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[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

I dug out my original model DS recently in honor of it being almost 20 years since I got and the screens are all messed up, would replacing the battery fix it or is this just because it hadn't been used in probably 16 years?

 

[ReasonBeing]

When you say "messed up", what do you mean specifically?

 

[nial]

Throw that shit away.

 

[IAmRei]

i suggest buy new rather than fixing, that old friend might hard to repair now than ever since it's 20 years old
but i can understand if You rather fix it than buy new

 

[Sticks]

 

[ReasonBeing]

i suggest buy new rather than fixing, that old friend might hard to repair now than ever since it's 20 years old
but i can understand if You rather fix it than buy new

Depending on what's wrong. Some issues can easily be repaired and at a much lower cost.

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

When you say "messed up", what do you mean specifically?

The imagine on the top screen breaks and you can't see the full image

 

[ReasonBeing]

The imagine on the top screen breaks and you can't see the full image

Breaks as in scrambled nonsense, or does it look like a physical crack on the display?

Or is the image shifted to where some of it isn't visible?

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

Breaks as in scrambled nonsense, or does it look like a physical crack on the display?

Or is the image shifted to where some of it isn't visible?

it's both scrambled and shifted to where some of it isn't even visble.

For the record it had been 16 years since I had even turned the thing on.

 

[Magister]

Guys, don't keep inflated batteries at your home. They can cause fire. Old af handheld systems and phones often have inflated batteries. Just buy a new battery and throw that shitty inflated battery away.

 

[ReasonBeing]

it's both scrambled and shifted to where some of it isn't even visble.

For the record it had been 16 years since I had even turned the thing on.

I would carefully open it up, disconnect the top screen ribbon cable and reconnect

 

[Killer8]

Get a DSi.

 

[Dacvak]

I dug out my original model DS recently in honor of it being almost 20 years since I got and the screens are all messed up, would replacing the battery fix it or is this just because it hadn't been used in probably 16 years?

Show us a picture.

 

[AngelMuffin]

Time to spend $40 and get another one.

 

[Decal4]

I hoard all my old consoles and repair them for just such reasons. then again, I I can't figure figure out why I am still single

 

[CuteFaceJay]

The battery on mine expanded in 2020 yet to get around to ordering replacement battery.