By David Hodson • Difficulty: Moderate
See the action on your DSi XL with a new lower LCD screen.
- Remove the two Phillips screws securing the battery cover to the back of the handheld console.
- Lift the battery cover off the back of the DSi XL.
- Lift the battery from the DSi XL.
- Remove the four rubber screw covers on the lower case by prying them up with a push pin.
- Remove the following seven Phillips screws that secure the lower case to the rest of the DSi XL:
- Four silver 5.3 mm screws
- Two black 5.3 mm screws
- One black 2.5 mm screw
- Insert a spudger between the upper and lower case at the bottom left corner of the DSi.
- Slide the spudger along the bottom edge of the upper case to release the latches securing the upper case to the lower case.
- Lift the lower case from the front edge.
- Rotate the lower case away from the DSi.
- Using a spudger, pry the SD card/right shoulder button connector off its socket.
- Pry the volume button/left shoulder button connector off its socket on the motherboard with a spudger.
- Lift the Wi-Fi board up off its socket on the motherboard.
- Use a spudger to pry the Wi-Fi cable off its socket on the underside of the Wi-Fi board.
- Use a spudger to pry the microphone cable off the motherboard.
- Using the flat end of a spudger, flip up the retaining flap on the camera ribbon ZIF connector.
- Use the pointed end of a spudger to pull the camera ribbon from the ZIF connector.
- Using the flat end of a spudger, flip up the retaining flap on the touchscreen cable ZIF connector.
- With the pointed end of the spudger, pull the touchscreen cable from its connector on the motherboard.
- Using the flat end of a spudger, flip up the retaining flap on the backlight cable ZIF connector.
- With the pointed end of the spudger, pull the backlight cable from its connector on the motherboard.
- Using the flat end of a spudger, flip up the retaining flap on the lower display data cable ZIF connector.
- With the pointed end of the spudger, pull the lower display data cable from its connector on the motherboard.
- Using the flat end of a spudger, flip up the retaining flap on the ZIF connector for the D-Pad/power button cable.
- With the pointed end of the spudger, pull the D-Pad/power button cable from its connector on the motherboard.
- Using the flat end of the spudger, pry the battery cable up off its socket on the motherboard.
- Remove the screws securing the motherboard to the upper case:
- A single 2.5 mm silver Phillips screw
- Four 3.7 mm black Phillips screws
- Deroute the microphone and antenna cables through the slot in the motherboard.
- Rotate the motherboard off the lower case.
- Using the flat end of a spudger, flip up the retaining flap on the upper display data cable ZIF connector.
- With the pointed end of the spudger, pull the upper display data cable from its connector on the underside of the motherboard.
- With the console still upside-down, open the DSi XL slightly.
- Push the lower display away from the upper case.
- Remove the lower display from the DSi XL.
- Insert a spudger between the touchscreen and top right corner of the display.
- Slide the spudger down the right side of the display to free the edge of the touchscreen.
- Continue around the bottom right corner of the display with the spudger.
- Slide the spudger along the bottom edge of the touchscreen to separate it from the display.
- Continue around the bottom left corner of the display with a spudger.
- Slide the spudger along the left edge of the touchscreen to remove it from the display.
- With three sides freed, remove the touchscreen from the lower display.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.