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Image 1 — Found my ~6-year-old Nintendo DSi. It has significant corrosion and I want to restore it. Where should I start?
Image 2 — Found my ~6-year-old Nintendo DSi. It has significant corrosion and I want to restore it. Where should I start?
Image 3 — Found my ~6-year-old Nintendo DSi. It has significant corrosion and I want to restore it. Where should I start?
Image 4 — Found my ~6-year-old Nintendo DSi. It has significant corrosion and I want to restore it. Where should I start?
Image 5 — Found my ~6-year-old Nintendo DSi. It has significant corrosion and I want to restore it. Where should I start?
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Found my ~6-year-old Nintendo DSi. It has significant corrosion and I want to restore it. Where should I start?

I recently found my old Nintendo DSi after roughly 6 years of sitting unused. It was apparently left connected to the charger for a long time, and unfortunately it shows.

I initially wanted to just see if it still works, but after looking at it properly I'm hesitant to plug it in.

From what I can see:

  • The charging port has significant corrosion/rust around it.
  • The charger itself is also heavily corroded, so I disconnected it with pliers and I'm definitely not planning to use that charger again.
  • Several of the screws are heavily rusted/corroded.
  • The game card slot/ejection mechanism is messed up. The card doesn't eject properly.
  • The exterior has quite a few scratches and marks from years of use.
  • The screens look physically okay from what I can tell, but I obviously haven't tested them yet.
  • I haven't properly inspected the motherboard or battery yet.

I've attached photos of the current condition.

My goal is to properly restore this thing rather than just get it working for five minutes. I'd like to clean it up, replace whatever needs replacing, repair the charging system, fix the cartridge mechanism, and hopefully get it back to a good working condition.

My main questions are:

  1. Should I attempt to power/charge it at all in its current condition?
  2. Should I remove and inspect the battery before doing anything else?
  3. How serious does the corrosion around the charging port look?
  4. Should the charging port be replaced, or can something like this usually be cleaned?
  5. Since the screws are corroded, what's the safest way to open the DSi without stripping them?
  6. Is there anything specific I should inspect on the motherboard for corrosion/liquid damage?
  7. What would you recommend as the proper order of repairs/restoration?

I'm fairly new to console restoration, so I'd rather take this slowly than accidentally turn a repairable DSi into a dead motherboard.

Any advice, guides, or things I should absolutely NOT do would be appreciated.

I can provide more close-up photos of the battery, charging port, screws, etc. if needed.

u/LuSp_Arjun — 1 day ago
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Shitty ass college management

I recently graduated from Marian Engineering College (2022 to 2026), and my final experience with the college left a really bad taste.

When I went to collect my Transfer Certificate and ₹10,000 caution deposit, I was told I had ₹1,000 in dues:

* ₹500 for the alumni fund

* ₹500 for placement training

I wasn't happy about it, but I accepted it. So I expected to receive ₹9,000.

Instead, only ₹8,400 was credited.

When I asked why, I was told another ₹500 had been deducted as a "property damage fee" from every student, and ₹100 because I had supposedly not returned my bus pass.

The problem?

* I did return my bus pass.

* None of us were informed beforehand about any property damage deduction.

If you're going to deduct money from every student's caution deposit, shouldn't that be communicated in advance? Finding out only after the refund is processed feels completely unprofessional.

Then came the graduation ceremony.

The college made it mandatory to pay ₹450 for every accompanying family member as a food charge. My parents didn't even want the food. I asked whether they could simply attend the ceremony without the meal, and the answer was no. The payment was compulsory if they wanted to be there.

Graduation is one of the biggest milestones in a student's life. Charging parents for a meal they neither wanted nor had the option to decline felt unreasonable.

What frustrates me isn't the ₹600 or the ₹450. It's the lack of transparency. Every time there seemed to be another charge that students were expected to accept without prior communication.

For a college that's celebrating its Silver Jubilee and talks about producing professionals, I'd expect better administrative standards.

Has anyone else experienced something similar at Marian Engineering College or other colleges in Kerala? Is this common practice, or is this as unreasonable as it feels to me?

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u/LuSp_Arjun — 28 days ago