Comment on Almost replaced the shell on my brand new deck... got caught out by the display
dlove67@feddit.nl 4 months ago
Did a full shell swap on mine:
The thing with the screen is you have to pull on one corner (with heat) until that single corner comes up just enough for you to slide some kind of tool underneath to slice the adhesive and separate them better. Then you can move the heat gun around a bit more and move the tool with it to keep cutting through the adhesive.
tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 4 months ago
That sounds tedious.
TwanHE@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I remember swapping ds lite shells in like 5 minutes for some friends after getting the hang of it. Now everything is glued together like some old wii portable conversations
Gh05t@beehaw.org 4 months ago
Also heat on the screen? Yeah hard pass my dude.
histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
why is heating the screen so bad?
Gh05t@beehaw.org 4 months ago
Because overheating it causes permanent damage. Just because you see people online doing it doesn’t mean it’s not without consequences if precautions aren’t taken or if you’re not familiar with what you’re doing. You’re heating up the glue - sure but you’re also heating the panel and that can cause it to not function properly anymore.