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El Taco
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I got home today, decided to play Zelda on the Ds when...
*tap*
*tap*
*TAP*
*TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP!!!!*
Touchscreen dead. My touchscreen to m DS has died. What a stupid piece of ****.
What should I do, I got it in Christmas 2005, I'm probably goiong to get a $199.95 DS Lite with a Game, because the warranty has run out.. or should I try and fix it?
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Thats weird, I got mine at Launch and the screen isn't dead. Have you been hitting it repeatedly like Elite Beat Agents crazily? If I was you I would get a DS Lite since its cheap and its better than the old chunky DS.
Perhaps you need to tap that some more?
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A fault in a nintendo product, now thats rare. Does the bottom screen show an image? if so there might just be a loose connection. You may be able to fix it if you are willing to open your ds up.
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| vlakas wrote: | | A fault in a nintendo product, now thats rare. . |
Not really, broken hinges with ds and the bricking of wii from early firmware and overheating of wii consoles.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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| poweroffarts wrote: | | vlakas wrote: | | A fault in a nintendo product, now thats rare. . |
Not really, broken hinges with ds and the bricking of wii from early firmware and overheating of wii consoles. |
Well i did say rarely, the ds hinge cracks occurred in about 0.02% of ds lites.
And compared to the RROD, thats pretty damn good. Sorri bout the off topic,
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| vlakas wrote: | | poweroffarts wrote: | | vlakas wrote: | | A fault in a nintendo product, now thats rare. . |
Not really, broken hinges with ds and the bricking of wii from early firmware and overheating of wii consoles. |
Well i did say rarely, the ds hinge cracks occurred in about 0.02% of ds lites.
And compared to the RROD, thats pretty damn good. Sorri bout the off topic, |
That makes no sense, its pretty illogical and pointless comparing a console with problems to one that supposedly "rarely" gets any. Compared to the PS3 I'd say its poor not to mention Wii isnt very technical.
0.02% sounds pretty odd especially one that Nintendo took personal intervention. Unless you're including current handheld, which (is odd) would mean it has fault.
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I had my DS break down before, the console would crash while in the middle of a game. I just sent it back to Nintendo to be repaired even though it was fairly expensive to repair out of warranty but still cheaper than buying another DS.
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Are you sure you just don't need to re-calibrate the screen? If it is screwed, I'd use it as an excuse to upgrade to a DS Lite.
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| Qbert wrote: | | Are you sure you just don't need to re-calibrate the screen? If it is screwed, I'd use it as an excuse to upgrade to a DS Lite. |
This is proberly a good idea. since the screen doesn't work you'll have to use the d pad.
(if the calibrator doesn't work your ds is stuffed. you'll need a need a new one)
p.s. Nintendo's warranty dosen't cover 'broken' screens.
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| shadeslayer wrote: | | Qbert wrote: | | Are you sure you just don't need to re-calibrate the screen? If it is screwed, I'd use it as an excuse to upgrade to a DS Lite. |
This is proberly a good idea. since the screen doesn't work you'll have to use the d pad.
(if the calibrator doesn't work your ds is stuffed. you'll need a need a new one) |
If it was me I wouldn't be to angry because if you have the money its well worth the upgrade to the DS Lite like Qbert points out. I remember when I upgraded from the Phat and the difference was massive - the Phats screen is so hard to see in comparison while the Lite shows off the vibrant colors that most of the Nintendo games comprise of. I do hope you get it fixed though, it sucks having electronics stuff up.
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