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DS XL Screen dead

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hi everyone,
I need a bit of advice, the screen on my DS KL, the bottom one, is dead. It's all black with what looks like a white "line" from top to bottom.
What is there to change, the LCD screen or the touch screen? I looked a bit and there's every price, you see screens at 10€ and others at 50.... I'm a bit lost here :roll:
Thanks for your help
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Re: DS XL Screen dead

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In my opinion, if it's your bottom screen that's not working then it is indeed the TOUCH screen that's faulty.
however to open your console you need a special wii screwdriver, the triwing.
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fast....

I have a triwing!

the touch one for sure, I would have said the LCD since there's no display anymore (the top one works I should mention)
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the bottom screen is touch so it's the touch screen that needs changing. unlike smartphones, the touch and the lcd are one single piece. I had a screen changed on a ds lite by bigN, when it came back the screen was a bit off :? with an annoying big light streak (60€). On another ds lite, I changed it myself, the white was seriously leaning toward yellow :( (12€)

nothing's perfect ^^'

still, the touch screen is easier to change than the other screen :bravo:
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actually I followed a site's tutorial for the disassembly (I don't know if I can post the link here?)
in this tutorial they talk about changing the LCD or the touch one since the 2 separate, so now I'm lost...
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send your link ;)
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https://www.ds-tech.biz/pages/tuto/dsi/03-lcdbas.html

I disassembled everything and plugged it in once "stripped down" the LCD is black with something like a white wire laid on top, as for the touch screen I don't know how you tell it's the one that's dead given you can buy the 2 parts separately... :?:
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mine is a DSi XL, might be different
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the screen is expensive :o
on other sites you find it at 29 https://www.htcn.fr/nintendo-dsi-xl/341 ... rieur.html

But I keep coming back to the same problem, what's messed up, the LCD or the touch one... or both?
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thanks for your link, but what about mine... 29€
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I know but it comes from hong kong, I'm going to receive it in 1 month!
Every time I've ordered something from HK, either it got stuck at customs, or it took 1 month to arrive....

Otherwise do you think it's just the LCD that needs changing? for the touch one how can you tell if it's dead or not?
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Watch out with the connectors, they need to be handled carefully....
yes I saw that, I had a hard time figuring out the ribbon locking system, you have to know it...

30€ for everything, where did you find that? still links to HK or france?
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yes but on my link there's only the LCD, not the touch one (it's 9€ more). however it's sold separately so I'll still have this dust issue between the 2 that you mentioned...

however, good news, on my link shipping is free, that's rare!
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yes, yes, I had seen that but given they sell the touch one separately and 29 for everything seems cheap to me given the prices elsewhere I figured there was a mistake in the photo, I'll look into it and go with that if it's a complete pack and if it's just the LCD I'll only try changing that, to be continued!
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so it's done the fix is made, it was just the LCD, the photo on my link is indeed wrong but given the price it's more than fair. Plus the screen came with a good quality screwdriver and a special plastic tool for the ribbon locks etc
I'm keeping this link in my bookmarks :mrgreen:

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