Hardware Homebrew black screen, "new 3ds only fcram corruption" what it mean ? and what are my options ?

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I was using my 3DS when I get an error.
I start to receive this error all the time I try to turn on my device.
After that, I try to solve the problem by follow some guides, recommended by the homebrew Nintendo discord people.
Until I get the black screen with blue light when try to boot. (I still have access to GM9)
What eventually took me to the wiki hacks guide 3DS Hardware_test
After I completed, I receive this:
===== 3ds_hw_test by aspargas2 - commit 99bdc6e =====
[ARM9] Note: launched with bootroms unlocked
[ARM11] Hello from ARM11
[ARM9] Testing ARM9 Internal Memory ...
[ARM9] Running Walking Ones Test...
[ARM11] Testing DSP Memory ...
[ARM11] Running Walking Ones Test...
[ARM9] Running Own Address Test...
[ARM11] Running Own Address Test...
[ARM11] Running Moving Inversions Test, Ones & Zeros...
[ARM9] Running Moving Inversions Test, Ones & Zeros...
[ARM11] Running Moving inversions Test, 8 Bit Patterns...
[ARM9] Running Moving inversions Test, 8 Bit Patterns...
[ARM11] Setting up Bit Fade Test...
[ARM11]
[ARM11] Testing AXI Work RAM ...
[ARM11] Running Walking Ones Test...
[ARM11] Running Own Address Test...
[ARM11] Running Moving Inversions Test, Ones & Zeros...
[ARM11] Running Moving inversions Test, 8 Bit Patterns...
[ARM9] Setting up Bit Fade Test...
[ARM9]
[ARM9] Testing New3DS Extended ARM9 Memory ...
[ARM9] Running Walking Ones Test...
[ARM9] Running Own Address Test...
[ARM9] Running Moving Inversions Test, Ones & Zeros...
[ARM9] Running Moving inversions Test, 8 Bit Patterns...
[ARM9] Setting up Bit Fade Test...
[ARM9]
[ARM9] Waiting on remaining bit fades to finish ...
[ARM11] Setting up Bit Fade Test...
[ARM11]
[ARM11] Testing FCRAM ...
[ARM11] Running Walking Ones Test...
[ARM11] Running Own Address Test...
[ARM11] Running Moving Inversions Test, Ones & Zeros...
[ARM9] Processing bit fade pattern 0 for ARM9 Internal Memory...
[ARM9] Processing bit fade pattern 0 for New3DS Extended ARM9 Memory...
[ARM11] Processing bit fade pattern 0 for DSP Memory...
[ARM11] Processing bit fade pattern 0 for AXI Work RAM...
[ARM11] Running Moving inversions Test, 8 Bit Patterns...
[ARM9] Processing bit fade pattern ffffffff for ARM9 Internal Memory...
[ARM9] Processing bit fade pattern ffffffff for New3DS Extended ARM9 Memory...
[ARM11] Processing bit fade pattern ffffffff for DSP Memory...
[ARM11] Processing bit fade pattern ffffffff for AXI Work RAM...
[ARM11] Setting up Bit Fade Test...
[ARM11]
[ARM11] Testing New3DS Extended FCRAM ...
[ARM11] Running Walking Ones Test...
[ARM11] Running Own Address Test...
[ARM11] Running Moving Inversions Test, Ones & Zeros...
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: ffffffff -> fffffffe
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: ffffffff -> fffffffe
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: ffffffff -> fffffffe
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: ffffffff -> fffffffe
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: ffffffff -> fffffffe
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: ffffffff -> fffffffe
[ARM11] Processing bit fade pattern 0 for FCRAM...
[ARM11] Running Moving inversions Test, 8 Bit Patterns...
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: 1010101 -> 1010100
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: 1010101 -> 1010100
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: 1010101 -> 1010100
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: fdfdfdfd -> fdfdfdfc
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: fdfdfdfd -> fdfdfdfc
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: fdfdfdfd -> fdfdfdfc
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: fdfdfdfd -> fdfdfdfc
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: fbfbfbfb -> fbfbfbfa
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: fbfbfbfb -> fbfbfbfa
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: fbfbfbfb -> fbfbfbfa
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: f7f7f7f7 -> f7f7f7f6
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: f7f7f7f7 -> f7f7f7f6
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: f7f7f7f7 -> f7f7f7f6
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: dfdfdfdf -> dfdfdfde
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: dfdfdfdf -> dfdfdfde
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: dfdfdfdf -> dfdfdfde
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: bfbfbfbf -> bfbfbfbe
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: bfbfbfbf -> bfbfbfbe
[ARM11] 2a958f5c: bfbfbfbf -> bfbfbfbe
[ARM11] Processing bit fade pattern ffffffff for FCRAM...
[ARM11] Setting up Bit Fade Test...
[ARM11]
[ARM11] Waiting on remaining bit fades to finish ...
[ARM11] Processing bit fade pattern 0 for New3DS Extended FCRAM...
[ARM11] Processing bit fade pattern ffffffff for New3DS Extended FCRAM...
[ARM11] Waiting on ARM9-side tests to finish ...
[ARM11] Done. 25 total errors detected.
[ARM9] Deinitializing SD log...


I share with the discord people, and they said was: new 3ds only fcram corruption. But what is this? What are my options ? What else I can do? Could be another thing ?

I'm a confused person right now, I would love someone can clarify that for me, thanks.
 
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First thing I would do is run the test another time, to make sure that you get the same thing. If you do, that means your ram chip is bad. The only option to fix this is to have the ram chip replaced, which unless you are good at BGA work and have the relevant supplies, is gonna cost more than just getting a new motherboard. (if you do, luckily I dont think a donor board is necessary, it seems that this chip is a standard one and places actually keep it in stock.)

One other thing to look into is seeing if you could just install the old 3ds's firmware and software, no guarantee that this would fix it or that you wouldnt brick your system but i would think it would work
 

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First thing I would do is run the test another time, to make sure that you get the same thing. If you do, that means your ram chip is bad. The only option to fix this is to have the ram chip replaced, which unless you are good at BGA work and have the relevant supplies, is gonna cost more than just getting a new motherboard. (if you do, luckily I dont think a donor board is necessary, it seems that this chip is a standard one and places actually keep it in stock.)

One other thing to look into is seeing if you could just install the old 3ds's firmware and software, no guarantee that this would fix it or that you wouldnt brick your system but i would think it would work
Thanks for the info, so I would like to downgrade my 3ds to a old 3ds, how I can do this? Do you know any thing that could help to do that ?
 

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Thanks for the info, so I would like to downgrade my 3ds to a old 3ds, how I can do this? Do you know any thing that could help to do that ?
no, I don't know if it's even possible so you would have to research it yourself.
 

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