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Having trouble connecting to the internet on your Nintendo DS Lite? Replace the Wi-Fi board to get reconnected.
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Unscrew the Phillips screw securing the battery cover to the lower case.
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Pry the battery cover upward with a spudger or fingernail, and lift out of the lower case.
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Remove the following screws securing the lower case to the body of the DS Lite:
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Two 4.3 mm gold Phillips screws
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One 3.9 mm black Tri-Wing screw
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One 3.3 mm silver Phillips screw
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Three 5.5 mm silver Tri-Wing screws
I cannot remove the tri-wing screws.
Same to me. I tried opening the case by force. Broke several parts of the motherboard…
Leon -
I can't remove the final tri wing screw in the battery section and it looks like I grinded the screw out too much for any screwdriver to work.Is there anything I can do?
From what I know, the only solution is to drill the screw out with a very small-headed drill :/
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Insert the edge of a spudger in between the lower and upper case near the top right corner of the DS Lite.
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Carefully run the spudger along the right edge of the DS Lite, creating an opening in the process.
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Continue running the spudger along the backside of the DS Lite until the majority of the lower case has been separated from the upper case.
Don’t forget to remove the GBA cartridge placeholder before removing the backside
You forgot to mention to remove the battery compartment Phillips screw.
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Lift the lower case away from the rest of the DS Lite.
When you reassemble, make sure that you have the volume and power buttons in place, and make sure they are in the right position to line up with the switches on the motherboard. If they are not aligned, you risk snapping off the tiny switches on the motherboard (in which case, you are in for some soldering work).
I should have read the comments first - broke off the power switch because I didn't know about aligning it. No way I can do soldering, guess it's for the dustbin :-(
Emma -
Whoops, remembered the power button but forgot the volume slider.
I'll do it later.
There is no way that the fact you have to line up the volume and power switch toggles upon reassembly is not in this guide. I just carefully followed this guide to replace the shoulder buttons but ruined my DS lite because I didn’t read these (practically hidden comments due to the design of the website) comments and broke the power switch. Thankfully there are 150 million DS I can buy second hand but “repeat the steps backwards” wasn’t sufficient in this repair. And that’s what this website is for.
Watch out with the shoulder buttons. The spring jumped out and I have to clear my entire room to find it ;_;
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Lift both trigger buttons out of the DS Lite.
Anything after step 7 is unnecessary if having to replace the left or right trigger button(s).
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Use the flat edge of a spudger to pry the Wi-Fi antenna connector straight up from its socket on the Wi-Fi board.
There is absolutely no need to follow steps 8-13 if like me, all you needed to do was access the face buttons for cleaning/replacement. Once you have unscrewed the motherboard from the front casing you can just flip it up, making sure you take the front screen with it. You will have full access to the buttons and all of their contacts. No need to remove the wifi board and microphone cable, etc. Also, replacing the ribbon cables for the screen is especially frustrating. Avoid taking them out at all costs, if you can.
what is the "etc."?
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For those replacing the bottom screen, you can just skip to step 13 and go from there. No need to remove the wifi board, antenna, etc.
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Use the flat edge of a spudger to pry the Wi-Fi board connector straight up from its socket on the motherboard.
Do you have to put back in the WiFi board? As far as I know it does not require it to play games.
With the Nintendo servers now off, and all the games are playable without WiFi. That being said, I don’t know what is used for local multiplayer.
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Use the flat edge of a spudger to separate the right edge of the Wi-Fi board from the motherboard.
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Remove the Wi-Fi board from the DS Lite.
I took it apart successfully and I replaced the screen but I've put it back together and it the green light turns on for about 2seconds quiet dim, brighter for about 1 and then it turns off... I then took the wifi board out, and it turned on! What have I done to it and why doesn't it work with it and only without?!
Exact same symptoms for me : on boot up, green light would stay on for 1 second, then shut down. Without wifi, green light would stay on, but blank screens. In fact, it's because on boot up, DS will check if wifi is present, and stop if there is an error. Then, it checks for upper screen, and after that, for lower screen. If one of these is not responding, DS will turn off. I check my cables (upper screen) and DS started again with no problem.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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So I came across a "Prison edition" DSLite out of the Kentucky DOC It I was told that the wifi card was disabled but I take it apart and see that it is still there pluged in and everything you don't happen to know how to turn it back on do you it is a gift for my little brother and would like the WiFi to work.
Question anyone knows what the pin layout of the board
A Phillips #000 (PH000) seems to give a more secure fit (no slipping) than the stated Phillips #00.
Ritchie - Antwoord
This will be good for mods
Matthew Bevins - Antwoord
I'm having a problem getting the screw to unscrew. I have the right Phillips ( it was included with all the stuff I got this) Any tips. it doesn't look like the screw is spinning but i haven't played my Nintendo DS Lite for 3 years.
whittlegirls - Antwoord
bonjour j’ai une petite question pour vous fais trés longtemps que j’ai pas utiliser mon nintendo ds lite et quand je le branche il allume 1 fois orange après il s’enteint même s’il est brancher ça veux tu dire qu’il faut que je change de batterie ? Merci
Marie-Julie Richer - Antwoord
Soit un changement de batterie, soit la carte-mère a peut-être un court-circuit :/
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