iFixit - Answers With Device "Leapster L-Max"

Leapster L-Max: How do I get the battery to charge?

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 08:23:30 -0700

I cannot get the battery to recharge. The green light flashes while charging for more than 8 hrs. Battery still not charged. I have cleaned the terminals as recommended by the company, but no luck.

I am willing to buy a new battery if I could just find one.

⟐ Answer accepted October 30, 2022 at 8:23 MST

Leapster L-Max: How would you replace a screen on the Leapster?

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 01:17:19 -0700

My kid has a Leapster L-Max but the touch screen is scratched. He no longer plays with it but I want to fix it before I sell it.

Has anyone taken one of these apart and? And where can I find a replacement screen?

Regards

Frank

⟐ Commented January 12, 2021 at 1:17 MST

Leapster L-Max: Leapster L-Max Touchscreen's Ribbon Cable Terminals "Broken"

Fri, 15 May 2020 01:03:01 -0700

Hi,

A bit of background before going into the issue:

I wanted to source my long-forgotten Leapster handheld for its touchscreen, to make it as a poor excuse for Raspberry Pi hardware.

After successfully tearing apart the device to expose its innards, I was stupid enough to scrape off a number of the display ribbon cable’s 23 soldered terminals. Same thing happened with the smaller touchscreen input ribbon, although only one terminal was severed.

Clearly you can see how much of an idiot I am with electronics. Despite this, I make a dismal attempt to reach out to ifixit for advice on how to continue a lost cause.

Apparently, the screen was manufactured by a company called “GiantPlus”. Trying to search the parts’ numbers or the company itself yields not much. GiantPlus still exists, but the specific screen for the L-Max does not, it seems.

There you have it. I doubt anybody can actually fix my problem. What I’m supposed to do now with a useless, deprecated piece of hardware is beyond me.

⟐ Commented May 15, 2020 at 1:03 MST

Leapster L-Max: Game won't load won't move of a blinking question mark

Thu, 14 May 2020 17:47:09 -0700

We insert cartridge, turn on and we get a blinking question mark. How do we get past that to the actual game?

⟐ Answer edited May 14, 2020 at 17:47 MST

Leapster L-Max: My leapster l max isn't turning on or doing anything anything even tho

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 03:45:50 -0700

So I put batteries in my leapster l max but it isn't turning on or doing anything what should I do

Leapster L-Max: leapster will not come on

Thu, 15 Dec 2016 19:00:54 -0700

leapster wont come on

Leapster L-Max: How do you repair stylist

Sat, 03 Dec 2016 11:26:27 -0700

The stylist does not responded when touching screen.