Nintendo DSi XL Touch Screen Replacement/Repair

[@tivsterino]

I'm still pretty nervous about doing this so I guess I'll watch a couple other. But thanks for the video. You speak clearly enough that captions are accurate and your voiceover is quite descriptive.

[@Hoshiburu]

Hey! You helped me with the whole process of changing the DSi XL touchscreen. Thanks, I really appreciate it.

[@sjm4306]

+Lalo No problem!

[@BowserN64]

Wow that's like how do you even scratch a touchscreen that badly? Great tutorial!

[@kepiblop]

i scrached it almost as him

[@allyssacampbell125]

Same. I'm looking this up cuse mine has a very bad scratch on it. I can barely see the screen

[@BowserN64]

@@allyssacampbell125 Oh man! Well I bet you'll make it look brand new soon!

[@CaityRaindrop]

My og ds lite got major scuffed up playing games that used a lot of touch control (phantom hourglass springs to mind). After that I learnt the important of screen protectors and always buy one with any device. We aint risking it.

[@BowserN64]

@@CaityRaindrop Yeah I never used them because of bubbles.

[@BenWillock]

Getting a screen protector helps a bit with the glossy thing

[@starforce_]

Yooo, appreciate the guide!!! Was able to replace my broken touch screen that's been in my XL for YEARS. Thanks so much :)

[@sjm4306]

Glad I could help!

[@OREGONGAMER503]

So after watching this video, I decided I will just sell it as is rather than trying to replace the screen and probably breaking something. It works good but the digitizer is scratched up. Thanks for the video!

[@GuitarXIV]

Thank you for this video, even the camera is at one place and i not see whats going on, you telling everything perfectly. No cuts, thats best for doing this real life like the video goes. I fixed my green dsi XL veeery scratched digitizer. Good and informative video, thanks!

[@joydivider42]

Yeah I've recently been buying them in barely used condition cos I don't fancy stripping them down.....nice to see how it's done though

[@jrsomethingnumbers9704]

One thing I found about the matte screen over the glossy one is that it takes more force to activate. I did a test in pictochat, and if you're drawing lightly, it'll draw a bunch of dashes instead of a straight line, unless you apply noticeable force. Sadly since Nintendo will never sell new glossy ones, this is all we've got. Here's hoping the matte screen can handle the extra force. I will miss the smoothness of the glossy one, though. Great tutorial btw, helped me a lot. Since this video is closing in on 4 years old, how's the screen on yours shaped up over the years?

[@sjm4306]

Absolutely agree that glossy would have been much preferable over matte but I'm just happy that they are available and cheap. I still use the dsi xl shown in this video (I recently hacked it to run cfw and play games off the onboard sd card, in fact was just playing castlevania order of ecclesia last week) and haven't had any problems yet. Then again I really don't play many games that absolutely require touch input and for those that do I am pretty gentle with it.

[@jrsomethingnumbers9704]

Glad to hear it still works. Maybe I'll just get used to it overtime. I can do the magic seals in Dawn of Sorrow just fine, so it shouldn't be too bad. Also I've hacked my DSi xl too, recently. What a coincidence lol

[@Fourier9042]

So is this matte finish touch screen is official parts from Nintendo? As you said the screen definitely need more force to detect touch signal which is annoying.

[@sjm4306]

I dont think any aftermarket replacement digitizer is an official oem part. It's likely a custom order from a chinese display manufacturer.

[@jrsomethingnumbers9704]

@@sjm4306 Yup, pretty much all aftermarkets are matte instead of gloss. It sucks but sadly it's the only option

[@gamer-ig8mq]

hey sjm4306 how do I reattach the 2 very small plasitic black clips that holds down the bottom touch screen small ribbon cables man they popped out and Im having trouble trying to pop them back in place?

[@catherinej615]

I like how many ppl said "you gotta replace whole screen" when it has basic scratches. Like no, just the lens. But nice to know its not that hard to get to bottom screen. Phew. All the listings of dsi xl i'm interested in all got one issue is scratches on lens.

[@davidchavez3182]

Bro thank you so much !!! , i thought i had to buy the whole bottom screen but no , i just need the touch part of the screen

[@GabrielRotar]

Finally, got to catchup on my yt after the holidays. That is a pretty nice looking unit, even if it's a bit scuffed and the screen replacement did wonders. On Ds fixing, I have a story of my own to share. My first ds, a aqua 3Ds I got on a deal of ebay never worked unless plugged in the charger, I mostly play at home so no big deal. But I did want to have the ability to take it away from an outlet. Did some research, got an external battery charger and a new battery, no dice, it wouldn't run of a fresh battery. Then I tried using a bunch of usb power banks and an adapter cable but it would brown out, even on ones that put out 2A. So I kept up with the research and found the power management chip, some obscure Ti part I couldn't find squat about. Got back in ebay and ordered 2 things, something that looked like a custom 3ds external power bank (I''ll get back to that) and an other 3ds aqua with a broken game slot but intact charging. The new 3ds arrived, went to a friend with smd soldering chops and the required tools and got to it, figuring It would be easy to transplant the chip. Now stop me if you know this, but little did I suspect, that the bga bastard had such small pitch connections that soldering it manually was almost impossible. We both tried to re-seat the chip and see if the donator would work, but nothing beyond the white screen so that was bust. The power bank(www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271529226459 similar design), witch arrived later, worked fine and gave me 3-4 hours of juice, took it apart and was surprised to find actual dc-dc regulation to the proper voltage and current (or near enough for it to not brown out) and either a clone of or an actual AT micro to manage charging and discharging. A couple of moths later I just got a working blue 3Ds xl and shelved it, still miss the form factor and now that I'm looking at getting the upgrade, I think I'm going to get the regular one. I will some day try and hack the external power pack with more capacity and a way to load games without powering down the 3Ds just for the nostalgia and because it was my first 3Ds Sorry for the mountain of text, the pointless story and any grammar abuse.

[@beanbagburrito]

Is it the first DSi XL I've seen that wasn't the color maroon

[@BenWillock]

"Wine Red", when they brought out the DSi XL they were marketing it to oldies wanting to play Brain Training. The other colour was Brown lol

[@beanbagburrito]

2 years ago and im fixing only mine today 😭

[@pakkumis7774]

I'm going to attempt this specific repair next week, wish me luck and if you have any advice please feel free to tell me 😂

[@sjm4306]

Do it in a clean room and wash your hands right before (or best yet use gloves) to avoid smudging the screen.

[@hodotsofficial]

Can I ask the question, When I pull off the Touch Screen, What was that easy tearing transparent thing in the display, more like it sticks on glass that instant?

[@sjm4306]

That's the adhesive that holds the touch panel to the lcd glass.

[@hodotsofficial]

@@sjm4306 ohh, thanks, its why my hands are glittery also, I found this video helpful with my huge scratch (can't touch that part when I do flipnote) touch screen and it's probably not easy to reassemble them again.

[@Scribblescrabbly]

Used your vid to replace the digitizer on my dsi xl. Thank you!

[@bnana4273]

Which screwdriver is tht one?

[@alastairward2774]

Ugh, how are those cables coming out of the motherboard so easily?

[@DavidovisTG]

Flipnote Studio is the best way to test that touch screen. mine´s from ebay and its a shit. 2 days and its already with that annoying semicircles on the edges just because of pushing it a little bit when i wanted to draw something. Like if you hate that SO much. (autolike) I NEED IT TO BE PERFECTLY ACCURATE!

[@silverpick_5844]

Can u give me the link for the screen replacement please

[@linkmasters535]

Yeah does this work for the DS lite or the original DS fat just wondering if the same rules apply for the same thing in the DS family

[@pigeonette1]

Do all of these digitisers come with glass? My problem is that the glass is shattered

[@sjm4306]

No, the glass is part of the lcd underneath the digitizer. The digitizer is just two thin, clear, flexible plastic sheets bonded together with a small 4 pin ribbon coming out the bottom.

[@pigeonette1]

@@sjm4306 hmm ok might have to buy a whole new lcd :/

[@TheHellInspector]

Will this work on mine because whenever I tap the right side of the screen it regesters as I touched the middle

[@sjm4306]

Before you purchase a new touch screen, have you tried using the built in touch screen calibration in the menu settings. It could just be an issue of needing to recalibrate, but if that doesn't fix it then your DS might need the touch screen replaced.

[@semiotxt]

When i plugged everything back in it wouldn't turn on. Tried plugging it in with the charger but it just gives me that blinking orange light.

[@sjm4306]

One of the ribbons probably is slightly misaligned. These are a bit of a pain, literally every ribbon must be perfectly seated for it to boot.

[@jimmer4039]

Nope Definetely won't go for an adventure like this.

[@BowserN64]

It's not that hard. I would say the hardest part is just making sure that once you have your touch screen off that absolutely no dirt or dust is on the inside so that when you put the touch screen on it won't trap little specks on top of your pixels.

[@BenWillock]

You think thats an adventure, try doing it on a DS Lite lol

[@camilobetancur1862]

Be extra careful putting the battery back guys…Blew a fuse after replacing the screen

[@tannerturben8754]

Mine has a small area where the pixels do not pickup touch. Displays but annoying to know it's in perfect condition but that one thing.

[@ethanjack4298]

Don't put the battery in the wrong way it blows the F1 fuse.

[@sjm4306]

Ethan Jack Yes that would be an unfortunate mistake.

[@ethanjack4298]

sjm4306 I know, I _definitely_ haven't done that before.

[@sjm4306]

cough cough ... of course neither have I ...

[@sjm4306]

Dootatdoot Nope it would appear to be a brick with no signs of life.

[@sjm4306]

Dootatdoot Lol, probably fine if you short the fuse but like you said that's still only half the battle as you have to fix whatever else ails her.

[@pudincapai8855]

thanks mate u helped my dsi xl :))

[@jameswolf5502]

Mine is broken

[@something3010]

Those were the colors of my dsi The dsi i had was red and the lite was blue

[@robertrankin1508]

Hi there. I replaced my dsi xl screen but nothing coming up on the bottom screen tried taking ribbon cables out and putting them back but to no avail. Any suggestions.

[@sjm4306]

Robert Rankin Does the backlight light up at all or is there just no response?

[@Marccsss]

Where i can buy it? I wanna replace top and bottom screen.

[@sjm4306]

Ebay and aliexpress will have replacement screens

[@robezharvey8475]

Big brain. Where could I score myself that part?

[@sjm4306]

I got it off ebay iirc

[@CristianG13]

I did this procedure to replace the actual screen, but after reassembling it theres no power at all. I checked all ribbon cables to make sure they were plugged correctly and nothing. Any ideas on what else it could be?

[@sjm4306]

Cristian G It is usually like a 95% chance one of the display ribbons is not seated properly. The connectors are so fiddly that even if they look good it could still be an issue. The only other thing would be if you forgot to plug in the small two pin red and black wired connector between the smaller button board and the main board which connects the battery to the system.

[@sjm4306]

Dootatdoot The annoying thing about the ds line of consoles is that if pretty much any of the main ribbons isnt seated properly it will refuse to even turn on.

[@sonicjhiq]

the thing broken on my dsi xl is the screen itself not the touch screen but I think I can still follow this despite that

[@sjm4306]

Yep

[@sonicjhiq]

@@sjm4306 just need to find and get a screen and then build up the courage to do it

[@ismaelmatos5141]

So I did exactly everything right but the ds doesn't want to turn on it just flashes the power led the turns off, what do I do?

[@sjm4306]

99% of the time this means that the lcd connector isn't connected all the way in properly. You'll have to reopen it and reseat the connector.

[@ismaelmatos5141]

sjm4306 thank you. Also when it does the the whole system turns off is it the same?

[@sjm4306]

Yeah the ds shuts off when it detects that one of the screens isn't working or attached right. I had the same problem with my 3ds and it took me a few tries of fitting the connector until it worked.

[@mikellalopez144]

I got a dsi xl a year ago from Casper Wyoming and when I got back to Texas half of my screen stopped working and then it worked again now the same part of the screen isn't working and a little bit of my screen isn't working what am I supposed to do? and is it easier to just get a whole new ds or do I need to try to fix it myself?

[@sjm4306]

If you are comfortable opening things up then it will likely be cheaper buying a replacement screen and fixing it yourself unless you find a good deal on a used dsi xl.

[@mikellalopez144]

how can I do that I can't get on eBay from my school computer

[@sjm4306]

Hmm, that's odd, I guess they block it. How about amazon?

[@mikellalopez144]

i'll check

[@mikellalopez144]

it's blocked too I can't get on any of those websites

[@lamiaalkaabi1527]

I know 4 years too late.. but I tried doing this with my dsi and when I tried to turn on the dsi, it won't turn on, I tried redoing everything, what should I do... :)

[@sjm4306]

One or more of the ribbons is either damaged or not seated correctly, you'll have to inspect and reseat them agian.

[@lamiaalkaabi1527]

@@sjm4306 what do I do if they are damaged ? can it be replaced or fixed??

[@JamesSmith-oi4is]

I ve disassembled my dsi xl for repair and after this i ve assembled it back, i ve made it before watching this video, and i have a little problem after all: there is a tiny gap and convege between lower edge of a lower front panel and lower back body, in the middle, just under the frame of a lower screen. In your video i can see absolutely same problem. I ve tried to disassemble and assemble again and again, and i m unable to get rid of this little problem. Did you solve this problem after this video, and if yes, how did you do it?

[@sjm4306]

That's interesting, I never noticed until you mentioned it just now. I literally just carefully pressed down on the red plastic near the gap and it clicked a little as the clip seated properly and now it's flush.

[@JamesSmith-oi4is]

I tried to do what you wrote and it allowed me to get rid of this gap! Thank you so much!

[@sjm4306]

Not a problem, glad I could help!

[@sairedits2382]

can anybody help me my nintendo xl isent charging and when i turn it on it turns blinks help meee

[@sjm4306]

LGRecknezz It could either be one of the lcd connectors isn't seated properly or a fuse is blown. If you are comfortable with opening it up I would suggest reseating the lcd ribbon cables first and retest.

[@baseballdj9133]

Hey I know this is old but I already tried that... If I order a new xl power board and replace it should that fix it?

[@pancakeproductions225]

Baseballdj9 Yes, that would fix the problem. But if you are planning to do that, since the other board is ruined, you won’t be able to do a transfer, therefore you won’t have any of your old data

[@GaiusLibrietscientia]

Hello, i'm from Brazil, i like this video, thanks for you help!

[@wackaircaftmechanic2312]

I just bought a DSi XL after failing miserably to repair two New 3DS XLs. It's much more of a pain in the ass than the DSi digitizer ribbon cable.

[@spades498]

oh my god....... i just like killed my dsi bc i didnt realize the little white power thing was 2 pieces and i got it off the board and everything was fine like it was still gonna work, but when i plugged it back in, the little pins broke off after and now its not gonna work :( rip to me thank you for the tutorial though!! i do know the touch screen was working, so yeah!

[@humanbeingfromearth]

Plastic tools are ideal for this job.

[@heartcrafts3426]

FLOOR GANG A-OO!! PDP 2020

[@jameswolf5502]

Mine has a broken top screen

[@jameswolf5502]

Pls help

[@sjm4306]

Replacement top screens aren't expensive, are you comfortable taking your dsi apart to replace it?

[@maksymilianzielinski3045]

Thank you very much! Your tutorial is great.

[@RobiticDuck]

sweet DSi

[@liamraimundo5784]

Guys if my DSI XL is dead for two years, will it work if I charge it plz reply

[@sjm4306]

Lithium rechargeable batteries permanently lose capacity and/or are damaged when the cell voltage drops below around 3V (which can happen due to self discharge if you haven't charged it in a long time). What I would suggest is try charging it (and every once and awhile touch the bottom near the battery to check the temperature) and see if the battery protection circuitry in the DSI can recondition the battery. If it gets uncomfortably hot or the charging light doesn't even come on then stop charging and get a new battery. Honestly though, I haven't used or charged my original DS in something like 4 years and it miraculously still turns on.

[@liamraimundo5784]

+sjm4306 I am getting a new charger today

[@liamraimundo5784]

+sjm4306 my DS is so dead that it won't even turn on

[@sjm4306]

Hmm very interesting. If you are handy the first thing I would check are the onboard surface mount fuses with a multimeter if you have one set to resistance or continuity mode. Perhaps one of them somehow blew. You can find their locations by google image searching.

[@RPMgo]

Buy a replacement battery, charge it up and see if it turns on then.

[@Inputbrick]

really cool vid man!

[@treysmr6766]

I have always wanted a DS but my parents say they are not worth buying

[@sir_goofs9456]

Thank you thank you thank you you saved my DS thank you so much

[@sjm4306]

Glad I could help!

[@sequxi]

hi

[@sjm4306]

Hi

[@yngwiemartin5638]

You speak too much.

[@sjm4306]

Maybe you dont speak enough?