I broke pads 3 and 4 off, I've tried to jump 1 and 2 to see if I could get the DS to start up. The light turns green for a second and the DS goes dead. I see some people say that you don't need 3 and 4 but it doesn't look like that's true. Is thre another spot on the board to jump 3 and 4?
The Ds does this if one or both of the screens is not connected, were the screens connscted when you were trying to start up the DS?
Ahoy there chaps, You can strip the switch down if you're careful. So you can buy a new one, take the metal strip away and take out the slider. Then, de-solder the strip from the broken switch on the motherboard and then remove it. Then you can replace the broken slider with the new one. It's a bit fiddly but it's much easier (and cheaper) than trying to de-solder the old one and then solder in a new one.
