pretty much like the title says, i recently disassembled my DS (FAT) to paint the shell, and after reassembling it. . .it wont turn on. ive checked all the ribbons and everything but no go. so i decided to really test it out i got a hold of another FAT and swapped all the innards. then things got weirder. . . it turned on,SUCCESS . . ? wrong, for some reason, BOTH screen's info was being sent to only the top one and the bottom one was just all white, yet it would "somewhat" responed to touch (i could hear the click click click from typing on pictochat) and after a few times of rebooting. . . it stopped working all together and now it wont turn on at all like the other one anyone got any clues?
Sounds like you damaged the ribbon cable that connects the top and bottom or have inserted improperly it . You have enough of a connection to start the DS but not enough to pass video.
is there anyway visibly to tell if you've damaged it? and far as i can tell, it's inserted EXACTLY as it was before i pulled it out. and aparantly its not even enough to turn on anymore. as i said in the post, it stopped turning on all together
Other than ohming out the leads with a meter, no. If you have a working phat, you could swap the ribbon cables to see if the non-working one will light up. Did you damage any of the cable clamps? If any of the cable clamps are damaged, the ribbons will not make a good connection.
i dont believe i did. like i said, it was turning on for a while, and for the weirdest reason, showing both screens images on only the top one. then later just stopped working all together. im assuming from the fact that it did turn on and "somewhat" work, that the ribbons and contacts are fine. im thinking it may have gotten static shock at some point that i never felt and messed up the mobo.
OK, back to square one. When you press power what happens: 1. Green light on briefly, screens "blink" and then shut off? or: 2. No green light, no screens, no nothing? If 1, logic board is still alive, probably a cable/screen problem. If 2, you may have blown a fuse.
so then it may be narrowed down to blown fuse, because it's the latter. so where do i find the fuse box on this thing? (kidding) but assuming it is a fuse, i take it there will be soldering involved. . .
There are posts on other forums (maybe one here) about jumpering the blown fuse. You can't replace it unless you have SMT equipment and expertise. At this point you may be better off hunting for a replacement logic board or a broken unit to scavenge.
yea, kinda figured as much. well thanks for the help. shouldnt be to hard finding a used one at some Gamestop and swapping the organs "i dont know what happened, i just charged it and now it wont turn on"
