Hardware Modding my N3DS XL

[Dennis G]

is worth it to put psp stick? i have n3ds (not the xl)

Yes defently BUTTT you need to have some balls, people just stick it on top the "holder" and call it a day but then it's a little wobbly, i used super glue and positioned perfectly streight and it worked out perfect, if you glue it in it feels perfect and it's so odd because the nub doesn't move but the position of your finger makes stuff move and it's very accurate,

 

[Dennis G]

i've done my third n3ds xl mod, i was really annoyed by the orange wifi led, so i replaced it with a green one to match the spotpass green

 

[TheDuckMan64]

i've done my third n3ds xl mod, i was really annoyed by the orange wifi led, so i replaced it with a green one to match the spotpass green
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Is it as simple as just disconnecting the old led and chucking in a new one or no?

 

[Xenon Hacks]

Here is my c stick/psp mod =)
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and my current hardmod, i already have a micro usb b franken sd but i'm waiting for my adafruit micro usb port so i can replace my current setup to a micro usb port ^^
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I have a ton of 3000 sticks did you just shave the nub to make it fit or?

 

[Dennis G]

I have a ton of 3000 sticks did you just shave the nub to make it fit or?

you need a psp-1000 nub, the 3000 won't work the 1000 had a cap on the stick like the c stick does though the 2000 and 3000 use a complete analog stick , you can't remove the nub

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Is it as simple as just disconnecting the old led and chucking in a new one or no?

desolder the old smd led, it's whiny tiny, but once you removed it you can just replace it with any kind of smd 0603 i think, i had tons laying around, i kinda do want a white one for the power but i don't have one of those but the green wifi looks dope though

 

[Xenon Hacks]

you need a psp-1000 nub, the 3000 won't work the 1000 had a cap on the stick like the c stick does though the 2000 and 3000 use a complete analog stick , you can't remove the nub

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desolder the old smd led, it's whiny tiny, but once you removed it you can just replace it with any kind of smd 0603 i think, i had tons laying around, i kinda do want a white one for the power but i don't have one of those but the green wifi looks dope though

OK I also have a shit tone of 1000 nubs im asking what you did though.

 

[Dennis G]

OK I also have a shit tone of 1000 nubs im asking what you did though.

you can pull the 1000 nub just off the psp, no need to disassamble or anything, it has a square form underneath.
now you can do two things, take a needle stick it it in the c stick and jank it out, it's holden in by 2 rubber circles one on the bottom left and one on the top, jank it out it doessent matter if you destroy the circles you can still place it back in without it falling out. the second thing you can do is open up your 3ds and remove the 3 screws that old the c stick in place and remove the rubber like that.
the form that the holder of the c stick has is a 95% match of that of the psp 1000 nub,i've glued mine in, but it even holds without glue, i just liked the stability of the glued version, you can find it on youtube, try psp c stick mod or something like that, it should work on both models of the new 3ds, i've only done it with my xl yet since i don't have another set of nub's i only have psp 2000 left, i have orded more for my girlfriend's new 3ds but i haven't done those but i've seen other people do them

 

[Xenon Hacks]

you can pull the 1000 nub just off the psp, no need to disassamble or anything, it has a square form underneath.
now you can do two things, take a needle stick it it in the c stick and jank it out, it's holden in by 2 rubber circles one on the bottom left and one on the top, jank it out it doessent matter if you destroy the circles you can still place it back in without it falling out. the second thing you can do is open up your 3ds and remove the 3 screws that old the c stick in place and remove the rubber like that.
the form that the holder of the c stick has is a 95% match of that of the psp 1000 nub,i've glued mine in, but it even holds without glue, i just liked the stability of the glued version, you can find it on youtube, try psp c stick mod or something like that, it should work on both models of the new 3ds, i've only done it with my xl yet since i don't have another set of nub's i only have psp 2000 left, i have orded more for my girlfriend's new 3ds but i haven't done those but i've seen other people do them

You could have just typed "pop the c-stick off and replace it with the PSP nub" lol

 

[Dennis G]

You could have just typed "pop the c-stick off and replace it with the PSP nub" lol

well you could have guessed that your self as you can clearly see in the picture that i have a torn out c stick and a psp nub on it
since you asked i thought you wanted a tutorial

 

[Xenon Hacks]

well you could have guessed that your self as you can clearly see in the picture that i have a torn out c stick and a psp nub on it
since you asked i thought you wanted a tutorial

I thought that maybe the N3DSXL srick needed to be disassembled or something.

 

[Dennis G]

I thought that maybe the N3DSXL srick needed to be disassembled or something.

i'd suggest to do that. ripping it out is not needed, since removing it issen't hard, just open your n3ds up and remove these three screwes:

 

[TariqSoftDev]

Don't rip out your C-Stick nub because if you don't like the PSP stick you ain't finding a replacement anytime soon, don't be lazy.
Just take it apart and remove it.

 

[Dennis G]

Don't rip out your C-Stick nub because if you don't like the PSP stick you ain't finding a replacement anytime soon, don't be lazy.
Just take it apart and remove it.

even if you rip it out you can still put it back without it falling out. so ther is not a problem doing that, i just think it's unesessary seen how easy it is to remove it propperly

 

[TariqSoftDev]

Best keep original parts intact never know when you might need it. after all you wont really find a original C-Stick nub from nintendo, they don't sell their parts.

 

[Dennis G]

Best keep original parts intact never know when you might need it. after all you wont really find a original C-Stick nub from nintendo, they don't sell their parts.

ebay is full with replacement c sticks, full sets and all.

 

[TariqSoftDev]

Original parts not 3rd party.

 

[Dennis G]

Original parts not 3rd party.

what of this is not original enough ? the c stick is rubber not gold

 

[TariqSoftDev]

I prefer parts knowing there from Nintendo...... not some 3rd part remake.

 

[Dennis G]

I prefer parts knowing there from Nintendo...... not some 3rd part remake.

that's you, 99% won't care, if ther stuff breaks they rather get replacement then leaving ther console trash just because you can't find something that also comes from china but just went though the nintendo company

 

[TariqSoftDev]

well if you say so, I just prefer the original parts.