speedyink wrote:
Not mine but still a cool item to see nonetheless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irNj4dmNBjg&t

Very cool piece of hardware!

One piece of advice, do not put boards on anti static bags! The outside is conductive and can fry your board.
People say it isn’t that bad, but better safe than sorry. Put it on a piece of cardboard if you are protecting your table 😉

Yeah, that is going to be the issue, space in the cart. All of the holder I have come across will be too high to be on the board and in the cart. It would need to be outside of the board area which doesn’t sound like a good solution to me. Don’t like stuff floating around in a cart.

trueskins wrote:
I have sent and mp to TheForce81 as I have begun to have problems with one my units.

Replied!

Dreammary wrote:
I submit to you all that there was nothing that could have been done. VR and 3D technology in general is very gimmicky, and even when built well; it’s still got very low adoption. 3D TVs while amazing came and went with little fanfare. Nobody even talks about Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR or any of the other ones, they are gimmicky and only fill a very small group of peoples interest.

When Nintendo 3DS launched hardly anybody was interested, and it appeared as though it was going to fade out. It wasn’t until prices lowered and people realized they could play games without the 3D that it became everyone’s console.

So, to recap, people suck! 😉

mellott124 wrote:
I can get parts to build 5 more if people are interested. Send me a PM.
After that there are no more VB motherboard connectors available.

PM from me as well, want one for sure now.

You only need the ones that actually go to the board, so like the second picture you posted.

They are already soldered, but he is talking about hard wiring the display boards without the flex cable, that is something else. It can be done, but is a hellish task.

[TheForce81]

You could have contacted me about this. I will be in the UK around London the 20th through the 26th of October, maybe could swing by if you live around there (do not have your address quickly to know how close you are to London).

Have you tried pulling out the cable just a little bit? Sometimes the connector parts of the cable are dented in too much for a stable connection. Soldering them onto the board itself is a really hard job, one I started with, but will probably never finish, do not have the patience for that at the moment at least.

If that doesn’t solve it, swap them around, if the same display still has issues, it needs a retouch, if not, it is your Virtual Boy’s motherboard socket.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by TheForce81.

RunnerPack wrote:
I believe this is normal. I have opened a LOT of VBs, and they have all looked similar (although with various amounts of exposed wire).

I think it’s just a side-effect of how they prepared the wires for insertion in the connectors. The wires inside are plated, anyway, so it shouldn’t affect anything, really.

If you’re super-paranoid about it, you could paint on some kind of conformal-coating or liquid electrical tape, but do a neat job, and make sure whatever you use cures thoroughly before you close the VB back up.

This, all the Virtual Boys I have opened all look like what you posted here. I do understand the need for confirmation, but it is nothing to worry about.

Very cool! I am in Japan on vacation for four more days at the moment. Hoped to find something cool about the Virtual Boy that would be affordable, though not that easy to find. Then I read about this, so excited for you! These are the best finds, free, from a close source and unexpected, treasure it!

Very nice project, very neat and a tribute to the Virtual Boy on its own!! Enjoy it.

That sounds bad indeed, not necessarily unfixable, but it isn’t right. I cannot tell you what it is exactly, but it sounds as if one of the mirrors is blocked or something like that. Best is to open it up and hear/see where it comes from.

All the best wishes from the Netherlands, hope you get well soon.

You need to use the really short USB cable for it to work that came with it. Do not use longer cables, those give these kind of issues. I had this happen and solved it by using the short cable that it came with.

Wow, that is one hell of a job well done lol!! I have been contemplating trying this with one of my VB’s and a couple of displays that were beyond repair.

What wire did you use? Kynar? And did you use an iron or a special soldering station that uses hot air?

I am still repairing VB displays by the way.

http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=24251.0

This one really is one of the best now with the DX treatment!!

The reason those light guns don’t work doesn’t have anything to do with the fact that they are flat. The reason they do not work is because those TV’s have Frame Interpolation at work which gets the frame’s out of sync with the gun.

DBloke wrote:

TheForce81 wrote:
Still here and always log in, no clue why it says I haven’t been logged in for Months. Replied to your PM

Ill probs send it to you
Just the PCBs and ribbon or the whole unit?

Just the ribbons/displays would be cheapest talking about shipping costs.

Didn’t you get my email?

Still here and always log in, no clue why it says I haven’t been logged in for Months. Replied to your PM

Good one to have stickied! I do still repair them and probably will indefinitely.