How to Fix a Nintendo Ds Lite that won't power on or charge . 

My brother, the electronics engineer, couldn't offer me this much help! You are truly awesome!

We're all human beings and you sir are a genius!

Thanks for posting this! My daughter's DS Lite is doing the same thing as of today and I automatically thought it was the battery but after watching this I now have a fix. Thank you so much for making a tutorial!

This is a life saver. I was looking for something to revive an old ds lite of my little sisters. Seriously thank you so much.

Just watched your video. Gonna try fix my daughters ds. Great that you share this with everyone. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks very much, top man! Gaz

Thank you! I hope to find a conductive pen and try to fix my DS when I can...hopefully it works. Thank you so much for the great instructions and figuring out such an easy and cheap fix. :)

Yep, perfect. I followed your instructions and it worked great. I had to layer it on a little thick. Maybe I was too impatient waiting for the paint to dry. Once it dried it worked perfectly! Thanks for posting.

I fix my son DS Lite by watching your video. Cost only buying Tri Wings screw driver and Circuitwriter Pen. I am happy and my son is Happy. Thank You and God Bless you.

Big thanks! You sir are a Gentleman and a Scholar!

thanks a million for making this! Very helpful and informative.

it works!!!!!!!! thanks to this video, i've repaired my DS!!!! thanks a lot man, your method is amazing!!!!!!!

NIIIICE! Now I can fix my sons' DS thanks to your video!

thank you so much...Im an electrician and I was wondering what we going on with my son's ds. Great Video!

Dude, thank you very much! My son had two broken DS lites. Your video showed me how to fix them. I used the solder blob technique because thats what I had available. It works fine too. Thanks! :Note, similar symptoms may be caused by the upper lcd ribbon cable. inspect it. re-attach it. It may be bad or warn in a small area. Mine was barley attached and causing problems. easy fix for u too maybe.

just did this repair today, worked great! thanks!

thanks for the great video you really help me out on my dsi but i didn't use circuitwriter i used a regular silver marker and it did worked too thanks for the help

Bravo on the vid. A little slow but great description. And awesome camera, that sucker zoomed into the circuit board well

Nice video man! I didnt even know pens like those exsisted! When I repaired a blown psp fuse, I used soldering iron to connect the fuse. But dang, with that pen everything looks way easier! Thanks for the info. Gonna try fixing a ds now.

thanks man for your great video i got fix my dsi but i didn't use a circuitwriter i use a regular silver marker and it did work too thank you

thank you x infinity!!!! you saved my life here!! hahah i hadd my dss for more thaan 4 years

Very good video. Keep up great work.

Thanks from Scotland worked first time

Thank You so much your video is so helpful, i gave my lil cousin a brand new DS and she broke it :( but now its fixed Thank You

THANK YOU VERY VERY VERY MUCH IT WORKS PERFECTLY !!!!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOUFOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!!!!!

thanks man for that great video it help a lot on dsi but i didn't use the circuitwriter i used a regular silver marker and it did worked too but thanks anyway for give us the idea thank you

Cool! Great video and thank u so much.

thnx works like a charm now

let the juices flow thanks, about to try this on a friends DSLite. It has the same problem, tried several chargers, bought a new battery for it, still nothing. Thanks!

Thank you so much man

It worked thanks :)

awesome man! it totally works 100%! a friend of mine and i bet on the seattle seahawks and san diego chargers football game, i bet him $20 that seattle would win and he bet his broken ds lite and i won. i watched your tutorial, followed the instructions and now i have a working nintendo ds lite which i basically got for free!!! lol thank you very much man!!!

Thank you sir for your help

Thank you very much!

Thanks it really helped me ! :)

You are the man!!!

thanks thats exatly what i need to do!!

Nice camera handling. I'm going to try to fix an old DS lite... but might actually get a replacement fuse. So dang small!

yes, anything that will conduct electricity should work...

Glad to have helped.@6tysGaming

Good job

thank u it works for me

Omg thanks now we can fix my neices ds she said it stopped working and we checked and it was just like that thankss alot we'll deffo try this xxx

You are Awesome! THANK YOU THANK YOU! How did you discover this repair method?

@metroidfannumber1 you can find them on ebay, and some of the online electronic component suppliers carry them

thanks my ds lite works dude.thanks to you snakecrane2001

@BrianC974 Thank you, So far my ds is still working

THANK YOU VERY MUCH I CAN PLAY WITH MY DSI AGAIN

thank you

@kayeandval yes, just take your time and dont rush

fantastic! My lite just blew a fuse and I don't have the 250 to upgrade to a 3ds. I do have 10 to spend at radioshack though. What type and size of screwdriver do you use to remove the back plate? The screws on mine look like peace signs. I've never seen a screwdriver like this.

You are very very good :D

very helpful thanx buddy!

hi there, do u think a nickel pen would work instead of ur silver one, this nickel pen is also a circuit writer. so yeah , would it work?

thanks im going to try

nice job

love you too

@superoach A regular silver marker? Or was it something specific?

@6tysGaming you can try it, I didnt do it that way for fear that the solder would be to hot, plus you're gonna need a very steady hand and a pair on good eyes. good luck, let me know how you make out.

thank you will god bless you

YOU ARE SO AMAZING. omg omg omg

Is the needle step thing necessary for it to work?

Thank you so much for posting this, I thought I was going to die without my ds working. Why do the fuses even stop working? Cuz my ps2 is still working and I have had it over 6 years... Alright I have a question, do you have to keep redoing this?

Thank you so much! My friend gave me his two years ago and it was like that and its finally working! LoZ here i come :p lol

Your awesome... Just awesome.... and im saying this without a ds O.o

OMG UR A GENIUS

hey, what was the thing you used to scratch the fuses for enamel? and I need to do that? thanks.

Hey I accidently forgot to use the pen thing to scrap the metal but I alredy used the circuit writer to jump the fuses it didn't work.,my ds still has the same problem what do I do

thanks

@allanbroatch you are welcome

Respond to this video... glad that i could help you

awesome

yes, sometimes there is a clear coat or enamel on the circuit board

@TheXxsuperxxchickxx May I ask what movie that might be ?

i'm gonna try this

@mad9936 Glad to have helped you

you are welcome

@oleg1481 you are welcome

Amazed to see the high number of ds lites crapping out. WTF, Nintendo? Also, how much does the circuit writer cost?

Is your DS still working after this fix? Just wondering how long this repair will last

what ever.....thankx for watching

nice ty

You are welcome@JoseMarinho23

@superoach what kind of silver marker?

Hurr yoo shur yoose sum o dem fancy wurds fir a blak pursin! Lol anyway man appreciate the video I was really considering trying a conductive pen for fuse repairs on my pspgo and this helped make up my mind. Did you have to remove the fuses or just paint over them?

@rupscee a straight pin or a needle

@snakecrane2001 i need help buying the right soldering gun. Can you please tell me where did you get yours cuz mine doesn't have a sharp point. Thanks eduardogto64

yhanks

@DarrenGriffitt your smart

@sbc619 It's a conductive pen, aka... the ink is like liquid wire, this as just an easier way than trying to use a soldering iron

@eriksoto mine still work , and no i have not had to do it again

@eduardogto64 I dont use a soldering iron....

@heliburg how did it go??

i have the same problem with my ds THANKS

dat pen is magic.

I need help I don't wanna waste money on a new one do u know a way I can do this without that fancy pen???

@vbuuneysackeyv i use a really tiny but sharp phillips head and a littlle pressure

...best part its free! :D

I found a possible tri-wing screw driver at a place called Harbor Freight.

For anyone who hasn't done this yet, you may also need a tri-gram or tri-wing screwdriver. Home Depot carries them. Don't get the battery powered!