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by IronSpartan114
Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:23 am
Forum: Support (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: white screen
Replies: 8
Views: 4664

Re: white screen

and that's it I think I'm done. I've been working on this thing off and on for around 12-16 hours today alone and I'm still in the same place as last post. I've literally stripped it completely back out of the case down to as little as possible and still nothing. I can't believe I've wasted this muc...
by IronSpartan114
Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:23 am
Forum: Support (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: white screen
Replies: 8
Views: 4664

Re: white screen

been messing around some more...... when I disconnect the 2 data wires from the pi I get video signal, it starts to load, then fades to white again. :?: :shock:
by IronSpartan114
Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:09 am
Forum: Support (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Pi 3 B+ Not Turning On? [Wiring Help]
Replies: 3
Views: 2513

Re: Pi 3 B+ Not Turning On? [Wiring Help]

Don't know if you figured it out or not but I believe you're needing to power the Pi directly from the powerboost. it shows in detail on this page how/why on tinkerboy's site. https://www.tinkerboy.xyz/raspberry-pi- ... er-supply/
by IronSpartan114
Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:01 pm
Forum: Support (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: white screen
Replies: 8
Views: 4664

Re: white screen

and this is what it's doing. also just for anyone referencing this, I did infact have some of the pins for the adapter not actually soldered. I used the pi zero's throughholes on the DPI adapter, not knowing that I was only testing the continuity of the DPI board itself and not the connections betwe...
by IronSpartan114
Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:02 pm
Forum: Support (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: white screen
Replies: 8
Views: 4664

Re: white screen

this is my wiring diagram
by IronSpartan114
Mon Sep 21, 2020 4:02 pm
Forum: Support (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: white screen
Replies: 8
Views: 4664

Re: white screen

got all the pins between pi and dpi adapter fixed but still same results, white screen when plugged in and powered on and nothing when unplugged running on just battery.
by IronSpartan114
Sun Sep 20, 2020 6:00 pm
Forum: Support (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: white screen
Replies: 8
Views: 4664

Re: white screen

cool. I don't think the drivers are a problem the retropie image on his site says "The tinkerBOY DPI Adapter v1.0 also works with these images out of the box." I'll have to get myself a new multimeter as mine crapped out mid project, So I'd wager that's the culprit will order a multimeter and double...
by IronSpartan114
Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:25 pm
Forum: Support (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: white screen
Replies: 8
Views: 4664

Re: white screen

Oh I'm using the tinkerboy v3 tinkerboy with the DPI adapter, 3b+, tinkerboy powerboost/charger
by IronSpartan114
Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:53 am
Forum: Support (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: white screen
Replies: 8
Views: 4664

white screen

I have pretty much completed my build but I only get a white screen when turning on the gameboy. It only does this when plugged in, the screen remains off when unplugged.