Hi Everyone,
I used to fix DS Lite consoles until around 2016, so I've seen a few.
Last week I purchased 3 replacement top screens from China from 3 different sellers.
2 arrived this week and both have a dead pixel on them.
The third one arrived today and I have never seen one like it, my first thought was god I've waited a week and they've sent the wrong one
As you can see, the ribbon that gets rolled up connects to a short ribbon on the screen, so if your hinge breaks and your ribbon splits - you can just replace the ribbon and you would only need to solder the speakers on.
If you look closely, it looks like a bottom screen that has been fitted into the casing from the top screen.
I actually love the idea, over the years thousands of top screens that were in fully working order with the exception of a split ribbon cable must have been thrown away, if these had been fitted originally it would have been so much better for the environment.
The beauty of this is, if it has a dead pixel like the other 2 I bought, I have several spare bottom screens so I should be able to just plug one of them into it instead.
So I was wondering if anyone knew how long they have been making them like this? and I'm assuming later models of the DS Lite never had this type fitted as standard?
Any idea if it is possible to buy just the ribbon adaptor/converter on its own? the whole thing was £8 but I would be willing to pay that just for the ribbon converter.
I used to fix DS Lite consoles until around 2016, so I've seen a few.
Last week I purchased 3 replacement top screens from China from 3 different sellers.
2 arrived this week and both have a dead pixel on them.
The third one arrived today and I have never seen one like it, my first thought was god I've waited a week and they've sent the wrong one
As you can see, the ribbon that gets rolled up connects to a short ribbon on the screen, so if your hinge breaks and your ribbon splits - you can just replace the ribbon and you would only need to solder the speakers on.
If you look closely, it looks like a bottom screen that has been fitted into the casing from the top screen.
I actually love the idea, over the years thousands of top screens that were in fully working order with the exception of a split ribbon cable must have been thrown away, if these had been fitted originally it would have been so much better for the environment.
The beauty of this is, if it has a dead pixel like the other 2 I bought, I have several spare bottom screens so I should be able to just plug one of them into it instead.
So I was wondering if anyone knew how long they have been making them like this? and I'm assuming later models of the DS Lite never had this type fitted as standard?
Any idea if it is possible to buy just the ribbon adaptor/converter on its own? the whole thing was £8 but I would be willing to pay that just for the ribbon converter.
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