"I have a New 3DS XL. I opened it up once, but I didn’t change any parts. I just checked the inside, although I don’t really remember what I was going to change. In the end, everything was working fine. A few months later, I put the console away, thinking everything was okay. When I decided to charge it, the charging light came on, I think it was orange, but I’m not sure. However, when I tried to turn it on, it initially powered up but then gradually stopped turning on altogether. It would just give me a blue light like it was going to turn on, but it didn’t. Eventually, even when I connected the charger, the console showed no signs of life, nothing at all—literally dead.
So, I decided to open it up again and found ants inside. There was a small colony of tiny orange ants in one area. I noticed that part of the console felt warm. It was around the charging port of the Nintendo. I thought there might be a short circuit or something. That’s where I found the ants.
Initially, I thought the charging port might be damaged. But I tested my battery in a friend’s console, and it worked just fine. So, I figured the charging port wasn’t the issue, because if I had put in a fully charged battery, the console should have turned on, right? This leads me to believe the problem might be with the motherboard. I’m not sure if a capacitor burned out or something else. I’m trying to figure out how to solve this problem and if there’s a schematic available for the New Nintendo 3DS XL that could help me identify a blown fuse or locate the source of a short circuit."
So, I decided to open it up again and found ants inside. There was a small colony of tiny orange ants in one area. I noticed that part of the console felt warm. It was around the charging port of the Nintendo. I thought there might be a short circuit or something. That’s where I found the ants.
Initially, I thought the charging port might be damaged. But I tested my battery in a friend’s console, and it worked just fine. So, I figured the charging port wasn’t the issue, because if I had put in a fully charged battery, the console should have turned on, right? This leads me to believe the problem might be with the motherboard. I’m not sure if a capacitor burned out or something else. I’m trying to figure out how to solve this problem and if there’s a schematic available for the New Nintendo 3DS XL that could help me identify a blown fuse or locate the source of a short circuit."
