SP Screen the sp works fine, sound ok, reads cart etc even the backlight comes on but no graphics appear, not even thegb sign - is this a ribbon fault and easily rectifiable or is it a new screen job? cheers Gem

you either play them under direct (sun) light or attach some kind of external light like a worm light for a game boy color/advance, but the light isn't evenly distributed. i have a halo light for my gb advance--better than nothing.
game boy advance sp has a front lit screen.
GameStop sells game boy advance sp for $40.
hope this helped some

Yes, but internal composants or the screen could have been messed up. I wonder how your SP is still alive after that...

Sounds like hardware. Several possibilities come immediately to mind:

1) Backlight is going bad. (It's a fluorescent light).
2) Bad inverter
3) Loose or bad cable in laptop hinge

If the picture is OK using an external monitor, it's probably one of those three.

I've used these guys before for screen repair: Unknown document title.

http://www.notebookmechanix.com/

Sound like you might have a loose wire or ribbon cable,might even be a loose wire on switch.Be sure to turn breaker off to machine and unplug it before you check them. Also check the motor reset.

Sounds like a failed vertical amplifier circuit. This is normally primarily contained in an integrated circuit mounted on a heatsink.
There are other possibilities along the line but the one above is the most likely.
Now all you need is a TV repair shop that is still in buisness.

well umm i havent heard of that but the only thing i could think is wrong is the actual consol itself try taking the game out blowing on the bottem and blowing on the game slot on the gameboyor if it dosent wor their are most likly somecords missing or broken in the consol so open it up and have a look around and see it their some pugs even pluged out a little

hope it help

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try putting a soldering iron on the joints of the backlight connection and melt the solder in place and do it for both contacts. Try this and it might just be a loose connection. Dry solder joints hapen all the time in most new electronics

The SP has a small circular button near the display when the clamshell is opened. That controls the power to the backlight. Have you tried pressing that?

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