HELP! Son's ds lite got run over

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#1 anothergale
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It's working and not even cracked anywhere but the two halves separated. The wires are all fine but I can't figure out how to reassemble at the hinge. Any hints? thanks
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#2 King9999
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You can get hinge replacements from various sites, but if you're not comfortable with disassembling your DS, you might want to call up Nintendo.

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#3 deactivated-57ad0e5285d73
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Maybe see what's available as far as cases go? Some of them hug the console pretty well.

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#4 anothergale
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Thanks for the quick replies. So I would need to take the whole thing apart to reassemble the hinge area? I don't mind taking it apart but I don't have the special screwdriver to do it. I do have an accidental death policy on it but there's a $50 copay and since it's working, I'd rather just get it back together. At least it seems to be working... I was hoping I could just snap the two parts together but no luck.
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#5 ZIVX
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There is a 1-2 year warranty, so you can send it in and in three weeks they would have fixed it free for free. All you need is the serial number on the back(or someone else's and glue it on). Though I'm not sure if they'll accept that kind of excessive damage. Contact them with the info on their site.

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#6 anothergale
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Well it quit turning on so something got messed up (beyond what was already messed up). We've had it for over a year and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't cover this (being run over, I mean). I think the reason it wasn't cracked up worse is because of the nerf cover. So anyway I will contact the insurance place. thanks all.
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#7 basia77
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Those nerf covers are pretty bad, dont use them in the future. Nerf should stick with making guns, not ds things
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#8 anothergale
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That cover has saved the ds (and the previous one) a few times. It's a pain to put on and take off though and it gets gross looking pretty fast.
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#9 TheeFuzz
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Run over it the DS in reverse. Should reverse the damage,

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#10 ZachMasta
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lol, GEENYIS!
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#11 Desulated
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Take it to a shop that specializes in repairing video game consoles. There's one close to where I live that repairs pretty much all known consoles (and sell some old games at a nice price to boot) for a small fee.

But if you don't have one of those shops nearby, the warranty might help.

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#12 anothergale
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Run over it the DS in reverse. Should reverse the damage,

TheeFuzz
LOL! If only that would work. Luckily I have my own DS so he's using it for now. Being verrrry careful.
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#13 stuartdotnet
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[QUOTE="TheeFuzz"]

Run over it the DS in reverse. Should reverse the damage,

anothergale

LOL! If only that would work. Luckily I have my own DS so he's using it for now. Being verrrry careful.

Hahaha! If that worked then I wouldn't have had a to trash a laptop that met a similar fate a few years ago.

I second what a few posters here have said. Take it to an electronics repair shop. They should be able to put it back together pretty quickly.

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#14 darkshadow64
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Nevermind the DS, is the car fine?
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#15 ZachMasta
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ya cuz running over a DS would damage the car.. haha. plus we all know its the DS that matters : >
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#16 RichardWrite
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You either need to try to find a power-up to heal it, or else try to find 100 coins lying around.....if you do, your DS gets a new life.

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#17 Jelley0
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You either need to try to find a power-up to heal it, or else try to find 100 coins lying around.....if you do, your DS gets a new life.

RichardWrite

I think you need a life :P

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#18 ZachMasta
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haha
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#19 ACL0V3R
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Run over it the DS in reverse. Should reverse the damage,

TheeFuzz

Lol.

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#20 martinX3X
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[QUOTE="RichardWrite"]

I think you need a life :P

Jelley0

[QUOTE="RichardWrite"]

You either need to try to find a power-up to heal it, or else try to find 100 coins lying around.....if you do, your DS gets a new life.

Jelley0

I think you need a life :P

Too much galaxy?