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The Game Boy released on April 21, 1989 in Japan, followed by North America on July 31, 1989, and lastly in Europe on September 28, 1990. It is characterized by a large grey casing and model number DMG-01.

Moving Black Vertical Lines on Display

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Hello! I have a Game Boy DMG01 that has moving vertical black lines on the display while playing games. I have tried recapping the display board and main board with no change. I also tried a soldering iron to heat the ribbon connector which fixes non-moving black lines for most people, but this did nothing for me. Has anyone else ran into this issue?

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@robpetecomp5903 have you tried a new display yet? I'd do that next.

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Hi!

Yep, most of the time you need to use the soldering iron and use it just below the screen (on the ribbon cable).

If this doesn't work or do anything, then you need to replace the screen unfortunately.

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