I'm having an issue where my DS started turning off randomly. Having played around with it some more I noticed it does not happen when the cable is in, but as soon as the cable is inserted it tends to happen quite quickly.
Of note, this is not one of the new batch DS's, it's an older model. Example vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkRXpZJOKRA
Wondering if there's some direction here that I might be able to fix this myself? I've tried other cables and same thing happens, and the cable has no issue with other capture devices, so would have to say it's something on the DS end, but not sure what I should be looking at.
EDIT: Should've also mentioned, I've tried replacing the battery and the same result still persists.
DS Turning off when cable inserted.
Re: DS Turning off when cable inserted.
So it works fine if the cable was already in? Maybe it's something to do with movement / vibration caused by plugging it in? Does wiggling the cable around make it shut off?
Sometimes the battery (esp. aftermarket ones) can be barely making contact, and just bumping the DS around a bit causes it to shut off.
Sometimes the battery (esp. aftermarket ones) can be barely making contact, and just bumping the DS around a bit causes it to shut off.
Re: DS Turning off when cable inserted.
If I try to start the DS with the cable already in, it tends to either immediately shut off (before the screen even turns on), or after a few second. It works completely fine if there is no cable inserted at all. But as soon as a cable is plugged it, it switches off either instantly, or within a couple seconds. The first time it happened though was 2 hours into a run, but the issue has just persisted since then.
As I mentioned, I tried swapping the battery around with other DS's I have and that didn't make a difference. I can try opening it up further and just clean/reseat things, but didn't want to do that frivolously without some kind of direction about what it's likely to be.
Re: DS Turning off when cable inserted.
Without looking at it, I don't really know. My guess is it's a connection problem somewhere. You can poke around inside, try disconnecting / reconnecting things... I'm not sure what else to suggest.
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Re: DS Turning off when cable inserted.
If you check your Micro USB Port on the DS Capture, are the pins intact? If any of the pins are touching, it could short the device out, causing the issue you are encountering.
Having done numerous IT Support over the years, all it takes is one time of trying to insert it wrong to damage the plastics holding the pins of Micro usb in place.
Have you also tried another "new" micro usb cable? perhaps the shielding inside the cable is broken, causing wires to touch, shorting it out.
Having done numerous IT Support over the years, all it takes is one time of trying to insert it wrong to damage the plastics holding the pins of Micro usb in place.
Have you also tried another "new" micro usb cable? perhaps the shielding inside the cable is broken, causing wires to touch, shorting it out.
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