Hello guys! I live in Germany and own a fully functional o3DS XL. For my friend I bought an o3DS XL on ebay labelled defective since it wouldn't turn on. When it arrived we simply changed the battery with my charged one and it worked again. Only then we noticed that it is an american 3DS. The battery, although a chinese replacement, does charge when plugged into my working 3DS, so no problems here. We couldn't get the american 3DS to charge though. The charging light doesn't turn on at all. We already swapped the charging port with a new one and I checked the connectivity between the charging port and the contacts for the battery. Everything is just like on the working 3DS. But still no charging, even though current is able to flow between the charging port and the battery. After some research, I found that one or both of two fuses F1 and F2 on the motherboard could be faulty. So I checked continuity of these fuses specifically and both are fine. Now my only idea left of what could be wrong, is that my european charger doesn't work with the american 3DS. There are several threads of people complaining that their US charger doesn't charge the 3DS without voltage converter. But that doesn't apply in my situation, since I already have a european charger. Is there any hope that an USB charger will work? We already spent enough money on this and I don't want to invest even more for no gain at all. Or does anyone have another idea of what's wrong?
Best regards and thanks in advance,
munnimann
Best regards and thanks in advance,
munnimann