Surface-Mount Success

[c0re_dump]

The other day, I was asked to have a look at a Nintendo DS portable game machine. It wouldn't power up, and it wouldn't charge the lithium-ion battery. At first, I suspected the battery itself, but that checked out OK. Having had a look at some web-sites with tear-downs and fix-it information, I realised that there was a good chance that one of

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[quercus]

My son's on about his fourth DS, and countless phones.
The idea of "longevity" or "fixing something" just doesn't occur 8-(

OTOH, I have at least got him to strip down a couple of printers now, all on his own. Maybe we'll even get him to drive their motors off an IQ3 board or something.

[c0re_dump]

Well, if you still have the three dead DS machines, I have the special "tri-wing" screwdriver to get them open. And a set of spudgers. It seems that fuse failures are quite common, possibly due to momentary shorts in the flexible wiring in the display.