Hacking The hunt for a perfect DS Lite

[phantastic91]

i have 5 dses the only perfect one is my old ds.
problems of the ds lite i encountered:
-clicky when opening
-pixel
-d-pad is hard!
-cracks
-d-pad doesn't respond every 5secs (i can tell when playing tetris and mario kart)
-yellow bottom screen


and now all my dslites broke and i have an old one

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the dslite is my favorite system ever but its so easy to break. all my friends has one and some of them broke from the L-R buttons just dying out and don't respond no more).

but advice to all you people: be careful to never drop your ds because even if nothing happens a crack will form sooner or later and your ds power led piece will pop out. pretty obvious but yea.

I think it's BEST to buy your ds lites at COSTCO because you have a free 1 year warranty and you can just return it if your screen cracks or whatever. Really it works....


ps: i'm buying my 6th ds lite soon wish me luck =]

 

[squeaks]

Staff in our stores won't even let you try them before you buy.


Same at my local EB. Something about paying for it when you open it (they seal it with SECURITY tape

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very weak consumer rights policy?

 

[Initial D]

If you thought that it didn't any worse, I noticed one more thing to look out for: (not sure if this has been mentioned)

A few of the DS's I've saw up close have a little problem having to do with the alignment of the touch screen. Some of them aren't perfectly straight and tilted to one side (ever so slightly) or not are perfectly center. Mine is straight but shifted about one-two rows of pixels down from being perfectly center.

I just really noticed this when I installed my touchscreen protector and had to compensate for the screen being not perfectly center (in my case, I had to install it a little down from center position). A few days later, I went to a cousin's party where there were 6 of us who had DS and inspected their screens and saw 3 which were a little tilted.

The perfect DS Lite is hard to find...

to those who own one.

 

[Rayder]

When I first bought a launch DSphat, it had two dead pixels in the top screen. I couldn't stand it, but had to wait until the stores got it back in stock. The replacement took a month to get, but it was perfect and is now in the hands of my niece who enjoys it immensely. I sold it to her shortly after getting a black DSlite. I waited to buy a lite until a black one was made available in the USA.

I lucked out, it is perfect. No dead pixels, no touchscreen issues...perfect. And on the first lite I bought too.

 

[gtsp33d]

does anyone know how long is the original warranty lasts for?

 

[4saken]

A year, but some stores allow you to extend it (for free, or for a fee)

 

[berlinka]

Okay, little update here...
I exchanged my old DS Lite with a new one....Well, the new one isn't touchscreen perfect either. I discovered after a few weeks that overall it's very responsive but in the center of the screen again I really have to press the stylus to make it respond...

I hope they will fix this irritating problem on the DS2!

 

[lildaz]

the dsl does have a weak wireless connection

 

[Aturaten]

I've returned a DS Lite 5 times. 5 TIMES. The problems were:

1. DS screen scratched like hell (first one). You could actually see it scratc
2. The hinges continually crackled when opened (second)
3. The screen was grainy as hell, it had a green tinge, and had a delay in touch screen
4. Crackling hinges
5. Touch screen jumped

My current one has a very slight pink tint on the top screen but it's finally fine.

 

[berlinka]

My current one has a very slight pink tint on the top screen but it's finally fine.

Congratulations mate!

 

[test84]

mine has these problems:
1-hinge crack which doesnt get to expand anymore and does anymore damage.
2- recently the turn off/on button is working like 4 times in 5 tries. sometimes it skips it (which is OK so far).

since my hinge didnt expand in like 2months and i'm in asia and got my DS from USA and i have to get a relative change it for me, do you think its worth getting a replace one? i'm scared of getting even worse DSL.

whats ur opinion?

 

[Siro]

I also join the party of screwed up DS Lite touch screens mine also sux loads of problems with it the old Phat one one works perfect.

 

[EVIL9000]

only a light yellowish tinge on the bottom screen, doesn't bother me at all.
And the center of the touchscreen is less responsive then the corners, only really noticeable when you play with Colors! and you draw a line from one side to the other (breaks the line)

 

[Ph1l0z0ph3r]

Mines has like one small dead pixel but i still love it

.

 

[test84]

mine has these problems:
1-hinge crack which doesnt get to expand anymore and does anymore damage.
2- recently the turn off/on button is working like 4 times in 5 tries. sometimes it skips it (which is OK so far).

since my hinge didnt expand in like 2months and i'm in asia and got my DS from USA and i have to get a relative change it for me, do you think its worth getting a replace one? i'm scared of getting even worse DSL.

whats ur opinion?

hmm?

 

[rhyguy]

my dslite is perfect

 

[test84]

is there any serial number that perfect lites start with?

 

[4saken]

It's random. They're just manufacturing faults

 

[berlinka]

And the center of the touchscreen is less responsive then the corners, only really noticeable when you play with Colors! and you draw a line from one side to the other (breaks the line)

Now that's strange isn't it? My biggest complaint was the responsiveness of the touch screen. So far no one has reported that problem. And now a fellow dutchman has the same problem. And it was only on a dutch forum I saw the same problem described. It's exactly what I described. Less responsive in the middle, which is annoying because suddenly you have to press harder.
So it almost seems that the touch-response issue is something typical for dutch DSes!?!? THAT SUCKS!!

 

[rhyguy]

my serial no is uaf103XXXXX

Edit: XXXXX is some other random numbers