RH | 4,903 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 If you have a DS Lite, you may have noticed that there's an insert/cover for the GBA slot. It's not just a plastic insert, but you can see that it's a PCB card. Someone asked this question at gaming.stackexchange.com, and I figured I'd move the question from there to here, and post the photos I've taken, in case anyone else is curious but it to lazy to check themselves. Here are the photos below. Original Stack Exchange question: https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/359970/whats-inside-a-ds-lite-slot-cover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 You get nothing! You lose! Good day sir! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peg | 370 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 But does it count as part of the set... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, peg said: But does it count as part of the set... So many questions to consider. Edited November 11, 2019 by RH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,561 Editorials Team · Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Looks like every pin has a trace leading to... nothing at all. Weird. I wonder what makes that a better cover than just plastic? Maybe the "bite" of the pins helps hold it in place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 8 minutes ago, Splain said: Looks like every pin has a trace leading to... nothing at all. Weird. I wonder what makes that a better cover than just plastic? Maybe the "bite" of the pins helps hold it in place? I thought that and, maybe, metal-against-metal is better to prevent long-term corrosion. I'm not sure of that last possibility but as an educated guess, it makes sense to me. The silk-screened metal-layer does look over-engineered for such a pointless device, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,883 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Ghost game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,707 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Maybe they were playing psychological games. If you think the part has a purpose you are probably more likely to keep it in there when not using the gba slot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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