GBA USB-C Charging Mod Install Guide

Literally did this for the first time yesterday for a customer lol

Fantastic. Thanks for the video. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks yall. Made me a bit more comfortable

I've always wondered what do you need to study in order to make this kind of mods, it looks so cool.
Good stuff

I feel like I can handle this type of mod. Great video. I feel like you explained it very well

Such an amazing job. An artisan

Thanks for the video..
I managed to complete this mod today thanks to you. And though I only had an iron and no air gun, everything went smoothly 👍

You should switch to a flat tip for your iron rather than using the small, curved tip. It distributes heat to a wider area of the solder pad and makes reflow easier. You could also try to wick solder off the pads and out of the holes before using the hot air tool so theres less solder mass to heat and reflow. Also, if yoh use a piece of kapton tape to hold the new connector exactly where you need it, you'll have a much easier time soldering it in place.

I clip the legs on the under board and then suck the solder from the anchors, then shield and hot air on the port side for removal. I haven't needed the low melt solder thus far.

Will you be making Neo Geo Pocket Color battery covers soon? Any chance of a replacement Game Gear screen for later model systems?

I just finished the mod. I didn't have heat gun, but with (improvised) braid and bit of patience i desoldered original port without much effort. It's amazing, now i don't need this weird nintendo charger!

Any clue where I can pay for this service? I have done some very basic soldering mods on my GB and GBA but this looks too tough. 😒

I’ve considered using a heat gun for other mods (i.e. GBAccelerator, to remove the X1 crystal before installing), but others have told me using a heat gun on PCBs with components this small is dangerous. Seeing it used for this mod makes me feel a bit better, since it looks like it didn’t mess up nearby components like the EM8 chip at all. Would that EM8 chip become useless if I keep the heat gun on that general area for too long? Going to try this mod soon but given the price of used GBA SPs and PCBs I don’t wanna mess up

For the part starting at 3:09, couldn't you instead just use the wick to absorb all the solder once you've gotten it melted? Why go through the extra step of heating with the air for a really long time, which also seems to damage the board a bit and could melt those important components?

I always look at this type of stuff and think its super hard, then i remember that ive actually done simular stuff, so i can probably do it myself, if i upgrade my soldering iron first

Isn't the charging port of the gba sp supposed to act as a port for the link cable too? Does this mod removes this functionality?

Lost my C56 cap when doing this. Everything seems to work fine. Waiting on replacement cap to come in.

If one if the compactors were to get brushed off like the one that connects to P3. If that even possible to be fix?

So I did this with a soldering iron and lifted the back 2 pads, it charges just fine but audio doesn’t work, and the screen seems off for some reason, any advice or help?

Will this mod work if the EM8 on the motherboard is missing?