New 3DS XL freezes randomly, won't start up

New 3DS XL freezes randomly, won't start up I bought the system used and the outside is in fantastic shape, almost immaculatel, but it will randomly freeze, not shut down, or the screen won't turn on or will light up but remain black. Sometimes after resetting it, it will work perfectly for a few hours but inevitably freezes again. Any help?
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bert [Entry]

Hi, I had the same issue with the screen freezing and not turning on. After trying all of the above to no avail eventually I closed it and gave the system a gentle few bumps and shakes. Once doing this I found the problems disappeared and the system began working like a charm. I figured that there must have been dust or foreign material inside causing a short somewhere. After shaking it around it would seem I've dislodged the foreign material and eliminated the short. That's all I can put it down to. If anything was loose before shaking it wouldn't have fixed it. Hope this helps.

bert [Entry]

I'm other sure if I had the same problem but today while I was playing pokemon on my 3ds xl I was shiny hunting then all of a sudden my nintendo freezes I pressed the home button and hold the power button but nothing worked to turn off then after 30 seconds it turned off...Now this is the first time this has happened to me and I have had this nintendo for the past 5 months I have dropped it once but it wasn't really from a high place it was from my bed...So idk if I should just forget about it and just see it as a normal thing or be concerned about it

bert [Entry]

"I had this exact same problem, and I finally figured it out.

Turn the 3D slider all the way up, THEN turn on the 3DS. This fixed my problem."

bert [Entry]

My new 3ds xl metallic blue isn t too loud as new 3ds xl other color is that normal or problem with the speakers ?

bert [Entry]

I still have the problem