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Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Jr on October 16, 2009, 06:27:01 am: Sorry for making a whole new topic about this,But I just recently bought a DS Lite off eBay and nothing was wrong with it for the first few 2 weeks,But,then all of a sudden I turn on my DS plug in Final Fantasy 3 and BAM! there a appears a stuck red pixel on the touch screen.

The weird thing is that when theres a red background it appears black and when theres any other color it appears red.I've tried running the Stuck Pixel Fixer you know the one where it flashes red green and blue and left it over night and it still hasn't disappeared.I hear eBay offers a 3 month warranty for all items,If so how would I go about returning it/exchanging it?

But my most urgent question is; is there anyway to FIX it.
If not answer the question about the warranty.

Thank in advance...
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: K-hos on October 16, 2009, 06:52:02 am: the easiest way I know of is to just buy a new screen off ebay (about $5) they're real easy to install too.
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Brown on October 16, 2009, 08:00:27 am: 5 bucks?? if its a pixel problem hes gonna have to replace the LCD not the touch screen. and those things are like 20$ (on average +/- 5$) + shipping.

dude I would say just send a message to the seller and tell him that there is a pixel problem and you want either an exchange or your money back. and ofcourse, do NOT tell him that it happened after a while and the whole ff3 yadda yadda yadda. Rather, make sure you get him to believe it was like that from the start!

*throw the ds away get a psp*
jk...
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Jr on October 16, 2009, 08:17:35 am: Quote from: Brown on October 16, 2009, 08:00:27 am
5 bucks?? if its a pixel problem hes gonna have to replace the LCD not the touch screen. and those things are like 20$ (on average +/- 5$) + shipping.

dude I would say just send a message to the seller and tell him that there is a pixel problem and you want either an exchange or your money back. and ofcourse, do NOT tell him that it happened after a while and the whole ff3 yadda yadda yadda. Rather, make sure you get him to believe it was like that from the start!

*throw the ds away get a psp*
jk...

I already contacted him about it.
He may take awhile to respond but I found a few touch screens on eBay for like $5 - $10 I don't they go up to $20.
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Brown on October 16, 2009, 08:27:47 am: as i said if its a pixel problem its the lcd that needs to be fixed your touchscreen is fine. theres a screen UNDER the touchscreen which has the dead / fucked pixel. ?
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Jr on October 16, 2009, 08:36:03 am: Would this be the LCD screen?

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-TOUCH-SCREEN-LCD-For-NINTENDO-DSL-NDS-DS-LITE-NDSL_W0QQitemZ180410901260QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games_Accessories?hash=item2a0153e30c#ht_2277wt_1204
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Jester on October 16, 2009, 09:38:34 am: Quote from: Brown on October 16, 2009, 08:27:47 am
as i said if its a pixel problem its the lcd that needs to be fixed your touchscreen is fine. theres a screen UNDER the touchscreen which has the dead / fucked pixel. ?
He specifically said it was the touch screen in the first post.

If it is indeed the touch screen that one should work since it's a replacement touch screen.
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: JMickle on October 16, 2009, 10:11:17 am: why are you so worked up about a dead pixel?
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Drule on October 16, 2009, 10:17:17 am: Contact the seller and ask for your money back. If that doesn't work, contact ebay and tell them about the situation. If that fails you can probably send your DS to Nintendo for repairs. Many electronics companies offer an international one-year warranty for most of their products.

I wouldn't do anything to the DS myself. If it shows that you've been messing around with it the seller might refuse to take it back, Nintendo might not want to repair it, and there would be nothing you can do about it.
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Jr on October 16, 2009, 10:22:20 am: Yeah I know the seller just replied a few minutes after I typed this post and asked me to send it back in exchange for a new one.I dont get it how do I send it back to them?I already asked the seller but he is yet to reply.
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Jester on October 16, 2009, 01:09:56 pm: you send it in the mail.
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: DDay on October 16, 2009, 01:56:55 pm: I hope he know that already... maybe he didn't have the mailing address.
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Eltee on October 16, 2009, 02:00:22 pm: call a taxi and ask him to bring your ds to nintendo
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Brown on October 16, 2009, 02:08:40 pm: Quote from: Jr on October 16, 2009, 08:36:03 am
Would this be the LCD screen?

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-TOUCH-SCREEN-LCD-For-NINTENDO-DSL-NDS-DS-LITE-NDSL_W0QQitemZ180410901260QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games_Accessories?hash=item2a0153e30c#ht_2277wt_1204

oh wow it's that cheap :shocking:. I am utterly surprised. my mistake!

well if youre having a hard time mailing it back (considering its youre first time) then I'd say get the mail address from the seller (or if you still have the package it came in then the return address should be on it) then go to your local ups/fedex wherever you go to send mail and just tell them you want to send this thing to this location and they'll package it for you and whatnot.
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Mama Luigi on October 16, 2009, 08:31:55 pm: No no Brown is right... that's the touch sensor. The LCD looks like this:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3175
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Jr on October 16, 2009, 08:58:22 pm: I think hes gonna send a letter to my house or something.

AND YES I DID KNOW I HAVE TO MAIL IT BACK!
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: EColeman24 on January 03, 2010, 07:08:53 am: In all of the forums I've visited I don't think I've ever heard of anyone having this problem. If you find a solution I would love to here what it is.
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: ATARI on January 03, 2010, 07:17:14 am: i had this problem but then i stopped playing my ds and it went away

do you get the joke
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Parker on January 03, 2010, 08:53:13 am: cool atari

also, my DS has had a dead pixel since the day I bought it, brand new. Totally lame.
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Eltee on January 03, 2010, 09:30:58 am: why didnt you turn it back in

stupid
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Parker on January 04, 2010, 07:41:12 am: Quote from: Mr. L on January 03, 2010, 09:30:58 am
why didnt you turn it back in

stupid
tried to. they said there had to be a minimum of five dead pixels for them to return it.
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Brown on January 04, 2010, 01:55:44 pm: my bro traded in his dead pixeled ndslite to ebgames for a dsi. He was disappointed, there is no gba slot wtfff! Nintendo ceases to amazing me.
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: Eltee on January 04, 2010, 06:29:04 pm: Quote from: JOJOFACE on January 04, 2010, 07:41:12 am
tried to. they said there had to be a minimum of five dead pixels for them to return it.

what stupid damned store is this
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: General Robert E. Lee on January 04, 2010, 06:57:25 pm: You just tell them that there are five dead pixels. What are they going to do, count?
Title: Nintendo DS and Stuck Pixels
Post by: ATARI on January 06, 2010, 02:10:42 pm: theres gonna be five dead bodies unless you take this back and give me a new one brah