Problems could include: wont power on need screen replacement bad hinges replacing battery replacing keys Does anyone know what causes a DS to not turn on when prompted? If you know how solve any of the above problems, please reply.
well, im no expert, but a ds is around.. 130 now? how much do u think it'll cost to fix that crap/replace it worst case scenario. Save up the money and just buy a new one.
I have repaired/rebuilt over 50 NDS and NDS Lite. Repair costs could exceed replacement. You are looking at a shell and a screen minimum (about $30-40 USD) If you need a logic board you will have to buy another broken one and hope that the logic board is undamaged ($50-60.00) If you don't know what you are doing when you reassemble it you could break it again. DS not turning on: 1)Blown fuse 2)Bad power switch 3)Defective battery 4)Defective logic board DS blinking once and going dark: 1)Bad logic board 2)Bad screen (either one or both) 3)ribbon cable to top screen damaged 4)ribbon cable to bottom screen damaged 5)Bad battery
oh you guys misunderstood my message. Let me explain: i can get DS lites for ~20 dollars USD, various issues causes them to be sold at a low price: ~top screen broke BUT STILL WORKS ~bottom screen broke BUT STILL WORKS ~bottom screen fuzzy BUT STILL WORKS ~SLOT 1 BROKEN everything else works fine (I NEED HELP W/ THIS! I think its the pins in the cartridge slot.) ~Hinges broken (but still works, somehow) ~Cracked Screens (powers on) ~Unit does not power on ~Unit left/right shoulder buttons fail to respond (works fine) ...etc, easily fixable, yes the parts are hard to find as you stated, $30 for a new screen? id rather buy 2 broken DS's, take the good one out of one, and put it in the other. So thats around $40 for a DS and got some spare parts left. Dailun: you said you have repaired over 50 DS, DS lites, clearly you have experience in repairing nintendo DS. Thats why i was trying to find professionals, people that could help me fix them.
I have since "retired" from doing NDS repairs/rebuilds because it is not "worth my time". I only maintain a spare parts/loaner inventory for the friends and family that I have sold/given them to. I did sell several units in the early days but as time went on it was harder and harder to get the parts that I needed and I couldn't justify shelling out $50.00 for a used unit just for the logic board. So then I would end up with several sets of parts that were good but not enough of the critical parts that were needed to make whole units. (ex. 4 good top screens and no logic boards) It might be easier now that the cheap clone shells (cases) are coming out of China. When I started this the only DS Shells available were the shock shells. Nice as they were, no one wanted to pay $40.00 plus labor to re-case a cracked hinge unit. Not to discourage you, but after all is said and done, I will have "made" about $10.00 per unit but I do have 4 or 5 complete units left over for loaners. I have "churned" through a couple thousand dollars between buying broken units, new spare parts, replacement chargers/stylii, etc. So, it really depends on what your time is worth and how much you expect to "make" on each unit. You also have to compete with the fact that Nintendo charges about $75.00 flat for repairing an NDS.
yeah you do have a point. I HAVE A IMPORTANT QUESTION: ANYONE HERE WORK AT WAL-MART? i filled my application a week ago and they have not yet called me back, what should i do?
