3rd March 2004, 10:34 PM
Well, they fixed that for free because it was under warrentee. I got mine fixed for free too when the laser got misaligned at some point (well, it was actually replaced outright). Guess what? Not only is this GBA long over the warrentee time limit, it's also be voided in a very obvious way, by the carving of the plastic I needed to do (and it DID take a while thank you) to get the light guide to fit inside the case.
Unfortunatly, Nintendo does not sell spare LCD screens to the public, and they don't plan on it for the same reasons they don't sell lots of spare parts that would require us to open up our systems. They don't want us inside those things, period. They DO sell replacement screen covers, i.e., those transparent plastic guards most people mistake for the actual top of the screen itself, which is great except I wish they would sell the ones the GBASP uses as well (different shape you see), though honestly I have yet to scratch even the one mine came with. Here's the thing. There's a REASON sites USED to sell those screens but don't any more. Nintendo is shutting down all the channels the sites had to buy these screens from. Nintendo REALLY doesn't like it when people get the stuff they want legally but without paying for all the stuff Nintendo wants them to pay for to get it. Oh yes, the repair price if I were to send it in now would be rather high, like almost the price of just buying a new GBA outright.
Anyway, I'll just go about my plan. No biggy. It was their own system to do with as they wanted. Too bad it turned out their choice was to leave it on the floor and accidently step on it.
Unfortunatly, Nintendo does not sell spare LCD screens to the public, and they don't plan on it for the same reasons they don't sell lots of spare parts that would require us to open up our systems. They don't want us inside those things, period. They DO sell replacement screen covers, i.e., those transparent plastic guards most people mistake for the actual top of the screen itself, which is great except I wish they would sell the ones the GBASP uses as well (different shape you see), though honestly I have yet to scratch even the one mine came with. Here's the thing. There's a REASON sites USED to sell those screens but don't any more. Nintendo is shutting down all the channels the sites had to buy these screens from. Nintendo REALLY doesn't like it when people get the stuff they want legally but without paying for all the stuff Nintendo wants them to pay for to get it. Oh yes, the repair price if I were to send it in now would be rather high, like almost the price of just buying a new GBA outright.
Anyway, I'll just go about my plan. No biggy. It was their own system to do with as they wanted. Too bad it turned out their choice was to leave it on the floor and accidently step on it.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)