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Hardware \ stuck or dead pixels on upper screen..

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Hey guys im a newie here, just have a question about the screen..my son has just dropped his DS and it now has a line on the upper screen of either stuck or dead pixels, im not sure which..they are all different colours..green, red, blue, yellow..just wondering if there is anyway to possibly fix this or how I go about replacing the screen if thats what needs to be done, it's not all that bad, but i just hate things that aren't how they're supposed to be lol..

thanks in advance....

20/01/2008

sydney

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nancy says:

try leting it sit mine did that before but if that dosent work there stuck really it depends where did it hit and how high it was

EDIT:any results

22/01/2008

philadelphia,pennsylvania,usa

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Juniiz says:

As long as the pixels aint black i think it is fixable i remember reading somewhere...Google it....looking a movie with flashing colours may help it get unstuck although you will need a r4 card or something to put it in...

Maybe run a game that repeats high flashing colours....although i can't think of one...

the black one means it is dead and completely not fixable

22/01/2008

melbourne, VIC

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pinktasha says:

well today it seems worse, we now have 2 dark black lines straight across the screen and one green one going down the screen, this is all on the upper screen, so now I guess I need to fix it, we only brought it just before christmas..but stupid me has lost our reciept...so does anyone know who or where in Sydney would be the best place to get it fixed?

23/01/2008

sydney

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Juniiz says:

maybe try to get a receipt or someone who purchased on recently...?i am sure you can find a friend or something.

23/01/2008

melbourne, VIC

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pinktasha says:

yeh, no body i know has brought one recently..i was actually thinking of buying a new one and returning this one....its just so frustrating that after only a few weeks its broken! lol...

23/01/2008

sydney

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VerWii says:

cgi.ebay.com/

seems cheap enough

and another

cgi.ebay.com.au/

with this other one you get a free tri-wing screwdriver for taking your case apart
cgi.ebay.com.au/

23/01/2008

Le' Ecosse

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pinktasha says:

thanks for that verwii, do u think they'd be ok though? I dont want to buy something and it ends up being dodgy lol..plus i really would have no idea how to replace it myself and knowing me if I tried I'd just stuff it up lol

23/01/2008

sydney

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VerWii says:

I'm sure there could be tutorials on line showing you how to replace it.
They all look good enough in my eyes. I'll have a quick look for tutorials for you.

23/01/2008

Le' Ecosse

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pinktasha says:

hey thanks heaps

23/01/2008

sydney

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VerWii says:

Have you tried ozmods for advice?? He knows his stuff pretty good.

I looked it up and apparently it involves a bit soldering?"

you might be able to buy the bits then send them to him for him to fix it?!

23/01/2008

Le' Ecosse

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Mario_DS says:

i have one dead pixel on the upper screen on my Ds but its only one, and i think it came like that, any way if you cant fix your DS sell it on ebay because some people who like to mod DS's might pay $40 or so for it. theres a new post that asks for broken DS, search for it.

24/01/2008

Ivalice

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pinktasha says:

I just paid $200 for the thing before christmas...there's no way Im selling it for $40 lol..ozmodchips referred me to someone who can help me out so I'll be going to see him when i get a chance..

25/01/2008

sydney

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VerWii says:

Glad your getting it fixed.

25/01/2008

Le' Ecosse

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melmel says:

i reckon just going back to the store and replacing is better than selling for 40 bucks.

25/01/2008

Sydney,New south wales

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pinktasha says:

If I hadn't lost the receipt I would be taking it back straight away...I might go see them though..I had it on layby so they may be able to look it up in the system and re print it for me maybe...If I can get them to do that it will save me the drive to Artarmon to see the other guy..

25/01/2008

sydney

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Raven6666 says:

If you're going to get it fixed, buy one of the wrist-straps so that there is less chance of them falling. Make sure the wrist-strap quality is good, and if it has a clip, don't trust it too much.

27/01/2008

Sydney

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Mates: 2

pinktasha says:

well i managed to find the reciept buried in a bag in our back room lol..basically spent all day today chasing it up, went to 1 kmart and was told sorry we cant do anything about it, so went to another one, who told me to call Nintendo and see what they say, so i did, and the guy at nintendo told me that the store should just replace it for me, told the girl and she was fine with it, but gave me a exchange voucher instead as they had none in stock, rang around and eventually found Broadway had 2 in stock so raced over there and picked up a new DS...so thanks for all your help and advice..Im just glad i got it all fixed up and didnt have to pay any extra (minus the petrol costs for today haha)

31/01/2008

sydney

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insectoid says:

well glad you got it all fixed up then

31/01/2008

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