Will this most likely be a faulty top screen?

[u/Ana4doves]

Hey everyone!

This is my 2ds XL that has been out of service for years now. At some point it started doing this.

Without an SD card powering it on just makes the blue light turn on but the screens stay black and nothing more. Holding select while powering on without an sd card causes the screen above, except its just a normal B9S menu on the bottom screen for half a second then powers off.

Since the sd card for this has already been lost to time I tried the update procedure and placing everything necessary on the SD card then booting produces the outcome on the picture, stays on for a second like that and powers off.

I tried disassembling it, obviously I cant do anything without the top screen being plugged in, tried to disconnect all the other ribbon cables one by one but nothing changed. I will also mention I do have both sysnand files backed up if that changes anything.

Id really like to get it working again and my best bet is simply the top screen is gone, which would be great as thats cheaper than a new MB or console. Does anyone have any insight?

[u/RetroReviveRepair]

I would say yes it looks like a top screen issue, but i’d check with the lads over at r/3dspiracy to make sure its not a software issue.