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    Hardware New 2DS XL "Popping Fault" / Blue light only - But briefly worked.

    That did it! Swapped out the diode from a parts board and the unit is now booting again! (and the backlight works). Thanks for all the help :) Just need to work out what's wrong with the other one now... Now we know where the backlight is connected up, I can confirm we have voltage at the...
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    Hardware New 2DS XL "Popping Fault" / Blue light only - But briefly worked.

    Ok, so on this board (where we had the bridged pins), I get the expected 3.7v on one side of that diode, but not at the other. On the other one that is also not booting with a similar fault I get the 3.7v at the connector. I al going to try swapping out that diode.
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    Hardware New 2DS XL "Popping Fault" / Blue light only - But briefly worked.

    So, the diode next to it is also connected to that trace. Again, in circuit, on a "good" (not working for different reasons), I get OL in one direction as 0.2v in the other in diode mode. This is also true of the other diode near this chip. On the "bad" board, I get the same 0.2v on the other...
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    Hardware New 2DS XL "Popping Fault" / Blue light only - But briefly worked.

    Yeah, in this case neither is on ground, it connects between the two sides of the connector. But there is no direct short across it. I think the capacitor is good, I will try and see where else that side that reads odd goes next.
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    Hardware New 2DS XL "Popping Fault" / Blue light only - But briefly worked.

    This is what I have found so far, the two sides of the connector are bypassed with this capacitor. The capacitor is reading the same value as another board (in circuit), but I am getting slightly different reading when measured to ground on the green side.
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    Hardware New 2DS XL "Popping Fault" / Blue light only - But briefly worked.

    Yeah, its the backlight circuit, so it would have blown something I am sure, I guess the question is *what* might it have blown? It was only bridged within its own circuit, so I would assume what ever is generating the backlight voltage would be a good candidate... I just dont know which chip...
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    Hardware New 2ds XL works fine but no blue light

    In the 2DS XL, it has two separate LEDs sharing the same light pipe, so they are at least normal LED's.
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    Hardware New 2DS XL "Popping Fault" / Blue light only - But briefly worked.

    I only know of 2 fuses on the 2DS XL, one right next to the battery, and the other next to the charge port. Both seem to be fine. :(
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    Hardware New 2ds XL works fine but no blue light

    It may just be a broken LED. Have you tested it with a mustimeter in diode mode?
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    Hardware New 2DS XL "Popping Fault" / Blue light only - But briefly worked.

    Nope, these two still have the same symptoms. I did get console 2 (at least I think it is the same one) to turn on once, but after putting it back together again its been dead again since. I have put a different board in that case for now, as that one works, and put it in another just loosely...
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    Hardware Any good third party Joycons out there?

    It wouldn't be toooo hard to just fix the controller. It is fiddly, but some screwdrivers and some tweezers is all you need to replace the button board, and you can buy them for... £3 on ebay, or ~50p on Aliexpress. Depends if it is just that board that has failed or the connector. If it is the...
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    Hardware Building some PSVSD's

    Yes, you would like think so.. so I guess that leave two options. The boards themselves have a printing error somewhere (though I wouldn't expect you to have one that works then), or the chips they used just don't play nice with the vita - in which case I guess I was lucky with what I was sent...
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    Hardware Building some PSVSD's

    I can't help but feel that all these faulty boards must be fixable, there really isn't too much complicated about them. I would guess that either they are failing to solder them without making bridges, or the chips they are using are bad.
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    Hardware Building some PSVSD's

    Awesome news! :D
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    Hardware Replacing Thumb Stick Cap? it is possible?

    I wondered this too. I think you would have to completely dismantle the stick to do it. I wasn't willing to risk trying, as for some reason the 1000 sticks are 10x the price of the 2000's.
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