1 3ds won’t turn on, battery’s good
I recently took my 3DS out of storage, after it hadn’t worked for a couple of years. It turned on, so then I went and tried putting in a few SD cards I had lying around. After about 5-10 minutes of this, it started to only work if you took the battery out for a few seconds, and then an hour or so later, it wouldn’t turn on at all. I’ve put the battery in a 2DS I have and it turned on so I know the battery’s good but other than that I’m at a lose of what to do.
Also the circle pad was replaced about 6 months back and the right shoulder button hasn’t worked in years (just including incase it helps). I would also ideally like to keep all the data on the system if possible, this was my childhood 3DS so I don’t really wanna lose my system saves and Eshop purchases.
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crwdns2944067:07crwdne2944067:0
Hi!
So when you try to turn it on, is the 3DS telling you something? Are all the LED's off? Or is it turning blue without getting anything on the screen? Did you tried to boot the 3DS without any SD card? Did you tried the 2DS it's battery on the 3DS?
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 koppie007 crwdne2934271:0
@dan0 it’s not displaying anything, just blank. the charging light comes on but the blue light does not, yes I have tried without an SD card and same result, I also tried the 2DS battery but also the same result.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 TatBou crwdne2934271:0
It sounds like a failed component on the logic from the description charging ic chip, capacitor or something . Might have to send it off to someone who specialises in board repair.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Daniel crwdne2934271:0
Try charging a battery in the 3ds then check it on the 2ds to see if it raised the battery level.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Daniel crwdne2934271:0
I’m still thinking something has shorted out on the board maybe not the charging ic but something. The way it was sporadically working is indicative of a failing component.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Daniel crwdne2934271:0
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