just....why?

[sensay]

Well, i broke my new DS.

Bought an old style one used from a store last week as i'd landed some spare money, a real rarity in my present circumstances.

Absolutely loved it, fantastic bit of kit. Got myself an R4 card for the free game awesomeness and was really getting into things like ff, the mario games and some really funky rythym games like EBA and rythym paradise.

This evening i had the ds in my front pocket, got caught up playing chase with my daughter in the flat and tripped. I already have a fukked up leg from gettin it caught under a swing the other day, now this (which hurts like a b!tch btw). Anyway, didnt even think about the ds til like an hour later. Sat down to play it, and saw the top screen smashed to .[censored]. I'm so pissed off. I buy something nice and it gets trashed in no time flat, and ive got a stupidly painful leg to boot.

I know im ranting, but im just pissed off. Oh and to add to the situation ive got one incredibly pissed off gf who cant play her ds games either, what serious fun it is to be me right now.

If anyone has any good advice on repair id be interested to hear it. I googled and all i found was dslite advice.

[fude]

Oh well, the best place I've heard for DS replacement parts is this place in HK, dealextreme.com. Free shipping but you may need to wait for a few weeks to get your stuff. Here's what I found with a quick look.

www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3189
Nintendo DS Accessories

[sensay]

no no, parts i can get, its the instructions on what to do next i cant find. thanks though man.

[fude]

Oh alright. Well I'd go with open & explore style since it's already broken, but are you sure you didn't find anything on google?

"How to replace nintendo DS screen"

[sensay]

Yeas i found that already, i need something more detailed to be honest. those pics are tiny even when zoomed in and dont show me enough.

Im not just gonna 'open and explore' because its not just 'broken'. The screen still fires on, indicating that no internals are damaged, just the screen itself. If im thorough and careful there is no reason why its not repairable.

[fude]

Well, you're probably not gonna break anything if you just open it first and give a thorough look inside with your own eyes instead of looking for better pictures. Those photos gave an ok overall view what to expect, anyway.

markpickavance.wordpress.com/projects/replacing-the-top-screen-on-the-nintendo-ds/
Here's a bit higher res..

But yea, you're absolutely right, you can't be too careful with these. The flat ribbon cables and the tiny plugs just look like they're waiting for to be crushed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dHtv9DA94g#t=7m0s
Disassembly.

[hzac]

[censored] off. excuses. its was all my massive tetris ownage that blew up your screen. you didnt know what to do