How To Repair Ds Lite Top Screen

Introduction

Supersede the upper LCD on your Nintendo DS Lite.

Unscrew the Phillips screw securing the battery cover to the lower case.

Unscrew the Phillips screw securing the battery encompass to the lower case.
The screw remains captive to the battery embrace.
Pry the battery cover upward with a spudger or fingernail, and lift out of the lower case.

Wedge the edge of a spudger in between the side of the battery and the lower case housing and pry upward to dislodge the battery.

Wedge the edge of a spudger in between the side of the battery and the lower case housing and pry upward to dislodge the battery.
Remove the battery from the DS Lite.

Remove the following screws securing the lower case to the torso of the DS Lite:
Two four.three mm gilded Phillips screws
One 3.ix mm black Tri-Wing spiral
1 3.3 mm argent Phillips screw
Three five.5 mm silver Tri-Wing screws

Remove the cover from the Game Pak slot before continuing.
Insert the edge of a spudger in betwixt the lower and upper instance near the top right corner of the DS Lite.
Carefully run the spudger along the correct edge of the DS Lite, creating an opening in the process.
Continue running the spudger forth the backside of the DS Lite until the majority of the lower case has been separated from the upper case.

Elevator the lower case abroad from the residuum of the DS Lite.
Pull advisedly. Some units are sealed with agglutinative, and pulling too difficult tin can damage the ability switch.

Lift both trigger buttons out of the DS Calorie-free.
The trigger buttons are held in very loosely past small metallic pegs and springs. Don't lose track of these pieces.
The second moving-picture show shows the correct configuration of the trigger assembly for reassembly purposes.

Use the flat edge of a spudger to pry the Wi-Fi antenna connector straight upward from its socket on the Wi-Fi lath.

Use the flat border of a spudger to pry the Wi-Fi board connector direct up from its socket on the motherboard.

Utilise the flat edge of a spudger to separate the right edge of the Wi-Fi board from the motherboard.
The Wi-Fi board is secured to the motherboard with a layer of adhesive.
Remove the Wi-Fi board from the DS Calorie-free.

Use the flat edge of a spudger to pry the microphone connector straight upwards from its socket on the motherboard.

In the following steps you must pull the antenna cable betwixt the DS Lite game cartridge reader and motherboard. Pull slowly and finish when y'all feel resistance to avoid damaging the cable or motherboard.
Position the antenna cable with its connector facing upwardly and abroad from the motherboard using a spudger to hold it downward lightly in the gap betwixt chips on the motherboard.
Slowly and carefully pull the antenna cable until the cable connector is under the DS Lite game cartridge reader.
Keep pulling the cable until the cable connector comes out from under the game cartridge reader on the right side.
When reassembling and attempting to feed the antenna cablevision back under the game cartridge reader, the cablevision may kink or go difficult to feed through. If so, try feeding a piece of thread through first; and then, tie the thread to one cease of the cable connector and pull information technology through, guiding it by any obstructions.

Use your fingernail or the edge of a spudger to carefully flip upwards the touchscreen ribbon cable retaining flap.
Make sure you are flipping up the retaining flap, non the socket itself.
Employ the tip of a spudger to pull the touchscreen ribbon cable directly out of its socket.

Remove the two three.four mm Phillips screws securing the motherboard to the upper case.

Open the display enough to utilise your finger to push button the front edge of the motherboard up and abroad from the upper instance.
Practice not try to remove the motherboard, as information technology is still continued to the upper brandish via the upper LCD ribbon cablevision.

Use your fingernail or the flat edge of a spudger to carefully flip upwardly the upper LCD ribbon cable retaining flap.
Brand sure you are flipping up the retaining flap, non the socket itself.
Pull the motherboard away from the DS Light to separate the upper LCD ribbon cable from its socket on the motherboard.
Remove the motherboard from the DS Lite.
At present you may open the retaining flap for the lower LCD screen in the same style and carve up the lower LCD screen from the motherboard.

Remove the two viii.3 mm Phillips screws securing the upper case to the display assembly.

Slowly lift the upper example away from the display, making sure the ribbon cable does non go caught.

In one case the ribbon cable is free from the upper case, pull the antenna and Wi-Fi cables through the hole in the upper case.
Remove the upper example from the DS Lite.

Remove the four 3.iv mm Phillips screws securing the rear display bezel to the front display bezel

Utilize the border of a spudger to pry both safety pads out of the front end display bezel.

Insert a spudger in the gap between the front and rear display bezels and pry the front bezel abroad from the rear bezel.
Lift the rear display bezel away from the display associates.

Utilize the tip of a spudger to pry both speakers up from their housing and place them on the dorsum of the LCD.
The speakers have magnets which will hold them together, helping to keep them out of the way for later steps.

Starting in the pinnacle right corner, use both hands to slowly carve up the LCD from the front display bezel.
Continue separating along the top and left edges of the LCD.
Finally, push the LCD up and away from the forepart display bezel.
Exercise not attempt to remove the LCD yet, as the LCD ribbon cable is still routed through the front brandish bezel.

Desolder the speakers from the upper LCD by heating upwardly the solder joints with a soldering iron and simultaneously pulling the speaker wires away from the ribbon cable.
If you have never soldered earlier, we take a guide that makes it easy.
Upper LCD remains.