⟐ Commented January 21, 2025 at 11:38 MST

first up, I had this issue for the 2nd time now.

I had the GamePad in repair at Nintendo while I still had warranty on it. They could fix it but 8 weeks later, no warranty any more, the thing brakes again.

My issue with the GamePad is, that the screen is staying black. I can charge it, the batteries are full. I unscrewed it and all plugs are in the right places.

When I press the power button, the blue power light goes on, but fades away. It won't turn on again, unless I unplug the battery and plug it in again.

Can you help me please?

Sincerely,

Franz

⟐ Answered June 02, 2024 at 17:03 MST

⟐ Commented June 09, 2021 at 4:31 MST

I recently broke my Wii U gamepad screen (the digitizer is working just fine)

so I ordered a replacement screen online

the screen have 3 ribbon cables , 2 from the top (screen and digtizer)

and one small ribbon cable on the side , I broke the clip the keeps the ribbon cable in contact with the pins

The game pad is working (I can still play) , but the screen will not power up

is there a way to replace the clip , or any solution to keep the ribbon cable in contact with the pins ?

or do I need to replace the entire gamepad !?

⟐ Answered August 06, 2020 at 4:04 MST

⟐ Answered May 01, 2017 at 2:52 MST

It's was so small I didn't even notice at first, but it was when I started trying to use the touch screen and found that it was almost unresponsive - taps weren't registering and it took around ten attempts to tap on something before it finally registered, the curser getting stuck right where the dint was in most cases.

Sometimes it would randomly start working again but quickly reverted back to it being unresponsive.

The LCD is in fine condition as far as I can tell - don't see any dead pixels or bleeding, so it seems only the top layer/digitiser is faulty.

So, unless anyone more experienced can tell me otherwise, it seems like a fairly simple digitizer replacement job as I've done with a couple of phones in the past.

I noticed that others on here have said the digitizer is not fused to the LCD, so hopefully it'll be a fairly simple job.

There's not much documentation on the web, so I was wondering weather anyone could point me in the right direction if there's anything to be careful of or something that might break?

Just bought a replacement and already have the correct tools, so I'm going attempt it myself.

Thanks everyone!

⟐ Answered July 12, 2016 at 18:38 MST

⟐ Answered January 06, 2016 at 8:53 MST

The gamepad was fully-charged, cleaned and has no crack or any sort of damage done to it.

I haven't used it for over 5 months and I placed in at a safe location with nothing touching it.

I purchased my Wii U from Target in 2012.

⟐ Commented July 18, 2024 at 18:04 MST

⟐ Answered March 13, 2017 at 17:14 MST

⟐ Answered February 05, 2023 at 3:33 MST

⟐ Answer accepted April 02, 2016 at 6:37 MST

They used to be around $25 pretty much everywhere and there were a dozen sellers available on Amazon alone with solid reviews. Now there's just a bunch that are $50 there and on ebay, most of these say "out of stock", and all the reviews are terrible. They don't even sell them here on ifixit, with it listed out of stock and after asking them when they might be back in stock they replied saying they have none on order and have no plans to place a new order for them.

Please does anyone out there know a reliable and quality seller like ifixit that is still selling a Wii U LCD screen replacement? I'm not even sure why they all stopped given it's a console that's recently seeing a massive resurgence in the used games market, and the gamepad screens are absolutely vital to play the console. I imagine the sales are slow, but they are absolutely going to sell out given enough time. I'd even be willing to pay $50 or so for one, but the issue is in the reviews. I don't want to get screwed, and given all other stores say out of stock I'm expecting to be scammed by the last few no-name companies that claim to have them in stock on Amazon and Ebay. Seems sketchy AF.

Please help!

⟐ Commented July 29, 2025 at 23:12 MST

I received the gamepad and system and tested it. The gamepad's touchscreen was working at first and I was able to sync it to the console. I did notice that it wasn't the most responsive screen. The second time I powered it up to test a game disk, the gamepad digitizer stopped working. I also noticed some buttons didn't do anything. I can't navigate the menu with the dpad. Of the xyab buttons, only x will do anything.

I'm guessing something went wrong with the repair or a defective replacement digitizer. I'll likely have to replace the digitizer. I'm just wondering if it would be easier to replace the whole screen? The screen is working and replacing just the digitizer would be cheaper. I'm not sure which I want to do.

What I'm not sure on is the buttons. I would imagine that I could navigate the menu with the dpad, or am I wrong about that? I think the A and B buttons were working when the touchscreen was working.

⟐ Commented December 19, 2020 at 10:10 MST

The previuos screen was broken but as well not showing any image.

Does any one has some schematics to check fuses or any other component in the gamepad's motherboard.

I am suspecting as well, like any other Nintendo's console that the bluetooth/wifi card could be damage and circuit will not turn on the LCD, but I am getting response from touch screen and corresponding sounds.

Any advice will be appreciated.

JM

⟐ Answer accepted May 01, 2017 at 19:15 MST

⟐ Answered March 19, 2026 at 3:27 MST

The Wii U in the app selection menu doesn't respond as it should. The D-Pad, ABY buttons, Start/Select, Analog sticks, and I think LR too don't respond. Only X for the switching to the plaza thingy. Touch screen doesn't work either. If I want it to start working, I would have to give it a smack in the center of the screen, then it would start to work for a little bit.

IN GAME, Breath of the Wild for example, it works, the controls everything, but when a text display comes up or in the pause menu, the buttons don't work, again have to smack it a bit. When I play on the game pad itself and not the TV, it will glitch on its own back to the TV, and I have to hold the touch screen for 2-3 to play on the game pad and not tap. Mario Kart it glitches back too.

I did take out the battery for 30 seconds to a minute, it works for a while but then goes back to its not working state. Also did do the touch screen calibration and it works for a short while, then back to its not working state.

Please help with this! It has been doing this for about 6 months, and it's really really starting to get annoying. I can provide pictures if needed :D

Thanks in advance!

⟐ Commented December 07, 2022 at 14:58 MST

⟐ Answer accepted November 08, 2022 at 5:04 MST

⟐ Answer deleted November 24, 2020 at 14:21 MST

Thanks

Rick

⟐ Answered December 10, 2018 at 22:40 MST

⟐ Answered March 04, 2016 at 16:36 MST