How to Replace Nintendo DSi Shell and Screen - Part 1: Teardown 

Where ? You mind helping me ?

Thanks! I know it made for a less "polished" video, but it was fun to go in it blind and hope for a successful outcome. Report back when you do your reshell, and let us know how it went!

Good luck! Please let us know of your success when you do! :)

There's never a better time than the present, to tackle a repair project like this! :)

Thanks!

did it work?

@@ninewaves991 no :c im afraid i think the motherboard itself is the problem. I see the the motherboard has fried marks. weird that it flickes though. may just do a chasi swap.

@@melaniel561 ooh damn hope it works. btw didnt expect a reply after 2 years

@@ninewaves991 hahha I check my notis. I saw it and forgot I commented here.

Thanks! If I had to do it again, now that I know how the various pieces go together, I would've made a number of changes to simplify it for myself: 1) I wouldn't have taken the LED indicator ribbon off the back of the daughter board. That whole thing could've remained together, and worked fine. 2) I wouldn't have removed the lower LCD / digitizer from the main board. It doesn't need to be removed, and is just one less thing to try to reconnect later. 3) I spent way too much time trying to figure out how to run the wiring through the channels provided in the case. Now that I know / remember how they're run, that would've been a lot simpler to do. It was definitely the trickiest trying to manage the loops of the two ribbon cables through the plastic and metal rings. I really don't know if there's any easier way to do it, other than to just press on, and make sure you don't put any kinks in it. Oh well, at least it's done! Now comes the reassembly part..... :)

Suedeash I Actually fixed my old Nintendo DSiXL shell to a black and yellow

@@IrrelevantToCommentLmfao Awesome!

Same here 😂

Man, it's been awhile since I made this video. I really had to rack my brain to try to remember exactly what I needed to do here! But basically, once you've got it disassembled to this point, you simply need to grab something pointy and push the hinge inwards, towards the middle of the shell. There's actually space in there that the hinge can recess into. This allows you to then pull the upper shell up and out of the way of the lower shell. Then you can remove the hinge from the inside of the other part of the shell. Good luck!

I have one too but it’s in Japanese and I want to swap it with my pink English DSI, it can play English games but my OCD can’t stand it being in another language lmao

@@TheMayala77 the one I bought is Japanese too lol. Since I wanna learn Japanese soon it’s not too bad for me xD

​@@TheMayala77can you not just change the language in the settings?

@@themajesticspaceduck6798 not for the Japanese ones, there region locked. That’s why I want to mod it lol

Try ebay

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Bro if it died it's probably just the battery. Look into replacing it all u need is a few bucks and a Phillips 000 screwdriver :)

Amazon & EBay Or Aliexpress

I gotta find a cheap one first that's worth buying to fix! I've been keeping my eyes peeled on eBay for a New 2DSXL to fix, but so far everyone seems to want way too much for one. By the time I buy one and fix it (usually a broken screen), it would cost more than just buying a refurbished one from Nintendo directly! :(

Put a cloth/tissue/paper towel/dry wet wipe etc. Between the screw and the screwdriver! I imagine a dry wet wipe or a glasses cleaner wipe or thin fabric would work best. Needs to be very thin material for very small screws, but durable material especially for very stripped screws.

Update I sawed the bitch open, only the corner because I was gonna re-shell it anyway😅

It's in the description partways down. But here you go! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-l3BmptOmvMk.html Enjoy :)