DS quit working, won't take a charge. About 2-3 weeks before my son dropped a coke near it. It was closed. It got wet on outside, but was quickly wiped off. It seemed to be working well, with no problems. I don't think it was harmed at all, unless it took the 3 weeks to damage it. What do you think? It was charging just fine until then, as far as I can tell. Does it need a new battery? If so, where to buy?
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this happend to my sister it dont work anymore had to get a new 1 when ever it dropped it broke a little chip thing inside take it to a gamestop take it appart see what the problem is
Many times, it is the L2 Inductor chip that has popped off on impact- that's usually what you hear rattling around inside the housing...and it requires a TriWing screwdriver to open it. I tried re-soldering the L2 inductor back on the mainboard inside with a Hakko ESD protective soldering station, and it worked for a few days and then died again. The fix was finally desoldering another SMD inductor chip off an old PIII Socket 370 motherboard (with ChipQuik removal solder and flux kit) of very close to the same size class, from next to the Clock Generator Chip- figured it would be close to the right value, since I had no way to measure the micro- or millihenries value, and the voltage was around the value that the DS Lite runs on. The fix worked, and is still working, charging, and going strong. Usually the symptoms of the L2 inductor popping off, or failing, is being able to charge, but not being able to power up.
remove the battery for a few mins and put it back in and try again? Its a long shot but theres very little you can do with this, the insides of the DS lite are REALLY small and the only replaceable parts are the screen, buttons, etc. and you cant really fix damage to the board or chips inside which presumably is whats happened here if you get zero response. Sorry.. :(
my son took his ds lite outside and it rained it worked then wen dryed out it dose not i put the carger in rhe orange light go's on then off plz help my upset son he is only 3yrs old many thanks
Best thing is to open it up and see what it is that's making the sound inside. Check no connectors have come partially off or out of their sockets, also.
Components may have come loose on the board, or damaged solder joints. Water damage can sometimes only appear after water has had time to seep, unless knock helped throw some residual water around inside, onto things it shouldn't touch.
You never want to play the DS while it's charging, if constsntly persisted it can cause a form of battery leak.
IMPORTANT: Don't charge the DS until it dies on you completely!
When charging the DS the system will display a red light to show it's at its lowest energy, the time it takes to fully charge a DS can take up to 2-3 hours. In the second hour of charging the light will appear green but you don't want to disturb it until the light goes off. ( showing it's energy is full )
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