Damn it all to HELL!

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:52 pm

Sorry for the topic name but I'm really PO'ed at the moment. First off I bought my DS back in January of 05' and it's served me well for the long year. It has scratches and what not but no hardware or control problems...until last week. I was playing MarioKart DS when I noticed I couldn't drift. So I then clean all of my DS buttons to see if that was the problem, but nothing. So I got really upset and I conteacted my local participating EB games to see if I could get it fixed, but it was off warranty 2 months ago! Then I went to Nintendo. com to see if I can get a repair on it, the warranty at Nintendo was still good for a month so I call them and this is my problem.

Nintendo wants $75 to fix my R button!

I'm thinking if giving up on the whole thing and sell it on eBay and just buy another. I'm not making this thread helpful for fanboys or anything like that, but damn it all I want to drift!

Any ideas on what to do?

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:53 pm

Clean your R button.

S q u e e ! · Post by **S q u e e !** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:54 pm

cowsgoquack101 wrote:So I then clean all of my DS buttons to see if that was the problem, but nothing.

Seems like he already did

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:55 pm

I'd do it again

Or see if that's really the problem.

Post by **Skyone** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:56 pm

Open it up! Warrenty shmwcwmasarrenty!

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:57 pm

I'd go inside it and clean the innards. And if worst comes to worst, replace the whatevers in there with a tact switch on your R.

Fanboy · Post by **Fanboy** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:57 pm

Eat the babies of Nintendo employees... That's what I do when I get mad... I just shovel whosever's babies down my gullet and feel happy inside (with A1 of course, I'm not a savage)... Babies happen to be nutritious and delicious. Whoever says you shouldn't eat babies because it's morally wrong, tell them theirs are next...

Disclaimer: This is not a joke, I do eat babies. In terms you can understand, don't make me angry or I'll eat yours (and if they ain't here yet, I'll get 'em later)...

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:58 pm

if the warrenty expired, open it up and see what's wrong, it's probably easy to fix

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:01 pm

Damn Fanboy, how old are you? You really piss me off when you talk about eating babies!

Fanboy · Post by **Fanboy** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:03 pm

Why? They taste good... I'm 12, was it your baby I ate last Tuesday? I couldn't help it, it looked so delicious all lying there wrapped in blankets on that doorstep... An I just happened to be carrying A1 with me, so I had a snack...

Darth Fett · Post by **Darth Fett** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:11 pm

Oh No!Fanboy is a cannibal!Run!

Post by **Skyone** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:17 pm

Fanboy wrote:Why? They taste good... I'm 12, was it your baby I ate last Tuesday? I couldn't help it, it looked so delicious all lying there wrapped in blankets on that doorstep... An I just happened to be carrying A1 with me, so I had a snack...

-.-

Sir Games-A-Lot · Post by **Sir Games-A-Lot** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:23 pm

Darth fett wrote:

Oh No!Fanboy is a cannibal!Run!

Oh No! Darth Fett's space bar is broken! No offense.

And Fanboy you are making a big you know what of your self if you take my meaning......

I really have no idea about the ds but do you know what kind of button mechanism is under the plastic R button? (tact switch, membrane, etc.) that might help us figure out what's wrong with it.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:24 pm

it's probably a tact switch that stands up verticly, that's what it is in GBA. you can get replacements from a broken computer joystick (if you have any, those are jackpots for tact switches and stuff)

Post by **bicostp** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:27 pm

Darth Fett wrote:Oh No!Fanboy is a cannibal!Run!

you gave me an idea!

About the DS, since it's not covered under any warranty anymore it won't do any harm to open it up and look. I'm not sure if it's a tact switch in there or if it's a rubber pad thing like NES controllers. But if you do replace the rubber pad with a tact switch, replace both of the shoulder buttons with tact switches so it's even. (and if this is the case, you'll have much sharper shoulder buttons than a stock DS) I think it may be tact switches already.

EDIT: Idea!