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Update
Thanks all for your good vibes and hopeful interest with the outcome.
So, no more intermittent orange light, or any light of any kind. The AC adapter is still working with my OG 3DS so it seems like that's not the issue.
My thought now is to open the back panel and see if the battery looks problematic. I want to stick to Nintendo parts or repair only. So if the battery isn't the evident issue, I may send it to Nintendo for repair. Then I'll probably end up having paid market value for the product in the end, but at least the first $150 will have gone to a good cause.
Plus, who knows when Nintendo will stop doing repairs, and a repair with them is a decent shot at a fix that gets it highly functional or even a replacement refurbished model. Their refurbs are generally super high quality, too.
So my next order of business is getting a precision screwdriver
set because I can't find ours.
Unfortunately, not yet...
I left it charging overnight, and now absolutely nada on the light front.
Thanks @poochy! It's okay, I might've been unclear about donating but what I meant was that in the worst case scenario, my purchase price already went to charity, since it was sold by a charity auction site.
Thanks for all of the ideas and encouragement! I thought about a local repair shop but I I'm gonna (Koopa) shell out for repairs I think I'm best off with Nintendo. Of course, their repair site is down right now, but hopefully it will be back on Monday or something.
And yeah retro prices are insane, especially since the pandemic.
Yep I'm here! Hey
! Apologies if I was unclear about my post on Era but I just meant that I planned to mainly be spending my time here on FamiBoards, not that I hadn't joined yet. I can see how I was unclear though. 
So, no more intermittent orange light, or any light of any kind. The AC adapter is still working with my OG 3DS so it seems like that's not the issue.
My thought now is to open the back panel and see if the battery looks problematic. I want to stick to Nintendo parts or repair only. So if the battery isn't the evident issue, I may send it to Nintendo for repair. Then I'll probably end up having paid market value for the product in the end, but at least the first $150 will have gone to a good cause.
Plus, who knows when Nintendo will stop doing repairs, and a repair with them is a decent shot at a fix that gets it highly functional or even a replacement refurbished model. Their refurbs are generally super high quality, too.
So my next order of business is getting a precision screwdriver
set because I can't find ours. Unfortunately, not yet...
I left it charging overnight, and now absolutely nada on the light front.
Thanks @poochy! It's okay, I might've been unclear about donating but what I meant was that in the worst case scenario, my purchase price already went to charity, since it was sold by a charity auction site.
Thanks for all of the ideas and encouragement! I thought about a local repair shop but I I'm gonna (Koopa) shell out for repairs I think I'm best off with Nintendo. Of course, their repair site is down right now, but hopefully it will be back on Monday or something.
And yeah retro prices are insane, especially since the pandemic.
Oh you're here already!
Don't let us hang on the cliff!
Yep I'm here! Hey
! Apologies if I was unclear about my post on Era but I just meant that I planned to mainly be spending my time here on FamiBoards, not that I hadn't joined yet. I can see how I was unclear though.