The Game Boy Color Mod - Page Two

Step 7. Remove the back and set it aside.

Step 8. There are 3 screws lodged in the motherboard. Using a Phillips screw driver remove them and put them in a seperate bin than the 6 screws from step 6. These are phillips screws, the ones in step 6 were tri-wing screws. Once again DON'T LOSE THESE SCREWS!

Step 9. Gently lift off the motherboard from the casing. Underneath you will see the screen with foam on it, and the buttons used to play the Gameboy.

Step 10. With a Flat blade screwdriver gently pop your screen out. There is going to be a little resistance because of glue that's holding the screen in but don't worry, the screen wont break. Once the screen is out set the whole motherboard and screen aside in a safe place.

Step 11. This next step requires a utility knife. The white line in the picture is circled around a ridge that supports the screen when in its in the Gameboy. You will need to remove this ridge with the knife so we can place our frontlight in when the time comes.

Step 12. Remove the buttons and set them aside. You will need these later.

This is how your Game Boy teardown should look up to this point.

Step 13. This step is optional. If you're not doing the speaker mod you can skip this step. Otherwise, cut the plastic of the Gameboy Color so the GBA SP's speaker will fit in like the picture above.

Step 14. Spray Painting is optional. I decided to spray the inside of mine blue. My Gameboy Color was clear and because of this, the paint would show through from the inside and not flake off. This is one of the advantages of doing this build on a clear Gameboy Color. Just make sure you don't get any paint in the battery compartment or on the screen. You can see how I masked mine off for painting with electrical tape.

More speaker mod time. If your not doing anything with speakers skip to Step 16

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