DS screen and more

[Endlessnameless]

Hello,

I was very fortunate to receive a DS for Christmas and right out of the gate got pwned in mario kart. Still had a blast playing. Knowing that you're playing somebody else is so much more fun than playing against CPU. Anyway, I just had a couple questions. I tried searching through the forums and could not answers to my questions.

1.) Is the touch screen a bit Darker than the top screen? Or is this just mine. It seems to be just a bit darker and you can see the pixels just a little easier.

2.) I have one dead pixel on the top screen. Normally this would be no big deal, but I tend to zero in on stuff like that. Will Nintendo fix it under warranty even though its one dead pixel? If they would, how is their turn around time?...Of course I plan on emailing them about it, but just was curious as to what kind of dealings you have had with them.

3.) I had a bit of a trouble getting my DS to sync up to the nintendo usb dongle, but found a fix to my problems. But is it unusual for it to take a long time to find an opponent? I did a worldwide search and it kept hunting for over 10 minutes and I did have the max signal strength.

Thanks in advance, and nice forums you people have here.

welcome to the TDS forums.

1. depends on what game you're playing, i think. but it could be, i don't really notice those things.

2. yea they'll hand you a new one under the warranty, and it gets back pretty quick... like 3-10 business days.

3. yea that happens, but luckily its not that often.

[ShadowMarth]

1. It's possibe it's an illusion caused by the differing angles, but if you're sure, it isn't quite normal.

2. Nintendo's customer service is a lot better than most. They'll fix you up fine.

3. Oh... well... I'm not online yet, so I can't answer that one.

[Frisky_Biscuits]

for # 2, i was gonna send my DS in for a second time because the one they gave me back had a dead pixel, she brought it up and was hella nice and said there was that problem, but she hooked me up so i sent mine in twice, dont worry u can get a new one like that...also really nice that nintendo pays for shipping and everything, just not the box i dont remember

[Sir Realism]

They probably dont have to worry too much because of their 5 million DS's sold and whatnot.

[PrawnJuice]

Originally Posted by Urgh...RIP!!!

for # 2, i was gonna send my DS in for a second time because the one they gave me back had a dead pixel, she brought it up and was hella nice and said there was that problem, but she hooked me up so i sent mine in twice, dont worry u can get a new one like that...also really nice that nintendo pays for shipping and everything, just not the box i dont remember

Nintendo gives you a whole new DS?

[Frisky_Biscuits]

yupp, twice

[PrawnJuice]

Sweet. I thought they'd just replace the defective LCD screen.

[Frisky_Biscuits]

nah they couldnt give a rats a$$ about fixing it, they just give u a new one and probably fix ur old one and re sell it

my bro has a dead pixel does anyone know if you can get it in a different color? i've got 3 platinum DSs in ym household, its kinda hard to tell them apart(other than mine, which displays huge wear and tear >_>)