Recent content by chris123456

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    Hardware Screen wont turn on

    I tried sucking on a straw to clean it. I also tried the ram hack (holding power 30 seconds without the battery) no luck on either. Figured I was running out of possibilities so I opened the bottom of it and noticed the sd card ribbon had popped off. I only have a phillip head so I couldn't...
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    Hardware Screen wont turn on

    Thanks. I did steps 1-5 successfully. On step 6 I power on and press select but same symptoms; blue light comes on and stays on but screens are blank. I don't see any of the messages so can't proceed with step 7. One of the comments on that thread mention to get the boot.3dsx from hbmenu and...
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    Hardware Screen wont turn on

    at some point it did but not recently. in my original post i mentioned that the sd card was blank when i got it. i did reformat it but there is no backup of the original. on 3ds wiki i saw the folder structure it should have and i created the empty folder tree but it didnt help at all. with...
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    Hardware Screen wont turn on

    without it, and also without the sd card in, when i attempted to power on the blue light would just flash for a second. with luma3ds on the card the blue light remained on after i powered on.
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    Hardware Screen wont turn on

    i hear no audible sounds when i try to turn on. i was hopeful since i got (what appear to be) better results with the boot file on the sd card it was software related instead of hardware. i guess ill buy a triwing screwdriver and try to open it up to check the ribbons
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    Hardware Screen wont turn on

    put luma3ds onto my sd card, just tried again with select+power and start+power and nothing. the blue light comes on but the screen is just black. i do not have a flashcard
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    Hardware Screen wont turn on

    i have viewed the guide at 3ds.hacks.guide/seeminer and attempted to follow to load cfw but i cant get past the first step without the info i mentioned to use bruteforce. i mention following steps to reformat the sd card, maybe this is what you are referencing. it was on a post on this...
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    Hardware Screen wont turn on

    i personally havnt installed cfw. since its a new 3ds i believe i would need to follow the seedminer steps? but without my friend id and 32 digit id0 i cant proceed with any steps i have seen. correct me if there is another route i can take im unaware if cfw had been installed on the ds prior.
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    Hardware Screen wont turn on

    I was given a new nintendo 3ds that wont turn on and looking for some help troubleshooting. the sd card is blank so i dont know how i can proceed with installing cfw if i take the sd card out and press the power button a blue light flashes for a second and nothing further happens the sd card is...