Introduction
Welcome to our teams guide to fixing the shoulder buttons on a DS Lite. We will be providing you with the easiest way to repair the DS Lite shoulder buttons without paying costly fees to get a replacement.
The tools you’ll need for this task are:
- A Nintendo DS Lite
- Spudger or other flat tool
- Screwdrivers
- Phillips
- Tri-wing
- A small box (Anything that can separate the screws taken from the DS in order to not lose them)
If you’ve gathered the materials, let’s get work!
What you need
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the screw securing the battery cover.
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Use a spudger to pry out the battery.
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Pry off the rubber feet.
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Remove the seven screws securing the lower case:
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Three tri-wing screws
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One Phillips screw
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Two gold Phillips screws
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One black tri-wing screw
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Carefully pry the bottom cover off.
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Remove the shoulder buttons by pulling out the metal pegs that secure them to DS.
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