@@unchi1999 Yea, the PS2 is goated

Thank you! I’m so glad to hear that

Yea, these consoles can get pretty grody. Hopefully, it all goes well. If you need help or tips with the disassembly, I haven an in depth video posted on the channel as well. Good luck with your refurb 🤙

It’s too late to change it, but I’ve learned from that experience. The tape could’ve been removed more cleanly with isopropyl alcohol, but I hate having tape on the boxes unless it’s holding something together

Hmm, that’s strange. I haven’t heard about the mushroom houses disappearing with the white raccoon Mario being used, but the only thing I could think of would be to double check the levels to see if the raccoon block is in any of them. It should be at the beginning of each level for a quick check and shouldn’t take too long hopefully. I’m not sure what else it could be though

@@cosmicnick4186 How do I get rid of the blocks??

@@Crypticyokai If the blocks are in a level it means the power-up was used when the level was last played. You only have to play through the level again without using it, and it’ll go away

@@cosmicnick4186 okay so I haven’t used it I know I haven’t but I have accidentally hit it out of the block

@@Crypticyokai Yea if the block’s there at all, the level needs to be played through again without hitting it. You can double check after the level’s finished if it worked

I’m so glad it was able to help!

Yea, that footage was recorded a long time before I edited it, and I don’t remember if I got the suggestion about cutting out all of the background noise and dead space between sentences before I made that video. I might need to remaster some of these videos at some point lol. I got to test out the new microphone that I got still. I had braces before, but not when I recorded that, ha 😅

If it doesn’t clear up from wipes or isopropyl alcohol, it might need to be retrobrighted. The easiest way for an at-home method would likely be to buy some hydrogen peroxide and fill a small clear container with it and submerge the piece in there. If you don’t have UV lights, you can place the container outside, but this will likely take more time. OddTinkering has a good video about how to retrobright, but their setup is more advanced.

@@cosmicnick4186 I used Magic Eraser on the parts that are not glossy. The really helped.

@@herreichhorn0.0 yea, magic eraser can be helpful for the pieces of plastic that aren’t glossy. I’ve used something similar to remove some of the scratches from the hinge cover

Awesome. It’s a really nice color isn’t it?

Hmm, maybe double check each level to see if a golden leaf was used there the last time it was played through. It will show up as soon as you open the level and if it’s not there you can move on to checking the next level. This may take a little bit of time, but that’s what’s happened with other people who’ve had this issue

Yea, it is pretty fun and rewarding to take something apart and fix it yourself. I’m glad the video was helpful. I’ll have in depth disassembly and reassembly videos for the DS Lite releasing shortly that’ll hopefully help others too

Yea, the top screen can be pretty tricky, ha. Maybe one day with a little practice 🤙

Thank you. I appreciate the support and kind words. I’d avoid a paper towel for cleaning this device because it’s very rough and can leave scratches. Isopropyl alcohol and a q-tip is what a lot of repair people use to clean, but wet wipes are good and can make cleaning bigger items easier. I’m not sure if there’s another way to remove the screw covers carefully, but I use a sturdy needle that I can put some pressure on. I try to go from the corners and get under them, but sometimes I still slip and scratch the console or poke the screw covers and leave a bit of damage. It’ll take some practice

@@cosmicnick4186 Thanks for your thorough response here! 🙏

@@RyanClaytor No worries 🤙

Yea, the heat that comes out of PlayStations is pretty intense. I notice much stronger heat than Xbox’s most of the time

I’ll look into those materials and how the plastic will react as a cleaning agent

Yes, it’s possible to remove just the top cover if you don’t need to replace the screen or anything else in the top assembly. I’ve done it on a couple of DS Lites that I’ve worked on. It might be a little trickier to remove the screw covers because you won’t be able to lay the assembly flat on the table while the DS Lite is open, but as long as you’re careful it should be all good. Always work on what your comfortable doing 🤙

70% isopropyl alcohol and wet wipes. Some prefer to use 99% isopropyl alcohol, but it’s really up to you

Thanks dude@@cosmicnick4186

So glad the video was able to help 🤙

Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear that. Stripped screws are an absolute nightmare and are definitely what I hate most when trying to fix things. I wouldn’t lose hope though. There are certain screwdrivers designed for stripped screws but I haven’t looked into them, and the screws for the DS Lite are so small that it might be hard to find one that will work. I’ve drilled into stripped screws before to remove them. It basically will break the head of the screw from the bottom, and if it’s done carefully, it won’t damage the shell; although, I know that can be quite the risk and it takes patience depending on ye drill type. Definitely hold on to the DS Lite. I still have my childhood DS Lite that I broke years ago, and I fully intend to fix it one day. Another solution may be to break the back shell, replace the piece, and swap the serial number labels but I see how that option may not be too appealing either. I hope everything will work out for the best

​@@cosmicnick4186 you are amazing nick :(. Tysm for always replying to my problems. I would love to be your friend!

@@LeonSKennedyxx thank you. I’m glad to listen and help out any way that I can. your friendship means a lot as well

The DS lite is a relatively simple device to work on, but getting the feel for how to reattach the antenna cables properly or how to plug the ribbon cables for the screens back in without damaging them really comes with experience. I suggest going slowly and taking photos of how things are positioned as you go and where small pieces like the springs for the triggers are aligned so that you can reference them when putting it back together. Also, the springs for the triggers are very easy to loose, so be careful with those as well. There are four different screws, the silver Phillips (all the same size in the device), the gold Phillips screws that are under the two rubber screw covers on the back (those are longer so careful not to mix them up with the silver ones), the silver tri-wing screws (those are the longest - be careful not to put them in the wrong spot or they’ll screw through the plastic), and then a black tri-wing screw (this is the smallest screw I think. Practice is really key, but if you’re careful, it should be a relatively safe repair. If you’re worried about damaging it though, then it might not be worth the risk. I’ll post a disassembly guide eventually that will go in depth on the best way that I’ve found to work on this device. I hope this helps

@@cosmicnick4186 thank u for the answer sir, also looking forward to your guide 😊

@@mrwoodcat anytime, and hopefully the guide will help when it’s released

Aww, shux ☺️. I try my best. Thanks a million!

Yea, I’ve noticed that they’re two separate pieces stuck together too. It is frustrating. The edges are usually the dirty part, but if dirt ever gets further stuck between the two pieces, then it’ll be basically impossible to remove

​@@cosmicnick4186 omg I hope that never happens to mine or I'll be so mad 💀. Btw you should try to make a video (if you have the knowledges, because I know it's hard) to replace top/bottom screens for new ones because the top screen from mine got fucked up and I wanna replace it myself but I am too scared I will fuck it up even more than it is, especially when I do the welding part 😭 Anyway, I just stumbled across your channel and I loved your video, plus you seem a very kind guy! I'll follow your channel from now on, thank you!

@@LeonSKennedyxx Thank you so much for the kind words and support! I really appreciate it. I’ve definitely been meaning to make more in depth instructional videos to help out everybody more. Once I get the hang of replacing top screens for newer handhelds enough so I can offer tips of my own, I’ll definitely make a video on them. What kind of device did you have?

​​@@cosmicnick4186 Anytime, if I can support you I'm happy! Mine is exactly the same as the one from this video. NDSL and white colour too, and the dirt is like this, but it's because I got it when I was 9 yrs old, that's how it got so dirty, now I know I can clean most of it (I'm 23 now and I am more careful hehe) and the top screen basically one day it went all on lines, it's filled with pastel colour lines, you can't even see anything from the game you're playing, not a single pixel, and it happened as I was in the middle of a Pokémon game, I suddenly saw my screen go all on lines and I was like 10 at the time and I was like ok WTF? Appart from this the hinge broke as well, out of nowhere, because I never damaged/dropped the console for these things to occur. Recently I bought a screen from aliexpress (they're very cheap there) and I will try to replace it myself but yep I am a little scared I will ruin my childhood console by doing this on my own, I have no experience at all😅

@@LeonSKennedyxx Yea, top screens are usually the trickiest part of taking apart handhelds. The DS Lite hinges are notorious for breaking so easily. I’ve definitely had my share of breaking things worse that I’ve tried to fix lol. Whenever I work on something for the first time, I always feel like I’m going to break it. Experience is definitely key, and it took a little bit of time to figure out the tips and tricks of disassembling and reassembling the DS Lite, but it’s the one console I’m very confident in working on now that I’ve done so many. I’ll make a hinge replacement and screen replacement video that’ll hopefully help. Hopefully, you can get your childhood console working again. It was surreal for me to play on my old DS Lite when I got it to work briefly after years of it being broken, and it’s definitely a great feeling to get to play on them again

Also, nice job! It looks great

Yea, those screw covers for the top screen are the trickiest part. Thanks for the support. I really appreciate it 🤙

Thank you so much for your kind words and support! I’m so glad the video helped you out 💕

Thank you so much. It really means a lot 😊. I’m glad I was able to help out and stoked to hear that you were able to clean up and revive your DS 🤙

Yea, I honestly would’ve kept that Xbox instead of selling it if I realized it was a v 1.0. Yea, I tried to clean off the old thermal paste as much as possible but it was really stuck on there. Next time I’ll use some heat to soften it and make it easier to clean

Haha, yea we celebs got all sorts of hobbies lol 😂. Thanks for the support 🤙

Thank you! I really appreciate it

yup, you’re right on the money - I’ll be taking a look at it in my upcoming video 🤙

Yea, the old DSs are cool but they can get pretty grimy lol

Yea, it probably will. Do you have any tips about what I could do?

Yeah, I was so excited when I found out it was a fully backwards compatible model

@@cosmicnick4186 make sure to change it's thermal paste and delid if necessary, it's a ticking time bomb

@@steliosemmanouilidis5050 yep, I’ll definitely be replacing the thermal paste. What does delid mean though?

@@cosmicnick4186 oh boy, you might not want to get into that rabbit hole. 7th generation consoles are known for being faulty, basically the main chips on both the 360 and ps3 (gpu and CPU) are very faulty, the ps3s rsx (gpu) on this early model is especially faulty, pretty much all ylods are caused by it, at some point they'll all fail, quite early I'm afraid but you can slow that down by keeping temps very low, below 65c if possible, changing the thermal paste on top of the ihs is pretty good, but usually not enough unfortunately, you might need to remove the ihs (delid) on both the rsx and the cell, it's a risky process but imo necessary, search it up on KZbin Check the temps by jailbreaking the system and installing webman

@@cosmicnick4186you take the heat spreader that’s on top of the chips and put thermal paste directly on the cell and rsx. You can watch guides on how to do it

Yea, it’s crazy that this thing still worked, and that’s great that you were able to keep yours going

oh shoot, is it? 👀

@@cosmicnick4186 😄 No, but Black Pink is.

@@ebbderelict haha, dang I guess I gotta brush up my K-pop knowledge

Haha, I know right. It’ll be a good video of fixing when I get around too it

Yea, it definitely needed it. I think I’ve sold that DS already, but at some point I’ll have videos retrobrighting consoles

I use a pin needle to remove the screw covers. It takes some practice, but I try to go for the corner of the cover and then get underneath it with the pin needle and then start prying upwards. I hope this helps 🤙

@cosmicnick4186 I was able to get them off with a box cutter lol! There's some intense gamer gunk on the top shell, so I'm letting soak over night in 99% iso. Really hoping I can get the shell back on and don't break anything!

@@kreimsicle6456 Yea, it can be a little tricky the first couple times, especially getting the top part of the shell to slide back into place properly if the wires aren’t aligned right. Best of luck to you, and let me know how it goes if possible!

Thanks 😇

yea, a lot of these can get pretty gross, especially in the stylus slots. It can definitely be nerve racking taking something apart for the first time. I recommend watching any videos you can find to help and having a lot of patience with trickier parts. Ifixit has guides to take things apart but they can be hit or miss. Best of luck 🫡

Yes, it’s possible, but it can be a little tricky at first. The easiest way that I’ve found is to start at one of the bottom corners of the black adhesive and use something sharp like an exact o to carefully lift up some of it and then use your fingers to pull the plastic screen up off of the glass screen. Once enough is lifted from the screen, it might be easier to have the screen on a table with one finger holding it down while the other hand removes the plastic screen. I would only do this if it’s absolutely necessary as too much pressure on the screen can break the pixels, and I’ve done this a couple times when trying to clean the glass

@@cosmicnick4186 got fog marks on my upper screen T.T but i think it will be fragile T.T

Yea, the top shell can be a little troublesome. The wires need to be in the proper slots and groves, and then the shell needs to be slid on. Unless you’re referring to the entire top assembly with the hinge. That one’s trickier to deal with since it has the ribbon cable for the lcd that needs to be fed through the shell pieces. I hope this helps, but I know it’s hard without a visual. I’ve been meaning to upload an in depth video of how to take apart and put back together a DS Lite at some point, but I haven’t had the time to do so yet

@@cosmicnick4186 I didn't realize it was a slide mechanism and I mashed the slots when trying to figure it out. A lot of filing and prying on the slots later, I was able to get it on. I tried to watch so many tutorials and everyone seems to skip over the delicacy of that part. Everything else was very easy; top shelf was a massive issue even when just doing a clean like this.

@@YourMovieFix yea, that’s my main issue when trying to find stuff on video. It’s better than nothing, but many people don’t describe or show clearly what they’re doing; it makes it hard to follow. Most of the time, I damage things when I take them apart for the first time and I have to learn while I go. The top screens for the handhelds are always a pain to deal with

Huh, I never really thought about it, but listening to some of the recordings now, I guess I kind of do lol