[Help] Helping a wet DS Lite.

So, in a moment of carelessness, I managed to get my DS Lite soaked -- the water seeped into the battery compartment, unfortunately, so it won't turn back on again.

Now, I have one of those one-time replacement plan thingies, so I know I can get a brand new one tomorrow, for free -- however, I'd rather fix this one if I can. Is there a way to revive this guy, or am I just going to have to get a replacement?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Gechmir

I'd say just replace it. Once those things are soaked in water, I'd say it is almost entirely fucked. I wouldn't think that it would be a one-part replacement kinda repair. And if it was, you'd have to hope you could get ahold of that part with ease. I'd replace it and get an extended warranty on it or something.

Next time, take it out of your pants before hopping into the pool :O

Lol, well, it's just a pity to have to use my extended warranty. I would rather have used it for something more interesting, say, if my DS Lite had snapped in two, or something.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Thanks for the input, guys. As of today, after overnight drying, it still doesn't work. So, I'm either going to apply rubbing alcohol to it to dry it, or call it dead and exchange it, because if it's not working overnight, chances are, something vital's shorted out.

Elixir:

The reason I'd rather fix it is that I would rather not redo the process of getting and giving friend codes. It's a little bothersome, considering I have to do this for multiple games and for multiple people that all play with me.

Also, I was hoping to wait a little to get a brand new DS Lite -- mine is only 4 months old, and there are a couple of dead pixles in it, so I figured to wait until the year was almost up on the replacement plan, and then get a new one on account of the dead pixels in my current DS Lite.

Acerbandit:

I heard about how durable those old Game Boys were, which is why I was hoping the DS Lite inherited that standard of durability. I remember, during Operation Desert Storm, reading a Nintendo Power article about a soldier's Game Boy surviving a bombing.

Here's his Flicker album for that Game Boy.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Spikeh:

Good to know! Unfortunately, I did turn it on while it was wet..


But, there's some good news --

I just plugged it into my wall, and it came back to life. However, it acts as though there was no charge left in the battery. Now, I just plugged it in 2 minutes ago, so I want to leave it in for the full 3 hours, and see if it can hold a charge afterwards. If it does, and nothing else goes wrong, I'm going to assume that some miracle occurred to give my DS Lite a new lease of life.

What's weird, though, is that all of my system settings are gone. I had to reenter my systems settings, so I'm wondering what that means.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Well, she's dead, Jim. It died after 30 minutes of being unplugged from the charger, and now, it's not even charging any more. I talked to my local Gamestop, who told me that they -would- swap my dead unit for a new one under the replacement plan, if they had any, but the holiday rushed wiped out their stock of DS Lites. So, it'll be the end of the month before they can give me a new one.

Thanks for your help, though, folks -- it was really appreciated! =)

Acerbandit:

What's truly bizarre is that I found out (while it was still alive), that the wireless settings info was retained even though eveything else (presumably) had been wiped. Weird.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Alrighty, I got me a new one. There was a store here that had a unit left, so I swapped it, and to make it better, they even issued me a new product replacement plan for free!

The old one never came back to life. Still, I learnt a lot from the posts here, so thanks! =)

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Hah, sorry. It's a swap, so I had surrender the old unit to get the new one.

FELIPE NO