Bottom 3DS Screen came back blue

[loopy]

The same thing happened to mine, the top screen looks fine, but the bottom has a blueish tint to it...

Was it like that when you first got it, or did that happen later? Just curious, because I test it before sending it out. Maybe the cable shifted during shipping, it probably just needs to be reseated. Take off the back cover, disconnect and reconnect the cable going to the capture board. There's a little black tab on the connector that locks it in place, you'll need to flip it up first.

[Dale]

It's been like it since I've had it.

Tried re-inserting the cable into the board several times, no change.

I'm wondering if it might be a soldering issue, or damaged board maybe.
It seems like it's just not transmitting any red to the bottom screen through the board at all, shows up fine on the console itself.

[loopy]

Bad board, bad soldering, bad cable. Could be any of those. I can send you another board to try out, if you want to put it in yourself. Or just send the 3DS back and I'll fix whatever's wrong with it.

[DaleClarke]

Look like I joined back in January and completely forgot I registered... Woops!

Anyway yeah, would you mind sending another board for me to try out please? I'll guess that you'll need me to PM some details?

Also, if it is a soldering/cable issue, would you happen to know exactly which points would be causing the issue? It's just I live in the UK and custom charges are quite pricey, so it's going to be rather expensive for me to send and receive things overseas...

Would like to say though, thanks for all your help

[loopy]

Ah, it was a self-install. That explains things. This is why I don't sell them that way anymore

Going by the screenshot you posted earlier, these are the bad spots (in pink).

[Guest]

Excellent, thank you very much, we'll give it another go

[DaleClarke]

A bit of an update, I decided to try and re-insert the cable whilst the capture board was plugged in to see if there was any sort of "sweet spot"... What I found was quite interesting and could help, I'm not sure, but thought I'd post it anyway just in case it does.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdM1rWIol1Y

If I run my finger gently along the black tab (starting closest to the usb plug) then that's what happens...

Like I said, I don't know if that's any help or not, but figured that I would post it just in case it is.

[Rurikar]

Just got mine (N6G2V5 from the order form)

It worked for about an hour and then this started happening.
http://urealms.com/robsstuff/20130724193757932.png
It would flicker really bad on the top screen with the 2D off or on, turned it off and on again but now the top screen is completely black. Suggestions?

[loopy]

Huh. This seems to be happening a lot lately. Makes me wonder if Nintendo is starting to use different LCDs or something. I can send out a replacement but I'd like to have the old one back so I can try to find out what's going wrong.

[bootie101]

Huh. This seems to be happening a lot lately. Makes me wonder if Nintendo is starting to use different LCDs or something. I can send out a replacement but I'd like to have the old one back so I can try to find out what's going wrong.

so maybe its the newer ones. ill be sending my first one back very soon but still might take about 2 weeks to arrive to you.. Im actually keen to know whats wrong so maybe next time we can fix it somehow instead of needing to send it back. My new one you sent me will probably arrive next week.. I can give a model number or something that may help. Maybe its just a certain model number or something.