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#1 Scientist8
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Recently when I turn on my DS I don't see the green light but everything appears normal and plays ok, when it's low on battery the red light comes on just fine. I was wondering if anyone has experienced their DS not displaying the green light when on and if this is an early warning sign that it's going to crap out on my anytime soon. Or maybe I'm just looking for a scapegoat to get a DSi.

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#2 NightmareCV
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might just be that the green light isnt working. do you handle the ds rough?
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#3 dsownge
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As long as you can still play your games and don't suffer from having short battery life then you're fine.

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#4 TankZorz
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If it's still under warranty you can just call Nintendo and they can fix it for free. It probably won't cause any problems though.
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#5 InsultToInjury_
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As long as the red light is coming on to indicate that its about to conk out I dont see it being a major problem.
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#6 meiaman
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Actually this is more good than bad.

Assuming your battery wasnt affected or shortened the battery life or etc, then it means the battery should last a lil` longer, because it won`t use charge to power up a light.

I guess it shall last 30 more minutes than normally it would.

As long as the red light appears to warn you that the battery is almost running out of charge, then its not really a problem.

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#7 Scientist8
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alight cool, thanks

That would be nice if the theory of a longer battery life was true

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#8 Ghostspoon
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the green bulb could be broken
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#9 SiK99
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I guess it shall last 30 more minutes than normally it wouldmeiaman
Those are LED lights, aren't they? LEDs are known for their efficiency so I can't see them eating up 30 min of battery life. As for the original poster....I agree that as long as your red 'low battery' light still works I wouldn't worry about it.
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#10 deactivated-5dcf56330b5e0
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No. As long as everything else works fine, you shouldn't be worried.