DISCLAIMER: gundamhotel and jaystin unicorn risked their warranties on their nintendo ds lite when they opened up their case. so please decide wisely before attempting to open up your own ds! the author of this site does not accept any responsibility if you bricked your nintendo ds. ATTEMPT AT YOUR OWN RISK!
07. Last screw is where the DS catridge slot is. Use triwing to remove this.
11. Note trigger button mechanism. Careful the spring is very jumpy. Store away carefully. Rod slips out easily.
Oh! Woe is me! I cracked the hinge on my dslite. Apparently this happens alot. Never fear! I can replace my case! All I need are
01. A sharp thin blade eg. Razor blade
02. A Triwing screwdriver that you can buy from dealextreme.com for only a few Australian dollars. The only catch with their free shipping is the wait ~1-2 months.
Here is my shiny gold ds lite. Its really shiny. It is. Anyways,
01. Remove game catridge and GBA catridge.
02. There are six screws on the outer bottom case and two under the battery.
03. Use your triwing screwdriver and mini-philips screwdriver to get at them.
04. There are two hidden under the rubber grips. Use your blade to get under the rubber grip. Retain and rubber grips and try not to wreck the adhesive so you can later reattach it.
05. Remove the screw on the battery cover. Hint: The battery cover screw is attached to the case.
06. Remove the two remaining screws under the battery. Remove them
07. Last screw is where the DS catridge slot is. Use triwing to remove this.
08. Remove case carefully. Might need a tiny screwdriver to pry the case apart. CAREFULLY
This is the motherboard.
09. Now we note where the microphone and antenna wires gets attached to the green motherboard.
10. Note how the wireless antenna wire RUNS UNDER the DS game catridge and then under the motherboard.
11. Note trigger button mechanism. Careful the spring is very jumpy. Store away carefully. Rod slips out easily.
12. After noting wire arrangement and carefully removing and storing shoulder trigger buttons. We now unplug the microphone and antenna wires from the motherboard. Use a screwdriver and gently unplug it with a gentle nudge.
13. Now slowly push out BOTTOM screen to separate motherboard.
Hint 1: push at the corners to avoid wrecking screen with your soft finger tips.
Hint 2: The motherboard is STILL attach to upper case. SO DONT PULL APART VIGOUROUSLY.
14. We've now separate motherboard from bottom case and now we have ONE last flat wire to remove.
Note all the buttons and its rubber padding.
-direction pads and button
-A,B,X,Y pads and buttons
-START and SELECT pads and buttons
Store away carefully.
17. Gently nudge and lift up the black lock.
18. Now you can gently remove the flat wire in its UNLOCKED position.
19. As Martin Luther King, Jr said, "Free at last"
20. Working on the last part of the bottom case. Unscrew these two screws that holds the swiveling mechanism in place (Holds the top screen in place when you play your ds).
Note: These pair of screws are longer than the other screws and these screws also hold the top face of the bottom case to the upper case.
21. Now we need to remove the flat wire. Note the groove, this groove allows us to remove the flat wire. Be ten times extra careful. The flat wire is sensitive like some girls I've known in the past.
22. You might have to roll the flat wire. Then slide the flat wire head into the groove.
23. And slide it out. You might be tempted to roll it until it becomes smaller than the hole but this is not possible as the head is harder than the flexible body and does not bend as much; plus its sensitive and you might wreck it. Just roll the body enough to let the head fit into the groove and also let the body pass through the hole. In any case, the head must pass through the groove.
24. Now we have separated the top face of the bottom case from the top case. Now we can work on the upper case/screen.
25. After removing bottom case, remove the led light glass protector as it might get lost.
26. Now we are left with 4 screws.
27. Use the razor blade to remove the rubber grips to reveal these four screws. These are harder to remove. Remember to try to not remove the adhesive so you can reattach it later.
Note: The rubber grips on the sides of the upper case can easily get lost. They also have adhesive so store these away carefully to reattach later.
28. Once all four screws are removed, slide out the swivel mechanism.
29. Now we grip bottom and top face. Slide the top face (shiny gold part) to unlock it from bottom face.
30. Pry open the two face with a mini screwdriver like so. CAREFULLY!
31. Separated. Green is antenna with its black wire.Two speakers. Screen. If you can see it, the microphone with its white white at the bottom. The flat wire connects the top screen to the motherboard.
32. Now roll the flat wire to slide out the metal ring. Once the flat wire is out, gently tap out upper screen from the upper case. Careful, the adhesive of the upper screen is more sticky than the bottom case. Need to use a bit more pressure to push it out.
Note: Remember to also remove the metal ring when transferring to your new replacement case
33. We have now taken apart the case! Now just repeat the process in reverse with your new replacement!
do it! I highly recommend it. there are no sensitive parts in the ds. its like putting together lego bits
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