I'm not sure if this should fit in (insert adjective here), but perhaps it should deserve its own topic. Mods, feel free to move it as you wish. Anyway...
Don't get me wrong. I love my phat, silver DS. It is a source of many hours of enjoyment.
Unfortunately, it has become a source of many hours of frustration. Thanks to fast and furious Tetris and Mario Kart playing, my shoulder buttons started wearing out on my phat.
Curiously, I decided to buy a triwing screwdriver and check it out. My first obstacle was a damaged screw. A flathead fixed that. Next, I pulled out the shoulder buttons, spring and all. Then, I put them back in, closed it up, and noticed that the shoulder buttons were tighter and even more unresponsive than ever.
This is where I ask you, the TMK public: how do I restore my DS phat's shoulder buttons? And have any of you suffered DS degradation? Has your rectangular brick suffered from worn-outedness?
Edit: By the way, I've had mine since December 2004 and never in my life have I bought two of a console or handheld.