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Please try to help me. There is a crack on the hindge in my DS and i don't know how to fix it.My little sister through my DS and now there is a big piece falling off.I don't have any DS insurance. What do I do?!
If the crack is on the fornt out side of anywere inside the go to www.ebay.com and you can get sticker cases to put in on the crsck i don't have a crack in mine but i got a spongbob on because it look cool .
from kirah
p.s there about £5.00
I have tried plenty of ways but this plastic cant be pasted easily and the hinge crack the junction again so basically you need a new hinge piece, something saddly cant be bought alone, you need to buy a whole shell.
If not under nintendo 1year warranty, the best thing you can do to kill this problem is take the DS to a videogame repair service to replace the shell before the top screen or the whole DS suffer more damage. You can also consider to buy and change the shell by yourself. The bad new is anyway you need some money to repair it.
You can use the DS carefully meanwhile the top part dont get completelly out of place.
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Has your top screen devlouped a fault or stopped working altogether? Here is my guide to re-connecting a new top screen and fitting a new one.
Take the DS lite apart (a tri wing screwdriver is needed and can be
found cheap on ebay), disconnect the top screen by lifiting the
motherboards connector flap (located near the hindge) and then
re-insert it, try switching it on again and see if thats sorted it. If
not then you will need to replace the screen. (If you need help taking the DS lite apart then check out my other tips and tricks posted on here).
A new screen can be brought on ebay for a reasonable price, there will
be a little soldering required as the speakers will need to be
de-soldered from the old screen and re-soldered onto the new one
(please take note of which wire goes where).
Remove the screws from the lid of the DS lite (4x screws hidden under
little coloured squares above and below both speaker outlets) slide the
top/outer part away from the hindges, it will move about 5mm and then
you can lift it off... Gently pull the ribbon through the hindge so
that it is free from the bottom part of the DS lite, pry the screen
away from the shell (a small amount of force may be required to remove
it) remove the front plastic part of the screen (with the respective DS
lite coloured frame, de-solder the speakers, re-attatch them to the new
screen, place the new screen into the housing along with the speakers
and put back the wifi and mic to their original position if they got
moved, you will notice a slot in the hindge where the ribbon goes in,
this is for the ribbon to easily slide back into the bottom part of the
DS lite... pop the ribbon through and then re-attatch it to the
motherboard with the connector, pressing down the connectors flap.
Screw the DS lite back together, after this you will need to place the plastic sheet with the respective DS
lite coloured frame back onto the top screen... The reason you don't
put it on any time before that is if you put it on prior to putting the
new screen in place you will have great difficulty trying to get it
correctly aligned.
If you find that your DS lite now doesn't want to stay powered on
please refer to my other tips and tricks I have issued on here.
I hope this helps and have to say that I accept no responsability for
any damage that may occur to your DS lite when following these tips.
Chances are the screens ribbon connectior has become loose or the screen has develouped a fault.
If its under warranty then send it in, otherwise you can take it to a local repair shop or do a bit of DIY.
Take the DS lite apart (a tri wing screwdriver is needed and can be found cheap on ebay), disconnect the top screen by lifiting the motherboards connector flap (located near the hindge) and then re-insert it, try switching it on again and see if thats sorted it. If not then you will need to replace the screen.
A new screen can be brought on ebay for a reasonable price, there will be a little soldering required as the speakers will need to be de-soldered from the old screen and re-soldered onto the new one (please take note of which wire goes where).
Remove the screws from the lid of the DS lite (4x screws hidden under little coloured squares above and below both speaker outlets) slide the top/outer part away from the hindges, it will move about 5mm and then you can lift it off... Gently pull the ribbon through the hindge so that it is free from the bottom part of the DS lite, pry the screen away from the shell (a small amount of force may be required to remove it) remove the front plastic part of the screen (with the respective DS lite coloured frame, de-solder the speakers, re-attatch them to the new screen, place the new screen into the housing along with the speakers and put back the wifi and mic to their original position if they got moved, you will notice a slot in the hindge where the ribbon goes in, this is for the ribbon to easily slide back into the bottom part of the DS lite... pop the ribbon through and then re-attatch it to the motherboard with the connector, pressing down the connectors flap.
Screw the DS lite back together and hope fully this has resolved the issue.
If you find that your DS lite now doesn't want to stay powered on please refer to my other tips and tricks I have issued on here.
I hope this helps and have to say that I accept no responsability for
any damage that may occur to your DS lite when following these tips.
your hindge is worn out you can order a replacement hidge from nintendo 15 buck i think
and if it belongs to your child make sure he is not opening it like a revolver with a flick of the wrist that kills the hindge
ds's are pritty easy to dis and re asseble
so dont get scared when you have to open it just keep eyes on it and remmeber where things go hope this helped rate high
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