Hardware broken touch screen after charging above a (turned off)microwave oven

[thedrev]

The strangest thing happend to my new 3DS XL. The touch screen left border is partially unresponsive to touch inputs (by the size of about an inch). This happend after I briefly put the charging 3DS above a micro wave oven, which was not on.

And yes I'm sure it's that because I was using it before and after the charge.
I could not belive it first so I very briefly did the same thing and the unresponsive zone expended a little.

i can't find any info on the net as everything I searched linked me to thoses stupid articles of kids trying to charge various devices in there oven...

I am not sure if the fact that the 3DS was charging at this moment did that, but never put your 3DS near a micro wave oven, even if it's turned off.

 

[migles]

for curiosity, is the top magnetic? if you put something metalic on the microwave, it will get attached?
where did you put your 3ds while using the microwave? what if your microwave got a leak?

 

[piratesephiroth]

Must be just some odd coincidence.
Did the 3DS get hotter at least? (microwaves aren't magic)

 

[sarkwalvein]

Defective 3DS, or you missed some other important info like "also the microwave happens to be besides the heater that was turned on full strength and above 80°C"

 

[The Real Jdbye]

It sounds like a coincidence to me, no way the microwave could do that when it's not even running. Maybe try calibrating the touchscreen?

 

[gallymimu]

this is silly. Microwave had nothing to do with it. Even if the Microwave was on it wouldn't break your touch screen unless the 3DS was heated passively by the microwave being hot, or on the vary off chance that the microwave is leaking (in which case it would be a significant health hazard as well.)

 

[NoNoNeko]

Nintendo can help you on that one.


On a different note, why was your 3DS in a microwave? And how was it charging?

 

[thedrev]

it was placed near and not inside. Charging with the official charger.
So year this old oven was a health hazard so I get ride of it anyway

 

[Ryupower]

did you try to recalibrate the screen (it might wok)
http://en-americas-support.nintendo.../a_id/269/~/how-to-calibrate-the-touch-screen

and
it might have been a magnet of some kind that messed it up

 

[piratesephiroth]

it might have been a magnet of some kind that messed it up

>magnet
bruh

 

[NoNoNeko]

Ooooohhh. Like everyone else said, maybe a magnet in the microwave. Other than that I don't really know xD

 

[Misledz]

if you placed it somewhere near the top that would explain it, also forgive the paint

 

[piratesephiroth]

What the hell are you guys even talking about... do you have any idea of how microwaves or resistive touchscreens work?