Dismantle your DS in 13 minutes
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ Feb 20th 2006 at 3:47PM }
Or rather: Don't.
If you're not one for watching electronic devices being disturbingly dissected, you'd best not watch this video. It depicts an obviously excited man (you can practically feel the exclamation marks hurtling at you) calmly disassembling a standard silver DS into its various parts. Then, he disassembles those parts and, if there's anything left, disassembles that too (even the touch screen!). I found it rather frightening and squirmed in my seat for the full 13-minute operation.
I'm now seriously considering using this knowledge in order to completely take apart Blake's DS as an amusing prank. Of course, given that the entire video is in Spanish, I'll no doubt completely fail to reassemble it... as a slightly less amusing prank.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Russell Pendergraft @ Feb 6th 2008 10:42PM
Thanks!!
That was a great video,really helped me out!!!
Nushio @ Feb 20th 2006 4:38PM
Awesome find!
I happen to know spanish as my maiden languaje, so I obviously understood the whole video.
This clearly illustrates on how to dissasamble the NDS in case of modding or painting ;)
greatslack @ Feb 20th 2006 4:43PM
That watch is f-ing classic.
incon @ Feb 20th 2006 5:04PM
Looks like it doesnt take much to just take the top off to mod it. Most of the ds modder are doing just that. I can see why they are not really modding much else on the unit :)
Moogle @ Feb 20th 2006 7:11PM
Now I'm just wondering... How hard would it be to replicate the entire shell in clear plastic? Hmmmm... Will the DS Lite will be as easy to disassemble?
Actually, that reminds me, does the Japanese DS/DS Lite have english as a language option for the interface outside of games? I'm thinking of importing one, but I'd rather it not be only Japanese. I've forgotten what little I knew of that language.
B1gC72 @ Feb 20th 2006 9:30PM
lol #2 that's exactly wat i got on here 2 write but u beat me 2 it lol!
that watch is the shiz-nit! it just screams beat me up and take my star wars lunchbox LOL!!!
.............but yea...........uh.............really informative video though. dont speak much spanish but im a visual learner anyway. really good video.
cram_cream @ Feb 20th 2006 11:59PM
I was thinking of dismantling my DS to repaint it. After watching the video, I'll have to think twice.It looks dangerous to dismantle it and I wouldn't be confident enough to assemble it back. Guess I'll have to wait till my DS is REALLY OLD before i'll do that! I really love the original DS! It's really boxy and cute, kind of retro-ish and I certainly hope they will not be phased out!
Reyes @ Feb 21st 2006 12:24AM
awsome video, what was interesting is that both the top screen and bottom screen are interchangable, the plastic piece that goes ontop of the bottom screen is what makes it a touch screen. thats what dude said in the video..
jadenguy @ Feb 21st 2006 1:50AM
my first casemod involved a sharpie and no screw drivers a lot of patience. and some tape to keep the gameboy color screen clear.
btw, sharpies aren't that permanant.
carson @ Feb 21st 2006 9:40AM
Man, this video really makes me want to disassemble my ds to re-paint it, if only I had those special screw drivers. can you get those at a hardware store or are they specialized tools?
Sri Lumpa @ Feb 22nd 2006 5:10AM
Have you seen the size of the DS compared to his hands? Now we know what gamer Microsoft targeted when they created The Duke.
Carson:can you get those at a hardware store or are they specialized tools?
They are special security screwdriver (security meaning that most people don't have them so they can't go and break their GBA/DS). You can buy them at Lik-Sang as well as other places on the net if you look for it (googling GBA opening tool or something like that should work).
Vincent Cao @ Oct 10th 2008 7:09PM
If you can't get your hands on the three way screwdriver, like me, then a (very) small single line (I don't know its proper name) screwdriver can be use, like I did. Hope this helps!
-PupilEX- @ Nov 6th 2006 3:52AM
This is great! You see some pop was spilled on mine, and made it's way into the upper screen. This might be my only other option to fix it, other then buying a new one :S
Thanks for the post. very usful. :D
cnd @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:57AM
Thanks! I used this to help me dismantle my NDS Lite and to pull the touch-screen part off the main screen, because it had a wet screen - it worked great!!! I got it off, mopped up the orange-juice that the kids had drowned the NDS in, put the whole thing back together, and bingo - works great again.
If you're looking to fix an NDS that has got water problems stopping the screen working - this helps heaps.