#65472 - CeeNotes - Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:36 pm
Brand new DS not even a week old and after successfully putting flashme on and working well with my m3 sd card, all of the sudden I try to turn it on and cuts straight off. If I plug it in to the charger the amber light comes on like its charging but as soon as I turn on the power the screen slightly lights up and the green light comes on but it cuts right off. I tried with another battery from a DS and the same thing. I have no idea how this happened. Is there any way I can fix this or do I have to buy a new one since I certainly can't send it to Nintendo for repairs with a flashme bios installed. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
#65479 - darkfader - Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:55 pm
You didn't short-circuit anything? Those symptoms occur when the fuse is blown.
#65484 - CeeNotes - Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:15 pm
Only thing I did was charge it. Maybe there was a power surge or something. How do I go about fixing the fuse? Can I just solder something? Thanks again.
#65485 - G-Pjube - Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:16 pm
you could solder in a new one, but you should know what you do then and be absolutely sure that that's it.
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#65490 - CeeNotes - Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:37 pm
I guess I should just buy a new one! Sucks beause I got lucky and brought both of these in 12/2005 and yet the didn't have the new firmware. Now I will probably have to get a passme2.
#65535 - CubeGuy - Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:42 pm
I don't know if anyoneelse has tried, but when I sent in my other DS for repairs, I asked them if they could just repair my unit or send me back one with the old fw version. They sent me back a fw1 DS.
How nice of them. ^^
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#65545 - CeeNotes - Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:41 pm
How difficult is it to solder this fuse? I may as well try it since I'm thinking of just getting another one.
#65551 - Mchart - Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:52 pm
If you havent modified it any way, and you normally tried to charge it back up, then that damage is covered under the 1 Year Nintendo Warranty, so RMA that puppy, no need to buy a new one.
I really should learn how to read. You put flashme on. Heh.
Well try RMA'ing it anyways :)
#65553 - CeeNotes - Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:54 pm
isn't flashing the firmware with flashme considered modifiying?
#65555 - Laintsurge - Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:00 pm
| CeeNotes wrote: |
| isn't flashing the firmware with flashme considered modifiying? |
Yep. You flash it and your out of luck with your warranty. But you could put it back the way it was and if they ask why the security sticker has been tampered with you can just act dumb and then say "Oh that I knocked it while taking my battery out".
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#65557 - Abcd1234 - Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:02 pm
Well, as long as you put that little sticker back in place, it's not like they'll be able to tell the fw was overwritten... it's bricked, remember? :)
#65561 - Mchart - Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:20 pm
| Abcd1234 wrote: |
| Well, as long as you put that little sticker back in place, it's not like they'll be able to tell the fw was overwritten... it's bricked, remember? :) |
I think they would be able to easily tell whether or not someone modified the firmware - Assuming they actually would take the time to do what they would need to do.
It would take them way to much time (and money) to see if the unit broke because he tried modifing the firmware. Most likely they would just replace it for free.
#65571 - JaJa - Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:17 am
It's a hardware fault, not caused by software.
Regardless of whether he flashed the unit or not this didn't cause the problem.
TBH they probably reflash all the RMA DS's they get anyway, as they reset the firmware.
Could also explains why the write-protect thing is so easy to get to.
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