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Disassembling the US Nintendo DSi

Posted by timothy on from the keep-all-27-pieces dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Yesterday iFixit tore apart the Nintendo DSi and found several internal upgrades from the outgoing DS Lite. It seems that an experienced hand can completely disassemble the DSi in less than ten minutes using standard tools, especially since the job does not require a tri-wing screwdriver. This should make repairing and tinkering with the DSi substantially easier. The DSi now includes two integrated cameras that, unfortunately, have only 0.3 megapixel resolution. This is certainly a bit underwhelming considering most mainstream phones have cameras of at least 1.3 megapixels. As for chips, Nintendo is using a Samsung MoviNAND integrated 256 MB Flash memory / MMC controller chip, as well as a custom ARM CPU + GPU is stamped with the revision code 'TWL.' The DSi's chips all had manufacture dates around September 2008, indicating that Nintendo has been stockpiling these devices for quite a while prior to the North American release."

7 of 102 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Interesting by Threni · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, my DS is way too heavy. Thank god someone's taking my complaints seriously.

  2. Re:0.3 Megapixels... by faragon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fuck everything, give me the 5MP!

  3. It seems... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It seems that an experienced hand can completely disassemble the DSi in less than ten minutes, using standard tools

    A non-experienced one will take 10-30 seconds with no tools at all. This may not make repairing and tinkering with the DSi substantially easier

  4. Re:STOP THE PRESSES! by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    How in the fuck are pictures of the internals of an electronic device front-page worthy?

    What? Get the fuck out.

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  5. Re:STOP THE PRESSES! by midicase · · Score: 2, Funny

    Components or GTFO!

    That's better.

  6. Re:Interesting by cizoozic · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's not a good comparison, as the Game Boy Advance was wildly different in capabilities from the Game Boy Color. Meanwhile the DS, DS Lite and DSi are essentially the same system.

    So it's true - Nintendo is developing better business sense with time!

  7. Re:STOP THE PRESSES! by Locke2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is slashdot. We get hardons looking at picture of naked electronics. If you don't, try hanging out somewhere else.

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