Subscriber of mine asked me if I'd like to restore Nintendo DS Lite handheld received as part of a gaming console lot he bought. Naturally I said yes and he sent it to me. He was very kind to add some spare parts for me too so I can try to make some sort of FrankenNintendo. And just because some of you are probably curious the 3rd main board I didn't show much on the video had a power issue and there was lots of white glue on top of the chip responsible for powert management. The glue is hard to remove but likely that chip was somehow damaged, becasue everything else seemed fine. I might try to remove the glue and replace the chip some day.

After diassembly I cleaned the shell parts with soap, but a lot of the rust stains didn't come off. Also some of the parts were yellowed so I used hydrogen peroxide to remove the yellowing. In this case it also dissolved the rust leaving the parts looking like brand new. Another method to remove rust stains would be with acid. Tutorial to retrobrighting:    • How to remove yellowing from old plas...  
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I cleaned the rusted main board with isopropyl alcohol to see how bad the damage was. I spotted a couple of parts that had come loose and probably dozens of solder joints would need to be resoldered. Additionally I spotted that the corrosion had spreaded to inside of the board. One of the spare boards I received seemed to work, except it had broken power switch and card reader, so I decided to use that. Luckily the original corroded board had both of those intact. I only had to give them a bit of cleaning and move them from the original board to the new one.

Finally I tested the screen on another DS which I knew was working. I got it as part of a lot of consoles for about $3 each and it only needed a quick clean to start working. I added the screen to the working DS Lite and saw both of them weree damaged. So I removed teh touch pad from the screen and installed it to the new screen. The bottom screen also needed some insulation. This is because it's placed on top of the main board and if the isulation is not added the metal behind the screen will cause a short circuit and either break the device or blow the fuse.

Thanks for watching, I hopy you enjoyed the video!

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