Are you a bad enough dude to replace your DS Lite's screen?
Having problems with the touchscreen on your DS Lite? Are you also a crazy person? If so, you may want to attempt to replace the touchscreen yourself using an aftermarket screen. To help future DS repairers (or perhaps just to document a successful replacement), selectbutton forum member Sushi K has created an illustrated guide to the process.
Since we have some experience replacing screen covers on handhelds, we'll offer one warning. Unless you live in one of the clean rooms used to manufacture computer chips (and you don't, because it wouldn't be clean with people living in there!) you are going to get dust under your screen. This is a certainty unless you are profoundly lucky. Still, if you can't get Nintendo to fix your DS, a speck or two of dust is a small price to pay for a working touchscreen, although there's always the potential cost of completely wrecking your system.
Since we have some experience replacing screen covers on handhelds, we'll offer one warning. Unless you live in one of the clean rooms used to manufacture computer chips (and you don't, because it wouldn't be clean with people living in there!) you are going to get dust under your screen. This is a certainty unless you are profoundly lucky. Still, if you can't get Nintendo to fix your DS, a speck or two of dust is a small price to pay for a working touchscreen, although there's always the potential cost of completely wrecking your system.











Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
NetOperator Wibby @ Apr 10th 2008 1:32AM
Hmm, this was an interesting read. It sucks he broke the lower left of his screen but at least it works now.
David @ Apr 10th 2008 4:10AM
If you can repair the screens can you repair the hinges?
Maya @ Apr 10th 2008 5:21AM
you can, just buy a replacement shell and, well, replace the whole or just the hinges :)
David @ Apr 10th 2008 5:41AM
oooo where would I get one of those