You're in luck! You only ruined a ground pad. Just run a wire from that pin on the power switch to any other ground pad on the board.I managed to burn out the power point pad arrowed in picture on my DS Lite that point is now black. I have a new power switch arriving in a couple of days, will it work if I just solder it straight in, or will I need to solder an that pad to an alternative point?
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You're in luck! You only ruined a ground pad. Just run a wire from that pin on the power switch to any other ground pad on the board.
Oh well looks like it is totally mucked up now pads 2 and 4 gone...Have another new power switch,Is there any way I can connect it so ds powers on and off with switch...where to solder?You're in luck! You only ruined a ground pad. Just run a wire from that pin on the power switch to any other ground pad on the board.
Ok so managed to connect pin 1 to orange and have tried pin 2 to ground and also tried pin 4 to ground and with both as soon as I put in battery ds turns on but when I push switch up to turn off it stays on...How do I get it to turn of again without pulling battery?Pads 2 and 3 are connected so as long as you have at least one then you don't need to do anything. Here's a really terrible diagram of how the switch is layed out. (it's 5:38am and I'm getting ready to sleep lol)
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So your only problem is the same as before. Solder a wire from pin 4 on the switch to ground and everything should work.
I have no idea what you mean by "connect pin 1 to orange".Ok so managed to connect pin 1 to orange and have tried pin 2 to ground and also tried pin 4 to ground and with both as soon as I put in battery ds turns on but when I push switch up to turn off it stays on...How do I get it to turn of again without pulling battery?
The pin one via goes to PWSW, not orange.I mean on reverse of board theres PWSW, red ,orange ,green. pads...also tried soldering pin1 on switch to original pin 1 on board but did not turn on...so at a bit of a loss