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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."

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  1. I knew it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Quoting the article,

    The most surprising find on the DSi's motherboard was a family of Italian terrorists who leaped out and attacked this writer's cat. These illegal immigrant stowaways had folded themselves in between the main bus and the integrated sound co-processor and had sustained themselves on sunflower seeds while trapped in the plastic casing. Nintendo's spokesperson was unavailable for comment.

    I have always warned that Barack "Giuseppe" Obama was in league with Japanese financiers to spirit Italian extremist provocateurs into our nation's heartland. Now what do you nay-sayers say?

  2. On a slighty unrelated note... by bakedpatato · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The ad below the story here on /. has an ad for a company selling R4s, which as mentioned, does not work on the DSi.

    1. Re:On a slighty unrelated note... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      in before: "What adverts? I use adblock because I'm superior to you"