Hardware Is my 3ds screwed? Ram test came back with errors,

[vgteso_]

So, my New 3DS suddenly started having issues with stability (Freezes on home menu, and isnt responsive anymore; sometimes failes to boot, boot.firm issues)
I posted a thread explaining it all , so I wont go into detail here.
Now, I ran the 3ds Hw-test.firm, and it came back like this. What does this mean? Is my 3ds screwed? It worked just fine

about 2 weeks ago.

 

[Neptunexz]

The ram in your system is failing. You’re going to need to either replace the motherboard or replace the system.

 

[a_username_that_is_cool]

ok i know this doesn't help but 1732176413 errors??? that's a lot

 

[vgteso_]

ok i know this doesn't help but 1732176413 errors??? that's a lot

lol

Post automatically merged: Apr 10, 2024

I am still curious about what happened to it tho... I mean it was working fine for like 3 years and last week it started like out of nowhere. Never had any problems like that with it before...

 

[KleinesSinchen]

Why a new thread?
Anyway, the high number of errors can indicate the RAM chip is toast. Or maybe it can't be reached correctly due to broken solder joints.
That is just a layperson's guess.

That board would need troubleshooting by an expert.
This would be more than "just get another one" -- I'm actually interested in finding out what fails and why and if it can be theoretically repaired. The costs are prohibitive though (and I wouldn't know if somebody does such complicated things on 3DS; it is done on phones in data recovery).

 

[vgteso_]

Is it known what ram chip the 3ds uses? If it is, then certainly an Expert would be able to solder the new one on. Sadly I neither have knowledge or equipment for soldering such small components, but I will look into it. Still don't have an idea why it failed from one day to the next. Never had any troubles like this with my system before...

 

[3dsFan1]

Restore nand from backup. If you didn't make one, then your 3ds is screwed

 

[lone_wolf323]

Restore nand from backup. If you didn't make one, then your 3ds is screwed

Wont do anything since the ram chip is fried.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Restore nand from backup. If you didn't make one, then your 3ds is screwed

Doubt a NAND restore would fix a RAM test running from a .firm payload.

 

[3dsFan1]

Doubt a NAND restore would fix a RAM test running from a .firm payload.

True. Didn't remember it was a ram test _

 

[Jajabinx]

*Sad noises*.... My new 3ds suddenly got black screen of death. It was working fine for years. Ran the test and got similar figures for the errors. It makes me wonder if all 3ds will end up dying?

 

[splaca]

*Sad noises*.... My new 3ds suddenly got black screen of death. It was working fine for years. Ran the test and got similar figures for the errors. It makes me wonder if all 3ds will end up dying?

Oh, sorry to hear that!

That's probably a tough question to answer. (I mean, besides the literal answer that yes, given enough time each device will have a hardware failure of some kind, but who knows how many years or decades or centuries into the future.)

Throughout the lifecycle of a console like this, they'll have sourced parts from different vendors, be it the screens, the capacitors, RAM modules, etc. It would be interesting to know if the 3DS devices that have experienced RAM failure have something in common, such as same RAM modules, or same approximate date of manufacturing.

 

[Jajabinx]

I think I have a dead soc. Was checking other threads and the troubleshooting done on it and the end result of it all seems to point that way.

I guess it was fun while it lasted. I'll probably keep it in storage for now. Just a shame about the cost of getting a replacement one.