Hacking casemod left me with no power

[BoomtownBilly]

Hi I'm in the middle of possibly the most stressful casemod I have ever done.. My phat DS black is on super life support atm.

It's not all put back together Most of the cables are unplugged..... The two mini cables below the touch screen cable and the top screen cable,
But I screwed the motherboard back in and screwed the back panel back on to see if there was power.

To begin the bottom screen flashed on the flashed off again.... so I carried on with the mod. Had a change of heart to what colour I wanted and when I tested it again no power Zip nothing.
It's been like that with Both re-builds, I've not been able to get the small cables back in at all they are a bitch.

Anyone can shed any light on my woe?

 

[Man18]

WARNING: the small flexible cable that controls the touchscreen input is very tiny and harder to reinsert than it is to remove. to remove it, simple pull the cable away from the connector. however, to re-connect it, you will need a set of tiny (jeweler's sized) needle nose pliers to grasp it near the end and force the end back into the connector on the opposite side of the motherboard. you may wish to forgo removing connectors from the lower display altogether when changing out your SMDs (surface mounted diodes).

This is for the NDS Lite but I have found that it works for the actual DS too. I went out and bought some actual needle nose pliers at a beed and jewelry store.


ALSO: They have little plastic tabs that allow you to slide them in easily and lock it afterwards. Look closely.

 

[BoomtownBilly]

Well this makes me feel about one trillion times happier, but this couldn't be the reason why the chuffer wont boot up.

 

[Man18]

I guess try throwing it back together. You may have killed the fuse since you plugged in the batt th e fuse may have popped.

 

[gizmo_gal]

I think that this link might help:

DS Phat Shell Replacement Guide

 

[xcalibur]

You haven't killed it.
I had the same issue myself when I replaced my case. You didn't put in the top to bottom wire in properly.
When the DS starts up, it does a "system check" to see if everything is fine.
Since only the bottom screen flashed, it means that wire isn't connected properly.

There should be a thin white line in front of the plug. You should aline the dark part of the wire with that line.
Also make sure to loop the wire when putting it through or else it'll get damaged everytime you open up the DS.

 

[arctic_flame]

You haven't attached the top screen properly.
Check the ribbon cable between the halves of the DS
The DS won't boot without the Top screen, or an appropriate resistor, attached.