Trying To Fix a NEW 3DS That Won't Turn On!

[@Mymatevince]

Hey Elliot, good job on the power button, shame you couldn't get the 3D slider working. Looking forward to the revisit, fingers crossed you will get it next time :-) Cheers for the mention, it is nice to watch a 'trying to fix' video rather than filming one so I look forward to hopefully seeing more from you. Take it easy. Vince :-)

[@TheRetroFuture]

Cheers man! Glad you enjoyed it. It was actually very fun to film.

[@mischkin3588]

finally. the right two people are talking to each other. CROSSOVER TIME. ✌

[@stvgrz9394]

Oh My Mate Vince also my fav youtuber..

[@Carlos-ze4tm]

Hi Vince

[@wolfwerks2453]

I live in jersey! I saw him once but was scared of saying hello!

[@Apeman_king_of_apes]

I remember just before Christmas, my old og 3DS wouldn't charge. I wanted to give it to my older brother for Christmas, so I took it apart, learned how to gut the system, found out the problem (charger port broke off), resoldered the charger port, had to take apart the system 2 or 3 more times due to forgetting to plug stuff in, then finally got the thing to work. There's so many little ribbon cables that make the 3DS unusable if you forget just one. They're a pain to work on.

[@yeety1208]

Hi plainrock lol

[@SimplyKelp]

HEY KING

[@nu52927]

Why you use plainrock124's face?

[@TNTMusic5757]

@@yeety1208 Plainrock?

[@subtoyoungfogo]

He does?

[@18matts]

I wish Nintendo hadn't region locked the 3ds line

[@TheRetroFuture]

Its a shame!

[@mortimermouse3086]

CFW fixes that for ya

[@Sylvie_124]

What is region lock

[@urielbritneybitch]

@@Sylvie_124 Something that was made so you can only play game from your country example Let's say you're American so your console will only play American games You can buy a game from Japan or Europe but it wouldn't work

[@Sylvie_124]

@@urielbritneybitch Thank you

[@rainbowrepair5692]

Awesome to see 3ds on the channel too

[@TheRetroFuture]

Glad you liked it

[@randynovick7972]

Yes, indeed.

[@LxRv]

Heh, the "Trying to fix" thing made me think of My Mate Vince.. nice shout out.

[@TheRetroFuture]

Of course!

[@axelmight1562]

Can you fix my broken heart that she smashed years ago?

[@Scald_]

Axel Might hmm, maybe try a bit of isopropyl by the arteries, could just be a minor plug up. If that doesn’t work, you can find a replacement on eBay from anywhere from $5-$15.

[@marukocore]

Yikes

[@thebutterflywizardess8042]

He*

[@colorbar.s]

@@thebutterflywizardess8042 what?

[@thebutterflywizardess8042]

@@colorbar.s Guys break hearts too. "Can you fix a heart he smashed years ago"

[@sjm4306]

Sounds like a ribbon problem, the ds line is notorious for that. Removing the ribbon from the hinge hole will require a tedious amount of work that can go south very fast is you aren't super careful. I recently had to do this for an og 3ds that I gave to my sister and it was a huge pain.

[@Project_Dragon]

I'm subscribed to you

[@ciggyazealia]

It’d be nice on one hand for things to all be built into a giant board, but then on the other hand that would make it more expensive and hard to repair.

[@randynovick7972]

Gotta say, I liked the suspense of this one.... and I'm a fan of the 3DS, too.

[@MikeMorgan]

Brilliant...I look forward to seeing how the ribbon cable replacement goes. The 3DS is near and dear to my heart so I love seeing one being saved. :)

[@TheRetroFuture]

I will try! Thanks.

[@esotericsean]

So much more delicate than working with Game Boys. Nicely done, though! Glad you got it mostly working.

[@TheRetroFuture]

Thanks Sean!

[@CTR_SimonMK7]

Finally, a video of the small 3ds. I have a japanese n3ds that i imported from japan and i recently got another that was broken to try and fix it. Now im tempted to fix the sencond one as well.

[@jayr6854]

Why you didn't change Region with ctrnand transfer

[@CTR_SimonMK7]

​@@jayr6854​ This is because, at the time, I didn't have any need to do so, as I bought the Japanese units for the design rather than for Custom firmware. nowadays if I want to use my systems for homebrew or custom firmware, I have an additional separate unit specifically for that purpose as well as a RED-DEV Panda Unit that I use for when I want to test a couple applications on it. personally, I've never had a need to change the region of the console when the FBI launcher and LumaLocalSwitcher are already sufficient enough for people to use when changing the applications region. As for this video specifically, I also said this because at the time, not that many people were doing disassembly videos for the N3DS Model and only the XL model. probably because these units weren't made as much as the XL units. I hope that answers your question.

[@LightGlitcher]

This guy is magic or something, my 3DS that had the exact same problems started working from listening to this video

[@jkn1639]

Thank heavens! This helped my grandson find out how to take apart his new 3DS XL. He had issues with his games freezing and errors. Next thing we know, it wouldn't start. The blue light was on, but nothing on screen. He told me it turned out to be a loose connector for the game card slot.

[@MarkSixbey]

I like the repair demonstration even more than the Harry Potter glasses.

[@odaddy47]

You need a lot patience to work on a 3ds, good thing they sell replacement parts for everything

[@lkskun]

**reads title** Impossible! You can fix anything! **watches video** Wait so he will succeed then?

[@thetripletroubletrio589]

i got my new 3ds when it came out. like literally the DAY it came out.

[@kelzykelz2116]

@1 P_00_ties don't think so, but a medal would do

[@crossedfuneral]

Actually are your 3DS and 2DS Videos my favorite fixing Videos

[@purupurupurin6276]

watching this was pretty cool, honestly it brings me back to my n3ds xl that i haven't really touched because of the black screen of death.. I've been mostly scared to open it up since I can't seem to find out exactly what may be wrong with it and it and I've read it could just be a plethora of different problems, but this video has given me a bit of motivation to try looking into what could cause it some more

[@brecklynhill1080]

Your channel is great for watching repairs of consoles I'll never own and never have a reason to troubleshoot

[@ProtoPropski]

Try turning it off, and back on again.

[@likepolice5769]

Proto Propski ICT in a nutshell

[@Yui-ub1nb]

@@thefatshark4301 satire my friend

[@dowbailey6033]

It didn’t work. It just cuts off

[@witcherbob]

This is wonderful the 3DS is really great glad you've started incorporating them in the videos. Hope you're able to fix the 3D slider. Cant wait for the video where you try and tackle this again.

[@MrRobbyvent]

I learnt not to buy replacements before checking the source of the fault.

[@its_goog]

Love your videos mate! So addicting, and so satisfying to watch man! Love your stuff!

[@mathewakad2861]

I know right Elliott definitely has some awesome quality content 👍

[@ReshiLuna]

I'm planning on fixing my old one, gotta get a main board tho. I actually think it's pretty fun fixing tech tho. Maybe it's just me, lol.

[@jacobridgeway7337]

Great video, Elliot! Please do an update video when this job is completed, because that 3DS looks amazing!

[@mathewakad2861]

Much respect for both of you guys Gotta love TRF & My Mate Vince Excellent channels

[@valshaped]

There's no upscaling on the larger n3DS XL units-games run at their native resolution on both consoles. They just look shit due to pixel density on the larger ones.

[@The_Zilla777]

I enjoy all your videos and I do find these 'attempt' videos to be educational. Thanks!

[@ReallyRealTime]

Kinda like my blue and black OG 2DS, which won’t show a blue light at all trying to power on. Anyways great job on this fix Elliott. Hopefully more fixes await you in the past and future.

[@GodsPoetryProductions]

I enjoy watching your videos.

[@soda3185]

I have a very similar problem. I'm not really familiar with the 3DS, I bought a used one this year (yeah, maybe not the best idea but meh) already with cfw and stuff. But some days ago the console just shut off while I was playing, and since then it doesn't turn on again. The orange light appears if I connect the charger, but that's all.

[@c08o.prkiua46]

Try booting it up in recovery mode. To do that, hold L+R+Up(on the d-pad)+A, then turn it on, and see if it reacts.

[@thejordanbrooks4893]

Love it! I would love to keep seeing more 3DS, DSi, DS Lite videos. My love is the DS Lite and I’ve been having a hell of a time trying to reshell my first one. I took it apart and got most of it put back together but now it doesn’t turn on at all. The bottom screen just flashes white quickly on start up and then it turns off. 😕 May I could send it your way and you could fix it up? 😂😉

[@sketchy0078]

Great video as usual. Love my n3ds has such an fantastic collection of games and the SNES games look execellent on the smaller screen.

[@sword_az_5847]

I wish we could shell-swap a 2DS XL... 😞

[@not_ike]

My 3ds xl had a similiar problem to that new 3ds. Basically the ribbon cable was damaged, the 3d wasn't working but the sound was.

[@paparansen]

ahm.... the games are running in "native resolution" on the XL too, only difference is that the pixels are bigger.

[@216MALACHI]

okay smart guy, if you played a 3ds game on a 100 inch screen, would it look hd? no. because it is larger than the 3ds's screen. but does the 3ds's screen look bad quality if you use it on its own? no. it looks normal. the point he was trying to make is that making the pixels bigger downgrades the quality

[@dahfrGV]

That 3DS looks insanely cool

[@Dzefr1]

I don't own new 3DS, but I guess that 3D slider is linear potentiometer. So for troubleshooting it you should check the resistance on it, than change position of slider and check it again. If resistance is changing according, then the problem is in ribbon cable. If not then you should try replacing it with any pot (same resistance) to see if it works, that may help you. Love you work. Keep it up!

[@TheRetroFuture]

I think I am going to order a new ribbon cable and see if that helps.

[@sonicblast19]

You'll be amazed to hear that my new 3ds also didn't hold a charge and didn't turn on without the AC plugged and to fix I had to take out the battery and put it back in.

[@fixedrng888]

sonicblast19 I just bought a used new 3ds xl and taking out the battery worked for me again! The thing is should I still return it or not do you think?

[@haroldguarino8391]

I want a playlist with just the 3ds videos please

[@liamgoodrich920]

Sweet!! How many 3ds do you have?

[@TheRetroFuture]

2, this one and a 3DS XL I picked up for £20!

[@KENDRAPR1]

@@TheRetroFuture so 4

[@acman2709]

@@KENDRAPR1 r/whoooosh

[@oliviawestwood3498]

@Ac Man how was that a woosh?!

[@acman2709]

@@oliviawestwood3498 he says he has 2 and then he explains which those 2 are

[@tmskatap]

i love your videos mate. i watch them as they come out. good video. like u said u dont need to fix it, just try

[@TheRetroFuture]

Ahh thanks man!

[@metroid031993]

Hey, you might be able to get some system savedata from another console and put it on the internal storage. You'd need to use "ntrboot," which is a hack using a DS flashcart, a magnet (to simulate a closed lid state) as well as a button combination. You insert the cart, put the magnet in the spot where it turns the screen off in the regular OS, power off, hold button combination (start + select + x) and it'll boot into custom software. From there, you should be able to transfer across some system savedata (might need a bit of messing around) this would get you passed the initial screen, at the very least. So, if you don't end up getting the slider to work in the end for whatever reason, this is totally an option.

[@TheRetroFuture]

That sounds amazing & confusing all at the same time!

[@sirchryslerofthephaeton]

Depends, a blue light can turn on and the screen won’t go on, if it’s like that go to Nintendo because the 2DS XL’s are notorious for it, and some times 3ds

[@1234mattyman]

I’ve just replace the housing on a Nintendo DS Lite from prink to navy blue but now the touchscreen has stopped working so its gonna have to be looked at again, love your videos

[@Zulf85]

Ah, Prink. That most wonderful of colors

[@Espeon804]

Ah, yes. I love prink.

[@aidenwright6066]

I had the same problem with my new 3Ds XL, I bought a new battery and worked fine

[@WH250398]

Cartridge based consoles are fixable most of the time, but anything that runs a disc is an absolute nightmare.

[@TheOfficalAndI]

New3DS games aren't played at the native resolution, it has a slightly bigger screen compared to the old 3ds. But it looks far less stretched compared to XL ones.

[@BandiPower]

You should do a video on where to get a replacement analog stick

[@rembert0319]

Can you do a video where you try to fix broken L and R buttons by a Nintendo ds or dsi?

[@rembert0319]

I want to fix my broken dsi

[@TheRetroFuture]

I have done that!

[@rembert0319]

@@TheRetroFuture yeah, I watched your video where you opend up a dsi. I have done that with mine but i can not find the problem. Do you have any tips for me? Tanks for your reaction.

[@ArlanFixStuff]

Awesome elliot! Maybe the ribbon cable not seated properly or got corroded. Try to reseat or clean the contact of the ribbon first. If it still not working, it is the problem with 3d slider

[@wimwiddershins]

Working on these is a pita. So many sub boards and ribbon cables and a lot of small parts.

[@juusoe.4869]

For a quick and easy fix you can just measure the continuity of the slider's two points to the main board and replace the broken one with a regular wire. Dont know how good you are at soldering tho.

[@Kyle-ye4nj]

The Retro Future, you could use a multimeter with the continuity function to test if the fuses are burned out or not, that could help before going to buy a new board

[@thump3r]

i bet you can open the slider like the gba sp power slider. and clean the contacts inside.

[@ren.batista]

My biggest fear of all with electronics are those orange flat cables. Tried to fix three DS Lite, all their top screens died because of those cables

[@KovanNova]

I like the DBZ cover. Looks dope.

[@DonFlamingo_]

Looking forward to the next part!

[@maffooo2040]

Hey Elliot, you should put a gb boy colour inside an actual gameboy color shell, i think that could actually be really cool, might need some sanding though.

[@TheRetroFuture]

Sounds good!

[@tylerhall5302]

Your awsome man, good at what you do and atleast good enough for us to learn a thing or two thank you!!! And like I said previous your awsome st what you do and do a lot of good ethier way you look at it god thise 3ds look so good I got to experience one of them befor it’s to late

[@theminimecha5920]

Hey, do you have certain sites that you sell on the consoles you fix? I bet a lot of subscribers, including myself, would love to buy them from you. We see you fix them yourself and know it wouldn't be a rip off.

[@iraoblivion4684]

Love your vids dude 😄

[@CrisVazquezVideoGuy]

Hey Elliott! I'm looking to start getting into doing stuff like this too, as a complete beginner! Can you point me to any good resources for people to starting out? Like a subreddit, or forum? I wouldn't even know where to start looking! I'm looking to give my old GBA a good ol cleaning to start off with, and mess around with it from there!

[@anthonyrobertson1787]

I have the New Nintendo 2DS XL, i like it 👍

[@jasonmoore8765]

I do love the fix it videos.

[@opensideflanker]

When you said my mate vince I thought you mate a mate you had called vince but apparently not

[@pIasma]

this might be a dumb question but is replacing the screen on a regular new 3ds the same as replacing the screen on the new 3ds xl?

[@averryy]

it’s different I think

[@RobertStacker]

That sucks but it was a good try! Can’t wait to see the follow up to this

[@EtxRhino]

Ive always wanted a new 3ds

[@fear3bk]

Love your videos keep it up!!!!!

[@SPCmuncie]

Have you considered that it might be corrupted firmware? The 3D slider itself might actually work, the firmware might just not be able to detect it

[@josephnealescratchcards]

Awesome video as always

[@TheRetroFuture]

Thank you!

[@Sayajiin2]

Good job on this one! I hate, hate, repairing DS, broke two already even if extra carefull and it seem 3DS is even worst to deal with. I'll stick to GBA and GB repair haha!

[@99percent_]

I have that same model of 3ds, and the rubbery part of the joystick came out half a year ago. Glueing it doesn’t really work, it comes out after a week or so, so sometimes I play without it. I thought about changing the whole joystick myself (it still works, but it’s not optimal playing like this), but seeing all those little pieces, screws and cables I’m quite scared. Doesn’t look like something I can repair, hahah...

[@St4yGr34t]

Nice Video! :)

[@hungrydinosaw6435]

I have a new nintendo 3ds that i started replacing the screen on when a screw rounded off.

[@msrodrigues2000]

wow, the new 3ds is a hundread times easier to open than the new 2ds

[@BlueKyoryuger]

Love the videos! The system and faceplates aren't really rare. The faceplates to my knowledge wasn't released to other countries and etc. Amazon, and maybe eBay are the only way to grab the faceplates. You can change the region of the system by modding it.

[@StaticVapour590]

Awesome video

[@TheRetroFuture]

Thanks!

[@yeety1208]

What island do you live on?

[@xGIGAx]

I found an old 3ds XL, but it won't turn on. When I load it the orange led lights up for 10 seconds and then nothing. But when I smash the power button it blinks orange, blue and red. What could it be?

[@eurokeye]

Maybe it needs a new battery

[@Wombattlr]

Did you charge it?

[@xGIGAx]

@@Wombattlr it doesn't charge. Just the orange LED lights up for 10 seconds

[@Wombattlr]

@@xGIGAx Eurokeye was probably right. You might need a new battery.

[@xGIGAx]

@@Wombattlr should the 3ds work without a battery with power plugged in? Looks dead to me

[@Ranqers]

I had a similar issue with the 3d and my slider not working. Basically when putting the 3ds main motherboard back together I didn't align the flex cable for the audio/3d perfectly. There was some debris on the contact which I am sure was also an issue. After I removed the debris, carefully, and triple checked the alignment was perfect my 3d and slider worked again. Had nothing to do with the slider itself.

[@theunicornspaceship8834]

I love the way he pronounces absolutely

[@Mobin92]

Funny that this had the same issue as most of those crusty old gameboys :D

[@GizmoTheGreen]

I might be wrong but I want to recall there being issues with 3d slider when people have messed around with FW, downgrading, upgrading and messing about making hybrid FW that can run newer games but being lower and etc. it might not be a hardware issue. guess you could measure it with a multimeter? both right at the slider and if you can trace the pins back to the motherboard measure them there too.

[@GizmoTheGreen]

meanwhile you could also try this to just get around it? www.reddit.com/r/3DS/comments/45norv/i_found_a_fix_to_the_3d_screen_check_option_in/

[@TheRetroFuture]

Tried that! Nothing. It didnt work when I first bought it. Hopefully its hardware related.

[@josiasnds]

Very nice job pal, i like a lot that New Nintendo 3ds model, ¿Do you have some PSP 2000 videos? a friend of mine gave me three of those and i'm trying to refurbish one using all the pieces i have but i haven't made too much progress...

[@nightshadow3676]

Mine just started doing this and im really sad

[@kazimirfeanom]

bruh same

[@purplesam2609]

I love to imagine what this community will be like in 20 years. You've already fixed up DS, DSi, and 3DS, so you're already getting into my future vision (Also I don't really like the new 3DS tbh. Who puts the card slot on the bottom of a DS???)

[@IneedAFIXfast]

CAn you fix my new 3ds XL how much do you charge

[@KibaRanger_Kou]

There is nothing that sticky tape cannot fix.

[@RobertoBenedettiunipg]

Still I don't get why you opened the console with the battery in, also I think those you tried to solder were just the holding pads and not the actually contacts of the 3d slider (i think).. maybe checking the power switch first was a better idea instead of replacing the buttons board... I don't really get why people like this

[@noahbuscuse5243]

I thought to get the 3d to work you have to go through the setup screen, then it shows a demo of the 3d effects after

[@Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi]

I got a 3ds xl and I found that there was a broken ribbon cable for the L/ZL button

[@Cimmerian_Iter]

My new3DS too has no blue light when pressing the power button, I'll try to do what you have done, wish me luck

[@LaCuevadelElfo]

Where did you buy that piece? I need it for the new 3ds xl and I can't find it anywhere :c Help, Anyway, I love your channel, you motivate me to try to fix broken consoles, greetings from Chile

[@blobfish4514]

i couldn’t turn in but your mom fixed that

[@saeklin]

Thank you for not capitalizing the word "Fix" in the title.

[@lisabarnes924]

Did you make a video on how to repair this type of problem on the New 3ds XL: Idk if people call it the ‘Black screen of death’ or Softbrick, but the lights turn on, but both screen sometimes do not.

[@kioata]

My friend would KILL for something like that

[@jayr6854]

That sick I got 8 of them 🤣