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Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement

Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement

Ella

Ella and 2 other contributors

Last updated on January 27, 2025

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Introduction

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This guide will help you replace the Wi-Fi Card in your original model Nintendo 2DS.

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  1. Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement, Battery: step 1, image 1 of 1

    • Flip over the 2DS.

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  2. Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement: step 2, image 1 of 3 Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement: step 2, image 2 of 3 Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement: step 2, image 3 of 3

    • Remove the game cartridge, SD card and stylus if your console has them inserted.

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  3. Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement: step 3, image 1 of 1

    • Undo the 2 Phillips #00 screws.

    • The screws will not completely detach from the battery cover.

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  4. Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement: step 4, image 1 of 2 Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement: step 4, image 2 of 2

    • Lift the battery cover up and pull it out.

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  6. Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement: step 5, image 1 of 2 Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement: step 5, image 2 of 2

    • Lift up the battery and remove it.

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  7. Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement, Wi-Fi Card: step 6, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the 10 Phillips #00 screws.

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  8. Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement: step 7, image 1 of 1

    • Carefully remove the rear panel.

    • There's a ribbon cable on the rear panel attached to the motherboard, so be very careful not to damage that cable!

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  9. Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement: step 8, image 1 of 1

    • Pull up the Wi-Fi card from the left side.

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  10. Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement: step 9, image 1 of 1

    • Use a spudger or your fingernail to carefully pull up on the right side of Wi-Fi card. This'll disconnect the Wi-Fi card.

    • There's a cable behind the Wi-Fi card, so be very careful removing it!

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  11. Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement: step 10, image 1 of 1

    • Flip over the Wi-Fi card.

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  12. Nintendo 2DS Wi-Fi Card Replacement: step 11, image 1 of 1

    • Use a spudger or your fingernail to remove the cable from the Wi-Fi card.

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Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Ella

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3 Comments

Where is the guide for the 2DS Zelda version? I just opened mine up, and there IS NOT a wifi module card anywhere to be seen?! Did they move it UNDER the motherboard? I can not find any guides to the green and brown Zelda 2DS. Mine won’t update or connect to anything now.

Jeremy Patton - Reply

It is the same. If you cannot see a Wi-Fi card, there probably is no Wi-Fi card.

Ella -

The wifi chip linked is a "2878D-J27H02301" but the one shown in the picture for the 2DS is a "DWM-W082", will either work or do I need to get a DWM-W082?

NullImmer - Reply

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