Do we talk about hardware here? Figured I'd give this a shot. Short version: My brother bought a DSi some months ago used and it stopped turning on after a month. We've tried a new battery and a new charger, still won't turn on. His solution was to just buy a new one, so I'd like to get this old one working so I could have a DS for the first time in years. It would cost $75 for Nintendo to repair it, and at that point I may as well get a new (used) one. Any tips for opening it up and seeing if there's something I can fix?
No, but I have an idea that might work. Register your DSi on club nintendo and it may qualify for an extra 90 day warrantee. If it does, say it's broken and ship it back to nintendo and they'll fix it for free... most likely, I don't know the full process. Hey it's worth a shot.
So close! I forgot to mention my brother bought this used, so it's a miracle the previous owner didn't already register it. The problem is, in order to fully register it and get the extra 90 days, I need to link it with my Club Nintendo account using its WiFi. I'll look deeper and try to see if I can get the 90 without doing that (what if I'm a customer that doesn't use WiFi? Am I SOL?), but for now I'm might be screwed again. It's apparently a 4 set process, but it looks like those 4 steps are to get you the 160 coins the system is worth. Step one is listed as "registered for extra 90 days" and it has a check mark, and under my products page it lists my DSi without any special "unfinished registration" label, so it appears the 90 days should already be added. Perhaps it takes a little bit for it to finalize (because on the repair page, when it looks up the serial number it still says it's gonna cost $75), but I'm not sure how long I should wait. EDIT: Nevermind. I just read what the bonus 90 days actually is, and it only applies if you're still in the original warranty. It's an additional 90 days, not a free 90 days. Still, I posted on the Nintendo forums (before I actually found that out), so maybe I'll get lucky.
