My daughter has a nintendo ds lite. the top screen recently started going dark.what does this mean and is there a way to fix it?

buy a new one for 30 bucks, Nintendo DS Lite Silver Game Handheld Console System Brand New

or both screens for 40 bucks, Nintendo 2DS LCD Screen Display Top Bottom Upper Lower Replacement

Your best bet would be superglue.

It works well with the headphones?
Well.. That's odd.
Check the left side of your DS volume.
there's a toggle button that says
- VOL +
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toggle it rightly,as the volume will get higher. Maybe your headphones can adjust the volume. So either contact www.nintendo.com or call Nintendo 1-800-255-3700. Or if you like your DS with headphones,keep it that way.

Go to the retailer you bought it from and if you bought it less than two years ago you can get a new one free with the exchange of the old one only if you have the warranty

my mates ds lite happened the same too. the only thing you can do is...
1. send it back to nintendo if its insuared
2. buy a new one
3. try and fix it yourself (mate used sellotape)

this sounds to me that water has leaked into the screen

Try cleaning the game. If you look at it in the light you may find it has some scratches or something. You see my brother has that! Love Tamsin

I'm not to familiar with the DS's but i beleive that is how they are supposed to boot if a cartridge is already in the unit. If not then there may be an option when booting without a cartridge where you can change the settings so that it will boot to the main DS screen before booting the game. I would check this first then seek further help from a more adequate expert on here.

Press down on on the plastic (not the and press down on the buttons) until it remains lit

DONT ATTEMPT TO REPLACE THE TOP SCREEN ON THE DS LITE. It is easy to replace it on the original ds, But the ds lite requires you to re-soilder the 4 speaker cables into the top screen's video ribbon cable.