Hacking new 3ds xl displays only turn on in update mode and hack menu but are black everywhere else

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i was never allowed to get one as a kid so i saved up enough money and bought a beautiful new nintendo 3ds xl (the only one i could find) for $300. it was great. i played it every day and took it every where with me for about 3 months. also it was actually brand new along with being one of the "new models". i took it on planes on road trips i even hiked to the top of a mountain and took videos at the top with it and one day i pull it out ready to play omega ruby and the screens are black. it will turn on and boot to the home menu and i know this because the all the blue and yellow and whatever lights work and if i turn the volume up with the slider i can hear the music of the home menu. also it is hacked and sometimes when i turn it on it will boot into godmode9 or luna menu and the displays and controls work perfectly fine then. but then whenever i save and exit or do anything and try to go to the actual 3ds menu same thing the displays dont work but i can hear the audio. also the displays are just completely black like turned off. which sucks cause i somehow got a beautiful red new 3ds xl with dual ips displays. also when holding up on d pad and a and l and r to get to the update menu i the displays and everything once again work fine. it lets me connect to the internet and then update, it loads for a bit, it says update complete, and then when i go to the main menu again same thing. pls help. also i already tried removing the camera ribbon and it didnt do anything. i also tried removing the wifi card and then putting it back on and it didnt do anything. i tried the battery trick and the update menu thing. i doubt someone will find a fix but could someone tell me what parts i could buy to fix it at least cause im sure buying like a new micro sd and a new motherboard would be cheaper then buying another new 3ds xl and trying to find one with dual ips screens. thanks
 
also when im in one of the hacked menus that comes up (pretty sure its luna) it gives me options and stuff and when i just push save and exit without doing anything it says " an exception occured processor arm11 core 1 exception type prefetch abort svc break fault status debug event" so maybe that helps
 
Your post is very difficult to read. Please consider using paragraph breaks and punctuation.

Does anything different happen when you turn on your unit without an SD card inserted?

also when im in one of the hacked menus that comes up (pretty sure its luna) it gives me options and stuff and when i just push save and exit without doing anything it says " an exception occured processor arm11 core 1 exception type prefetch abort svc break fault status debug event" so maybe that helps
The next line, "current process", would be more helpful.
https://wiki.hacks.guide/wiki/3DS:Error_screens/Luma3DS_exception_screen
 

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