Hacking UGH ! MY DS Hinge just broke !?

[Opium]

I just got my DS Lite back from Nintendo the other day, my hinge had snapped too. It was well out of warranty as it's a launch DS Lite but they repaired the hinge free of charge and sent it back anyway.

Just send it to Nintendo.

 

[Cranberry]

I just got my DS Lite back from Nintendo the other day, my hinge had snapped too. It was well out of warranty as it's a launch DS Lite but they repaired the hinge free of charge and sent it back anyway.

Just send it to Nintendo.

Are you joking?! The hinge only has a crack in it, the repair place is close by, we still have the warranty, and they said it'll cost $50 to fix it! And that's apparently with a discount.

 

[Splych]

O_O

so , what is the hinge xD

is it the internals of the middle or the long thing of where the mic is ?

cause the long thing with the mic hole is like gone xD not the internals of it . my mistake . unless the white thing is the hinge is it !?

 

[Curley5959]

The hinge holds the top and bottom screen together (with the cables inside that connect the top screen to the innards of your ds) and the crack gets a free repair by Nintendo:

Nintendo Agrees To Fix DS Lite Hinge Cracks

Video Games – Following a number of substantiated online reports of hinge cracks on the recently US-launched Nintendo DS Lite portable, Nintendo of America has opted to offer free repairs to anyone who calls the company's support line to report the issue.

 

[Splych]

oh that's convinient ^^

but still i would prefer if i did it my self . i kinda made up my mind between letting thieves do it or doing it myself .

i'm more on the doing it my self side . multiple reasons why : will learn something , cheaper and will have it ASAP once it's done !
on the thieves side : professional , won't break , reliable .

now for the cons .

My Self : Might Break , Has had no Experience what so ever !
Thieves : gotta wait a while , shipping pretty pricey ( $30 Supply Case , $50 don't Supply Case )

so yea still just thinking , probably gonna wait for thieves to post his guide ^^

 

[Cranberry]

The hinge holds the top and bottom screen together (with the cables inside that connect the top screen to the innards of your ds) and the crack gets a free repair by Nintendo:

Nintendo Agrees To Fix DS Lite Hinge Cracks

Video Games – Following a number of substantiated online reports of hinge cracks on the recently US-launched Nintendo DS Lite portable, Nintendo of America has opted to offer free repairs to anyone who calls the company's support line to report the issue.

Where did you get the quote from?

Edit: It says Nintendo of America. I live in Canada, and when I called customer support, they said the crack was not a manufacturing defect, and it wasn't covered in our warranty (We still have the warranty), so it'd cost ~56$ to fix it.

 

[Splych]

you just killed me

i guess i'm just gonna have to mod it myself then

at least im gonna learn something ^-^

 

[Curley5959]

cant remember where i got the quote from.. Search it on google and it comes up with heaps of stuff about it..

 

[twinkleface]

This hinge thing is so common to those people who have DS lites. If you have the courage to replace the shell by yourself, well that's fine. There are guides on how to install these things.

As of the moment, I am afraid of what may happen to my DS Lite. I do not want to encounter this broken hinge problem.

 

[Splych]

heey look he's from philippines too xD

anywayz ....

yea lots of people get's this problem . i just noticed that on my sister's DS Lite a crack is starting to form on the part where my DS Hinge broke .

i fell kinda confident now that i have rad other people posts . so i guess i can survive doing it too ! but if it's still then i would gladly ask someone else to do it for me xD ( but with a price of course ) i'm just waiting for thieves to ptos his guide on switching replacement cases !

 

[evoo1]

few days ago one of my hinges broke too (after 2 years, he was pretty brave

)
what I did: sold my "broken" ds for 110$ and bought a new one

.

 

[Splych]

your DS hinge survived as long as mine ^^ ( october 21 ,2008 shall be 3 years of survival xD )

but now i think i might as well just replace the hinge my self !

 

[evoo1]

your DS hinge survived as long as mine ^^ ( october 21 ,2008 shall be 3 years of survival xD )

but now i think i might as well just replace the hinge my self !

That's probably a good choice, after all, a two year relationship can't just be replaced by a new one

Good luck at fixing it!

 

[Splych]

yep i know whatcha mean !

lawl now i need help choosing which case to get xD

a black case ( so i can have a black a white DS !! )

or

a Plain Old White One

or

a Plain old Black One

or

a Zelda One

or

a crimson / black dragon one ?

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all are under $20 so that's no problem while the shipping is free too !

might get a black to fuse or a crimson/black dragon one ? which one ?

 

[evoo1]

my favourites are these 3:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.13869
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14164
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14161


a bit more pricey but you gotta pay for style

 

[kevenka]

Xcaliber, where is your avatar from?

 

[Rock Raiyu]

My DS Hinge broke again..this time I sent it to Nintendo. Cost me about $40 too. I better get it back.

 

[evoo1]

and then if they still don't agree, go yell at them about the price of gas and that the guy on the phone said they'd do it for free, blah blah blah.

I lol'd so hard

QUOTE(kevenka @ Jul 25 2008, 11:37 PM) Xcaliber, where is your avatar from?

If I'm not mistaken it's from the Anime "Death Note".

 

[Splych]

vizier ~ LMAO . but nah i wouldn't do that xD sure it would be alright but i don't think my dad is gonna let me go all the way to richmond hill just to get my DS fixed . he would just say " oh go save your money and buy a new one or somethin ? "

 

[Ferrariman]

Buy a new case...?