My son's 3ds began to black screen lately after trying to load original cartridge.

The OS boot normally. When I put the cartridge in the slot, the game appear normally. But when I touch the game, black screen occur after Nintendo 3DS logo.

Same thing happen with Mario Kart, Rayman, Asphalt 3d, lego city undercover and Pokemon X ... but with mario kart 7, I can see the Mario Kart 7 logo with the gear Rolling non stop.

Same thing happened with Camera app, and Pokemon Y (digital copy).

I tried to format the console, to remove the SD card, to replace the SD card with another 3ds, I opened the back lid to remove the battery 5 minutes... but blackscreen was back. I tried to swap wifi board, I've transfered all data/software from my other 3ds system... reformating for the third time... nothing changed.

Some games works normally (Stafox 3d, mario 3d land, super mario bros 2 and superhero squad works flawlessly)

Is another move I could try to repair this?

BTW, the 3ds is out of warranty.

Thanx

If the wifi module is lose you get a black screen. Same thing happens if the display cable isn't connected properly.

When you get a black screen, does it come with a text saying than 'an error has occurred' instructing you to power off the console?

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No message error. And like I said, I replaced the wifi board... and half my games works since other half don't.

Well... have you been using flash cards on the device?

If so, you're going to have to deal with a lot of similar issues on a regular basis. You see, flash cards always have stability issues. Especially on a system like 3DS that gets constant firmware updates.

In case you're using a card, make sure you seek help from the people who made it. Hopefully, they're still supporting it with updates.

Other than that.... it could be the pins on the cartridge slot were damaged in some way. But since you said that some games do work...

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flash card stability issue might be the culprit.

since he mentioned
they might be using flash cards prior to playing original games again.

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Yeah, it does sound like he's using a flash card.

Well, I guess they like taking risks!

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