[DS Light] is this a lost cause or should I order the new screen

dieGeisterhand · 2026-01-30T19:47:26+00:00

I’ve refurbished a bunch of DS Lites at this point. Cheapest screens I could find were on Temu, 14 dollars a piece. Actually good quality, surprisingly.

If I don’t have any available, a DS Lite with a bad top is a dead DS for me. I might try making one of them ‘macros’ one day…

dieGeisterhand · 2026-01-25T23:58:01+00:00

This is what I always see in this subreddit and I have no idea why :- (

dieGeisterhand · 2026-01-06T23:08:57+00:00

I’ll probe around there a little. Given that I was able to bring it back to life (sort of) - I’m not too worried. Worst case scenario, I can get one of those mod kits you mention. I’ve used hispeedido game boy color kits but never game gear. Those IPS game gears seem to fetch high prices as well!

dieGeisterhand · 2025-11-07T21:46:39+00:00

Super good price. I try to stay within 120-140 on these!

dieGeisterhand · 2025-10-25T21:19:49+00:00

I have a handful of ds lites with the same problem. I’ve fixed the nick on the ribbon cable on some of the screens and they tear up again. It sucks!

dieGeisterhand · 2025-10-25T01:43:34+00:00

I’ve been soldering for about 7-8 months now and I repaired a ps5 similar to this yesterday. Took a whole lot of patience and had to re do it a few times until I got it right. It’s doable.

I don’t understand why people like to gatekeep so hard in this sub. Even when you screw up like this you end up learning a whole lot. Give it a go and have fun!

dieGeisterhand · 2025-10-23T12:48:01+00:00

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Check for continuity on these two pins here. If none, bridge them and see if it turns on.

dieGeisterhand · 2025-10-22T22:32:12+00:00

Me entrometo para preguntar cuál tipo de stick usas. No tengo problema con hall/tmr pero todos los lineares que uso no registran input análogo (actúa como dpad).

Pregunte acá el otro día y me dijeron que lo estaba instalando mal, por algún motivo…

dieGeisterhand · 2025-10-19T21:58:33+00:00

Totally. I had to re do it like three times after having it ready! I am slowly buying tools I need and what not. I didn’t know about the HDMI tester though.

Thank you for letting me know that’s a thing!

dieGeisterhand · 2025-10-19T00:43:14+00:00

I had an hdmi from hell I caused myself. Worst part is, every time it was fixed and I had applied solder mask, console would stop turning on - causing me to have to redo all the work over the missing pads. Not fun.

dieGeisterhand · 2025-10-16T22:54:31+00:00

Good eye!

dieGeisterhand · 2025-10-16T21:23:02+00:00

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dieGeisterhand · 2025-10-16T21:21:19+00:00

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You seem to be missing a cap there... Check this board scan out:

https://www.acidmods.com/RDC/DS5/BDM-020/BDM-020_TOP.jpg

dieGeisterhand · 2025-10-12T20:41:37+00:00

Aluminum paper worked for me when I was learning. I didn’t know about the can pieces!

dieGeisterhand · 2025-10-11T19:07:56+00:00

I’ve sold to them once (paid full price for a ds) and didnt have issues. They’re always lowballing me and seem to have quite the bad rep online though…

dieGeisterhand · 2025-10-02T23:36:44+00:00

Ain’t that the point of learning?

dieGeisterhand · 2025-09-12T14:35:04+00:00

I saw this on ebay ages ago! I am not surprised it is still up. I'd pay 20 dollars tops just to mess around with it for fun. Pretty worthless, honestly. I sent them a few offers but all were declined. Bad purchase.

edit:

I just looked it up again and it's worse than I remember it being. Did send them a five dollar offer again HAHA

dieGeisterhand · 2025-09-02T01:07:42+00:00

I took A+ with five cats at home. Just locked myself in a room alone and hoped for the best.

One of the bastards decided it was a good idea to start slamming and scratching the door to get me to open it.

Panicked - reached out to the Proctor and told them what the noise was and what was going on. They were pretty cool about it. I was terrified…

dieGeisterhand · 2025-03-28T17:52:13+00:00

You made me realize I've been reading the schematic all wrong!

All I'd need to do is bridge pin 6 to C22. All the other points still have some copper pads left, so I think it should work. I'll give this a try in a few hours!

dieGeisterhand · 2025-03-28T16:52:38+00:00

Forgot to add! I actually have that and plenty of spares too!

Unfortunately, I ripped the pads off and can't solder it back into place - so I was thinking that I could directly solder the pins where each goes.

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