So like had this 3ds xl since childhood and a couple years back the right side ridge holding my top and bottom screen just popped out (tbf there were cracks developing), tho the whole system still worked perfectly fine besides when I try and move the loose top screen when it immediately switches off with a pop! Now fast forward to today where to my surprise the top screen just won’t display anything despite working fine like the last time I touched it like a month back (it does kinda light up when booting the system as well as games). I did my research and figured the ribbon cable got loose or smth but I don’t really wanna pay like £130 to repair when I’m certain the ribbon can’t be that damaged since the console has just be chilling on my shelf. I am getting a new 3ds xl soon from a friend but I not only wanna make sure that the console is good enough to transfer all its data to the new one plus (call me greedy) also have another console alongside the new one to shiny hunt. Any tips?
Posted by Next-Manufacturer507
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Dont pay for repair, do it yourself. I can see its broken right where all ribbon cables go through. I assume you dont want to repair the shell, so just unscrew bottom shells & reallign ribbon cable in the socket.
This is what happened to my red Smash Bros-themed 3DS as a kid and I ended up tossing it 🙁
Yeah just try reseating the cable. Thats a really easy thing to do before spending 130 on it. Though I’d also suggest backing everything up on it and fully repairing it/getting a new 3ds lol. That thing looks on its last legs
I’m in the same boat as you too. I have a 3DS that has the same problem with a broken hinge.
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