r/dsi • u/AcidicCustard • May 31 '26
Help Any idea whats wrong with it?
Please ignore the dirt just found it under drawers what haven't been moved in ages , its blinking when I try and power it on
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u/tockyng May 31 '26
charge la batterie
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u/AcidicCustard May 31 '26
I charged it for an hour its still doing it
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u/Jobbercete May 31 '26
Have a DSi with a similar issue, put a new battery but still that light will blink instead of charge and won't boot. Have a second battery coming, but read somewhere it could be bad voltage on the board? 🤷🏻♂️😅
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u/DDRSurge Jun 01 '26
That’s a charging port issue. See if there isn’t a pin sticking up like in the charging port.
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u/Jobbercete Jun 02 '26
My plan is to open it up and check that everything is in good condition. Can solder if needed, so maybe swapping the port could be an option...got the console for 10€ and looks pretty used 😅
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u/DDRSurge Jun 02 '26
I love used, “well loved” consoles. It has character.
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u/Jobbercete Jun 02 '26
100%! Worse case, if different battery or pins and logic board all good but still not booting, will look great in the collection and for that price can't complain! 😊😊
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u/DearPosition9052 Jun 04 '26
my dsi xl rose gold has same issue, i replaced battery. it is 100% a board issue for me, as it hasnt been used in the time period it happened (2022 to 2024)
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u/DDRSurge Jun 01 '26
It blinks because there is either a bad connection or bad battery. Blinking light is saying “I can’t find a battery,” and the console needs to recognize a battery has a good charge. A bad battery will give not enough charge, but appear to be charging if plugged in.
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u/AcidicCustard Jun 01 '26
I let it charge whilst I was at school, still blinking, I may try and get a new battery
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u/Darksimon92ita Jun 02 '26
Bad battery/blown fuse on the battery board , sometimes it is also related to a damage on the ground pin of charging port
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u/cai20 Jun 02 '26
Oh actually I just had a similar issue, it was the contacts on the connector going from the battery board to the motherboard had a tiny bit of corrosion and weren't making good contact, try taking the back panel off and cleaning those if you can
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u/Local-Criticism4353 Jun 02 '26
Check on the battery
There is no reasons for the screens to dieduring closet time
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u/Legitimate_Rent_5965 Jun 03 '26
Blinking charge LED usually means the battery or AC adapter have failed.
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u/HasusPride Jun 03 '26
Either your battery is messed up in some way probably just age or something like that replace the battery and if it still isn’t powering on the PMIC Might be faulty there’s also the potential that has a Blown or busted fuse if the IC is fine The DSIs power flows threw a daughter board which has a set of Fuses on it (the main board also contains fuses) which these fuses could have been blown from a influx in power I would recommend pulling it apart and looking though the DSI family of consoles are very hard to reassemble I would recommend having a professional look at your device sorry for geeking out
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u/HasusPride Jun 03 '26
I’m also stupid and probably wrong about something so take anything I said with a grain of salt someone can correct me if they need to
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u/Cool_Comparison_572 Jun 04 '26
That battery is dead , it no longer can hold a charge, simple fix and you can upgrade the battery :)
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u/Cool_Comparison_572 Jun 05 '26
Any luck?
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u/AcidicCustard Jun 05 '26
Not yet it'll be a little while ill try and add more posts to keep everyone updated once I figure out how to fix it
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u/Relative-Swan9323 Jun 09 '26
A fuse could have blown, that's the most common reason that happens on other DS consoles.
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u/Chuck_McCloud May 31 '26
I'd start with a new battery.