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Yea I sent a PM. The screen protectors are alright, except they eventually become damaged themselves... it really is a poor design. I've seen people install their own rubber bumpers to keep the top screen 1/8" from the bottom or keep a cloth between them as "solutions."

Here's my standard Cut-&-Paste reply I send to someone that emails me about buying only the board.

I used to offer it as an install kit for $150, but I stopped because most people had trouble with it and had to return it. I'll sell you one if you want, but it's not easy to install. You need to have soldering experience and the tools to install it. There are some instructions here - http://3dscapture.com/install/index.html

I wouldn't call it "hardcore electronics work" (as silvermoon551 puts it) but you do need to know what you're doing. More than once I've seen people take it to a "professional", paid more money than what I charge, watch them fuck it up and have to send it back to me to fix it. When I say you need soldering experience, that doesn't mean "melted something with a soldering iron one time". If you look at the instructions and think "meh, that's easy, what's the big deal?" then you're probably fine.

loopy wrote:Here's my standard Cut-&-Paste reply I send to someone that emails me about buying only the board.

I used to offer it as an install kit for $150, but I stopped because most people had trouble with it and had to return it. I'll sell you one if you want, but it's not easy to install. You need to have soldering experience and the tools to install it. There are some instructions here - http://3dscapture.com/install/index.html

I wouldn't call it "hardcore electronics work" (as silvermoon551 puts it) but you do need to know what you're doing. More than once I've seen people take it to a "professional", paid more money than what I charge, watch them fuck it up and have to send it back to me to fix it. When I say you need soldering experience, that doesn't mean "melted something with a soldering iron one time". If you look at the instructions and think "meh, that's easy, what's the big deal?" then you're probably fine.

Out of curiosity how much would just the board cost? I feel like I can do the installation without any problems but if anything were to happen I only have one 3ds and I don't want to spend too much money on this either.

Well you'd need the ribbon cable -- there's 36 test points to solder plus the large pad.

Then you'd need the new back cover, which looks custom made. So at minimum you'd want the card, new backing, and cable.

Honestly, I'm not sure where people mess up, the assembly phases? This seems like standard fare if you're used to dismantling smart phones and the like.

The most difficult part to me would be cutting that groove just right.

Then I guess you'd need a male to male 3.5mm audio cable plus a ground loop isolator (noise filter) for audio, along side the mini usb to usb.

Eir wrote:Honestly, I'm not sure where people mess up, the assembly phases? This seems like standard fare if you're used to dismantling smart phones and the like.

Broken connectors and messy soldering.

Could someone show how you install Katsukity's 3DS XL Capture? I bought it and don't know exactly what to do.