Fixing my NEW Nintendo 3DS (means a lot to me) 

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Elliot juggling ribbon cables: "I am loosing the will to live." Elliot litterally five seconds later: "That wasn't too hard."

That stylus twirl was smooth af.

Looks great I have been working on 4 2DS’s today and I have to admit it’s a challenging process 😂 I repeatedly wanted to throw them all at a wall

You fixed this on my wedding day anniversary. I'll remember this day forever. Maybe because of the getting married. Maybe because of your 3DS repair. You can pick!

The 3ds is my favorite, my family wasn't fortunate enough to afford the game boy when it came out. But in 2011 I got my first DS, the first console I ever had, (sadly I gave it away 🤦) then I got my 3ds a few years later. I absolutely love the library of games that you have with it and hold it dearly to me for being my entry into gaming. Great video and thank you for being an amazing person, RU-vidr, and friend!!🥰

We all have that something that means a lot to us. Glad to see you take up the charge on fixing it!

My original ds has major sentimental value to me. The story behind it and the memories I have with it means I will never let it go

I like the vibes of these vids a lot, keep doing them Elliot, and I hope they bring you a bit of cash to keep up with your new home

I love these kind of videos man. Just nice close ups and some commentary on it. I'll probably never take apart a new 3DS, but still enjoyed this so much.

This is why I’m not cheap when taking my consoles for repair, as well as never attempt to do it myself, I’m more of a player than a fixer lol great video and thank you for your relaxing editing

I can 100% relate to "loss of sleep" over stuff like this stuff lol. Nothing like finishing a project and then seeing ONE small flaw you didn't notice. You're too tired to fix it in the moment cuz its working, but it just haunts you until you do.

This was such a calming video to watch and listen to, so soothing and relaxing. More like this please Elliot!

I get it. I really do. I'm the same way. Little things like that haunt me until I finally get a chance to repair or resolve them. I had a co-worker once try to show me something on one of my brand new 24" monitors. Instead of just pointing, they put their greasy finger on my screen to identify whatever ultimately meaningless and trivial matter was so important to them. I had literally just removed the protective cover and now they left behind this festering blemish on my glorious, new screen. I didn't have the proper cloth or cleaning solution at that moment and had to wait until I got home that evening to retrieve them. I couldn't shake it off. No matter what I did I kept thinking about that stupid fingerprint. The next morning I hurried in there and properly removed it until I'm sure no trace was left behind on the atomic scale. Sweet release... now it was revenge time. I noticed a lovely coworker brought us all a lovely selection of pastries. I carefully selected the most artery-clogging donut in the box, ensured every molecule of exterior grease and other delicious attributes made their way onto my hand and then wandered over to the offenders desk and pointed out something on his screen with all five fingers and some palm action. When my hand left the screen it looked like a crime scene. I could feel the universe balancing itself at that exact moment. He's never touched my screen again.

ASMR and random love letter from you at the end caught me off guard. Love your stuff man. 💕

I love this format of video. Very relaxing.

Hey Elliot, I really loved the tone of this video. Very calming.

Looks Amazing... Great to see you doing Fix it videos again...

Ahhh, that's better. Thanks for a great upload. A lovely way to unwind on lunchbreak!

I tried repairing my New 3DS to get the D-Pad cleaner and more responsive. I broke two latches and Nintendo ended up sending me a replacement unit. I have nothing but admiration for people who can actually repair these things without breaking anything.

The groan when you saw the analog stick had me cackling hahaha, then it wasn't even a big deal. 10/10.

Awesome repair video,Lord Elliot.😄💯👌🏻✌🏻

love me a fresh retro future video to end my school day

Oh Lord.... what a sponsorship! Well done!!!!

I like this new character you created. Very Zen :D

Really great video, Elliot. Your videos have helped me get through stressful times in college. Thank you, my friend

Love your 3DS repairs.

I remember that build. ❤ so many memories in it. Not just for you but for us who have been around for a bit as well.

You are awesome, Elliot. Keep it up, man.

I disassembled my N3DS to clean the button contacts (my buttons did not work). However, I broke spring ribbon cable connector connecting the microphone, an important component form some games I enjoy. All after modding it. I was defeated. This video is very relatable. 10/10

Great job! New 3ds have everything but the kitchen sink inside them. My dsi XL is the first console I ever bought myself. I'll always love it.

You really make my day and week Keep making your videos.

nice video, it reminds me of a month ago when i was making a bluetooth adapter for my n64, i gave up after struggling to solder the controller adapter wires, (it was the last part)

I love the outro❤

Nice clear video. And I feel you, I have 3 regular 3ds and one is now dead because I made a huge mistake and broke a ribbon cable LoL

Nice I have a lot of these consoles in white and black. I even managed to pick up an ambassador edition

My first repair was on a Gameboy Micro I definitely regretted that probably took it apart like 15 times (even after watching your video on it). Then I decided would be a good time to take apart my Gameboy Color. Should've done that in reverse order was absolutely amazed how easy it was. Your videos are always a joy to watch and have inspired me to keep collecting and fixing things. So I guess with that I just wanted to thank you Elliot.

Very cool mlord!

I have this same 3DS (but in black) and some time ago I bought a new joystick because mine broke, inspired by your first repair video of that same 3DS. But when I opened my console and saw that many ribbon cables… I noped and closed it again. I’m not confident enough to do that repair, I don’t know that much and I’m afraid I’d break them, and my New 3DS is very special to me. I enjoyed your video and seeing you finally getting that piece of plastic out. But yeah, I’m not opening mine ever, those ribbon cables scare me deeply.

that sponsor was the most amazing one i've seen by anybody, it's basically "help plant a tree, also you can legally be a lord"

😁👍🏽 always great content

Nice chill video today. :)

I felt your pain with that 20min staring out the window section.

That good night at the end suites me perfectly as I watch it. Good night :)

Absolut entspannte Unterhaltung . Danke dafür . Durch Deine Videos habe ich noch mehr Motivation bekommen Gameboys zu sammeln . Was soll ich sagen . Es fehlt nur noch der weiße Dmg-01 xD Danke für die Inspiration

Awesome Video Elliot Coll

It's so frustrating closing up thinking your done after all the tedious work. Just to find out you need to take half of it apart again because you forgot something 😆 I do it almost everytime I open up anything

This is I started repairing. Learning how to fix my stuff that bug me. Fixing others stuff that I know about

That stylus flip Elliot…. *chef’s kiss*

Love you too Elliot!!!

Great job 👍

The first video was excellent and this one is too!

Goodnight , great video 🤘

I bought a new 3Ds with the Timmy and tommy faceplates and it’s one of the Best Buy’s I’ve ever done. This video is great and this guy has very satisfying content

Why are you the only videos I find for new 3ds repairs. All I find is 3ds xl repairs. I need to find parts too and can’t find them either. Shhheeessshhh. Nice video.

Ending was pretty emotional

I hope I never have to take apart my new 3ds xl, great video btw showing how much of a pain it is to fix modern Nintendo consoles

That farewell was so hilariously adorable

Interesting how differently it's designed from the XL, even though on the outside they look identical. For example, the SD reader module is a completely different design, this has it attached to the case (for some reason) with a modular plastic piece, where the XL has it attached to the board (which makes a lot more sense), I wonder why they did that.

Love the story behind this DS.

This is honestly the most iconic £5 ds system. Cool to see it still playing games and being used as it originally would have been thrown out all those years back

Yeah, the Switch is a little like this. And the reason for the modularity is for ease of not only fabrication, but being able to source parts from multiple places to account for failures - one in every however many parts will come off the line defective and get missed by QA, and so rather than needing to toss or repair the whole thing, you can just sub in another daughterboard/motherboard.

You are legitimately the only person I know who has made a video about taking apart the new 3ds, every single video is about the new 3ds xl or the new 2ds xl.

only handheld i've ever done was a psp 3000, i frakensteined it together out of multiple broken psps when i was a teenager (it still works til this day)

Dude! Just bought the Couple Title Pack for my Wife and I. I winder if we end up neighbors! lol (I made sure to use your link and the discount code)

Hey Elliot, When I saw the tumbnail, I thought this was a DankPods vid lol

That model is the best handheld console ever created by Nintendo :)

I always wanted a “new” 3ds my regular 3ds XL was amazing i loved it so much

I still actually Rember finding you from the 3ds video and the pokemon 2ds

I got the original 3ds when it came out and loved it. I also got a new 3ds xl when it came out. I recently got a new3ds (non-xl) and have to say it’s the most beautiful thing ever. I’m not sure why but the form factor and styling of it is just really nice.

Speaking of you forgetting the the dpad one time I was doing a gameboy color build for a friend you inspired me to do this btw thank you I forgot to add the a and b buttons and have to tear it back down add the buttons and then put it back together it was something I'd swear I'd never do but did unintentionally and I haven't done it since. I plan to build a gba I have all of the parts just no motherboard

Breaking ribbon cable ports absolutely sucks. I've flipped open a little lock too hard, the lock flap flew off and I was never able to lock the ribbon cable in place again. It was on a joy con, couldn't use it anymore

The DS is pretty fun.. you basically need a flash cart now-a-days tho since the shop is gone, and there's lots of neat homebrew

I love my New 3DS XL, (Though it's not so new now). I do wish I had grabbed one of the "regular" new 3DS's, but my eye's are glad I got the bigger one :). I hope at some point we'll get some of the options for improved screen etc.. like we have for our older Nintendo handhelds. Though after seeing how much it takes to break one down and put it back together, I might be a bit hesitant. 😮

Yeah i know what you mean by being delicate. I recently messed around with my dsixl to do the dpad and yeah those parts...yeah. Had to pull away a few times and calm myself saying i can do this while being as gentle as possible even when those shoulder parts wanted to slide around lol

I had to take apart a 3DS XL to replace the interior back shell and outer back shell due to plastic chunks being missing out of it

The modularity is for repairability. It makes it much easier for them selves to repair their own products. They most likely don't do board leve repair, they just replace the whole PCB with the defective component. Also aren't you missing three screws around the SD card port?

I'd bet its modular because the parts all come from different suppliers or are assembled by different teams in a production line. Could also be for them to repair units (do they still do that nintendo repair scheme) internally a lot easier?

I know you still have a lot on your plate but did you announce the gameboy light giveaway? Keep up the good work

Love you too man, Goodnight from America

I once bought a disassembled n3dsxl only to find the top screen ribbons were torn. Luckily the seller took it back without too much of a fuss.

I love your videos Elliot

I’ve been working on 2 New 3DS XLs lately and yes these are super annoying to work with, those pressure fit ribbon cables are so nerve wracking cause one small slip and that connectors broken. I’ve had to take them apart and back together so many times now for diagnosing purposes, and I’ve gotten pretty damn good at getting the top ribbon cables through the hinge. I found out it’s just WAY easier to put the camera one through first since it stays on the outside of all three, then with the camera module up out of the way you can insert the screen and speaker ribbons together, or even one by one as long as you know which order they go in. Way easier than rolling up all three in my opinion.

For so long, i remember a video talking about a subsidiary board on the motherboard and they said something about a "dotter board" and i wondered what the word origin was until watching this video and you said "daughter board"

i would have had to leave that little nugget inside in memorium. haha.. little backstory .. seeyaa friend!!

wished the coloured buttons are on the xl version, they do look nice

After watching the disassembly process, I can totally understand why you left that plastic piece in there for all this time.

I can really relate to "making a coffee and stare out the window for 20 minutes".

I think may manufacturers tend to use multiple boards as it is easy to make revisions. I work more with laptops and I see slave boards that have often been improved over the period of the model. I would imagine it would be far easier to make a revision to a slave board than it would be to an entire one piece board.

We love you too Elliot

Hey Elliot great fixing video, can you do one about fixing 3ds wifi connectivity problems ? I never had problems before with it, but i have a feeling its the 3ds antenna but im not sure

As a person who specializes in genealogy and peerage, I must add that the product advertised does NOT make you a Lord. A Lord is a member of Scottish peerage which consists of titles above Baron (as Baronies in Scotland are equivalent to Lords of the Manor, which technicaly aren't Lords). I am unsure of the legality of putting "Lord" in your name next to your credit card but I would NOT advise it. There is no legal basis in such a thing and there is absolutely no way to buy your way into peerage other than donating a few million pounds to the Tories maybe and asking for one on behalf of HRH. The Lord Lyon has officially denounced these buying of tiny land plots and has explicitely established they do NOT make you a "Laird" or a "Lord. I am not dissapointed in Elliot for accepting this sponsor, but I am warning fellow viewers to beware and look into what you're buying.

i have an old 3ds which has a broken ribbon cable on the top screen, and I'd like an ips screen on it but i don't know where to start. and yes, i mean the old model. it has a lot of sentimental value to me as i got it for Christmas in 2011 if i remember correctly, so replacing it is out of the question.

Even though the wii u/3ds era were some dark times for nintendo some of the games on there fantastic.

I've seen a few other channels pick up the Lord/Lady sponsorship, and they all want to build a small kingdom of them and thier followers. I would love for them all to take off and be so big that there are sizeable plots of land dedicated to the associated YT channels.

yeah ribbon connectors are just a nightmare when i bought my psp a few months ago there was some rattling and to fix it i took it apart. i ended up destroying the screen connector. had to get the motherboard replaced. and just before i was going to put it up for sale my sister dropped it. motherboard is damaged again, the output sometimes becomes weird.

The new 3DS XL is my absolute favourite portable Nintendo and I wish they'd make a worthy successor as the Switch is too big and battery guzzling. Yet another great video and somewhat therapeutic video

Something like that would've drove me nuts!

The Bob Ross of the DS world 😂

I counted the ribbon cables in mine and he’s right. There are a million.