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I think the difference is that Nintendo roll up their flex cables so that there's plenty of slack, which is fine if you've got the space. From the looks of the

I think the difference is that Nintendo roll up their flex cables so that there's plenty of slack, which is fine if you've got the space. From the looks of these pictures, the macbook just passes the flex cable straight through which put stress on the cable. The Nintendo cable are definitely not indestructible. There's a hell of a lot of broken DSs out there.

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
> The Nintendo cable are definitely not indestructible. There's a hell of a lot of broken DSs out there. They may not be indestructible but the replacement flex cables can be bought for next to nothing and replacing them is trivial for anyone with basic electronics skills.
rhinoceraptor 8y ago
From my limited experience, I've never seen the ribbon cables fail from opening/closing the console. The failures I've seen (and fixed) are the bottom case breaking where it holds the hinge spring detent thing.