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Switch all blog articles to use images hosted on CDN
This fixes the lack of images in the two most recent articles. Also added json to Gemfile because it fixes a ruby issue on some systems.
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# gem "rails"
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gem "jekyll", "~> 4.2"
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gem "jekyll", ">= 4.3"
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group :jekyll_plugins do
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gem 'jekyll-sitemap'
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gem 'jekyll-redirect-from'
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gem "webrick", "~> 1.7"
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gem "webrick", ">= 1.8"
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gem "json"
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jekyll (>= 3.7, < 5.0)
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jekyll-watch (2.2.1)
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listen (~> 3.0)
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json (2.7.1)
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kramdown (2.4.0)
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rexml
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kramdown-parser-gfm (1.1.0)
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DEPENDENCIES
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2.4.17
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<div class="text-center pt-3">
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<h1>{{ page.title }}</h1>
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<h3>Article published {{ page.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}</h3>
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<h3>Article Published {{ page.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}</h3>
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<p><a href=/dsi.html><- Back</a></p>
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<div class="container">
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layout: dsipage
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alt: https://gbatemp.net/blogs/poor-poor-3ds.18690/
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Today a friend gave my his 3DS to fix. He had bricked it back in 2018, and had no idea what to do.<img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/13_06_00_0-png.294245/" style="width:40%;height:auto;"><br>Note: the hinge is purely cosmetic. His friend dropped it a bit before it got bricked
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<br><br>I took the 3DS and looked it over. I felt sorry for that thing. The top screen was barely connected (it was hanging from the top screen's cables), it wouldn't charge, and it wouldn't turn on. He said he bricked it with a flashcart, but he only has an R4. I heard that you can't brick a 3DS with an R4, so I have no clue what happened. Anyways, I took it apart and tried to first see why it wouldn't charge. The board was in surprisingly good condition.<br><img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/00_00_37_0-png.294249/" style="width:40%;height:auto;"><img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/00_00_46_0-png.294250/" style="width:40%;height:auto;"><br>
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I flipped the board over and checked the fuses, but those weren't the issue. I noticed the charging port was very wobbly and I took a closer look. The thing was barely soldered onto the board. Only one pin was still soldered to the board, and the rest were barely making contact. I asked and he said that he had work done on it before. Whoever replaced/fixed it before really didn't do a good job. That, or the solder they used was horrible and came off long after.<br><img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/00_02_02_0-png.294251/" style="width:40%;height:auto;"><br>
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Today a friend gave my his 3DS to fix. He had bricked it back in 2018, and had no idea what to do.<img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-01-18-poor-poor-3ds-part-one/13_06_00_0.webp" style="width:40%;height:auto;"><br>Note: the hinge is purely cosmetic. His friend dropped it a bit before it got bricked
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<br><br>I took the 3DS and looked it over. I felt sorry for that thing. The top screen was barely connected (it was hanging from the top screen's cables), it wouldn't charge, and it wouldn't turn on. He said he bricked it with a flashcart, but he only has an R4. I heard that you can't brick a 3DS with an R4, so I have no clue what happened. Anyways, I took it apart and tried to first see why it wouldn't charge. The board was in surprisingly good condition.<br><img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-01-18-poor-poor-3ds-part-one/00_00_37_0.webp" style="width:40%;height:auto;"><img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-01-18-poor-poor-3ds-part-one/00_00_46_0.webp" style="width:40%;height:auto;"><br>
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I flipped the board over and checked the fuses, but those weren't the issue. I noticed the charging port was very wobbly and I took a closer look. The thing was barely soldered onto the board. Only one pin was still soldered to the board, and the rest were barely making contact. I asked and he said that he had work done on it before. Whoever replaced/fixed it before really didn't do a good job. That, or the solder they used was horrible and came off long after.<br><img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-01-18-poor-poor-3ds-part-one/00_02_02_0.webp" style="width:40%;height:auto;"><br>
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I've still got to put it back on (and do it properly unlike that person) and test it out. Then I'll need to figure out how to fix the brick, if it is actually bricked (it probably is. It sounded exactly like when I broke my 3DS's NAND). Stay tuned for part 2 of me trying to fix a 3DS.
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Sorry if I keep on putting out blogs and annoy everyone, but IT WORKS IT WORKS IT WORKS!<br>
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Look! I swapped batteries (the original one was completely dead) and it worked!
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<br><img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/hni_0007-jpg.294265/" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;"><br>But wait... didn't he say it was bricked? That really doesn't look like a brick to me. Unless brick = working perfectly.<br><img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/hni_0008-jpg.294266/" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;"><br>All it was was the battery. Waaaaaay simpler than I had expected. But, sadly, the bottom screen isn't displaying anything. It reads my inputs and it glows slightly, but it doesn't show much. I'll ask some people in a sever I'm a part of for any ideas. See you then!<br><br>---Fancy transition---<br><br>
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I'm back. I checked the ribbon cables and one of them was slightly loose. I put it in properly this time.<br><img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/hni_0009-jpg.294339/" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;"><br>(decided to try my flashcart, cause I haven't used it in a while and wanted to see if it worked. It does! Maybe I can do ntrboot with it)
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<br><img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-01-19-poor-poor-3ds-part-two/HNI_0007.JPG" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;"><br>But wait... didn't he say it was bricked? That really doesn't look like a brick to me. Unless brick = working perfectly.<br><img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-01-19-poor-poor-3ds-part-two/HNI_0008.JPG" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;"><br>All it was was the battery. Waaaaaay simpler than I had expected. But, sadly, the bottom screen isn't displaying anything. It reads my inputs and it glows slightly, but it doesn't show much. I'll ask some people in a sever I'm a part of for any ideas. See you then!<br><br>---Fancy transition---<br><br>
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I'm back. I checked the ribbon cables and one of them was slightly loose. I put it in properly this time.<br><img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-01-19-poor-poor-3ds-part-two/HNI_0009.JPG" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;"><br>(decided to try my flashcart, cause I haven't used it in a while and wanted to see if it worked. It does! Maybe I can do ntrboot with it)
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I'm nearly done. I still have to fix the charging port, the case, and hack the console. This supposedly "already hacked" 3DS doesn't appear to be hacked. It might have been, but I'm doubtful.<br><br>I also found more issues with it. The cartridge and SD slots are disgusting, some of the screw holes are stripped (same goes for the screws), the R button's ribbon cable has been cut, and the wireless slider isn't working (should be easy enough to fix, I think it is just loose). He wants me to go out and buy a new battery (and probably a new R button), so I guess I'll do that sometime soon. He's paying for it, and I'm getting some flashcarts, so I guess it's worth the time. But, as Mr. DeadSkullzJr said,<br><img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/1642608931079-png.294342/" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;"><br>I'll see you in part 3.
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I'm nearly done. I still have to fix the charging port, the case, and hack the console. This supposedly "already hacked" 3DS doesn't appear to be hacked. It might have been, but I'm doubtful.<br><br>I also found more issues with it. The cartridge and SD slots are disgusting, some of the screw holes are stripped (same goes for the screws), the R button's ribbon cable has been cut, and the wireless slider isn't working (should be easy enough to fix, I think it is just loose). He wants me to go out and buy a new battery (and probably a new R button), so I guess I'll do that sometime soon. He's paying for it, and I'm getting some flashcarts, so I guess it's worth the time. But, as Mr. DeadSkullzJr said,<br><img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-01-19-poor-poor-3ds-part-two/1642608931079.png" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;"><br>I'll see you in part 3.
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I played around with the 3D effects for a bit (I've only ever had a 2DS, so it was neat to see), then set up my flashcart. I flashed ntrboot, looked for a magnet, held some buttons, and I was on the b9s installer.<br>
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<img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/hni_0012-jpg.294433/" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;"><br>Did some more boring stuff like backing up the NAND, then I installed Luma3DS. I did it! I hacked that sad little console. There was one problem though... I was wrong about two things. The trigger button with the broken ribbon cable was actually the left one (so no rosalina menu 'cause you need L+down+select), and the right trigger button was broken for some other reason. So yeah, both of those are gone. I'll send an email to the store, and hopefully they'll have a scrap 3DS. I need those parts!<br><br>
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<img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-01-19-poor-poor-3ds-part-three/HNI_0012.JPG" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;"><br>Did some more boring stuff like backing up the NAND, then I installed Luma3DS. I did it! I hacked that sad little console. There was one problem though... I was wrong about two things. The trigger button with the broken ribbon cable was actually the left one (so no rosalina menu 'cause you need L+down+select), and the right trigger button was broken for some other reason. So yeah, both of those are gone. I'll send an email to the store, and hopefully they'll have a scrap 3DS. I need those parts!<br><br>
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I was told that I could just change the menu combo, so I did. It works perfectly.
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<br><img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/hni_0015-jpg.294447/" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;"><br> (I can't stop laughing from seeing that)<br><br>
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<br><img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-01-19-poor-poor-3ds-part-three/HNI_0015.webp" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;"><br> (I can't stop laughing from seeing that)<br><br>
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Now I've got to focus on that charging port. I'm heating up the soldering gun right now.
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<br><br>---More cool transitions---<br><br>
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I'm back. I was afraid I'd break something, but I didn't mess up!<br><img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/hni_0013-jpg.294442/" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;">
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<img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/hni_0014-jpg.294443/" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;"><br>The first two pins have too much solder, but at least it's better than no solder at all (which is how it was when I found it). Anyways, it charges! All I need now are the two new buttons, and a new battery. I'm going to try cleaning the housing and the board a bit more, then I'll get back to setting up all the apps (FBI, Universal Updater, etc). I think that'll be it. That, and trying to figure out how to rescue that shell, if possible. I'll try superglue tomorrow, and if that doesn't work, I'll send another email asking about shells.<br><br>I'm happy with my progress. I started this at 4:15 PM yesterday, and it's 7:33 PM as of writing this.<br><br>Alright, I'll see you in the next entry. Hopefully by then I'll hear back about the parts. Bye!<br><br>(also the thing feels like it'll just fall apart in my hands. Very creaky. At least I can't say that was my fault)
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I'm back. I was afraid I'd break something, but I didn't mess up!<br><img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-01-19-poor-poor-3ds-part-three/HNI_0013.JPG" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;">
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<img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-01-19-poor-poor-3ds-part-three/HNI_0014.JPG" style="width:43.8%;height:auto;"><br>The first two pins have too much solder, but at least it's better than no solder at all (which is how it was when I found it). Anyways, it charges! All I need now are the two new buttons, and a new battery. I'm going to try cleaning the housing and the board a bit more, then I'll get back to setting up all the apps (FBI, Universal Updater, etc). I think that'll be it. That, and trying to figure out how to rescue that shell, if possible. I'll try superglue tomorrow, and if that doesn't work, I'll send another email asking about shells.<br><br>I'm happy with my progress. I started this at 4:15 PM yesterday, and it's 7:33 PM as of writing this.<br><br>Alright, I'll see you in the next entry. Hopefully by then I'll hear back about the parts. Bye!<br><br>(also the thing feels like it'll just fall apart in my hands. Very creaky. At least I can't say that was my fault)
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This is the final entry (or so I hope) of the "poor 3DS" series. Enjoy.<br><h3>Spring, 2022: </h3>Damn this console's owner. I got the shoulder buttons and battery. He wanted me to install them in the park outside of his house. Yes that's right, he wanted me to take apart and put back together a whole fucking 3DS in the middle of a park. I insisted inside would be better but he refused. I gave up, fixed it in a couple minutes, gave him his console, and prayed he'd never asked me to touch it again.<br><img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/19_18_13_0-png.339406/" style="width:40%;height:auto;"><img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/19_25_22_0-png.339405/" style="width:40%;height:auto;"><br>I thought it was the end. I thought I'd never have to touch this poor console again. I was wrong.<h3>October, 2022: </h3>It was early october and I was eating lunch with friends in the school hallways. I was having a good day... until he arrived. Out of nowhere the 3DS abuser appeared. After months of silence, he came back to complain that he yet again broke his console. He dropped it on the table, said nothing more than "please fix it", and left.
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This is the final entry (or so I hope) of the "poor 3DS" series. Enjoy.<br><h3>Spring, 2022: </h3>Damn this console's owner. I got the shoulder buttons and battery. He wanted me to install them in the park outside of his house. Yes that's right, he wanted me to take apart and put back together a whole fucking 3DS in the middle of a park. I insisted inside would be better but he refused. I gave up, fixed it in a couple minutes, gave him his console, and prayed he'd never asked me to touch it again.<br><img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-11-22-poor-poor-3ds-part-four/19_18_13_0.png" style="width:40%;height:auto;"><img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-11-22-poor-poor-3ds-part-four/19_25_22_0.png" style="width:40%;height:auto;"><br>I thought it was the end. I thought I'd never have to touch this poor console again. I was wrong.<h3>October, 2022: </h3>It was early october and I was eating lunch with friends in the school hallways. I was having a good day... until he arrived. Out of nowhere the 3DS abuser appeared. After months of silence, he came back to complain that he yet again broke his console. He dropped it on the table, said nothing more than "please fix it", and left.
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When I got home I immediately turned it on. And then I immediately started screaming and hitting my wall because WHY, WHY COULD HE NOT JUST BUY A NEW FUCKING 3DS!? The top screen was disconnected, the wireless button was jammed, the console was even more rough, and a whole new layer of grime coated it's surface. I had enough. I just wanted to get it over with.
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<img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/1669161373976-png.339418/" style="width:40%;height:auto;"><br>I fixed it in a night, and told him for the 20th time that he needs to get a new shell. "Why can't you just use some glue?", he asked. I was about to cry. It was not a clean break. It was not going to hold! I tried gluing it before and it just broke again! But no... he didn't think it was that bad. Just slather a glue stick on and it's all good. Please spare me this torture. PLEASE.
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<img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-11-22-poor-poor-3ds-part-four/1669161373976.png" style="width:40%;height:auto;"><br>I fixed it in a night, and told him for the 20th time that he needs to get a new shell. "Why can't you just use some glue?", he asked. I was about to cry. It was not a clean break. It was not going to hold! I tried gluing it before and it just broke again! But no... he didn't think it was that bad. Just slather a glue stick on and it's all good. Please spare me this torture. PLEASE.
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Anyways, he forced me to take it back. I tried multiple different glues with no luck. I spent a couple weeks trying to figure out any way to get it to stay. Eventually I went with a cheap as fuck super glue and it seemed to hold. I left it over night, closed the hinge and <i>SNAP</i>. It came undone. Again. I was done. I was done before, and I was more than done after. I actually don't know what I was. I was beyond frustrated at this 3DS owner and his dumb requests.<br><br>I was so frustrated that I forced the break to close with super glue again. And I layered the super glue. One coat after another, that stupid case wouldn't be able to break after that. I let it sit for a whole week. And you know what? It worked. It actually sealed the case.<br><img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/20221122_175336-jpg.339421/" style="width:60%;height:auto;"><img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/20221122_175414-jpg.339422/" style="width:33.8%;height:auto;"><img src="https://gbatemp.net/attachments/1669164284118-png.339428/" style="width:50%;height:auto;"><br>It doesn't look nice but at this point I don't care. In another couple months he's going to ask me to fix it again. I know that all of this is pointless. I fix it, he breaks it. And endless cycle of pain.<br><br>Tomorrow he gets his console back. He doesn't deserve it. I don't want to give it to him. In fact I'm going to try to get him to give it to me. I will pay him $20, scrap the shell, spread the parts out, stick it in a shadow box, and run the DSi XL Demo Video roms on it. At least there it will be safe, have some use, and it'll be an interesting piece to show to visitors.<br><br>I just hope I never have to deal with this again lol
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Anyways, he forced me to take it back. I tried multiple different glues with no luck. I spent a couple weeks trying to figure out any way to get it to stay. Eventually I went with a cheap as fuck super glue and it seemed to hold. I left it over night, closed the hinge and <i>SNAP</i>. It came undone. Again. I was done. I was done before, and I was more than done after. I actually don't know what I was. I was beyond frustrated at this 3DS owner and his dumb requests.<br><br>I was so frustrated that I forced the break to close with super glue again. And I layered the super glue. One coat after another, that stupid case wouldn't be able to break after that. I let it sit for a whole week. And you know what? It worked. It actually sealed the case.<br><img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-11-22-poor-poor-3ds-part-four/20221122_175336.jpg" style="width:60%;height:auto;"><img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-11-22-poor-poor-3ds-part-four/20221122_175414.jpg" style="width:33.8%;height:auto;"><img src="https://cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/blog/2022-11-22-poor-poor-3ds-part-four/1669164284118.png" style="width:50%;height:auto;"><br>It doesn't look nice but at this point I don't care. In another couple months he's going to ask me to fix it again. I know that all of this is pointless. I fix it, he breaks it. And endless cycle of pain.<br><br>Tomorrow he gets his console back. He doesn't deserve it. I don't want to give it to him. In fact I'm going to try to get him to give it to me. I will pay him $20, scrap the shell, spread the parts out, stick it in a shadow box, and run the DSi XL Demo Video roms on it. At least there it will be safe, have some use, and it'll be an interesting piece to show to visitors.<br><br>I just hope I never have to deal with this again lol
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I did it again... I bought another DS console, bringing my collection to 2 DSi XLs, 1 DSi, 1 2DS, and 2 DS lites. I know I need to stop, but I couldn't help it when I saw this $20 DS lite.
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Sure, it may have had years of grime and a nasty crust all over it, but I thought it was cleanable. It looked much more yellow in real life, but these photos were the best I could do.
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Absolutely disgusting. How do these consoles fall into this state? Oh well, at least it's in good hands now.
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I started my cleaning with the DS stylus thing. It appeared like there was a bug living in there at one point. Pulling the web like substance out was not very pleasant. Thankfully it wasn't hard to remove, and all the grime came off with a single swab of alcohol.
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Next I started the back panel. Dear god. The yellow-orange stuff was sticky and smelly. I don't know what it smelled like but it was just bad. I think that's enough. I doused the plate in more alcohol and eventually it came off... in gross flakes. In the end it looked pretty nice. Well worth the cleaning.
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Next up, the screen. This was awful to clean. The crust came off okay, it was more below the crust that was a problem. The screen must've been covered in grease, because every time I cleaned it and wiped it down I just got shiny streaks all over. I went through 3 or so cotton swabs before it went away. Once clean I had a nice mirror.
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I did some of the other parts and then I finished the top bottom part. This one had dirt/grease/finger juices soaked into it. When I put alcohol on it, it immediately turned a brownish grey color. I had to soak it for a few minutes before it would all come off. Rinsed it off and had another nice part.
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The rest of the console was pretty boring. The hinges had a lot of dust but that came out with some compressed air. I put it back together and...
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Wow that looks nice. The screens are dirty again from me assembling the console, but they'll be good after I wipe them with a cloth. The console has turned from a white-yellow color to a nice warm white. The one hinge part could use some retrobriting, but other than that I'm pretty happy with it. $20 bucks and a couple hours of cleaning got me this beauty. Normally I'd have to pay $60 to $80, so I'd say I got off pretty well.
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Eh, what the hell. I can put it back together later. I flashed the iQue firmware with gm9i and gently opened the cartridge. I made sure I was real careful to cleanly remove the chip so I could put it back later. I was afraid I'd remove a pad on the cartridge but a bit of flux got it off nicely.
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Next was the WiFi card. The WiFi card gave me a bit of trouble with a small capacitor right beside the chip. I was afraid to break that and ended up marking up the board pretty good. At least it and the chip were intact!
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Now it was time to put Pokemon's save chip into the WiFi board. Boy, was that hard. My shaky hands kept moving the chip, and in the end it was slightly offset. Thankfully there wasn't any bridging. I decided to put it in the DS lite.
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I eagerly put it in, turned on the power, and... nothing. Black screens. This meant it couldn't read the firmware. I figured maybe I put the chip on backwards. I moved it around and somehow made it look worse. It was no longer offset, but it was very... crusty. As long as it works I'm happy though.
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This time I stuck it in and hit the power. It felt like more than a few seconds before the screens lit up. iQue DS, my console said. I had done it. I had just turned my north american console into an iQue one!
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I'm happy to have done this. I've never been first in anything, so to be the first one to (publicly) make an iQue console from a normal one, I felt proud. I did it.
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@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ A few months ago I came across a <a href="http://imaginglabo.web.fc2.com/DSL-Fw.
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Because the board and cart use the same chip, the cart can be tricked into reading/writing to the flash chip on the board as if it were just another save chip. This is done by removing the cart's chip, then wiring a plug for the board (<a href="https://www.mouser.ca/ProductDetail/Molex/52991-0308?qs=q8ECNkb1%2FvOSJkJQ%2F5wghA%3D%3D">Molex 52991-0308</a>) to the save chip pads. Pins 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 27, and 29 of the connector lead directly to the flash chip, so as far as the cart is concerned, the save chip is connected like normal!
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So now the cart can read/write to boards... but what's the point in all of this? Couldn't you just read/write to your firmware with a plain old DS lite?
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@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ An addition, I've found that fwManager will improperly flash my custom iQue boar
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If you couldn't tell already, I loved this idea and wanted to create my own board. Sadly the blog's breakout board for the connector wasn't available anywhere, so I had to make a mock up PCB and get a friend to create some gerber files. I got the PCBs printed, got the connector, and then I got to putting it together. I'm not going to talk about the process since it was pretty boring (just soldering a few wires lol) so I'll just jump to the finished product. Warning... it looks AWFUL.
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Yeah wow that is pretty bad... but not as bad as the inside of the cart! I used some shovelware game I found in the $1 bin. I had previously taken the save chip from it for the iQue stuff, and I ripped up one of the traces. I figured this project would be a good way to make use of the cart even after pretty well ruining it.
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Notice that far away red wire? Yeah... that's there because of the ripped up trace. It went all the way to some hole on the other end of the board. Silly me. At least I was still able to solder onto it.
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