Talk:Nintendo DS Lite : Repair a broken console (blown fuse)
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Just thought I would let everyone know that is using this as a guide, if you solder the wire on to the bottom of the board to fix the F2 problem, make sure to cover the new connection with tape or something; if you dont, the fix (in my experience) will not work, but will after covered. Probably grounding out on the touch screen. Awesome guide though. =)
Great! After my wife broke the housing (really it wasn't me) I changed the housing and did not put the topscreen cable correctly back in place. Because of this the screens flickerd and went dead. After fixing the cable everything worked. Until the battery was running out. It wouldn't charge anymore. Reading this article helped me find the F1 fuse, soldered it out and made a link. Now it charges again, and everything seems the be running normal.
This was a very helpful and useful article. It just saved me $55.00 by not having to send it to Nintendo. FYI I used a 1.4mm slot precision screwdriver from Harbor Freight to undo the TriWing screws. Thank You!
Found this article after I chucked away a DS with this problem - what a shame !!
However, shorting out fuses is NOT a good idea - they are there for a reason, but while looking around found that someone had done research into power consumption on a DS (found at http://tim.cexx.org/?p=345)
Near bottom of article, you'll fine his recommendation into what fuse to use (I've repeated it below).Note that this is for F2 only
Fuse sizing (for everyone else who did something dumb and blew F2): I had some 500mA 0603 surface mount fuses laying around (Rezu project represent!), so I used one of these. I think it’s a good number given the above. Worst-case power usage I could produce was just a hair under 300mA, but some other DS slot 1/2 cards (games, flashcarts, rumble paks, specialty cards like the Opera Browser cart with onboard RAM) may draw more juice (still, I doubt it would bring the total over 500mA). Even if you’re sticking your own Pentium 4 accelerator card in there, I wouldn’t advise sizing the fuse above about 750mA, absolute max. It’s there in part to keep the Li-Ion battery pack from going all Sony Vaio on you and melting your pocket into hot slag if something in the DS shorts.
My F2 was blown. Thank you for the tips. I wonder what the correct value of F2 is? I replaced it with a wire thinner than hair, hoping it will blow if a coin finds its way into the game slot again. Hope not.
Great guide. however, though it mentions that fuses can be replaced (even with a reference to an ebay-dealer in them), what misses is the requirement for the fuses. I've looked for them and found that both the F1 and F2-fuse in the DS-lite are "1amp size 0603 fast SMD". Maybe that also could be included in the article. By the way: for the DS ('the old one') the fuse should be "0,5amp 0603 fast SMD" (surface-mounted)...
