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DS lite green light comes on, top screen flash,then switches off
Ds lite, was working fine before it dropped. Now, green light comes on momentarily (about 2 seconds), then green light increases in intensity for a further second, then the top screen flashes white for a split second (bottom screen does nothing - just blank), and the whole thing then switches off. I have changed the top screen, bottom screen/touch screen (both from other units and tested). I have checked fuse 1 and 2 with multimeter and both appear ok. When charger plugged in, orange light comes on, for a short while then goes off, presumably this indicates a fully charged battery. I have removed and reinserted all 3 ribbon cables (top screen, bottom screen and touch screen) at least 30 times. Nothing has made any difference!
Can anyone, anywhere, please, offer me some advice? If the desciption of the fault sounds like something that happened to you, and you fixed it - please let me know!
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The green light comes on... the screen flashes white for a split second... then it shuts off. I don't think it's the battery because the light flashes green
Re: DS lite green light comes on, top screen flash,then...
Check L2 near the power switch on your DS mobo. That part usually get loosen or taken out when you drop your DS. And usually you can recover it when dismantling your DS.
That sounds like a mobo failure, maybe water damage alike, not to easy to repair but you can still check the bios to see if loosen, that is the small chip metal cased near the slot 2 where the wifi cable connects, without that none will work at all, so unplug it and plug in again to see if you are lucky.
BTW: the bottom screen and the green led blink when the top screen is broken, but your DS have something weird, think about buying a DS for parts on ebay, you might need a working mobo.That sounds like a mobo failure, maybe water damage alike, not to easy to repair but you can still check the bios to see if loosen, that is the small chip metal cased near the slot 2 where the wifi cable connects, without that none will work at all, so unplug it and plug in again to see if you are lucky.
BTW: the bottom screen and the green led blink when the top screen is broken, but your DS have something weird, think about buying a DS for parts on ebay, you might need a working mobo.
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Re: DS lite green light comes on, top screen flash,then...
This is a surface-mount capacitors. L2 on the motherboard. this component sits right next to the power switch. It looks like a rectangle. This part easily falls off the board and will cause this to happen. You might be able to here it rattle around if you shake the system. not to hard, don't want to knock something else off. very easy to fix.
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I have exactly the same problem. In my case the bottom screen only flashes for a second before everything goes dead.
In the meantime I may have killed D7 (close to F2) which made the situation worse since when I power on now nothing happens at all.
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Hi, so if you try switching on the ds lite, nothing at all happens ?? Does the green light flash even if it is for like a split second.If it does then it is more likely top be a blown fuse. If 1 of your screens flicker also, this could be your problem as the ds will not start up with a broken screen. Please advise
The bottom screen flashes an then the green light goes off new top screen is needed very common on ds lite i repair them for a living an can sort yours for about 18 quid Simon Dsdoc
Try removing the motherboard from the screens and attach the battery the green light should turn on and stay on.
Now attach the lower screen and turn on. If the screen is ok the screen and green light will flash and then turn off. (if the screen doesn't flash the bottom screen is you're problem and will have to be replaced)
If this happens the problem is then you're top screen which you will have to replace.
If your DS switches on briefly with a green light and a flash from the screens then one of your screens is faulty, could be a easy as re-seating the connection for it. If not changing the screen most often the top one. If the orange light comes on when plugged in its probably the fuse called F1 on the motherboard. You can jump it out with a bit of wire to test it, then if that works change it.
The alarm is just a coincidence i suspect, green light comes on and stays on probably not the battery at fault. It would be red. If the green light goes out and screens just flash one of your screens are at fault or a loose ribbon connection.
You have a defective LCD screen that makes a short circuit (thats the flashing green led)
Mostly the upper LCD screen is the problem.
You cab replace the LCD screen by buying one (ebay) and use a manual found on youtube but you need to have the skills. If not, please find someone that can repair it for you
I had the Same problem on my wifes DS. First problem was that it kept swithing itself off, so sent it to Nintendo for repair. Within a week it was broken again.
This time the green light was coming on, but no sound and no sign of life in the screens.
Well, I'd already had to pay nintendo for the first fix (different region, no warranty, apparrently). So I thought seeing as it's out of warranty anyway, why not open it up and have a look.
To open it you need specailist tools, I don't recommend it if you've never done anything like it before.
Anyways, the bios chip was no longer connected to the main PCB. I simply plugged it back in and added some slips of post it note to stop it coming off again.
You can see in the picture, the chip easily plugs back onto that white clip on the board.
Once it was back on. the DS has been working fine.
Hiya, thanks for replying, L2 is still inplace, and seems secure. Anything else you could suggest?
Thanks
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