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Use this guide to remove the buttons in your Game Boy Advance
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Take the battery cover off by releasing the locking tab and hinging the cover away. Remove the batteries inside the cover
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Remove the six back panel screws using a Tri-wing Screwdriver.
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Remove bottom back panel screw with a Phillips #1 screw driver. (Image #2)
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Remove the back panel by pulling away with one hand and the front secured in the other hand.
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Remove left and right triggers by lifting and pulling them away from the system.
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Do the same for side panels
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Remove the gray On/Off Switch by pulling up and away from the unit. Replace with another switch if necessary.
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Remove the three screws on the circuit board with a Phillips #1 screw driver.
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Pull circuit board away from the front panel by pulling up at the bottom of the circuit board, keeping the top ribbon still connected.
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Remove the rubber button pads from their pockets.
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Remove the plastic buttons and the D-pad from beneath the rubber pads with tweezers or by hand.
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If you have buttons that don’t respond, you can also just clean the contacts (the round black ones and the gold ones on the board) with alcohol and a Q-tip. After that, I coated the contacts with some contact spray, also with Q-tip. All buttons are working again.
