SP Question...newbie here

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Hi everyone! I would appreciate your input and opinion to help out this
old mom! :-) I would rather hear from people who use these items instead
of those who sell them, which is why I'm here in the first place... I
purchased a Flame Gameboy SP for my 6 year old daughter yesterday. The LCD
screen has a white rectangle in the upper right corner. Everything else
seems to work fine. I can't return it to the store for what ever reason and
we're leaving for a trip in a few days which is why I bought the thing. Any
suggestions as to how to fix it?

One last question...she has a GBA and has done fine with it. But I would
like to get something to protect it. Some sort of cover. Any
reccomendations? Thanks in advance for all your help!

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"McBride" <mcbride@nospamsitestar.net> wrote in message news:<40d5fd7f_1@newsfeed.slurp.net>...
> Hi everyone! I would appreciate your input and opinion to help out this
> old mom! :-) I would rather hear from people who use these items instead
> of those who sell them, which is why I'm here in the first place... I
> purchased a Flame Gameboy SP for my 6 year old daughter yesterday. The LCD
> screen has a white rectangle in the upper right corner. Everything else
> seems to work fine. I can't return it to the store for what ever reason and
> we're leaving for a trip in a few days which is why I bought the thing. Any
> suggestions as to how to fix it?

As the poster above said, it's not user repairable. You really do
need to exchange it for a new one where you purchased it. Unless you
didn't buy it brand new, that shouldn't be a problem.

> One last question...she has a GBA and has done fine with it. But I would
> like to get something to protect it. Some sort of cover. Any
> reccomendations? Thanks in advance for all your help!

I have been using Pelican's case (seen here:
http://store.yahoo.com/able-america/wapakgbapeac.html ) and have been
quite pleased with it. It has enough room to hold the SP and about
six games, as well as a headphone adapter. You can also buy it in a
"starter pack" with some other useful accessories (and a useless
screen magnifier) for a pretty good price. Check that out here:
http://tinyurl.com/29ayy

eBay is a great place to get these kind of things, just don't get
scammed by people who gouge on shipping like this guy -
http://tinyurl.com/2nlva

Hope that helps.

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McBride <mcbride@nospamsitestar.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone! I would appreciate your input and opinion to help
> out this old mom! :-) I would rather hear from people who use these
> items instead of those who sell them, which is why I'm here in the
> first place... I purchased a Flame Gameboy SP for my 6 year old
> daughter yesterday. The LCD screen has a white rectangle in the
> upper right corner. Everything else seems to work fine. I can't
> return it to the store for what ever reason and we're leaving for a
> trip in a few days which is why I bought the thing. Any suggestions
> as to how to fix it?

To reiterate: YOU CANNOT FIX THIS. This is a ridiculously common SP defect,
and is either a dead pixel or dust under the screen (which can actually be
worse, and is visible while the system is off). I bought mine at Best Buy,
discovered the defect, and exchanged it the next day. DO NOT give up.. I
have heard stories of people going through 4 SP until they got a good one.
It's worth it, though... don't settle for an $100 product that is less than
perfect.

> One last question...she has a GBA and has done fine with it. But I
> would like to get something to protect it. Some sort of cover. Any
> reccomendations? Thanks in advance for all your help!

I bought a Pelican Power Pack, which includes rechargeable battery, Hand
Grips, and a cover/light (which is REALLY great). There are MANY cover/light
3rd party accessories, and Nintendo actually makes a barebones screen cover.
If you stroll around any GameStop (aka Babbages/Funcoland/whatever) or
EBgames (aka EBX/Electronics Boutique) you'll be sure to see a large variety
of choices.

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