How To Repair 3ds Hinge

Repair guide : Swivel Nintendo 3DS Twoscore

Level : Very difficult Fourth dimension : 90 min Writer : Alexandre

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This guide is for replacing the swivel on the Nintendo 3DS Twoscore.

Problems :

Cleaved hinge
No more than resistance when opening the top screen

Some advice before yous commencement

Repair - Repair guide: Hinge Nintendo 3DS XL

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Step 1

Earlier replacing the hinge, y'all have to turn off the device for condom reasons.

To practise so, press the ability button for a few seconds and click on "turn off".

Step 2

Grab the stylus.

Remove it.

Step three

The stylus of your Nintendo 3DS 40 is at present disassembled.

Step iv

Press the game cartridge.

Take hold of and remove it.

Step 5

Remove the two cruciform screws circled in cherry with a cruciform screw.

They secure the rear case.

Pace 6

Use the iSesamo in order to unclip the lower case.

Remove it.

Stride 7

The lower example of your Nintendo 3DS XL is now disassembled.

Step eight

Use the nylon spudger in guild to pry on the right side of the battery to remove it.

Step ix

The battery of your Nintendo 3DS XL is now disassembled.

Step x

Remove the v cruciform screws that secure the rear instance.

Step 11

Apply the iSesamo and remove the white rubber that encompass the screws located on the meridian part of the rear case.

Step 12

Remove the two cruciform screws.

Step xiii

Grab the consummate rear case and flip it to a ninety° angle.

Conscientious, two cables are still attached to the logic board.

Step 14

With the nylon spudger, disconnect the two Fifty and R trigger cables.

Stride 15

The rear case of your 3DS XL is at present entirely removed.

Step 16

Remove the ii cruciform screws circled in red.

They secure the circle pad joystick.

Step 17

Grab the circumvolve pad joystick with a pair of tweezers and put it aside.

Don't remove it entirely, information technology is still attached to the logic lath.

Step xviii

With the nylon spudger, unlock the connector from the circle pad joystick cable.

Then grab information technology with a pair of tweezers and remove it.

Footstep 19

The circle pad joystick of your Nintendo 3DS XL is now disassembled.

Step twenty

With the nylon spudger, gently pry on the WiFi board and disconnect it.

Disconnect and remove the WiFi antenna with the spudger.

Footstep 21

With the spudger's tip, remove the microphone from its socket.

Then unlock the connector from the microphone.

Pace 22

Grab the microphone and remove it.

Step 23

Unlock the connector from the touch screen with the spudger and remove the cable.

Pace 24

Echo that same step for the bottom screen connector.

Footstep 25

Then disconnect the speaker cable and remove it from its connector.

Step 26

Then disconnect the camera cablevision.

Remove it from its connector.

Step 27

Utilise a nylon spudger and unlock the volume cable connector.

Repeat that pace for the lesser impact screen cable.

Footstep 28

Utilize the nylon spudger and remove the impact screen cablevision from its connector.

Footstep 29

With the cruciform screwdriver, remove the 10 screws circled in red that secure the logic board.

Step 30

Remove the white plastic pieces from the lower left and right hand corners with either your fingers or tweezers.

Step 31

Catch the logic lath and flip information technology to a 90° angle.

Don't remove it merely yet, it is still attached to the game console.

Footstep 32

Unlock the top screen cable with the spudger and remove it.

Step 33

The logic board of your Nintendo 3DS XL is now disassembled.

Step 34

Grab the volume cable and remove it with a pair of tweezers.

Step 35

Gently run the iSesamo around the LCD screen in club to lift it and take hold of it more easily.

Stride 36

The LCD screen of your Nintendo 3DS XL is now disassembled.

Step 37

With a apartment screwdriver, peel off the four stickers that hide the screen cruciform screws.

Remove them.

Footstep 38

Then insert a nylon spudger in the interstice between the screen and acme instance and pry to unclip it every bit shown on the pictures.

Step 39

So unclip the correct and height side of the case following the previous footstep.

Pace xl

Unclip the left side.

Remove the superlative case.

Step 41

The top example of your Nintendo 3DS 40 is at present disassembled.

Step 42

With a cruciform screwdriver, remove the screw circled in carmine that secures the right side of the speaker cable.

Step 43

Peel off the correct side of the speaker cable with an iSesamo.

Pace 44

Grab the camera LED cable and peel it off.

Stride 45

With the iSesamo, peel off the correct speaker.

Step 46

Unlock i by one the two screen cable connectors with the nylon spudger.

Step 47

With the nylon spudger, remove the first screen cable.

Do the same with the 2nd one.

Footstep 48

With the spudger's tip, pare off the speaker cable.

Step 49

Use the flat screwdriver and gently push to the right as shown to push in the hinge.

Remove the hinge bracket.

Step fifty

Grab the top block and remove the right side.

Step 51

Very gently, remove the screen cablevision and separate the elevation block from the rest of the device.

Step 52

The top cake is now separated from the rest of the game console.

Footstep 53

Pare off the WiFi antenna with the iSesamo.

Pace 54

Proceed using the iSesamo and remove the camera cablevision from its socket and flip it to a xc° angle.

Step 55

Take hold of the screen and flip it to a xc° angle.

Footstep 56

Catch the WiFi antenna and remove it.

Step 57

The WiFi antenna of your Nintendo 3DS XL is now disassembled.

Footstep 58

Grab the speaker cable and remove it from the top block.

Step 59

The speaker cable of your 3DS Xl is no disassembled.

Stride 60

So remove the screen cable from the correct hinge and remove it.

Stride 61

The superlative screen of your Nintendo 3DS Xl is at present disassembled.

Step 62

Remove the camera cablevision through the right hinge.

Footstep 63

The photographic camera cablevision of your Nintendo 3DS XL is now disassembled.

Pace 64

Use the flat screwdriver to remove the swivel from its socket.

Step 65

The hinge is now disassembled.

You tin replace it with a new one if needed.

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