Hey all,
I bought a n3DS XL used from a buyer on fb marketplace. It was working for a while until it stopped booting up and showed the dreaded blue light, black screen issue. I opened it up to look for any signs of damage but everything looks to be in place and not tampered with. While there is no evident tampering I still think this is a hardware issue. Granted, I don't know if this was a modded unit (any way I can find out?) but here are a few things I've noticed:
1. 3DS will always turns on, just the screens won't boot up
2. When 3DS screen stay black, I would open the back and disconnect/reconnect some cables. I haven't been able to isolate which of the cables would be directly responsible for it but...
3. I manage to freeze the 3DS on the home menu when I shook the unit to mimic impact.
Anyone have any leads on a potential piece of hardware that is capable of freezing the unit while also keeping the screens and LED lights on?
If anyone has a diagram of what each cable is responsible for, that would be also helpful.
Cheers everyone
I bought a n3DS XL used from a buyer on fb marketplace. It was working for a while until it stopped booting up and showed the dreaded blue light, black screen issue. I opened it up to look for any signs of damage but everything looks to be in place and not tampered with. While there is no evident tampering I still think this is a hardware issue. Granted, I don't know if this was a modded unit (any way I can find out?) but here are a few things I've noticed:
1. 3DS will always turns on, just the screens won't boot up
2. When 3DS screen stay black, I would open the back and disconnect/reconnect some cables. I haven't been able to isolate which of the cables would be directly responsible for it but...
3. I manage to freeze the 3DS on the home menu when I shook the unit to mimic impact.
Anyone have any leads on a potential piece of hardware that is capable of freezing the unit while also keeping the screens and LED lights on?
If anyone has a diagram of what each cable is responsible for, that would be also helpful.
Cheers everyone