Nintendo Ds Upper Lcd Screen Replacement Repair Guide

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Moderate

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Time Required

                          20 minutes - 1 hour

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Battery
3 steps
Back Panel
2 steps
Motherboard replacement.
5 steps
Top LCD Screen
7 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery

Remove the cartridge from the console.
Use a Phillips #00 Screwdriver to remove the screw securing the battery door to the rear case.
Remove the battery door.
In the images, it shows that the fixer is using a flathead screwdriver. This flathead screwdriver will work just like the Phillips #00 Screwdriver.

Remove the cartridge from the console.

Use a Phillips #00 Screwdriver to remove the screw securing the battery door to the rear case.

Remove the battery door.

In the images, it shows that the fixer is using a flathead screwdriver. This flathead screwdriver will work just like the Phillips #00 Screwdriver.

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Step 2

Use a plastic opening tool or spudger to pry out the battery from the bottom. If a plastic opening tool or spudger isn’t available, your fingernails may work.

Use a plastic opening tool or spudger to pry out the battery from the bottom. If a plastic opening tool or spudger isn’t available, your fingernails may work.

Step 3

Remove the battery from the Nintendo DS.

Remove the battery from the Nintendo DS.

Step 4

              Back Panel

Remove the seven Y00 screws located on the back.
If your DS has a lanyard attached to it, you can remove it to make the process of opening the top-left screw easier.

Remove the seven Y00 screws located on the back.

If your DS has a lanyard attached to it, you can remove it to make the process of opening the top-left screw easier.

Step 5

With your hands, pry the back panel off the main case.
Separate the back from the front, and set it aside.

With your hands, pry the back panel off the main case.

Separate the back from the front, and set it aside.

Step 6

              Motherboard replacement.

Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the four screws on the circuit board.
Be careful NOT to slip with the screwdriver, you can damage the circuit board!

Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the four screws on the circuit board.

Be careful NOT to slip with the screwdriver, you can damage the circuit board!

Step 7

Unlock the two large ribbon cables by moving the black clip up.
Carefully pull the ribbon cables down and out with your fingers.
Do not use pliers to pull the cables, as they can be damaged easily.

Unlock the two large ribbon cables by moving the black clip up.

Carefully pull the ribbon cables down and out with your fingers.

Do not use pliers to pull the cables, as they can be damaged easily.

Step 8

Locate the two small ribbon cables, beneath the rightmost large ribbon cable.
Slide the locks for the small ribbon cables down to the side, and remove the cables.
It may be useful to use tweezers to remove the small ribbon cables.
Be careful not to damage the delicate ribbon cables.

Locate the two small ribbon cables, beneath the rightmost large ribbon cable.

Slide the locks for the small ribbon cables down to the side, and remove the cables.

It may be useful to use tweezers to remove the small ribbon cables.

Be careful not to damage the delicate ribbon cables.

Step 9

Locate the Wifi antenna pigtail connector.
Remove the antenna by grasping it at the head with tweezers. Using a slight rocking motion, pull up to dislodge the connector.

Locate the Wifi antenna pigtail connector.

Remove the antenna by grasping it at the head with tweezers. Using a slight rocking motion, pull up to dislodge the connector.

Step 10

Feed the ribbon cables through the opening on the board.
Pull up and remove the circuit board, and set it aside.

Feed the ribbon cables through the opening on the board.

Pull up and remove the circuit board, and set it aside.

Step 11

              Remove the screw covers

Use a flathead screwdriver, tweezers, a toothpick or dental tool to remove rubber covers on screen.
Then using a #00 Phillips head screw driver to remove the screws beneath.

Use a flathead screwdriver, tweezers, a toothpick or dental tool to remove rubber covers on screen.

Then using a #00 Phillips head screw driver to remove the screws beneath.

Step 12

              Remove the front cover

Using a plastic opening tool, pry the edges of the plastic case apart at the seam.

Using a plastic opening tool, pry the edges of the plastic case apart at the seam.

Step 13

              Separate the top cover

Separate the top cover from the body.
Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the screw holding the hinge cover in place.
Remove the hinge cover and set it aside.

Separate the top cover from the body.

Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the screw holding the hinge cover in place.

Remove the hinge cover and set it aside.

Step 14

Feed the ribbon cables and the Wifi pigtail cable through the opening in the hinge cover.
Remove the yellow spacer, and set aside.

Feed the ribbon cables and the Wifi pigtail cable through the opening in the hinge cover.

Remove the yellow spacer, and set aside.

Step 15

              Remove the speaker boards

Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the two screws holding down the speaker circuit boards.
Remove the two small circuit boards and set aside.
Be careful of the small red and black wires connecting the two circuit boards not to break them.

Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the two screws holding down the speaker circuit boards.

Remove the two small circuit boards and set aside.

Be careful of the small red and black wires connecting the two circuit boards not to break them.

Step 16

Move the black lock on the two large ribbon cables up with a pry tool, and gently pull out the two ribbon cables.
For the small ribbon cable, pull the lock downwards.
Gently pull out the small ribbon cable from the connector.
Set the two small circuit boards aside
Be careful not to damage the two delicate ribbon cables when removing them from the DS.

Move the black lock on the two large ribbon cables up with a pry tool, and gently pull out the two ribbon cables.

For the small ribbon cable, pull the lock downwards.

Gently pull out the small ribbon cable from the connector.

Set the two small circuit boards aside

Be careful not to damage the two delicate ribbon cables when removing them from the DS.

Step 17

              Remove the screen

Using a pry tool, gently lift the top screen out of the shell.
Set the top screen aside

Using a pry tool, gently lift the top screen out of the shell.

Set the top screen aside

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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PohTayToez - Jul 21, 2010

Unlike the DS Lite and later models, there is no reason to take apart the bottom portion of the original DS in order to remove the top screen. The first ten steps of this guide could be skipped.

truenhete TrueNhero - Sep 26, 2016

Thanks great advice

David Moore - Jan 28, 2017

Can a ds lite screen be used to repair a ds??

Del Riordan - Jan 9, 2021

Nope, Nintendo engineered the Lite as a refinement of the original. Therefore almost every component is different! Likely to become cheaper to manufacture.

Can a ds lite screen be used to repair a ds one?? Lots of ds lite screens about……

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