Hardware 3ds xl won't turn on

[j5c077]

my daughter has a 3ds xl that will no longer turn on. pressing the power button, the blue led lights up for a second, then turns back off. holding down the power button causes the blue led to stay on, but the screens won't turn on, and there is no sound. i can't get it to go back off without removing the battery. it also will not charge. when i plug the charger into it, the charging led turns on for a few seconds, then goes off. i tried a different battery, didn't help.

i've disassembled the bottom half and reseated all connections, but nothing changed. i haven't yet disassembled the top half.
it does have a9lh installed and it's well out of warranty so sending it back isn't an option. and i've tried different things with the memory card and holding down different buttons with no luck.

i'm fairly skilled with soldering and electronics in general but i can't figure out what needs to be done or replaced. stuff i've found online hasn't helped.

any assistance would be appreciated.

 

[Dionicio3]

my daughter has a 3ds xl that will no longer turn on. pressing the power button, the blue led lights up for a second, then turns back off. holding down the power button causes the blue led to stay on, but the screens won't turn on, and there is no sound. i can't get it to go back off without removing the battery. it also will not charge. when i plug the charger into it, the charging led turns on for a few seconds, then goes off. i tried a different battery, didn't help.

i've disassembled the bottom half and reseated all connections, but nothing changed. i haven't yet disassembled the top half.
it does have a9lh installed and it's well out of warranty so sending it back isn't an option. and i've tried different things with the memory card and holding down different buttons with no luck.

i'm fairly skilled with soldering and electronics in general but i can't figure out what needs to be done or replaced. stuff i've found online hasn't helped.

any assistance would be appreciated.

Was it ever hacked?

 

[j5c077]

Was it ever hacked?

Yes, I had put a9lh,luma on it.

 

[Dionicio3]

Do you have the SD Card in it? Is arm9loaderhax.bin on the root of the SD?

 

[j5c077]

Do you have the SD Card in it? Is arm9loaderhax.bin on the root of the SD?

yeah, its on there.
i've tried with and without the sd card in, no luck

 

[Dionicio3]

You NEED to have the SD card in. How big is the SD card? How is it formatted?

 

[j5c077]

64gb fat32. i don't think the memory card is the issue since it won't even charge.

 

[Dionicio3]

64gb fat32. i don't think the memory card is the issue since it won't even charge.

What is it's cluster size?

 

[j5c077]

64k

 

[Dionicio3]

cluster size needs to be 32K, format it and try again

 

[Potato hoarder]

Was it working before? What were you doing right before it broke?

 

[K-Man]

It probably updated the firmware, so you need the latest arm9loaderhax.bin

 

[j5c077]

cluster size needs to be 32K, format it and try again

i'll give it a shot

Was it working before? What were you doing right before it broke?

it was working before, then the battery died from not being used / left in sleep mode. hasn't turned on since.

It probably updated the firmware, so you need the latest arm9loaderhax.bin

i'll give this a shot as well

 

[j5c077]

i reformatted the sd card to fat32 with 32k cluster size, copied latest arm9loaderhax.bin (and nothing else) to it, same as before. wont turn on

 

[K-Man]

v6.6?

https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/releases/tag/v6.6

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also when you have the new arm9loaderhax.bin on the memory card and in you 3DS, try holding down start OR Select and power it up.

 

[j5c077]

just tried that. no change

 

[j5c077]

i tested the f1 and f2 fuses for continuity (saw this thread https://gbatemp.net/threads/3ds-xl-faulty.378874/) and they tested ok

 

[VzUh]

64gb fat32. i don't think the memory card is the issue since it won't even charge.

the orange led doesn't turn on?

 

[j5c077]

it turns on for a few seconds. then it goes off. after looking at that thread i though i found my problem, but the fuses are testing ok for continuity

 

[VzUh]

do you have another battery to test?