DJ Hobo said:
Ok, so I have a white DS Lite at the moment, which I bought about 18 months ago. Recently, I've noticed various cracks on the case of the DS Lite, so I'm looking to buy a replacement on Dealextreme or Ebay. However, I've looked at some step-by-step guides, and the process of replacing the shell looks quite difficult.
So, this is what I'm wondering... Is it as hard as it looks? Would a first-timer like me be able to do it? I'm a pretty fast learner, and I'm not exactly stupid.. But from the pics and instructions I've seen, it seems like very hard work, and could potentially kill the DS if stuffed up.
This is true, yeah, it's hard, and yeah it could kill your DS if you're not careful enough..
However, I never did case modding before (but I do have some experience with taking stuff apart), and I did fine..
This is how I actually did it..
I took time to research, I collected all the videos and guides I could find, and that took me a day..
Next day, I read everything,a and watch all of it, I took one whole day for preparations, and learning which are the critical parts, and where do I have to be really extremely careful! Also, I made preparations on the desk where I was about to change cases..
At this point I had it all in my head, and I knew every step by heart, but just to be sure, I have opened one guide, to have something to look at if I'll find myself confused during the procedure..
Next day, I took a lots of free time, I made sure that no one will bother me for several hours, also, my desk was well lit, and everything I needed was on it..
Only part that gave me trouble were shoulder buttons, and that's not because of the springs, but because my replacement case had some error, and they didn't fit well, other then that, it went really good..
You just have to be extra careful with ribbon cable, and shoulder buttons......Also, while removing cables and stuff, be sure to memorize the position of the cables, everything needs to be placed back in the exact same position, or you might have trouble closing the case!