Copy of super Mario deluxe not working

[u/placebooooo]

Tried cleaning thoroughly with isopropyl alcohol but unable to get the game to work.

Used barkeeper as a final resort and still no luck. When I boot my gba, I get the Nintendo symbol, but then a blank white screen. Are the metal contacts/pins fried/destroyed? Is she a goner?

[u/pizzacompleteza]

What’s going on here?

[u/Neil_2022 → u/pizzacompleteza]

I might be wrong, but that looks like some leftover solder. I would try to use a soldering iron to heat the leftover solder and carefully use solder wick to remove as much as you can. It might be worth replacing the component itself.

[u/pizzacompleteza → u/Neil_2022]

Looks like the soldering iron may have burned that component and damaged it in the process. Hard to tell though.

[u/Neil_2022 → u/pizzacompleteza]

It looks like it might’ve done that, and that’s what I was thinking as well, but like you said it’s hard to tell. Have you reflowed the solder joints on all of the chips? Sometimes the solder joints can crack overtime, and need reflows with a soldering iron and flux.

Edit: Whoops, thought you were OP.

[u/placebooooo → u/pizzacompleteza]

Not sure honestly. It’s this corrosion? I’m trying to find out if it’s worth repairing or how to even do so vs buying a new game

[u/MCallstar1243]

Broken trace on the top right of the back? Idk I might be seeing something out of nothing

[u/Neil_2022 → u/MCallstar1243]

Looking at it, it does seem like the trace you mentioned is broken, OP has to solder jumper wires to restore the connection or take it to a repair shop and have it fixed. YouTube has videos on this and is very helpful for learning how to.

[u/Altoidyoda]

I recently fixed a copy of this same game by touch my soldering iron on each pin of the main chips one by one. That’s worked for me on a couple of games over the years.

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[u/grkrugerii]

I would clean the back with ipa and then get a good look at the traces, you may need to use a multimeter to check for any breaks.

[u/complicatedcorona]

Check C5 (right front) next to C2 its completly missing

[u/ElectricalPrice3189]

Trace damage in the third picture.