Unique flex cable (for Nisetoro capture)?

[T.Mo]

I had my Katsukity card looked at, to find that there is a tear on the flex ribbon cable.

Am I screwed or is there way to fix it? TIA

[loopy]

You can probably get it working by running wires to replace the part that's torn.

[T.Mo]

Thank you for this.

It would be just a straight-across solder, right? I'm only asking because I honestly don't know.

[loopy]

Yeah. Just wires, point to point for whatever got broken.
If it's for New 3DS, good luck. Soldering on that is a lot more tricky.

[montejeu]

Is this for the original 3ds or the new 3ds? If it is for the original 3ds then it might be a lot easier since everything was big. How did you rip the cable? Do you have pictures?

[T.Mo]

It’s for a New 3DSXL. I have no idea how it tore, as I found out when I sent it to Merki to buy the TV kit.

[montejeu]

It was working before you sent it in? It doesn't just tear like that on its own from normal use. That is definitely going to be tricky. If it was the ffc right above it then it would be no problem. I've never taken one of those katsukity boards out, but doing that alone is going to be a lot of work and on top of that soldering all of those connections. It's doable, but not that simple. I'd ask Merki if he is willing to do it since you already sent it in for a fee. You shouldn't have to junk everything else just because of a ffc tear.

[T.Mo]

I got about 15 minutes of play on Merki’s TV kit before it completely stopped working. While Merki did inform me there was a little damage on the flex cable when he got it, he was able to do his diagnostic tests and make sure the TV kit was working. He did explain that problem was with the flex cable, as did the second guy who I had let ok at it. He would have attempted some soldering work, but he saw the flex cable had torn even more, so there was nothing he could do.

When Merki replied to a post I made back in 2016, I asked him (again) about replacing the flex cable. As there was grave misunderstanding (he thought I was badmouthing him when I was actually speaking of multiple visits to Keity), he most likely won’t help-let alone talk to me.

That said, I’m probably screwed, right? I just want to play 3DS out to the TV again, so any leads on something who could attempt to solder those flex cable points is very much appreciated.

P.S. I’m not talking smack about Merki. Just wanted to put that out there in case he drops in.

[loopy]

Well, it's fixable ... I've done it before. It's just a PITA.

[Tecd0c]

Seems I have to step in here..
Got his from Keity (Katsukitty) bought system in for a USB repair.
But I found out that it is Nothing wrong with the USB, the Capture Card was asking repeatedly for a key.
But so it is a PRAM error, and after I tried couple of times to reprogram it by software I told him that it is impossible.
And that it is broken as I canot fix this. But I tested the unit with my TV-Kit and there it works fine.
So I offered him a TV-Kit and use this for watching and recording.
What he paid was 10 Euro for checking nothing elese, enven though I spen more than a hour with it...
I did not open the device at all - not once! Why should I? That was a software/firmware problem, not hardware at that point.

Later he contacted me about some problems he is having. And that he got the message no signal.
That means in general that one of the flexcable connections to the console mainboard is faulty or not having proper contact.

So he started to ask how - he - can fix this. I understand that he lives on the other side of the world, and does not want to spend the money on shipping - understandabel..
But I told him that this is not a easy fix, for somebody never done that before. And unproper Lifting would easyly damage the flexcable!
That's all from what I was involved on this.

So the problem he's having now is something that he did himself.
If only one single trace is not connected the device, there is no Picture/Video that he would see at the TV-Kit.
And that's not how he got his device back from me..
If you look at his pic, you can see that he torn the flexcable almost completely.

So to fix that it is not done by only fixing the traces on the Capture Card his other Connection problem is there too.

Stefan Merki
Merki.net