Did Nintendo Make Any Changes To The Inside Of The DS Lite Shell?

[UK_Ray]

Hi Everyone,

This may be a silly question but does anyone know if Nintendo made any changes to the inside of the shell on the DS Lite?

I was just replacing the touch screen on an old one when I noticed the little plastic part was missing from where the stylus holder goes, so I decided to open up a bricked one to take the part off but when I went to fit it, I noticed a difference in the shells.

Black DS Lite...

See the bit of plastic that the yellow arrow points to?


Red DS Lite...

This red shell does not have that bit of plastic.



Which means this other bit of plastic that fits onto the red shell, will not fit onto the black shell.

I have replaced several of these shells over the years but have never come across one that doesn't have this part.

The red shell is definitely original but the black shell also looks original, the screws look genuine as does the label and the water indicator sticker when compared to the red shell.

Has anyone else came across this?

 

[SylverReZ]

Are you trying to replace your DS lite's shell with another one?

 

[UK_Ray]

Hi, no, as per the first post, I was changing the touch screen when I noticed that the black shell has a slightly different layout inside and was curious to see if the later DS Lite models perhaps had an updated shell

 

[JuanMena]

Hi, no, as per the first post, I was changing the touch screen when I noticed that the black shell has a slightly different layout inside and was curious to see if the later DS Lite models perhaps had an updated shell

No, as far as I know, that little piece you're referring to is held by a screw. So probably someone removed it and forgot to screw it back.

 

[kuroraiju]

Yeah I have. Just did a shell swap for my DS Lite and the donor unit's shell had the same thing with the bit of plastic as with your red DS Lite.

There was another difference I found during the shell swap, and (at least in my experience) both shells used different barrel hinges. When I tried to fit the original shell's barrel hinge into the donor shell, it was almost impossible to fit it in, so I assumed that the barrel hinge that came with the donor unit belonged to the donor shell.

 

[Jayro]

You can just trim the black shell using some flushcutters, but that's quite an odd place to make changes to on a shell mid-production.