As you may recall, my son broke his Nintendo DS.
It was a true accident. He was always very careful with it.
So I went online and bought a new case for it. It was sweeeet! Crystal clear with clear buttons and even a clear stylus.
My buddy at work offered to swap it out for me. He has all the tools and is a much more patient guy than myself. I told him to have a go, and if it did not work not to worry cause my wife and I had already written the game off as trashed.
The operation was pretty delicate. He had to remove all of the inside components and transplant them into the new case.
He was about 3/4 of the way finished and the unthinkable happened. The ribbon for the upper screen tore. He felt horrible. Online he went… He ordered a new screen and waited patiently.
It arrived and he got back to work. RUT ROH RAGGY! the speakers need soldered. My buddy is on top of this too. He knows a guy 
= Speakers soldered and time to test. Test failed 
Online we go to check diagnostics… try this… to that… to no avail.
I applaud my buddy for his patience, and he and I are not done trying, but the wife and I went out and bought a “new to our son” used one cause he got some new games over Christmas.
- Peace
- Joby
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Well, good for you for trying. If it works out, you will have a spare. And it doesn’t cost much to try and fix something instead of running out and buying a new one straight away.
Be sure to get a Nerf case for it. It’s a case that stays around the DS permanently (unless you remove it) so that it is protected at all times. It doesn’t affect play at all.
I have to say that we learned the hard way also. My son borrowed my DS (yes I had a DS, I’m a Sudoku addict, there, I said it). My son dropped it on a cement floor. We were able to get a Nerf case for it and nandle it gently for awhile, but eventually it died. I have a new one now, I didn’t even take it out of the box until I got the Nerf case.
We considered a Nerf case for the first one but did not think it would help.
He did not have a DS for 2+ months… this one gets treated like gold LOL.
- Joby