Nintendo DS 1st gen shoulder button fix needed

Cyberpumpkin

So, naturally, the warranty on my old metal-flake-finished DS has long ago disappeared over the horizon behind me, and I recently discovered that the left shoulder button is completely non-responsive.

I only discovered it recently because for about a year all I played was Animal Crossing, and for a few months after that, it simply collected dust. Then I got excited about Mega Man ZX. Not only did I get what amounts to a GBA game in a DS cart, but my gameplay was slightly crippled because of the dead shoulder button.

So far, my google-fu has almost completely failed me and I've only found two places who do DS repairs: Nintendo, who wants $75 just to crack it open, and this other guy who does lots of repairs but who just happens to not carry DS shouler button parts.

I've opened up electronics before, but I'd rather not fiddle with the innards of my DS, since I'd have to buy the special screwdriver and I couldn't replace anything anyway.

Anyone know of a service that'll replace a first-generation DS shoulder button, or at least sell me the part?

TM2 Rampage

Have you been putting it in your pocket or something?


Try blowing into the edges around the button. It could be dust/lint clogging it.

thej3w

Use your current toothbrush, clean it, dry it out, and buy yourself a new one. Use the old toothbrush to get up in the spaces between the DS and the shoulder button. It will clean out any dust and get anything that could be stuck in there out.

Note: DO NOT APPLY TOOTHPASTE

Cyberpumpkin

TM2 Rampage wrote: »

Have you been putting it in your pocket or something?

Always. Never thought of the lint thing. Jeez.

mightyjongyo

Can you feel any resistance at all when you press the shoulder button? The spring can come loose and the only way to fix that is to pop it open.

Bartholamue

Yeah, could be something that got caught in the button. Happens all the time to my 3DS.

THEPAIN73

My old Zelda DS never got better even with blowing into it.

It just gets worse.

Buy a new one.

skeldare

I would hope after 4 years they would fixed their DS.

I'd report this but for some reason it freezes my browser and I can only access via mobile which has no report feature.