Charge indicator blinking orange, will not power up

check the f1 fuse on the board...I had to bridge it on mine and it worked...

We had the same exact problem with the right D-pad (cross) button and it was - temporarily - repaired with a replacement power supply board (which had the D-pad buttons on it). However a few weeks later my son said the unit would not power up and the charge indicator light was flashing. I opened the unit again and found that the two tiny red and black wires that go from the PS board to the motherboard had been 'pinched' between the case halves and damaged when I installed the new PS board (I can see conductors thru the insulation where it was pinched). These wires route thru a tiny slot to hold them in place and away from the case halves but I did not realize that at the time. Also upon close examination of the new board and the original board I have found that those tiny wires are longer on the new board and therefore their routing is even more critical as the 'excess' wire is very prone to be pinched if not routed just so. The bottom line for us is that the damaged wires must have shorted because I discovered that the tiny 'F1' SMT fuse on the new PS board is blown and that I cannot repair. I have verified that this is the root cause as I have re-installed the original PS board (with its bad right D-pad switch) and other than that the unit works normally. I have ordered another PS board at this point.

So if you replace your PS board due to a bad D-pad switch (or other reason) be VERY careful when you route the red/black wires between the PS board and the motherboard so that they do not become damaged.

I had this same problem after soldering in a new game cartridge slot to the motherboard. Never done anything like this before so I was fretting when I saw the blinking orange light thinking I might have damaged the motherboard with my soldering iron, or linked two connections somewhere. Turned out after several hours of stress and googling to be a blown fuse in the power board. Just bridged it and now it works. Thank god.

I just squeezed the metal part of the charger for a better connection and it fixed my problem. After spending an hour looking at connections inside my dsi, it was actually the charger's port/insert that was the problem.

I had the same problem, I dropped it and the battery was out of place. It actually is kinda sensitive, so I tried as many things as you did, but in the end I had to put a little piece of ducktape on one side to push the battery against its corresponding metallic slots. It's kinda hard to explain, I made a little square thick enough to make the battery fit better into the space. What I think happened is, It fell so hard that the battery actually shrunk and wasn't touching the slots therefore not charging nor anything.

Check if its a nintendo licensed battery. It as to be a dsi. Battery for dsi and Xl battery for Xl. Look up the battery codes you'll find on a battery for your device. If your device still doesn't work, buy a nintendo battery pack.

Its Easy, undo the charger and push the battery up and ducttape it, then put the charger back in!

dangit now mines doing the orange light crap i think its a improper voltage detection.. could be one of the cells in the battery not functioning

I had the same problem with my DSXL I had the orange blinking light. It wouldn’t charge or turn on so I cleaned out the charger port of all debris and dirt and wala it started charging as it normally should and never had any issues after that! So try cleaning around your charger port area to make sure there’s no dirt or debris

So I recently replaces the screen in my Nintendo Dsi XL, and i has been working fine since. Well, until today, because it wouldn’t power on or charge, and was giving me the blinking orange light of death. I tried everything I could, and it still won’t turn on or charge. Please Help ME!