Maybe I should try an LED instead of a resistor and maybe that will work.
But does an LED produce heat? Wouldn't want it to melt anything in there.
1) yes, it is possible that making a dsi work without a top screen hasn't been done before, same like dslite until major did the mod and then i got motivated from his discovery that it was so easy to do that i could do the mod swell even at a new be level. and it happened, my mod proves that it can be done very early on a dslite without much effort even at novice/newb level
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I tried soldering and it is Dang hard! I don't think I will do it anymore, I'll just use conducting glue instead.. assuming it works. I haven't verified that it even works yet.. the DSi doesn't power on now... but I used a different resistor this time and maybe it's just the wrong kind of resistor.
The only other problem with the glue is that the instructions say that it dries overnight.. (edit: it "cures" overnight) so I spend a long time waiting for it to dry with each attempt. *sigh* (edit: But I decided not to wait that long. I will try 1 hour and that should be good enough to test.)
So right now it looks like I will be in a phase of trying over and over with various kinds of resistors. In which case I might as well give LED a shot as well.
"I didn't fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps."
- Thomas Edison
i meant that doing the DSlite mod is easier than on a dsi, and doesn't take much effort to do.
Just to restate for the record, I got the DSi working with bottom screen only... but on the 2nd boot up I noticed the screen was fading.
But the point is: the system powered on and the bottom screen displayed---Doesn't this in itself prove that the DSi mod is absolutely, positively real? I mean, all I need to do is find out how to make the screen not fade away, which theoretically must be possible.
Anyway, I tried re-reading this thread in its entirety to see if I can find clues to my problem.
gamerlolwind said:
and using my broken DS Lite motherboard i took a picture and labeled the LED pints for the LED solder mod:
What does the blue box indicate? And why did you underline "C/USG-CPU-10" ?
I thought only LEDA2 and LEDC2 are needed, so I am wondering what the other stuff is for.
gamerlolwind said:
I did the mod, and I turn on the ds the led and power light (green) comes on, but no reaction from the screen? Why? And when I have the WIFI board attached the led and power come on for a brief time and then shut off?
For the record, I accidentally snapped the my DSi's wifi antenna cable at the base. I didn't notice when it happened. But right after I stuffed the wifi antenna in the bottom screen, that's when I first noticed the screen fading problem.... So maybe.. just maybe.. the wifi antenna cable is related, although doubtful.
Question is, should I buy a new wifi cable, or just try to glue mine back together? It should be easy to glue since it was the very base that snapped off.. not an insulated part.
EDIT: The new resistor does not seem to work. But strangely, the first time I power on the screen, it works for about ONE second, before shutting. All subsequent attempts result in the screen flicking once before shutting off, like it always does.
Well, that was dumb. Next I will try the old resistor again. (the one where I got the mod to work) I am using the old resistor for several reasons:
1) to make sure my top screen ribbon cable still works, and isn't screwed up from all the abuse. (solder, glue, scratching off excess glue/solder, peeling off tape, etc)
2) To make sure the conductive glue actually works at all. I want it to work damnit, but I need proof of this before I can continue.
3) Who knows, maybe it will actually work this time, now that I am using glue. Maybe the entire problem last time was the solder connection.
For the record:
old resistor (the one that WORKED!!) - 1k / half watt
new resistor (doesn't work) - 1.5k / half watt
I also have two more resistors which I'm told are 1.3k / quarter watt
But best of all, they are even smaller the ones I've tried to far. They will fit excellently inside the DSi's casing! (it really is a tight squeeze)