DS Lite screen innaccuracy - Repair?

[Magnakai]

Hiya

The touch screen on my DS Lite has gone completely off target now. You have to aim quite a bit to the left for it to pick up anything. I tried calibrating it, but it won't do anything at all.

According to Nintendo's US site, this means that it's buggered and needs to be repaired. I tried calling their UK office (Codestorm?) but they always stick my on hold for at least 15 minutes, which is ridiculous as I'm calling from a mobile and I can't afford that.

So! Any idea what it's going to cost? Are they reliable?
Any better ideas?

It's not super urgent as I'm only playing Phoenix Wright 2 right now and that doesn't care about the touch screen, but my girlfriend's having a horrid time in Cooking Mama.

[C']

Hmm, this has me concerned slightly. I’ve been playing Cooking Mama for the last few weeks and noticed that sometimes the stylus accuracy was quite poor. However, I don’t recall any issues prior to playing Cooking Mama so I assumed it was a software issue rather than hardware.

Have you tried it on other touch screen intensive games to confirm the problem? I’m definitely going to try a few others this evening.

[Magnakai]

Will your DS calibrate?
Mine simply refuses to.

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/dslite/trouble_screen.jsp#touch

I've tried cleaning it as the link advises and now I'm lost.

I found that the chopping and fry/stewing minigames in Cooking Mama were particularly bad. You have to aim a few millimeters left of the knife to get it to chop, and adjusting the heat on the stove seems to be more a matter of luck than anything else.

I don't know if I've got any other DS games that have any indication of such accuracy... I'll try Pictochat, actually. That should be a good indication. I remember it being a bit off when I got it, but it never got in the way of gameplay before.

[C']

Yeah heating the stove is where I first noticed its inaccuracy. Also, peeling potatoes/carrots can be hit and miss sometimes. Other problems are where sometimes the game just won’t register the stylus at all when slicing up ingredients.

These aren’t 100% occurrences for me (I don’t have to aim purposely to the left as you say) so, as I say, had attributed it to the game itself. I will run the calibration later and try a few games once I get home. Seems on odd coincidence that we’ve both noticed it on the same game though.

[C']

Just tested it out.

Ran the calibration utility without any issues and Pictochat appeaared to work flawlessly.

[Magnakai]

Lucky you
I think it's just mine then. Ah well.

Has that resolved your issues with Cooking Mama?

I guess I should ask again. Has anyone had any experience with Nintendo's repair centre, and can you tell me how long the warranty is for? I've had it for about 6 months, so should it still be covered?

[Link83]

The warranty is for 12 months so you should definately be covered, try contacting nintendo and see what they say.
Contact information here:-

http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/contactus/index.jsp

and their email is:
[email protected]
From what ive heard they usually send you a box to send your DS back in, and they then send you a replacement within a week or two.
Hope that helps!