A friend gave me his 3DS XL since it was having problems reading game cards. I was able to fix that easily. After that I opened it up just to clean the inside since it's pretty old and dirty. After I reassembled it, it wouldn't turn back on. The blue light turns on and stays on, the screens turn on but stay black, and nothing else happens. I double checked all the connections on the inside and they all seem fine. The battery is super bloated, so I assume it's a power issue. I tried using my own battery but it still had the same problem. I tried turning it on with and without the SD card, and with the charger plugged in. When I plug in the charger without the battery, the orange light turns on for a few seconds, then turns off. The 3DS doesn't have homebrew, it's all vanilla. Since it's not mine, I'm willing to do everything I can to fix it, even if a part needs replacing. Please let me know if you have any recommendations.
EDIT: I tried booting the 3DS in "safe mode" by holding L+R+A+up on the dpad. The same thing happens, but now the yellow wireless light is on too.
A friend gave me his 3DS XL since it was having problems reading game cards. I was able to fix that easily. After that I opened it up just to clean the inside since it's pretty old and dirty. After I reassembled it, it wouldn't turn back on. The blue light turns on and stays on, the screens turn on but stay black, and nothing else happens. I double checked all the connections on the inside and they all seem fine. The battery is super bloated, so I assume it's a power issue. I tried using my own battery but it still had the same problem. I tried turning it on with and without the SD card, and with the charger plugged in. The 3DS doesn't have homebrew, it's all vanilla. Since it's not mine, I'm willing to do everything I can to fix it, even if a part needs replacing. Please let me know if you have any recommendations.
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A friend gave me his 3DS XL since it was having problems reading game cards. I was able to fix that easily. After that I opened it up just to clean the inside since it's pretty old and dirty. After I reassembled it, it wouldn't turn back on. The blue light turns on and stays on, the screens turn on but stay black, and nothing else happens. I double checked all the connections on the inside and they all seem fine. The battery is super bloated, so I assume it's a power issue. I tried using my own battery but it still had the same problem. I tried turning it on with and without the SD card, and with the charger plugged in. When I plug in the charger without the battery, the orange light turns on for a few seconds, then turns off. The 3DS doesn't have homebrew, it's all vanilla. Since it's not mine, I'm willing to do everything I can to fix it, even if a part needs replacing. Please let me know if you have any recommendations.
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EDIT: I tried booting the 3DS in "safe mode" by holding L+R+A+up on the dpad. The same thing happens, but now the yellow wireless light is on too.
A friend gave me his 3DS XL since it was having problems reading game cards. I was able to fix that easily. After that I opened it up just to clean the inside since it's pretty old and dirty. After I reassembled it, it wouldn't turn back on. The blue light turns on and stays on, the screens turn on but stay black, and nothing else happens. I double checked all the connections on the inside and they all seem fine. The battery is super bloated, so I assume it's a power issue. I tried using my own battery but it still had the same problem. I tried turning it on with and without the SD card, and with the charger plugged in. The 3DS doesn't have homebrew, it's all vanilla. Since it's not mine, I'm willing to do everything I can to fix it, even if a part needs replacing. Please let me know if you have any recommendations.