@[email protected] Yes, you are right about that. Something I’ll be keeping an eye on, so far so good

@[email protected] Thanks Jake, yeah it was nice to have a free afternoon to tackle this. It feels great to get a simple thing like this out of the way! You should totally do those soon

@[email protected] Thank ya. If other people run into the same issue, hope this will be somewhat helpful!

@[email protected] I tend to mash the A button when playing Pokémon, it seems like that has to be what did it. I have not played very many four button games on this device to begin with, so it must have been the repeated use. The B button also left a mark on the membrane, but not nearly as noticeable.

And yeah I tried to keep the sticky part of the tape rolled inward to not touch any components. If it’s an issue later on, not super hard to get back in there

Here is the final result. The button sags to one side in a barely noticeable way, not a huge deal. More importantly, it now feels just the right amount of clicky in comparison with the other buttons. I am reasonably satisfied with how this turned out!

Overall, the disassembly and reassembly process went more smoothly than what I originally pictured. If this issue were to pop up again in the future, it’s not that difficult or time consuming to get back to the internals. Case closed!

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@[email protected] That’s brutal man. I would love to see you able to repair it someday, I used to think this stuff was too difficult until I tried it. But then again, I’ve never worked on a 3DS.

Modding a GBA with an IPS screen some years ago was pretty in-depth, and way more of a job than this one today. I agree that easy access to the internals is a huge plus these days, not something to be taken for granted!

@[email protected] Too real

Here’s what I came up with: a very thin slice of electrical tape rolled into a cylinder. It fits snuggly in the A button hole and should provide some resistance for repeated button presses (I hope)

Now, let’s get this thing put back together and see if there’s been any improvement!

I flipped up the board and immediately figured out what’s going on. As you can see, the shaft of the A button is stuck inside a small hole in the rubber membrane. We’ll need to put something small between the two to keep this from happening again in the future

@[email protected] Very nice, hope they keep adding more of these. I would go crazy for a solid dark blue SP just like what I had as a kid!

@[email protected] It’s so great. I love that blue translucent color, totally getting this one if I end up getting one for my significant other

Some shots of the disassembly process. A Phillips screwdriver, T6 bit and a steady hand are all that’s needed to get this thing open.