NDS Lite housings

safetyboy

Just got mine back from a friend and want to change the housing, has anyone done this? Mine is baby blue at the moment so dont want to be whipping it out on the bus :P I wouldnt mind a nintendo classic like on the gameboy micro.

This doesnt look too shabby for the price http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Silver-Zelda-Housing-Shell-Case-for-Nintendo-DSL-DS-Lite-NEW-/281079040027?pt=UK_VG_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item41719dc81b#ht_500wt_1414

CosmicSmash

I prefer the US Zelda console colour, I think that cover was on the European consoles. I got the US one myself when they released Phantom Hourglass.




http://www.ebay.com/itm/Housing-Shell-Case-For-Nintendo-DS-Lite-NDSL-GOLD-ZELDA-/160967468053?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item257a68a415

o1s1n

I got the above replacement case from DX but never installed the thing.

Myrddin

Monkeykube wrote: »

I prefer the US Zelda console colour, I think that cover was on the European consoles. I got the US one myself when they released Phantom Hourglass.

€7? Yoink!

safetyboy

Goodbye baby blue, cheers lads

FreezeUp

Monkeykube wrote: »

I prefer the US Zelda console colour, I think that cover was on the European consoles. I got the US one myself when they released Phantom Hourglass.




http://www.ebay.com/itm/Housing-Shell-Case-For-Nintendo-DS-Lite-NDSL-GOLD-ZELDA-/160967468053?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item257a68a415

That's glorious!

valleyoftheunos

I think the gold one was released here too. I actually quite like the baby blue, I've never changed a DS Shell but I do recall one of the regular posters here saying it was bit of bitch. Best of luck, let us know how it goes.

Myrddin

Mines been marked as dispatched, though coming from China it'll no doubt take an age to get here

safetyboy

Is the screwdriver the same as the wii one?

Myrddin

safetyboy wrote: »

Is the screwdriver the same as the wii one?

No idea, never even opened a DSl or Wii before! Nintendo tend to use a tri-wing is that the one you mean?

safetyboy

yeah, I have a tri-wing here from when i hard modded the wii a few years back. seems most cases come with the tri-wing so maybe its bundled in?

Atavan-Halen

Just checked my ds lite and it is indeed a tri wing screwdriver you'll need.

Myrddin

atavan-halen wrote: »

Just checked my ds lite and it is indeed a tri wing screwdriver you'll need.

Drat. They hardly come packaged with these cases for €7 do they? Will have to pick one up

safetyboy

EnterNow wrote: »

Drat. They hardly come packaged with these cases for €7 do they? Will have to pick one up

I grabbed this http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140805125088&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:IE:3160

dont fancy rooting through 3 years of boxes at home for the sake of 2€

Atavan-Halen

EnterNow wrote: »

Drat. They hardly come packaged with these cases for €7 do they? Will have to pick one up

You could get this case which is lovely

http://bit.ly/WINyE6

Myrddin

safetyboy wrote: »

I grabbed this http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140805125088&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:IE:3160

dont fancy rooting through 3 years of boxes at home for the sake of 2€

Cool, will wait & see if the case has one with it & if not I'll grab that one.

atavan-halen wrote: »

You could get this case which is lovely

http://bit.ly/WINyE6

Already ordered the Gold Zelda one that monkeykube linked to

Atavan-Halen

EnterNow wrote: »

Already ordered the Gold Zelda one that monkeykube linked to

Let me know how easy/hard it is to replace the case. Might get the pokemon one myself and a broke DS to try it on. Wouldn't use my current one as its the nice cobalt blue one.

Myrddin

atavan-halen wrote: »

Let me know how easy/hard it is to replace the case. Might get the pokemon one myself and a broke DS to try it on. Wouldn't use my current one as its the nice cobalt blue one.

Will do. I'll more than likely show pics of the job similar to the PSP case replacements I've done before

valleyoftheunos

I'm waiting in a triwing from Rewindbits to mod some controllers

http://www.rewind-bits.co.uk/tri-wing-nintendo-screwdriver-2.html

99p.

FreezeUp

Gold Wii U for one of the Zelda's would ensure a quicker purchase from me at least...

Myrddin

Monkeykube wrote: »

I prefer the US Zelda console colour, I think that cover was on the European consoles. I got the US one myself when they released Phantom Hourglass.




http://www.ebay.com/itm/Housing-Shell-Case-For-Nintendo-DS-Lite-NDSL-GOLD-ZELDA-/160967468053?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item257a68a415

A bit of a bump, but for anyone wondering what these are like, I fit mine today. I'd an old bruised & battered DS Lite here which someone gave me. It took a fall, & the right hinge was smashed. Turns out the top screen ribbon cable was damaged too, so I needed a replacement screen, which I got from ebay for €10 or so.

Fitted the whole lot today, pretty happy with how it turned out. I need to replace the bottom touchscreen which has a huge dead zone in the bottom left corner, & I need to buy the inner hinge for the right hand side which was missing as part of the fall. But yeah, it looks nice

Take broken old DS Lite



Take replacement shell from ebay



Squash them together



And all going well..



...you should have a DS Lite with a new lease of life

CosmicSmash

That looks really well, did it take long to do?

Myrddin

Monkeykube wrote: »

That looks really well, did it take long to do?

Hard to say as I done it in two halves, I'd say about 90 mins or so in total as it was the first time I'd ever repaired a DS Lite. The quality of the replacement shell isn't quite up to the original Ninty one as you'd expect with these cheap clones, but if it's a broken hinge scenario then it's definitely worthwhile

CiDeRmAn

Myrddin wrote: »

Hard to say as I done it in two halves, I'd say about 90 mins or so in total as it was the first time I'd ever repaired a DS Lite. The quality of the replacement shell isn't quite up to the original Ninty one as you'd expect with these cheap clones, but if it's a broken hinge scenario then it's definitely worthwhile

I've done a couple of DSlite rehomings and I found them to be a complete pig to install.
Nintendo did an amazing job packing all that gaming goodness inside a sleek case.
The quality is variable, as you've said , best thing is to check the other buyer reviews on the site, Chinese sites are pretty good for this. That'll give you the info on the quality of the casing.
Don't throw anything away!
I bought one, supposedly complete replacement shell, with buttons, hinges everything. Still had to fish the old one from the bin to recover several screws and springs.

CosmicSmash

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I've done a couple of DSlite rehomings and I found them to be a complete pig to install.

That's what would put me off:(

Myrddin

It is a bit awkward in places, but take your time with it & keep track of everything & you'll be grand. There's loads of tutorial videos about how to do it too which go through it step by step

CiDeRmAn

Sticky tape
Once I started to use it to help hold components in while I was trying to assemble the infernal thing, things got easier.

o1s1n

That looks great man!

For those who have a broken top screen, don't bin your DS lite, give this a go.

It's actually a really nice system. Good alternative to a SP AGS101 if you dont want to drop the coinage but want a backlit screen.

Myrddin

I didn't actually think it worked without both screens connected

o1s1n

Yeah, from what I've read you need to bridge two solder points to fool the DS into thinking there's a top screen attached.

Still work grand for me though when I removed the top screen ribbon cable

CiDeRmAn

All we need is someone to come up with a custom case to allow you to show off the faux-101 to everyone.
Imagine the uproar on the Nintendo forum, taking ancient DS Lites and turning them into uber-GBA's!

J_E

Am I right in thinking replacing the case would fix the current DS Lite at home which has a cracked hinge that doesn't click at an angle? Display is still working 100%.

Myrddin

Cydoniac wrote: »

Am I right in thinking replacing the case would fix the current DS Lite at home which has a cracked hinge that doesn't click at an angle? Display is still working 100%.

Yeah if the hinge is broken, these replacement cases are an excellent way of bringing a DS back from the dead. Depending on how it's broke, you might need the plastic barrel for the right hand side hinge too as that didn't come with the new case