So I’ve mostly fixed up a 3DS picked up off eBay.

The last issue is an odd one. On boot it acts as though Dpad down is being held, the odd part is it only does this for about 5 seconds after boot, then stops and acts perfectly normal the rest of the time it’s been booted. It’s always about 5 seconds with or without any interaction

Once powered off and on it does it again.

The big problem though is if I boot to gm9 it won’t stop and I suspect it is causing a freeze issue when attempting to execute a script

Anybody know what’s up? I’ve already cleaned the pads with isopropyl

  • @[email protected]OP
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    123 days ago

    Thanks, I didn’t because it was in good condition and then it just working after a few seconds and I didn’t think there was any sort of detection for that sort of thing on Nintendos side of things, but ig there was since it worked lol thanks!

    • @actionjbone
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      123 days ago

      You’re welcome! I’m glad that helped.

      It’s a pretty common issue, micro corrosion or dirt underneath the domes. But not everyone knows you can peel them up to clean underneath!

      I’ve fixed a few systems like that.

      • @[email protected]OP
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        117 days ago

        Turns out it wasn’t the Dpad. It was the replacement circle pad joystick being dead on the y axis lol that’s what I get for going for the cheapest possible lmao

        Another replacement joystick later and it works perfect now

        • @actionjbone
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          113 days ago

          Oh wow. Isn’t technology amazing!

          I’m glad you eventually figured it out.