nintendo ds

Zee100 · Post by **Zee100** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:16 am

i have a freind who wants me to save a nintendo ds of his. his broke due to "difficulties" at school. AKA he got his top screen ripped off.

the cables going up into the screen ripped apart

is there a way to save it or should he just get a new one?

thanks

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:26 am

you could get a top screen replacement, but then again, It sounds like you'd have to build a top half of the case as well.

Post by **Triton** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:27 am

he should ge me the broken one! lol if those little ribbon cables are ripped you can replace the top lcd or just the cable im pretty sure there are places you can buy replacement parts for not very cheap

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:34 am

You can buy top screens on Ebay or Xbox Repair Guide. Xbox Repair Guide is cheaper.

If you're talking about the cable that goes from the mainboard to the top PCB, he needs this.

Zee100 · Post by **Zee100** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:24 pm

thanks thats exactly what i needed

one more thing there is a black wire going up to the top screen, what is it, is it a ground/important?

thanks

S q u e e ! · Post by **S q u e e !** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:09 pm

Yes. I believe it is for the WiFi antenna.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:19 pm

S q u e e ! wrote:Yes. I believe it is for the WiFi antenna.

Yes, it's the wifi antenna. Here is the full top PCB set along with the wire.

Zee100 · Post by **Zee100** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:21 pm

i ordererd the stuff i need it should be coming in 2-3 days

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:48 pm

Zee100 wrote:i ordererd the stuff i need it should be coming in 2-3 days

Hope the repair goes well! Do you have a tri-wing screwdriver? You need that, too!

collingall2005 · Post by **collingall2005** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:35 am

before buying the top sceen replacement findout if any of the mainboard got damaged so you don't end up with two topscreens and no ds. I wish you the best of luck with the repair.

Zee100 · Post by **Zee100** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:32 pm

the main board is o.k. i think and i didnt order the whole top screen just the cable as the screen is fine

also i managed to get the screws of using a very very small flat head screwdriver. it worked well. parts should come soon ill update when i get them

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:51 pm

Zee100 wrote:the main board is o.k. i think and i didnt order the whole top screen just the cable as the screen is fine

also i managed to get the screws of using a very very small flat head screwdriver. it worked well. parts should come soon ill update when i get them

Good job. Have fun fixing it! It's really easy. To fix the DS. The only think that I could see being a problem is the Wifi cable (or the cable between the mainboard and the top board). You need to take the DS completely apart to change those.

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:56 pm

I've taken my DS apart completly and it took me like 5 minutes. Putting it back together took about 10 minutes. Just dont loose the screws, i lost two

Zee100 · Post by **Zee100** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:11 pm

he gave it to me to fix for the time being and it does this weird thing when you turn it on. the bottom scree(top not being atached) flashes and then it turn off. this is just because the top screen/antena are not hocked up right?

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:13 pm

Zee100 wrote:he gave it to me to fix for the time being and it does this weird thing when you turn it on. the bottom scree(top not being atached) flashes and then it turn off. this is just because the top screen/antena are not hocked up right?

Fuse 1 (I think) might be blown, it's under the bottom screen. Check it to see if it's working using a multimeter. Does it turn on at all, like does the green light stay on? If the light doesn't stay on, then F2 is blown, and that one's next to the power plug. Check that one as well, then tell us which one.

But that sounds more like Fuse 2, since the screen comes on then goes off.

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