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jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 10 3:19 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

Cathryn wrote:

So I could buy lassemitas and replace the screen?

Well, theoretically yes. I've no idea how difficult it is though.

Make sure you check what a new screen costs compared with Ebay prices for the whole thing.

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 10 4:26 pm Post subject:
I would suggest keeping an eye out on eBay too. The screens can be expensive to replace.

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 10 4:38 pm Post subject:

Cathryn wrote:

I think it needs the touch screen but thank you.

a ds lite touch screen?

if you know someone who can do surgery on them, you can try the one from my son's broken ds.

Blue Peter

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 2400
Location: Milton Keynes

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 10 5:13 pm Post subject:
I've kept half an eye on ebay looking for a bargain ds, dsi or whatever, and they seem about as common as hen's teeth. It might be worth looking elsewhere, e.g. for preowned ones from game: Pink DS lite though or similar, Peter.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 10 6:45 pm Post subject:

toggle wrote:

Cathryn wrote:

I think it needs the touch screen but thank you.

a ds lite touch screen?

if you know someone who can do surgery on them, you can try the one from my son's broken ds.

The one Ruby Tuesday has is the one before DS Lite. They are onto DSi s now.

Becki

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 6293
Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 10 11:09 pm Post subject:
I sent my girls one to the Nintendo place in Portsmouth and they fixed it free of charge. Very impressive customer service. I didn't have reciept or anything.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 10 12:38 am Post subject:

toggle wrote:

if you know someone who can do surgery on them, you can try the one from my son's broken ds.

I would think it is fidelly, but not difficult.
Does anyone do a Haynes equivalent for it?

Dekk

Joined: 21 Feb 2009
Posts: 48
Location: somewhere between raising hell and amazing grace

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 10 7:12 am Post subject:
tell you what, this topic has just saved me a few quid My youngest has a pink DS with a drunk bottom screen and we have been toying with the idea of getting her a new one for a while. After checking on Amazon tho, the screen and the odd tri-point screw driver only come to �10.50 so I think that's better than nearly 100 quid for a new one. bring on an evening of curses and speared palms

lassemista

Joined: 28 Sep 2006
Posts: 608
Location: suffolk

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 10 5:36 pm Post subject:
Fiona is interested in selling - no idea of price, but looking at the replacement screens I wondered if they are just if the screen gets very scratched. OH said something about a digitizer.... F's screen registers touches in the wrong place. Does that make sense to anyone? Dekk - if you try it perhaps you should report back. Mending things rather than replacing them is very Downsizery. Andrea.

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 10 5:47 pm Post subject:

Dekk wrote:

tell you what, this topic has just saved me a few quid

My youngest has a pink DS with a drunk bottom screen and we have been toying with the idea of getting her a new one for a while. After checking on Amazon tho, the screen and the odd tri-point screw driver only come to �10.50 so I think that's better than nearly 100 quid for a new one. bring on an evening of curses and speared palms

i think i have a spare screwdriver if that makes any difference.

i picked up a couple for soehting like 2p each when i was thinking about doing y son's

Dekk

Joined: 21 Feb 2009
Posts: 48
Location: somewhere between raising hell and amazing grace

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 10 8:29 pm Post subject:
much as the offer of the screwdriver is appreciated I think the postage might and the diesel will be a bit more expensive than a new screwdriver. Darn, I hate being stuck in this town!! Oh yes its the drunken screen screen syndrome we have too seems its quite common on the older ones, several friends have replaced theirs. I think i'll tell them later

Dekk

Joined: 21 Feb 2009
Posts: 48
Location: somewhere between raising hell and amazing grace

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 10 4:03 pm Post subject:
New screen and funny screwdriver on order, should be here tomorrow. If all goes well I shall post where I purchased mine from, if the instructions were any good and how easy it was to do in the next few days.

Dekk

Joined: 21 Feb 2009
Posts: 48
Location: somewhere between raising hell and amazing grace

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 10 7:08 pm Post subject:
Much happiness has been bestowed on my youngest!!! the screen was delivered this morning and it took a whole five minutes to install, that included taking it apart again after I realised I hadn't seated the screen correctly. Very simple and easy, https://www.consoleparts4u.co.uk/nintendo-ds-17-c.asp was the site I used and the screen was the princely sum of �5.49

lassemista

Joined: 28 Sep 2006
Posts: 608
Location: suffolk

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 10 1:04 pm Post subject:
That is really helpful - I am now tempted to order one. Andrea,

Dekk

Joined: 21 Feb 2009
Posts: 48
Location: somewhere between raising hell and amazing grace

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 10 6:52 pm Post subject:
seems you can replace everything but the main board for less than a tenner a time and after taking it apart once I think its more difficult to tag a ewe than change the parts

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