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The Nintendo 3DS XL 2015, marketed as the New Nintendo 3DS XL, was released October 11, 2014 in Japan and February 13, 2015 in North America.

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Please help me find why my motherboard is dead!?

Help with this new 3ds xl motherboard, I bought this console that seems DEAD, I took out the ABXY daughter board and put it in another console and it worked fine, so the issue it's in the motherboard but I don't know where? I checked the fuse under the charge connector and it took a couple of seconds but it beep, also checked some pins in the square black chips and some beep some stayed in 1, idk if im doing things right please help!!

I suspect the issue is in the conector for the powerboard but i'm not sure. I have another motherboard to compare this dead one btw

Also charging seems fine, the charge led doesnt turn off with the battery on.

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So, I assume that the New 3DS XL won’t boot at all??

You already tried to replace the power board, correct? Did you also replaced the cable? Otherwise I would do that first.

If yes, check the motherboard for shorts.

What happens if you try the other motherboard, does that one work?

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Hiiii yes no blue light at all! and when trying the daughter board on other consoles it Works (same with it's ribbon cable) I swapped around stuff between the two consoles and the issue it's always this motherboard, the f1 and f2 fuses in this console seems fine they have continuity.

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Okay. In this case, check the motherboard for shorts and see if you can find anything. Could also be CPU related... In this case, I would replace the board...

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I cant replace the board! Please what do you mean cpu related? It needs rebailing or replacement? And where or what do i look for shorts? The capacitors?

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Then it does need to be replaced (CPU). But first check for shorts around the whole board. Example: https://youtu.be/pI_YlapEfT0?is=y9LfIUob...

It’s also a good thing to check the capacitors for physical damage AND to test them :)!

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