Hacking Help with possibe brickage

[xcalibur]

i got my case replacement for my ds phat yesterday and i went ahead and replaced
ive done some research before and the whole process went very smooth
for some reason whoever, my ds wont turn on fully
whenever i turn on the power, the bottom screen flashes briefly(the top screen doesnt) while the battery is green and then it turns itself off
so i opened it up again and i reconnected everything properly but it hasnt had any effect...
i tried leaving it alone, but nothing happened and i tried turning it on whilst plugged into the charger, with a ds game, with a gba game, with flashcards
but nothing helps..
my only guess at the moment is either a completely brickage(i really hope not) or the bottom to top wire somehow got messed up.
my only guess as to what went wrong would be static electricity and im am pretty sure the the first thing i touched was that wire
if the wire theory holds up, i still face another dilemma..
how will i know if the top screen isnt messed up as well?
any suggestions would be apreciated except for "buy a lite" since that isnt an option for me and i prefer my phat anyways
also, where can i get that wire from?

thanks for any help

 

[calvin_0]

sent it to a game shop....for repair....i'm certain you already void the warrenty if your warrenty still alive.

btw the golden rule of opening an electoric devices is to ground your self...by touching some metal...did you done that? if not then the static must have gotten into your DS.

 

[rhyguy]

um, i dont think you could have bricked it because firmware updates are software ect, but you may have had static electricity jump onto a wire leading to the flash drive "corrupting" the firmware

anyway, try using flashme if possible, if you cant, check all the wires ect.

if it still doesnt work, try the swap flash chip method thing

 

[xcalibur]

im sorry, i live in egypt.. that wont work
could you please some more constructive advice?
i dont feel like hearing (reading) any "ï told you so's" or
your messed up

i know i did, i want to know how to fix it

 

[xcalibur]

i cant use flashme since my ds wont stay on long enough
it just merely flashes for a moment(bottom screen) and then it turns itself off

 

[TLSpartan]

Have you tried hooking it up to a power supply?

 

[4saken]

The bottom screen is flashing, so I'm assuming the top screen isn't. This means that the top screen either is not connected, or one of the ribbons is disconnected. If both screens flash, the microphone, BIOS or wifi cable is disconnected. When the power LED turns on, the system checks that all components are gogo, and turns off when it isn't.

Check the top screen connection again. Usually when the LED turns on, the fuse has not blown, so you can rule that one out. You did nothing to the SL1 while the DS was on, so firmware couldn't have been modified. My guess is a connection with the top screen, either damage to the screen itself (usually would still boot), or a damaged or loose ribbon cable which is detected as having no screen there at all.

 

[xcalibur]

i did
the orange light for charging comes on but again, the ds wont stay on
i really do think the top screen power wire thingey is broken and if no on can prove otherwise im going to buy another one tomorrow

 

[TLSpartan]

Can you take a picture of the wire in question please?

 

[4saken]

Can you take a picture of the wire in question please?

It is the ribbon cable which attaches itself to the top of the motherboard and runs through/under the hinge. It has kind of an S bend shape at some point IIRC

 

[xcalibur]

Thats the wire
i cant make a picture myself since my phone is lost somewhere and my aunt has my digital camera (thieving @#^!&)


btw 4saken
thanks for your post, it told me almost everything i needed to know and was extremely helpful
im no withouit doubt that its the wire which is messed up so im going to order a new one
thanks again

 

[4saken]

Just my guess, but all the evidence points in one direction

 

[Psyfira]

I'd suggest really, really checking the connections on the cable before ordering a new one. From what this guy says it sounds rather fiddly to get it in right, he mentions he had to re-dismantle his DS before getting the screen cable locked in properly.

 

[xcalibur]

i did....
three times

the bottom one is the worst really but im sure i got it perfectly right
i think i messed up the wire by not putting it through that little nook so it ended up touching itself and shorting out when i turned on the power
i noticed that little nook on the bottom part the second time i opened up my ds

 

[xcalibur]

\FIXED IT

it turns out that the bottom wire wasnt entered in properly.
just one last stab at it because i was going to order one later that evening.
i forced it much harder than usual and suddenly it goes in way further than it ever went!!!
UNBELIEVABLE
my new case is looking good now, almost like getting a lite

thanks fr all your help guys

 

[Riffman]

I know the following info will be useless to you (as you've already fixed your problem), but anyhow:

I damaged my actual cable, yet the NDS still worked fine - I just had no top display

The re-insertion of the cables is very deceiving. i.e. You think they are in all the way, but they are not. If only I had the hindsight to take photo's of the cables before I disconnected them - would've saved alot of trouble.


Anyhow, mine's all good now, & so is your's, so Cheers !

 

[.::5pYd3r::.]

i got my case replacement for my ds phat yesterday and i went ahead and replaced
ive done some research before and the whole process went very smooth
for some reason whoever, my ds wont turn on fully
whenever i turn on the power, the bottom screen flashes briefly(the top screen doesnt) while the battery is green and then it turns itself off
so i opened it up again and i reconnected everything properly but it hasnt had any effect...
i tried leaving it alone, but nothing happened and i tried turning it on whilst plugged into the charger, with a ds game, with a gba game, with flashcards
but nothing helps..
my only guess at the moment is either a completely brickage(i really hope not) or the bottom to top wire somehow got messed up.
my only guess as to what went wrong would be static electricity and im am pretty sure the the first thing i touched was that wire
if the wire theory holds up, i still face another dilemma..
how will i know if the top screen isnt messed up as well?
any suggestions would be apreciated except for "buy a lite" since that isnt an option for me and i prefer my phat anyways
also, where can i get that wire from?

thanks for any help

That is exactly what happens to my cousin's ds Phat which has been snapped in half totally. So maybe the connectors between the top and bottom are stuffed