pardon the aftermath

EDIT: ExtremeRate is the company that made the shell. Pretty impressed

    • Nindelofocho@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      7·
      3 years ago

      Honestly it was a lot of fun though I really enjoyed every moment of it. The fact that there are replacement parts available takes a lot of the real stress away from it for me

  • Cort@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 years ago

    Have you ever done shell swaps on other devices? If so, how would you compare this one?

    I’ve done joy con pairs in 1.5-2 hours but dualshock 4 took 20+ reassemble attempts over the course of a week before I got it working.

    The switch light I did took a little over 3 hours.

    Just trying to gage if the front panel is something I really want to try

    • Nindelofocho@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      3 years ago

      I havent done many shell swaps but ive torn down my fair share of electronics I have to say the screen is the hardest part on this everything else was pretty straight forward unscrew and unplug ribbon cables (and remember to actually put them back…) im doing some controller shell swaps real soon here though so thatll get me a little understanding on where the SD stands. It did take me 5 hours but I was being quite careful and taking my time id be fairly confident in taking it apart again and I plan to swap in some hall effect sticks or maybe mess with the triggers a little

      • sharpiemarker@feddit.de
        4·
        3 years ago

        I’m not sure they’d be comfortable servicing it with aftermarket parts. Some manufacturers that allow customization will tell you to undo the mods before sending it in for repair.

  • ShoePaste@lemmy.ml
    3·
    3 years ago

    Damn, maybe I won’t do a shell swap. I really wanted to do one but no way i could set aside 5 hours to get that done.

    • Nindelofocho@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      3 years ago

      Its a fun project to do on a slow weekend! You may be able to find someone to do it for you as well.

  • C4RP3_N0CT3M@kbin.social
    2·
    3 years ago

    I was very careful doing mine, but the real things to watch out for (more than the LCD screen) are the touchpads. Those things can’t be recalibrated, and there are no replacements. You can adjust the sensitivity everywhere but in desktop mode, but it makes the keyboard damn near impossible to use. Again, I barely touched them and had no issues reconnecting them, but when I got everything back together they were way too sensitive.

  • donuts@kbin.social
    2·
    3 years ago

    Looks pretty awesome though! I’d love a shell swap but I’m really scared that I’ll fuck up my screen or something.

    • Nindelofocho@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      3 years ago

      screen was definitely the hardest part. Fortunately worst case scenario is you buy a replacement screen that’s available! That’s actually what gave me the confidence to do it, knowing that if I bork anything up that replacements are available, improvements even