## Replacing the screen of your Nintendo Game Boy

### Disassembling the console

1. Remove the game cartridge from the slot. Open the battery compartment and remove the batteries.
2. Remove the six triwing (Y-type screwdriver needed) screws located at the top and middle of the back case and inside the battery compartment.
3. Separate the front and back case halves. Be extra careful not to pull the cable ribbon that connects both parts. Detach the ribbon carefully.
4. Remove the ten Philips screws holding the mainboard to the front case. Carefully take the mainboard out of the case.
5. Detach three plastic clips on the backside of the board and remove two Philips screws on the front, below the screen.
6. Desolder the display connectors from the mainboard.

### Reassembling the console

1. Solder the display connector to the mainboard.
2. Fasten the two screws below the screen and reattach three plastic clips on the backside of the mainboard
3. Put the mainboard carefully inside the front case and screw in ten Philips screws holding the mainboard.
4. Reattach the main cable ribbon to the back casing and put the case halves together.
5. Fasten the six triwing screws inside the battery compartment and on the back of the case.
6. Reload three AA-size batteries, close the compartment cover, and insert your favorite game cartridge to play!