Hacking Hardware problems with my DSTTs. Help Needed.

[annson24]

Hi Guys. A friend of mine sold me all 7 pcs of his DSTTs (He owns a retro game store) for a really cheap price, I took all 7 because 5 of them was already in a bad shape anyway. They were collecting lots of dusts and weren't working anymore so I tried opening them up and cleaning them. Thankfully 3 of the 5 I cleaned now works fine but the 2 are giving me a hard time.

The 2 will work the first time I use it but after I remove it from the 3ds and reinsert it, it wouldn't work anymore. The only way to make it to work again is to blow compressed air in one side of its flashchip (IC). It would work again but only once so I'll have to blow compressed air again. I'm in this frustrating cycle.

Any advice?

Edit: the flashchip is the one encircled in the photo and the arrow is pointed to where I blow compressed air to.

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[SANIC]

If you don't need some would you like to trade anything for them? These work with NTRBoot

 

[annson24]

These work with NTRBoot

Yeah I know, that's why I bought even the broken ones hoping I could fix all of them.

If you don't need some would you like to trade anything for them?

Unfortunately you're from US, I'm in the PH and will be migrating to ME next month.

 

[leerpsp]

Yeah I know, that's why I bought even the broken ones hoping I could fix all of them.


Unfortunately you're from US, I'm in the PH and will be migrating to ME next month.

Did you try cleaning it with rubbing alcohol? what compressed air does not fix for me rubbing alcohol does.

 

[annson24]

Did you try cleaning it with rubbing alcohol? what compressed air does not fix for me rubbing alcohol does.

As a matter of fact I did, to be precise, after cleaning it with a cloth with little rubbing alcohol; a toothbrush with more amount of alcohol; toothbrush again win lots of alcohol, it's still the same. I even tried to clean one of them with water and soap and dried it thoroughly before using, still the same. At the moment, the two are submerged in rubbing alcohol for about 4 hours now. Don't think that'll do anything but I'm out of ideas.

 

[leerpsp]

As a matter of fact I did, to be precise, after cleaning it with a cloth with little rubbing alcohol; a toothbrush with more amount of alcohol; toothbrush again win lots of alcohol, it's still the same. I even tried to clean one of them with water and soap and dried it thoroughly before using, still the same. At the moment, the two are submerged in rubbing alcohol for about 4 hours now. Don't think that'll do anything but I'm out of ideas.

after the 4 hours then try it a try but never clean with water and soap that can miss it up.

 

[annson24]

never clean with water and soap that can miss it up.

Heh, yeah thanks, was just desperate last night. Will let them sit there for 4 hours more then blow them with c.air again, it's a long shot but still hoping. If it still doesn't work, what I'm thinking is to remove the chip via hot air gun, then re-install them. However, I'm no expert with that and I don't own a hot air gun haha. Pretty screwed up. That's why I reached out on the community.

 

[leerpsp]

Heh, yeah thanks, was just desperate last night. Will let them sit there for 4 hours more then blow them with c.air again, it's a long shot but still hoping. If it still doesn't work, what I'm thinking is to remove the chip via hot air gun, then re-install them. However, I'm no expert with that and I don't own a hot air gun haha. Pretty screwed up. That's why I reached out on the community.

keep us updated and let us know if it worked for you or not.

 

[annson24]

keep us updated and let us know if it worked for you or not.

Still the same.

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[annson24]

Update: with all the constant cleaning, one of them finally worked even after the first try. Will still test tho. I usually test the DSTTs every 4-6hours 5 times before declaring that it's in good working condition. It it worked 5 consecutive times, then it's good. If it didn't then back to test 1.

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[annson24]

More Update: After the 4th test, everything was still fine but unfortunately, the fifth (and final) test failed. Had to spray alcohol again and blow it with compressed air to fix it. Back to test 1 with it.