I bought a Nintendo DS Lite fo my sons birthday from Ebay when i got it everything was fine, the DS ran out of charge and i tried to charge it but it wont charge the orange light comes on then goes off within seconds, i have tried my daughters charger in it and it does the same thing, her charger charges her DS lite with no problems. can you help please

If it's not the battery or adapter, it's the DS. You're going to need to send it in to Nintendo. :(

Hi,

It should work straight out with a step down transformer. That is of course if the mains supply in South Africa is 240 240 and the unit being American is 110.

This is of course not unless it was initially tried without a transformer or stepdown converter which would mean that the charger/adapter has been fried and therefore damaged.

Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.

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I think its the fuse thats the problem. Try testing both the f1 and f2 fuses with a multimeter, chances are that one of the fuses have blown. Instead of replacing the fuses you can buy
a battery charger for the ds lite. search "Battery Charger for Nintendo dsl" on ebay It should
cost about $5.49

well repairing is not ez and the issue maybe worse then you can handle. so i say check ur warranty as that will cover it, ur warranty is usually threw the store you bought it from.

Second call nintendo as they will be able to actually repair the product, im sure they will charge you, but they will also put a guarantee the repair. good luck

possibly fuses have blown on the logic board, but it sounds like it needs a new one board.

srry, dont buy it off ebay! they dont tell u **** about the game. go to gamestop.com and order from there cuz everything is in english

it should be fairly easy but a little help would be fine and probly best ;)

well yes the battery is pretty much fried but you can get a new battery online from nintendo

its easy its the mickrochip un screw everything and flip the microchip

Try if the battery is charged right, when batter is fully charged disconnect from AC adapter. Hold the power button for 5 seconds. If it does not work that means that you need a replacement battery for the Nintendo DS. When you receive the replacement batter, follow the steps again.