DS won't turn on, can charge

That does sound werid, maybe something moved inside after the fall? How old is it maybe the battery is dead?

Same thing happened to my sister's DSi, try bending the screen back a bit when turning it on that's how i got her's to turn on.

That does sound werid, maybe something moved inside after the fall? How old is it maybe the battery is dead?

Cruse34

If his battery was dead, it would still power up when plugged in.

I would probably guess you knocked something out inside.

Late reply but so far I'm guessing the battery being dead is ruled out.

There is no distorted sound so that's ruled out.

Though when I shake it, I hear something rattling inside. It seems like something really small though from what I can tell.

Only problem here is I have no idea what to do if I open it, and how to fix whatever problem there is.

Late reply but so far I'm guessing the battery being dead is ruled out.

There is no distorted sound so that's ruled out.

Though when I shake it, I hear something rattling inside. It seems like something really small though from what I can tell.

Only problem here is I have no idea what to do if I open it, and how to fix whatever problem there is.

Ammar-Q

Yeah, I had a feeling it would be something like that.

Hmm, I'm trying to picture what on the motherboard it could be that dislodged--as I recently opened my ds lite (well for case modding purposes, nothing was broken or anything....not counting when accidentally effed my touch screen up though, lol. i did fix that don't worry) and I'm trying to remember some of the parts that could possibly come loose like that.

Does the green (or red if it's not charged or if something is wrong) light still come on, at all, when you slide the power button or is that not working either?

The only thing I would say is, if you feel comfortable in you electronics disassembling skills (and it's no longer in warranty)--then I'd say take it apart. Hey, after all it's already broken for the most part, so you can't do no more harm to see. If nothing else but to see what it is that has broken off. You may not know exactly what to do but then again there are mounts of things on the internet (I go to youtube often for good tuts on repairing) and forums that can help you figure out what to do once you can identify what it is that's broken.

....or if all else fails (or you don't feel like going through the trouble depending on how old your system is) then you could always pick up another ds lite on the cheap from somewhere like Ebay or whatever.

Nope no green light. By the sound that's coming from the rattling I'd describe it as similar to something like shaking a pin in a jar, glass etc.

Well I think I'll open it as I have dissasembled things before and as you mentioned there's always google. Though searching wont be of much use as I tried that and this doesn't seem to be a common problem. Though if you meant looking at pictures of dissasembled ds's then I see what you mean.

I'll probably try dissassembling it tommorow, quite tired today and I don't want to mess any thing up.

Will report back :D

Nope no green light. By the sound that's coming from the rattling I'd describe it as similar to something like shaking a pin in a jar, glass etc.

Well I think I'll open it as I have dissasembled things before and as you mentioned there's always google. Though searching wont be of much use as I tried that and this doesn't seem to be a common problem. Though if you meant looking at pictures of dissasembled ds's then I see what you mean.

I'll probably try dissassembling it tommorow, quite tired today and I don't want to mess any thing up.

Will report back :D

Ammar-Q

But if you can't fix it, it will cost you mega bucks to have it rpaired since the warrenty will now be voided. ($60-70 US at the least)

But if you can't fix it, it will cost you mega bucks to have it rpaired since the warrenty will now be voided. ($60-70 US at the least)

Calvin079

I have the same problem, but I think it's because my cable doesn't go into the plug hole all the way, how deep is the plug supposed to go into the DS?

EDIT BY AMNESIAC23: Please don't bump old threads. Closing topic.