Nintendo DS Problem. Has anyone else had this problem?

Started by Crystal-Heart November 11th, 2009 11:22 AM
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Is your R, L, or both buttons, experiencing problems?

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I ask because some of my friends and I have been experiencing problems with our DS systems.
My DS, which is the oldest model that I got when it was first released, has a wonky R Button. It only works 10% of the time, and only if I leave it out of my pocket for a long time. Its been doing this since the DSLite first came out. One of my friends as a DS I bought for him at the same time and both his R & L Buttons don't work. His has been acting up for 2 years. My girlfriend's DSLite, which was bought 2 years ago, is starting to have the same problem as mine except when she leaves it out of her pocket for a while, although her's still works 70% of the time.
I'm just wondering if this is something strange thats just happening to us or an occurrence that other people are experiencing as well.

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During the lifetime of my old DS, I had never had this problem. My DS Lite has never had this problem as well.

You might want to inquire with Nintendo about this; if they're still covered by the warranty, Nintendo should replace it free of charge, and if they aren't.... Customer Support should help shed some light on the situation.
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Same. It's the L and R, and the hinge with the power light on it. Nothing else has really happened. Oh! except for the power and volume switches getting mashed into the casing so it's hard to use them, but that's a result of cruel and unusual floor hockey...
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Well, on my Original DS, my R button stops working ~5% of the time. So I've kinda experienced this. There is also something weird that happens ~1% of the time, and that's if I close it, it goes in and out of sleep mode extremely fast.

Oh, one of my hinges broke. You do not realize how tempted I am to (Try to) smash my DS with a hammer.

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My R button doesn't work all the time unless I press it head on (though it works most of the time otherwise, too). I've never dropped my DS on anything worse than hard carpet and I take really good care of it. I think it's just from overuse, haha. My A button does the same thing.


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This happened to me with my old ds lites R button. I think it broke because I snaked too much on Mario Kart ds :) It was covered by a warranty so I was able to have my ds refurbished and fixed.
It also happened with my Dsi, but I don't know how that one happened. I think it was factory faulty. That one was fixed under warranty too. If you haven't done anything weird/bad with your ds then send it to Nintendo.

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I am answering this in relation to my old DS Phat (RIP). Both buttons were unresponsive, among other problems, and I finally traded up to a DS Lite because of it.

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Ahaha. I find this thread funny, because it's so true. Yes, my DSi's L button is screwed up, and I dropped it on the R button and broke the spring (or whatever's in there), so every time I have to use the R button, I have to push it back out. Makes Metroid Prime Hunters a PAIN.

Don't even get me started on my GBA SP. -_-
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lolz

My DS stylus won't really work efficiently as the day I've bought my DS. And the silly Up and R button is somewhat hard to press. Maybe because I frequently pressed it, or the temp changes? Either way, it's annoying.

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My DSi has the same problem in both buttons I've had to almost break them both to get the dust out or whatever it is. My R button is fine now. My L though is Raggy and bent.

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Seems like the L and R are the first to go, my Original DS had both the L and R buttons completely gone and now my DS lite is starting to go too. And it costs so much to get it repaired, you would think they would see that these buttons are starting to crap-out and have some kind of deal on the L and R buttons =/

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There is also something weird that happens ~1% of the time, and that's if I close it, it goes in and out of sleep mode extremely fast.
That happened to me one day. On that day, my own Diamond had that "glitch". But when I was playing something else on my old DS (friend's Diamond for example), Sleep was okay. It went away and has never happened again.

The same friend has that L button problem on his Lite. It only works about 5 or 10% of the time.
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I've actually never dropped my DS. However, I removed the plastic on the back when I first got it which made the barcode wipe off after a while so GameStop won't take it and my warranty is probably up.
The barcodes always fall off for me. On all my Nintendo portables