# I hate staggered pixels. it's a disaster! can anyone replace its screen? **URL:** \ **Category:** GameShell\ **Created:** [September 6, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/i-hate-staggered-pixels-its-a-disaster-can-anyone-replace-its-screen/7062 "2021-09-06T18:47:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GHOSTTRICK](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/ghosttrick/32/5283_2.png) [@GHOSTTRICK](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/GHOSTTRICK)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/i-hate-staggered-pixels-its-a-disaster-can-anyone-replace-its-screen/7062/1 "2021-09-06T18:47:18Z")
Hi guys, can anyone replace its screen, I hate staggered pixels. it’s a disaster! I don’t want to replace it with a bigger LCD, I just want an LCD without staggered pixels, can anyone help me please? 🤒 🤒 ---
**Author:** ![javelinface](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/javelinface/32/3079_2.png) [@javelinface](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/javelinface)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/i-hate-staggered-pixels-its-a-disaster-can-anyone-replace-its-screen/7062/2 "2021-09-07T15:46:56Z")
Hello! Welcome to the forums. There were a few posts covering this. Obviously this one, but ignore the fact that it has a bigger screen. You could no doubt use the pin outs for the adaptor board to suit whatever display you want to use. > [@Change a larger LCD screen on GS](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/change-a-larger-lcd-screen-on-gs/4885): > > I’ve tried a 3.5" lcd screen: KD035LQFPA093-01 on GameShell. To change the lcd screen ,we need a adapter pcb board, a 45pin Flexible Printed Circuit(Different faces), and a new 3D printing shell. The kernel image files also need to be replaced.I used the 5.3.6 version. Here is a google drive link to the custom files. [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Kg2Pq2GChS9NAp3YSDovvZezxFz8pdG\_](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Kg2Pq2GChS9NAp3YSDovvZezxFz8pdG_) Here’s a compatibility criterion you can follow regarding: ordering a display. > [@Compatible displays](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/compatible-displays/4137/2): > > any display using the KD027-LCD pinout would be compatible (which is a LOT of them actually) RST = PB2 CS = PC3 SCK = PC2 SDA = PC0 if that helps at all lol… FYI most of the cheap chinese ones you can find on aliexpress/etc use this chipset. Since this is a very similar topic to ones already started, I’ll just post this here, re: discussions on staggered pixels. As mentioned, I’m personally a fan of it. Pixel perfect renditions of older games simply doesn’t work without a lot of extra post processing, and a larger/higher resolution display. > [@On the LCD screen](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/on-the-lcd-screen/4621/3): > > I am actually a fan of it, for this exact reason! I wouldn’t imaging anything that requires a higher resolution would run very well on the Gameshell. It’s worth mentioning that there was once some talk of clockwork working on a new screen. But with the state of the world being what it was, there may have been a delay. > [@On the LCD screen](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/on-the-lcd-screen/4621/5): > > Well then! You’ll be happy to hear this! smiley Besides that, if you’re wanting a quick buy it now plug in solution, the game shell is a custom bit of hardware. You’ll have to do some modification to whatever you decide to put in. Not many people have done it, since it’s a lot of trouble. See this post for some discussions re: people looking into getting it changed over. > [@Change a larger LCD screen on GS](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/change-a-larger-lcd-screen-on-gs/4885/46): > > We shouldn’t compete to see who the bigger, better noob is. Could be embarrassing upside_down_face I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought of it, thank you! Maybe now someone will notice and provide an explanation, I’m dying to understand this stuff. Thanks in advance to anyone who does so! I had a “retro handheld”, an RG300, running RetroFW. It had a nice 480x320 IPS screen… with unaligned pixels, some of which were dead. Truly dead, really annoying. Also annoying was the fuzzy look of GB… Hopefully this will be enough of a start to get your next project up and running. ---
**Author:** ![GHOSTTRICK](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/ghosttrick/32/5283_2.png) [@GHOSTTRICK](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/GHOSTTRICK)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/i-hate-staggered-pixels-its-a-disaster-can-anyone-replace-its-screen/7062/3 "2021-09-08T14:28:03Z")
Thank you for helping me! Thank you so much! ---
**Author:** ![GHOSTTRICK](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/ghosttrick/32/5283_2.png) [@GHOSTTRICK](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/GHOSTTRICK)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/i-hate-staggered-pixels-its-a-disaster-can-anyone-replace-its-screen/7062/4 "2021-09-08T14:32:47Z")
谢谢大佬的帮助，我正在研究淘宝哪个屏幕能更好的适配，当然也期待官方会出新的配件。看到大佬有中文帖子，我就用中文回复你了，再次感谢！！ ---
**Author:** ![javelinface](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/javelinface/32/3079_2.png) [@javelinface](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/javelinface)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/i-hate-staggered-pixels-its-a-disaster-can-anyone-replace-its-screen/7062/5 "2021-09-09T01:16:26Z")
Haha! No worries. Yup, I’m Chinese as well, but was born in Australia; so my Chinese is TERRIBLE! I’ll just reply in English to save myself the embarrassment. I’m curious to see what you manage to come up with and get! I think I read somewhere that they might be doing an updated CPI board for the Gameshell. If that managed to go ahead, I’m also guessing that they will release a screen with it; possibly a higher resolution since it would be able to run it better. But I’m just guessing here. ---
**Author:** ![GHOSTTRICK](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/ghosttrick/32/5283_2.png) [@GHOSTTRICK](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/GHOSTTRICK)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/i-hate-staggered-pixels-its-a-disaster-can-anyone-replace-its-screen/7062/7 "2021-09-11T05:44:23Z")
哈哈！谢谢你的帮助！我很开心！！非常感谢！！ ---
**Author:** ![Godzil](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/godzil/32/60_2.png) [@Godzil](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Godzil)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/i-hate-staggered-pixels-its-a-disaster-can-anyone-replace-its-screen/7062/8 "2021-09-12T20:24:53Z")
No chinese. Thank you. If you want to use chinese go to the chinese area of the forum, or if you just want to talk with javelinface, use direct messages.