I Bought a BROKEN 3DS XL From eBay

I Bought a BROKEN 3DS XL From eBay - It Came in Pieces!

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I Bought a BROKEN 3DS XL From eBay - It Came in Pieces! I found this Disney Magical World Special Edition 3DS XL for sale on eBay for $92 and just had to see if I could get it working again. It was already taken apart and the seller said it never worked while they owned it so there's no way to know what's wrong with it. But I love a good challenge so this should be fun.
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@philvt101 Жыл бұрын

Getting 3DS cables through the barrel hinge is absolutely the most maddening job in all of video game hardware repair. I've literally been on the verge of tears learning how to do this efficiently. After much practice, I've found the method that works best for me is to push a bobby pin through the barrel, wind the cables up in the bobby pin and then pull them through.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Yes, agreed! That seems like a good method.

@Superzesh101 Жыл бұрын

That sounds like a really good method! I can't believe that they thought putting ribbon cables through a hinge was a good idea. Could've just used cables or something!!

@user-uk7uu9us1w Жыл бұрын

I laid them out flat and rolled them up tight in a label and pulled the tube of the label through the hinge

@lioneldelorme7481 Жыл бұрын

We're talking about Nintendo here. The same company who thought glue was a good idea to hold ribbon cables for the Virtual Boy.

@msmalice Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info and good call, I'm gonna try that next time. These are such a pain to work on, any little tips help.

@rayclark9643 Жыл бұрын

Great Job Steve! This 3DS XL is an engineering nightmare...imagine having to assemble these all day long yikes😵‍💫!!!

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

I've fixed a number of them back in the day and they actually get pretty easy to do once you do it enough times!

@aroundtheblockwithbrock4799 Жыл бұрын

Imagine doing the same thing but on the new 3ds model lol more parts 😂

@robertkennedy8503 Жыл бұрын

They probably have specially made jigs to facilitate the assembly.

@oogieboogie232 Жыл бұрын

I feel for you, it was nerve-wracking just dealing with the single display ribbon cable trying to fix a GB Advance SP 😅. This looks like a nightmare

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

The first few I fixed a long time ago were a complete nightmare. After you do it a few times it's not as bad but still not fun.

@JustAMoky Жыл бұрын

as someone who repairs Nintendo Ds's for a living i died inside a little bit when you were putting those ribbon cables in wrong other than that fantastic repair!

@DrBobGaming1 Жыл бұрын

I knew that Disney was big into Nintendo, but I didn't think they had their own "version" of the 3DS XL. That's pretty cool to look at something that is "special edition".

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Yes, this is a cool one. I love the special editions

@Unstable23 Жыл бұрын

ok 9

@guardianbeardizer6361 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I know for sure when that 3DS was the newest one, my ex-brother in law took his family there to Disney World & he came back with one of them. He said they were about $100 more than normal ones but he wanted it to add to his collection

@techgirl517 Жыл бұрын

The most thing i admire of you Steve is your patience

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Lol, I've been working on that for a lot of years!

@olesmokey6357 Жыл бұрын

that top screen ribbon cable was my nemesis when working at a repair shop, there's just no "easy" way of doing it lol

@UltimateTechHub Жыл бұрын

You have way more patience with ribbon cables than I could ever have! Such a delicate and difficult process. Plus my fingers are too big!! Lol

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Yes, the ribbon cables take a lot of patience!

@awilliams1701 Жыл бұрын

that's nothing compared to the patience required to fix the fan on my 3d printer. I ripped the cable off of it when I was replacing the hot end that I accidentally shorted. Since I didn't want to wait another week to get a replacement part from prague I decided to try to fix it. (I afraid of that shorted hot end. I won't touch it) It has 3 teeny tiny wires. My wirestrippers didn't have the ability to do jack to it because of how small they were. I basically bit the ends off. lol Then after nearly 10 minutes of fighting this small cable I got it soldered on. So I go to do the next one.....and my soldering iron desolders the first one. I probably spent an hour on it, but hey it's been over a month and it's still working great!! (and so is the replacement hot end)

@awilliams1701 Жыл бұрын

but yeah I'd rather install 3ds cables than do that again. lol

@shadowfrost44 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for repairing a 3ds these are in super high demand! Keep up the great work!!

@Jay_kaying Жыл бұрын

It's nice to see you getting additional sponsors! I enjoy your videos, keep them coming! :)

@leeartlee915 Жыл бұрын

It makes me so happy to see you working on Nintendo handhelds again. More please!

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

@gordonjeffrey231076 Жыл бұрын

My God Steve, that was nerve-wracking. Those damn ribbon cables. Great job 👍👍👍

@BBer-ut1qc Жыл бұрын

Much Love and respect for this tricky repair.

@lbdjthethird1240 Жыл бұрын

WHY IS THIS STUFF SO FREAKING FASCINATING!?!?!? Great work, my friend. Love your channel.

@Talmiior Жыл бұрын

I have two 3DS XLs that pop off just like that! You've just solved my issue, now I just need to go fix it. Thanks!!

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Glad this helped! It can be a number of things but it usually has to do with the ribbon cables

@Spartan122S Жыл бұрын

You always keep impressing me with these videos Steve! Always blessing my Fridays!

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@FlaccidGnome Жыл бұрын

I love all these different collector pieces. Love seeing stuff like this saved from landfills.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Me too! Apparently I can't resist buying these special editions. They're just so cool!

@donnyfinney9389 Жыл бұрын

How is this comment a day old

@FlaccidGnome Жыл бұрын

@@donnyfinney9389 Channel Members get the Videos early.

@donnyfinney9389 Жыл бұрын

@@FlaccidGnome oh ok

@jerryspann8713 Жыл бұрын

I saw a video with someone digging a "Game Boy" out of a landfill cover in brown mud. When he supposedly "fixed" it, it looked brandnew.

@VideoGameRestoration Жыл бұрын

You have no idea how relived I am to see that everyone has trouble with those stupid ribbons 🤣

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Ha, ha, they're the worst!

@SevenNumber7 Жыл бұрын

The 3ds is truly a nightmare to work on. I worked on a original one and getting the cables wrapped around and through the little hole is just beyond frustrating. I finally get it back together and the 3ds just does not power on. Reconnected all the cables many times with same results. Soo close to giving up and throwing it, then I find one of the cables was upside down. Flip it over and it powered right up!!

@anivale Жыл бұрын

Flawless job, Steve. That screen's hinge is a freakin' nightmare to get those ribbon cables into. Good job, man!

@CHRISmGROVER Жыл бұрын

Great repair video! Thx for the content. Would love to see a repair livestream.

@abandapart82 Жыл бұрын

You have the patience of a saint my dood! I would have thrown that thing across the room during the ribbon cable through the hinge part. Great job!

@jimmyk.9437 Жыл бұрын

Omg. Reminds me of repairing Motorola razr's back in the day with the hinge ribbon cables! So glad flip phones got weeded out pretty much. Another great video!

@smashICE1 Жыл бұрын

epic fix, steve, thanks for your constant effort to repair this stuff. maybe you'll host a live stream while repairing things like this? i think it might be awesome! :)

@burgerkingfootlettuce15 Жыл бұрын

The 3DS systems have a mad ridiculous amount of ribbon cables which is why it’s tricky to repair the system itself. The cables are so easy to have tears and other problems. Rolling them up into the hinges is definitely the hardest part.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Yep, they had a huge problem with the ribbon cables getting torn.

@GiovanneTorres Жыл бұрын

Great video Steve! Loved the better than factory t-shirt hahahaha

@lordsofkobol7385 Жыл бұрын

The hinge gave me flashback from the original ds. I'm steering clear of 3ds XL fixes. I think one time I spent a whole evening carefully replacing the shell on an original ds. The hinge on them was tricky enough.

@claudioeol Жыл бұрын

A new and exiting adventure every Friday, by the way, it´s ingenious what Nintendo do with all those ribbon cables. Thank you man, God Bless

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@mtshark7 Жыл бұрын

Nicely done Steve!

@hawkfeather6802 Жыл бұрын

3ds' have sooo many ribbon cables crammed into that one hinge! Nice work putting it all back together.

@lukehyoshy Жыл бұрын

I was sweating along with you on 10:15. Thanks for the amazing content!

@Narzaeris Жыл бұрын

Love the Northridgefix shirt! A nice subtle shoutout

@johnnysmalls2876 Жыл бұрын

Awesome fix 😎👍

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@robert_roland63 Жыл бұрын

I never knew this 3DS even existed. Nice job from parts to a working system! That is awesome!

@UssyMustyYS Жыл бұрын

Incredible fix. Great video as usual.

@bigdawghoss9871 Жыл бұрын

Currently doing some handheld refurb on a psp 3000. Re shell and some deep cleaning w/ UMD drive replacement. This kind of work takes such great patience. It's so very rewarding when it all comes together. Ya definitely inspired me, dude! Glad my workbench is finally getting some use.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Love PSP's. Glad you're trying to save one.

@bigdawghoss9871 Жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix Thanks! Love em too. Such a great handheld :)

@CRIMSONDANTE Жыл бұрын

I love the fact you are showing off NorhtBridge Fix Better than Factory T-Shirt. Spreading the love and respect.

@ethanwinters184 Жыл бұрын

Nice job man!!

@jasongober4678 Жыл бұрын

Flawless repair A+ my guy

@DeepThought420 Жыл бұрын

I've said it before and I'll say it again you're a true Superhero to all us gamers! 🎉👏🥳 Thanks for the awesome video!

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for watching

@thomasjburns100 Жыл бұрын

Awesome job!

@goodcitizen7064 Жыл бұрын

Great content as always

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@sirrichel9155 Жыл бұрын

Great video as always

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

@ChrisEpp Жыл бұрын

Loved this video, maybe one day I'll be confident enough to work on these more then I do. I did repair the bumpers on a DS Lite though by cleaning the inside of "button box". Keep up the good work!

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

You should definitely do more repairs on these. We need to save more of them since they don't make them anymore.

@malibuman792004 Жыл бұрын

Another great video fix.

@mjc0961 Жыл бұрын

Nice repair!

@birdfish86 Жыл бұрын

Doing gods work thank you. 👏

@Diballan Жыл бұрын

Perfection, great fix.

@ZetsueiTV Жыл бұрын

I always thought this kind of work was amazing and maybe I would love to get into it til I see the ribbon cables. Patience is always a issue for me and I would 100% rip them nonstop. Huge respect for how you carefully manage them!

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

You can do it! Just take some practice

@zrkn1 Жыл бұрын

I'm blown away by that nightmare assembly. Good job!

@markharrisllb Жыл бұрын

I really look forward to Friday evenings (U.K. time) these days. Great tee shirt, I’m sure Alex will appreciate it.

@bloocheez3 Жыл бұрын

I was subconsciously holding my breath while you were fiddling with the ribbon cables. I Frankenstein'ed three 3DS' that were all broken in different ways to make a single functional one and those EFFING ribbon cables....lord.

@haiirodesuuu4577 Жыл бұрын

I love Nintendo 3ds! A pleasure to see another one being repaired.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Me too! Glad you enjoyed this

@ninjapwnsatlyfe Жыл бұрын

Steve always comes in clutch with a legit video and fix

@ankthestar Жыл бұрын

It’s always a good day when you make a video

@bexualhealing Жыл бұрын

Nice to see you sporting the Northridge Fix t-shirt. Like the respect you have for fellow content creators

@robf228 Жыл бұрын

I loved your cometeer coffee commercial! You have a great sense of humor and it added a nice touch to the commercial. Unfortunately, I make my own liquid cold brew coffee concentrate, so I am not in the market for the cometeer. If cometeer is cold brewed, then you should notice the absence of acidity. It would be a whole new super taste for you. I also have a recipe on how to make cold brew in "bulk", 1/2 or 1 lb of beans at a time. Let me know if interested.

@mitchv.7492 Жыл бұрын

I'm exhausted and frustrated just looking at you doing it. Superb work and video! Another one saved because no one except you would repair this for 100$ in POTENTIAL profit...

@HarlotEffect Жыл бұрын

Great video indeed, I'd love to see you work on more handhelds.

@danarepouille1381 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for another thrill ride!

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Ha, ha, my pleasure!

@limpfinger12 Жыл бұрын

One little pin and it's fixed. Crazy something small can cause catastrophe!

@TheAlienwarewolf Жыл бұрын

Watching you futz around with those ribbon cables almost gave me a PANIC ATTACK!

@Crylhound Жыл бұрын

Good job!

@HKRXPRS Жыл бұрын

There is nothing better than sitting out under the verandah on a stormy autumn evening, sipping a nice glass of Brandy and watching the sky light up.

@steveaustin330 Жыл бұрын

Great episode, Steve.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks!

@xDB8x Жыл бұрын

Nice to see the "Better than factory" shirt, feels like a join of two different universes ahah

@DeadlySerpent Жыл бұрын

That was a great fix! I have a broken Xbox one X original that has a broken HDMI. I tried to replace the HDMI with a friend that said he new what he was doing but he didn't and ripped the HDMI off. Would I be able to ship it to you to show how to repair it. You can keep it as last long as you post a video on the repair. I have two of them with the same issue one ripped off the other not.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Those are tricky the first few times you do them. Contact me on Twitter, IG, or my website

@richardbriansmith8562 Жыл бұрын

Awesome fix tronicsfix Awesome Video tronicsfix

@staples6 Жыл бұрын

How did you learn how to do these repairs? I’m always fascinated by your work.

@LumenPsycho Жыл бұрын

Nice fix. I could feel the anxiety.

@Goobneptizle Жыл бұрын

Good job buddy

@Blind-Ambition Жыл бұрын

Beautiful video. truly from trash to treasure

@ClampyStew Жыл бұрын

glad you can come across a rare antique and fix it to its former glory!

@ksredsfan Жыл бұрын

No Perfect Amount of Thermal Paste but was still a good video thanks alot Steve

@nilomyki Жыл бұрын

Nice work.

@lloydizzle33 Жыл бұрын

What a faff! I couldn’t handle that amount of precision 😅

@techboy95 Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of my gamboy advance sp that I literally left outside in the back yard and didn’t find it for at least a week and it had rained. Amazingly the thing continued to work for many years without any trouble.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

That's amazing!

@TechHug Жыл бұрын

We are gonna talk about you stirring that coffee

@AllanAdamson Жыл бұрын

These are a pain in the ass man Way to go

@gooseman247 Жыл бұрын

Oh no - my anxiety spiked when I saw it was a 3D XL - ribbon cable hinge twist!

@ronlevin2339 Жыл бұрын

Those thin ribbon cables are the pain in the ass, so thin, so gentle. I first rip few apart till I knew how to deal with them ( I tested on a totally destroyed boards).

@ZackMuffinMan Жыл бұрын

I got one of these a few years ago that was broken. Changed the charge port and fixed it! However since it's been like 4 or 5 years the charging port doesn't work sometimes since I got a cheap replacement. Also I noticed that it is missing the little plastic rod things to attach a lanyard to on the corners.

@bigdave4934 Жыл бұрын

Great Tee shirt Steve ;)

@SteveGuitarTech Жыл бұрын

It was satisfying when all the ribbon cables fit perfectly in that hinge

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's the most difficult part, but also the most satisfying...other than when it starts up!

@SteveGuitarTech Жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix 🤣YESSSS SSSSSIIIIRRRR

@leakim971 Жыл бұрын

Well done Steve, better than factory ;-)

@FaddyMatty Жыл бұрын

Nicely done as always. I would like to send you something to try and fix.

@marblecornet Жыл бұрын

I always hated how tiny these ribbon cables are because right now I'm trying to fix the broken screen on my original 2ds and I couldn't even get the ribbon cables to plug back in

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

That's the most difficult part of these imo

@weniard Жыл бұрын

I have ocd and all I can say is: THE PAIN … IT HURTS I hope this 3ds xl is gonna have his forth piece asap. Ps I love your channel

@nstern2 Жыл бұрын

The DS line is of handhelds are the easiest to diagnose problems, but some of the most frustrating to actually fix because of the ribbons.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Ha, ha, true!

@glados_boatman Жыл бұрын

The scary thing is this version is reputed to be the easiest to repair out of the 6 3ds family versions.

@Lone-Wolf87 Жыл бұрын

That is so dificult to put together but you did it like nothing. 👍👍👍👍

@MrGetemGone Жыл бұрын

Like the video but I got to ask you this after binge watching your videos and doing a lot of thinking I was wondering are you still teaching soldering? As I do a good bit of electrical repairs mostly computers phones and tablets as you mentioned in your earlier videos it's a good skill to learn and I agree 💯

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Yep: www.gameconsolerepairschool.com

@blackace69 Жыл бұрын

Nice shirt Steve hahahah!

@empyreangames1325 Жыл бұрын

The coffee would taste better if you stir it with a flat head screwdriver instead of a phillips.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Lol, now you tell me!

@ExcenGaming Жыл бұрын

I'm watching all of these videos to eventually build up enough knowledge and courage to try and repair my PS2. Sadly, it doesn't read disks anymore. And it has suffered a couple of hard drops. But hopefully I can fully restore it and play some Twisted Metal Black 👍