Story time!
I recently had my 3DS repaired by someone who could replace the charging port. He offered to also mod my 3DS, which I had said no to because one, he was going to charge me $70, and two, I WANTED to do it on my own. The guy was rude, asking for a direct payment before dropping off my 3DS at the store, claiming I was wasting his time for making him wait an hour for me the day prior. (7pm-8pm) Mind you, it’s a 40-minute drive from the store to me and a 10-minute drive for him. What if I had an emergency? I had just asked if he had left it at the store so I could go pick it up the next day, but I guess he couldn’t leave it at the store unless I paid beforehand because he “works with the store,” not “for them,” which I was fine with doing. I just wanted to know if he left it at the store or not. He said, “Listen. I have a great reputation for my repairs and mods. If I say something will be done and works. It will work, or I’ll make it right. You are lucky I’m not adding in a cleaning fee on the unit I repair because it was nasty inside. Looks like it sat in a puddle of soda.” I never criticized his work; I was just asking a simple question. Gloating about his reputation but being rude to his customers. Anyways, I got the 3DS, and the charging mod worked, allowing me to charge and being able to turn it on, but the SD card reader will not read anything, making me unable to mod it. He knows I went to another place prior, but they had nobody in for repairs on 3Ds. I have a hunch he did something to it in hopes that I would go back to him to get it fixed…
So, here we are. I’ve decided not to return and instead take a look for myself before purchasing a replacement SD card reader. Is this supposed to protrude like this?
Posted by Miserable-Low-
3 Comments
No, it’s not plugged in.
All you need to do is align the top of the ribbon cable with the port on the motherboard and press down. It should “click” into place. Follow this guide from iFixit from the last step up and you should be good.
[Nintendo 3DS SD Board Replacement – iFixit Repair Guide](https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Nintendo+3DS+SD+Board+Replacement/5852)
You see that little flap coming out of the SD card reader? Just gonna take the screws out of the joystick so you can easily plug the SD card reader into the motherboard. Once you do that, SD card reader should work. He could have left it like that so you’d come back or it could have been a mistake. Bro sounds like a piece of work either way, good lord
But it looks like you should be fine. You got it open already so you have the tools to remove the screws from the joystick
The moment he started giving attitude and treating you as an inconvenience, while demanding up front payment is when you should have said forget it and found someone else. He also seems to have an ego problem based on what you described.
It appears the card reader just isn’t plugged in, if he didn’t live so far away I’d make him fix it just on principle. You paid for a repair that should have resulted in a fully functioning 3DS, that’s what you should have got.