3DS 3DS Hardware Failure

[Juiceala]

I saw this and thought to spread awareness

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

I paused at this moment; do you have any idea how heavy these monitors are?? That man must be so angry it must have activated the strength of his forefathers who are lumberjacks to lift it from that angle.

 

[Scotty Scotty]

Oof.
Just when I thinking of procuring a New 3DS XL to mod.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

Oof.
Just when I thinking of procuring a New 3DS XL to mod.

Dont worry scotty, its clickbait. The chip itself was likely damaged from an external method not from use. Chips like that are meant for long term use.

 

[Lod 10]

I was planning to buy a Japanese 3DS for my collection; I've always wanted a 3Ds

 

[Boofytan]

Sounds a bit click baity. Will fail soon?

But that one guy in the comments
Nothing lasts forever. Most of these toys/devices were not built with 20-50 year life spans in mind. I have a few 3ds, my new 3DS XL screen is starting to yellow around the edges, I've kept it in mint condition, never stored it in adverse temps or high humidity. Things age and die, like we do. Enjoy it while it lasts.

And that's a good thing!

 

[NeonKnights]

Sounds like this could be solved using a heat gun, SMD hot air rework station, or even an oven to re-ball it. I for one would start with carefully removing the SMD chip from the board and reflowing all the solder points on the SMD chip with some 60/40 to get rid of the old, likely lead free, factory solder that is usually the cause of these console failures. Case in point, the PS3 with it's many failures from lead free solder finally cracking after numerous heating and cooling cycles, requiring re-balling with 60/40.