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Step 4Removing the top
This step is applicable only if you are replacing the top screen, and/or the shell. (If you are replacing just the bottom LCD and/or touch screen, you should have already finished your repairs by now. Go back to step 2 and step 3.)
You need to be looking at the plastic shell, under the bottom PCB. See two screws on one side of the hinge? Remove these. Now separate the two halves of the DS, but be careful not to damage the two wires and ribbon cable still connecting both sections!
With both halves disconnected at the hinge, feed the ribbon cable from the bottom PCB side, through the slot in the hinge, and gently pull the ribbon all the way through.
If you are replacing the top LCD, you can 'cheat' and simply cut the ribbon cable to bypass threading the end through the hinge. This, however, would be a terrible idea if you intend to continue using that screen.
Open the console up so that the top screen is exposed (you may wish to temporarily replace the bottom screen, etc. so as not to damage them). You will see four rubber pads inset into the plastic around the screen. Remove these (needle, hobby knife or flat-head screwdriver) to expose the Philip's head screws. Remove the screws.
Gently shut the console and turn it so that you are looking at the top (with the double Ds), with the hinge towards your side. The top of the shell does not pry 'up' like the bottom had, it must be slid open: there are L shaped sliders on the inside (refer to photo).
Insert a flat-head screwdriver in between the two halves of the top section, towards the center, and gently pry the case open by pushing the screwdriver handle forwards, away from you. As more of a gap is exposed, move your prying around evenly along the hinge and the top should come off easily.
It's somewhat tricky to get the screen up. If you are only replacing the LCD, you should attempt to leave the plastic cover in place, attached to the shell, and be very careful not to scratch it. A replacement LCD will not include a new plastic cover, but a shell replacement probably will.
I removed the screen by wedging in a small flat-head screwdriver and prying up, removing the screwdriver, re-inserting it, etc.
If you insert the screwdriver and then slide it from side to side, you will quite likely scratch the plastic screen cover
Now finish pulling the ribbon cable through the hinge to free the LCD from the shell.
Be careful, as the speakers are wired to the screen.
You need to be looking at the plastic shell, under the bottom PCB. See two screws on one side of the hinge? Remove these. Now separate the two halves of the DS, but be careful not to damage the two wires and ribbon cable still connecting both sections!
With both halves disconnected at the hinge, feed the ribbon cable from the bottom PCB side, through the slot in the hinge, and gently pull the ribbon all the way through.
If you are replacing the top LCD, you can 'cheat' and simply cut the ribbon cable to bypass threading the end through the hinge. This, however, would be a terrible idea if you intend to continue using that screen.
Open the console up so that the top screen is exposed (you may wish to temporarily replace the bottom screen, etc. so as not to damage them). You will see four rubber pads inset into the plastic around the screen. Remove these (needle, hobby knife or flat-head screwdriver) to expose the Philip's head screws. Remove the screws.
Gently shut the console and turn it so that you are looking at the top (with the double Ds), with the hinge towards your side. The top of the shell does not pry 'up' like the bottom had, it must be slid open: there are L shaped sliders on the inside (refer to photo).
Insert a flat-head screwdriver in between the two halves of the top section, towards the center, and gently pry the case open by pushing the screwdriver handle forwards, away from you. As more of a gap is exposed, move your prying around evenly along the hinge and the top should come off easily.
It's somewhat tricky to get the screen up. If you are only replacing the LCD, you should attempt to leave the plastic cover in place, attached to the shell, and be very careful not to scratch it. A replacement LCD will not include a new plastic cover, but a shell replacement probably will.
I removed the screen by wedging in a small flat-head screwdriver and prying up, removing the screwdriver, re-inserting it, etc.
If you insert the screwdriver and then slide it from side to side, you will quite likely scratch the plastic screen cover
Now finish pulling the ribbon cable through the hinge to free the LCD from the shell.
Be careful, as the speakers are wired to the screen.
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