Hardware Old Nintendo 3DS A Button Issues

[TheBeefBai]

Hey all,

So I've had my Old 3DS since 2011 and it has been working like a charm years until sometime last year when my A Button became faulty. Most times when I press it I can hear a clicking sound when releasing it and nearly every time I need to press it my games and menus are unable to detect it unless I apply considerable to the Button. I have attempted to open the back of the console up but the screws on my console seemed to be screwed in extra tight as even with little force I have managed to destroy the head of one of them, therefore preventing me from opening the console up any further. I'm being put off from buying a new console as I have Custom Firmware and it is becoming extremely difficult to find original DS Flashcarts in order to regain custom firmware on a new system... Anyone have any ideas as to what to do?

Thanks.

 

[Sha8q]

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[Ryccardo]

You can drill off the heads of the screws you've broken... you really need the right screwdriver (JIS 00 or as a second choice a Phillips 00) and put A LOT of downward force to avoid any slipping!

Even once you get everything out, the actual button is SMD (tiny soldering!), which is probably a bigger annoyance than the screws

Pre-flashed ntrboot cards (you'll probably hate making one yourself without an A button, unless you recompile ntrboot-flasher to change the key assignments) don't appear to be at risk of running out on nds-card either, and there's the DSiware transfer method (which despite being worth less, is also cheaper)!

Remember, an A press is an A press, you can't have half of it

 

[TheBeefBai]

Could you take a picture of the A button?

 

[Sha8q]

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