For the majority of us, repairing a broken DS Lite (which is a fairly rare thing, unless you happen to be friends with G4 or something) is accomplished through doing nothing more than picking up the phone and calling Nintendo. But, some are more brave than us, taking the responsibility of maintaining the integrity of their precious handheld upon themselves.Enter flickr user shalf, who has a daughter that broke the power switch on her pink DS Lite. Like a good dad, he isn't going to make her wait for the time it takes to ship the handheld to Nintendo and get it back repaired, he's done it himself! And, thankfully, he's taken tons of pictures and placed them on his flickr page for all to see. Hopefully, some of you out there thinking about taking apart your DS Lite can learn a thing or two from his efforts.
This isn't the first time we've featured other folks repairing their handhelds. You can check out how to replace a screen here, as well as how to take apart the whole thing here. Heck, you can even make your own Rumble Pak! Some people love the DS so much, they even try to turn other handhelds into one.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-19-2008 @ 8:18PM
SephFinale said...
Ehehe...in the case of my DS Lite...where my L button decided it wants to crap out on me...I opted for the warranty. And I'll gain another 1 year warranty once it comes back from Nintendo.
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5-19-2008 @ 11:59PM
Jamar said...
Same happened to me... twice. I had to pay to get it replaced because I have a Japanese model (seriously, is it too much to ask for Nintendo to sell an all-blue DS in the States?)
5-19-2008 @ 10:02PM
Aparoid said...
Wow, this is way too convenient. I JUST broke my power switch a few hours ago, and have been scouring forums and modding communities on how to fix it! Perfect timing, DS Fanboys, the face of the DS gods smiles upon me!
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5-20-2008 @ 1:00AM
C02M0 said...
oh the irony !
my DS is broken for about 4 weeks and ive been spamming about it in comments whenever i had the chance .
tho in israel you cant call nintendo you have to send it where you bought it and they send it to a repir lab .
DAMN YOU TOYS 'R' US !
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5-20-2008 @ 4:11AM
katakumi said...
I was poking around looking for some info about switching shells, and i stumbled upon this http://www.instructables.com/id/Repairing-a-Nintendo-DS-Lite guide. It has very detailed instructions for common repairs for your beloved ds lite!
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