Hardware New 3ds black screen of death

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after installing cfw I opened sd manager in settings after I closed it, it restarted but the screens never came back I have tried multiple things plz help.
 
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New type in the title :P

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Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts,

Unlike the old types where you reseat the WiFi module when it is knocked loose, new series 3DS/2DS have WiFi baked into the motherboard.

When you installed custom firmware, did you follow the 3ds.hack.guide -or- a video tutorial from YouTube?
 
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and yes I did fully recharge it after it dies

His tutorial video is up to date as well as the files his *.rar archive.
Try this...
  1. Copy everything off your card onto computer.
  2. Reformat in FAT32 + 32 KB cluster size. Use guiformat if your card is bigger than 32 GB.
  3. Check your (empty) SD card with H2testw doing a Full Write + Verify test. See if it passes inspection.
  4. Try a bare bone CFW setup using the files in the archive found at this post.
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If the instructions above do not work, did you ever get to the step in the video where you backed up the NAND *.bin image? Try restoring it if you did make it.
 
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it did not work but now I hear the background music.

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would I be worth reinstalling cfw?
 
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it did not work but now I hear the background music.

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would I be worth reinstalling cfw?

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Oh no. Can you confirm several things for me. I'm asking these specific questions because I fear for the worst. You might have a specific type of BSoD (black screens of death) brick that is considered unrecoverable.
  1. You said you hear background music. Do you hear sound at the HOME Menu?
  2. At HOME Menu, are the screens black or blank?
  3. What happens when you try to navigate and press buttons? Does the 3DS freezes or do the scroll makes clicking noises?
  4. Despite not working at HOME Menu, do the screens work in Recovery Mode?
  5. Is your unit a New 3DS XL model?
  6. What year is print on the inside behind the bottom plate? Check the spoiler below.
  7. What region is it? If you're the original owner, what date or year did you buy it?
N3_DSXL_year.png
 

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When I move around in the home screen the music stops, the screens are black,recovery mode works,it is a new 3ds XL and it is from 2014,na region

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