a problem? That was probably what they were thinking.
The sockets normally only were needed to easily replace the displays, and one socket is enough for that, at least that is my guess what they were thinking.

That I did not know! I haven’t researched Game Boy display issues much, is this the reason my GB Color is missing a few rows at the top of the display? The top 1/32nd” or so seems like all dead pixels.

As far as VB’s go, I just solder every display I come across. Gradually we should be able to increase the ratio of fixed to at-risk systems out in the wild.

Yeah, that is what happens with Game Boys and is repairable with an oven trickish way, just use your soldering iron on the strip that connects the cable to the board. Google it and you will see some tutorials, the thing is that it actually seems to stick for years to come and is easily repeatable when needed after ten more years.