Comments on: Macro XL Tutorial (Original DS)

By: Leonenep

Leonenep — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 11:49:54 +0000

Is there a different set of pads I can connect the resistor too? I ask as I have ripped the pads off and don’t have another working ribbon cable to do the non solder method again

By: JoostR

JoostR — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 13:18:44 +0000

Hi, does the P5 and P6 ribbon cables have to be connected? I accidentally broke the connectors

Thanks

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By: Shanman

Shanman — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 06:13:50 +0000

I’m thinking of disabling the sensor that triggers sleep mode. Removing would be fine too but I can’t seem to find exactly what component in the DSLite detects the speaker magnet. Would you happen to either know the part number OR the label on the DSL motherboard?

TIA

By: Anthony Thomas

Anthony Thomas — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 21:41:09 +0000

In reply to YoshiB. Yep, I basically just played around with it until I found the right spot. Heavy mounting tape between the speaker and sensor also helps to block the sensor enough kill the sleep signal.

By: YoshiB

YoshiB — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 19:00:21 +0000

In reply to James.

I know this is an ancient post, but what the heck.

I don’t see many ways around this, unless you try going with a piezo chip instead. While the sound quality will likely be reduced heavily, it will still be sound output…I guess.

If you don’t want to do that, you could always try moving the speaker around a bit until you find a spot where the sleep sensor doesn’t get tripped, or just isolate and desolder the thing altogether.

By: James

James — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 04:06:02 +0000

In reply to Anthony Thomas. I figured it out. I didn't have the resistors making contact with the board properly. It was my own silly fault. I was wondering about the DS Lite's sleep mode activator, though. I've been running into an issue where the speaker on the rear side of the board (same spot you've got them) and the magnet is setting off the DS's sleep mode. Is there any way to turn off or disconnect that sensor? I've searched throughout the web to no avail, was wondering if you'd run into that problem?

By: Anthony Thomas

Anthony Thomas — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 01:39:22 +0000

In reply to James. What is the resistance of the resistor you're using? With the fat DS once the screen (all three cables) are plugged in it should boot.

By: James

James — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 19:44:16 +0000

Hey man. Followed these instruction for an XL Macro. The DS worked before I soldered the resistor on, but now it won’t boot. The power light comes on and the screen flickers for a second before blipping out like it would without the resistor. Did I mess something up? The Original DS doesn’t have the separate BIOS, and I tested it with all three of the bottom screen ribbon cables plugged in, so I can’t think of anything I’m missing. Got any ideas? It’s happening with 2 different boards, so it must be something I’m doing.