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New Nintendo 2DS XL: Nintendo New 2DS XL does not power on after battery replacemet

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:44:44 -0700

Hello,

I recently purchased a new battery for my Nintendo New 2DS XL from iFixit. The device was working perfectly before the replacement. I decided to replace the battery because I have been using the console since launch day.

After installing the new battery, the 2DS no longer powers on. When the charger is not connected, no LEDs light up at all. When I connect the charger, the battery LED lights up orange. If I then try to turn the device on, the power LED turns on for about less then one second and immediately turns off again.

I have also reinstalled the original battery, but the same symptoms occur now.

Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,⏎
CouKice

⟐ Commented April 17, 2026 at 6:44 MST

Nintendo Switch: Can anyone help me identify where this pad lead to?

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:30:38 -0700

I tried (& obviously failed) to swap the display flex ZIF socket in the original first-gen Nintendo switch and tore a solder pad off. I’m pretty confident that I can fly a wire out from that remaining bit of solder pad, but I need to check whether I did the job properly. Can anyone tell me where this particular pad(10th from the left not counting the large one) lead to so I can check it with a multimeter or smth?

Thanks in advance!

Nintendo 3DS XL 2015: Why does my system keep freezing?

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 01:05:35 -0700

My new Nintendo 3ds xl will power on but at random times between seconds and 6 minutes the screen freezes audios stop and the only thing I can do is a full power off, happens even without games on or in the console. If I place the console on an ice pack the freezing does not happen, I opened up the back and see no thermal paste, but there is a pink powder spread throughout on the inside of the back plate, but could anything else be causing it/ is there a solve with getting thermal paste?

⟐ Commented April 07, 2026 at 1:05 MST

Nintendo 3DS: Stuck On Home Menu: Inputs, Sound, 3D Slider Don't Work

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:34:09 -0700

I received a 3ds in a lot of damaged electronics. I've managed to repair everything so far except this 3ds which has me stumped.

The system turns on and loads to the main home screen. The top screen animation runs, I can turn the wifi on and off, the game reader reads games, the system charges, if I hold the power button to get to the power down screen, I can press the home button to get back to the home menu, and I can enter the update/safemode screen when holding L+R+A+d-pad up (Edit: was d-pad down, I meant d-pad up). I cannot enter into touch screen calibration, touch input doesn't work. On very rare occasions if I'm holding down d-pad right when powering on the system, the home menu will start scrolling right indefinitely and I'm able to "fight" against it by repeatedly pressing d-pad left and only when in this state I can enter into an app if press A at the right moment (which is how I know the cameras work), but the touch screen still wont work.⏎
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Otherwise though, the joystick, touch screen, ABXY, sound, and 3d slider do not work at all.⏎
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I've already tried cleaning under and changing out the digitizer, as well as the bezel, and cleaning under the button pad stickers. I've also tried systematically disconnecting one component at a time and testing to see if anything changes or works. Unfortunately, though, none of this has seemed to work. ⏎
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The scrolling right only happens when I have the system taken apart, but it isn't consistent with any specific component being disconnected.⏎
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The battery does have a slight curvature to it, but I'm not sure if that would cause these issues. ⏎
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Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!⏎
Thanks!

⟐ Commented April 06, 2026 at 14:34 MST

Nintendo Wii Remote: My wiimote doesn’t connect to my Wii

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:44:36 -0700

Whenever I try connecting my wiimote to my old Wii it doesn’t work. I’ve tried both sync buttons, on the wiimote and the Wii. I believe the problem is the Wii itself but I’m not a genius. Please help

⟐ Marked as duplicate April 01, 2026 at 7:44 MST

Nintendo Handheld Console: New Nintendo 3DS xl Y button not working tried the usual whats next

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:20:51 -0700

So I have tried cleaning the board contacts, changing the dome sticker. making sure the ribbon/flex cable is on correctly, I ordered a new board same issue. Im currently waiting on a new flex/ribbon cable. but the one I have im not sure shows signs of issues. is there any next steps to try or trouble shoot before I have to just get a new main board?

all the other buttons and functions from that board are 100% fine is really just the y button.

⟐ Edited by author March 31, 2026 at 21:20 MST

Nintendo 3DS XL 2015: Device will not power up after attempting capture card mod

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 02:26:36 -0700

! I hope someone might be able to help me out here.

I was doing a capture card mod on my New3DSLL (the japan version of XL) a year or so ago now and when I got to the step on making sure everything still worked, well it didn’t work. With the battery connected I get no reactions from the device when trying to power it on. No amber, no blue, no lights at all. If I plug it in without thr battery the amber light lights up for 5seconds then goes off. If I connect the battery and the charge it lights up amber but still does not turn on.

I believe I may have accidentally put the battery in in reverse when I was trying to test ot initially, but cannot be too certain that that was the case.

I tested the red (0.012) and the blue ( 0L and then 12.00) as labeled on that one picture that floats around from infinity (it wont let me add the picture sorry). I am not too knowledgeable with multimeters and dont know if this is right.

Does this sound like a case of one of the fuses or the chip on the daughter board for the abxy being blown or does it sound like something else is wrong along the way of doing the mod?

Thank you in advance <3

⟐ Commented March 31, 2026 at 2:26 MST

Nintendo Wii: Persistent freeze on wii sports resort golf

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:27:22 -0700

Hi,

Me and my roomates are big fans of playing Golf on Wii Sports Resort. We have the original Wii (NA Canada version, RVL-001 I believe) and original remotes with some Motion Plus adapters I bought online (not official I'm pretty sure). We've had some problems with syncing the adapters but always managed to make it work. However, we've had a lagging problem that has now turned in a freezing problem and happens everytime we play Golf. The game starts to lag and then freezes 100%, the remote is unresponsive (not even home button) and the game is hard stuck (altough the soothing wind sound is still playing, and music also when there is some). This happens around 3 holes in the game or before. Other games don't suffer from this problem and even other sports on Wii Sports Resort seem fine. I have even bought a brand new copy of the game thinking it would fix it but I have the same problem.

What I have done:

- Powercycle the wii.

- Clean the air traps of dust.

- Delete the game data.

- Desync (15s on the red button beside the sd card slot) the remote and resync.

- Bought a brand new disc.

- Recalibrate the sensor to max light setting.

- Update the wii system to last version (4.3U).

-Deactivated WiiConnect24.

I read that the disk is double layered and that might be the cause, and I need to clean the lens so I bought the lens cleaning kit and cleaned my lens 2 times today, without success. Could it be that I need a wii RVL-101 version for tbis game? However, I'm a bit skeptical that other games on the same disk are working. Also today I played some 3 holes and it worked fine, for some reason. Any of you ever had this problem and if so, how did you fix it? Thanks in advance for your help!

⟐ Commented March 30, 2026 at 8:27 MST

Nintendo Wii: Why does my Wii make a popping sound when plugging it in.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:21:01 -0700

We unbox the Wii, hoping to get something good, we plug it in for the first time ever, it made a popping sound and caused all the power outlets in my house to stop working, @jayeff please help me find the culprit.

⟐ Commented March 27, 2026 at 12:21 MST

Nintendo Wii U GamePad: Why does my gamepad rumble screech

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:53:08 -0700

It just screeches periodically continuously whenever it vibrates

⟐ Commented March 09, 2026 at 6:53 MST

Game Boy Cartridge: Is this Chip Replaceable?

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:57:04 -0700

Hello i wanted to know if anyone knows if this chip is replaceable or if have to buy another cartridge (see attachment for the melted chip)

⟐ Commented March 06, 2026 at 5:57 MST

Nintendo Switch: Replaced battery, and now LCD is not working.

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 18:06:39 -0700

I replaced my Nintendo Switch battery using an iFixit kit. The battery seems to work but now the LCD has stopped working. Works fine on the cradle, and the touch screen seems to respond, but no picture appears on the LCD when undocked.

I opened it back up and didn't seen any obvious damage to the LCD connector, but I'm not sure.

Can someone please advise me on next steps?

Nintendo 3DS: 3DS overheating plus screen won't turn on after repair

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 08:34:28 -0700

Hi. Ok let me start from the beginning. I've had an Old 3DS since 2018 but it was passed down to me by my cousin who bought it in 2011, I had to change the battery for the first time in 2023 and after that I modded it somewhat in december 2024. During the end of 2025's first semester it started to stop charging until it just stopped working in general, I took it to a repair guy who tried to change the charging port on my 3DS, we tried to use a different charger but nothing was working (batter shows no signs of inflation/getting bigger). Then he opened it up and discovered that apparently there was something wrong with the motherboard that was stopping the electricity from getting to the battery but if I take the battery out and charge it via an adapter it works. I came back home now (live in Brazil but was living for a few months on Italy) and tried to power it up, unfortunatly the blue LED turns on but both screens stay pitch black and won't even turn on. Also for some bs reason it's overheating on the left upper screen hinge when I power it on so I'm scared of leaving it on for a long time to see what happens. Can anyone please help me, this was my first ever eletronic/videogame and it matters a lot to me. Thanks

Nintendo Switch: Why is my screen black but it still makes noises, can’t get my screen

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:55:35 -0700

My screen will not turn on but it continues to make noise when Nintendo on, screen is just black but still can hear noises

Joy-Con: Both Joy-Cons doesn’t work wirelessly but does connected on switch

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 04:51:54 -0700

Hello,

So my only problem now is that my joy cons won’t connect wirelessly but can with my console. I even bought brand new ones and still doesn’t even connect wirelessly. I did much as I can, I did the disconnect controller but still didn’t work.

Diswoe Switch-01: Why isn't my controller updating

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 09:05:48 -0700

Whenever I want to update the controller it seems like it can't update and I am really starting to get a bit confused because of it

Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP: Why does it acknowledge old cartridges but not play them?

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:55:59 -0700

GBA sp acknowledges original Gameboy games but doesn't play the game.loads and plays GBA games flawlessly. Disassembled the cartridge switch noticed the contacts were dirty so I cleaned them well all the contacts were shiny so I put it all back together and still no change I'm at a complete loss. Why does it acknowledge the cartridge but not play it?

⟐ Commented February 08, 2026 at 12:55 MST

Pokewalker: Can I increase its connectivity with the cartridge?

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 23:45:27 -0700

I recently purchased a new heartgold cartridge and a used pokewalker. The pokewalker already had an id on it and i’ve been trying to connect it to erase the data but i’m unable to connect, i always get a “no trainer found” message.

Can I increase its connectivity with the cartridge? Is there any way to make the IR emitter stronger?

Thank you!

New Nintendo 2DS XL: Ribbon cable of the top screen is getting extremely hot

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:17:53 -0700

The ribbon cable is getting really hot and surface of the screen is almost painful to touch. The issue persisted even after the screen replacement. The screen was also replaced a while ago (6-7 years ago I think). It may be because the previous guy covered the left side of the screen (where the ribbon cable is) in glue (ribbon cable was covered in it).

⟐ Commented January 25, 2026 at 11:17 MST

Game Boy Advance Cartridge: Can't get it to work

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:37:19 -0700

Hi there, I have a copy of Metroid Fusion which I think had water damage. I have cleaned the contacts with a magic eraser and cleaned the board with WD40 contact cleaner but I'm still having no luck. I've taken the old battery out to clean underneath it as well. Happy to send photos of it for more help. Cheers.