Restoration of Nintendo Switch with No Power - Console Repair
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- In this video I will restore and repair a Nintedo Switch that won't turn on. The screen is also very scratched so I wil replace the digitizer too. The switch is already suprisingly old console and since it has already new version (OLED) available and swtich 2 is getting released soon, it's about time I make a video about the original switch.
I start by removing ton of screws. Nintendo is already using ton of different types of screws to bend the rules of right to repair. After removing the screws and gaining access to the mother board I test the charging IC with a multimeter and since that seemed to be fine I figured the problem is likely with the USB C port, because the console gave no signs of life when charging. The issue could be something worse but when I had removed the motherboard I could see the USB C port was damaged.
To replace the USB C port I bought a new port (link can be found bellow). I used a heat gun to remove the old port and aluminium tape to shield some of the parts near the port. I used first 380 °C for about a minute or two to heat everything up and then I turned the heat up to 480 °C until the part came loose. The part will fall off with a little tap. There's no need to use any force, it will only damage the board if you try to do so. After removing the part I checked the contacts were ok and soldered a new port in. After the port was heated up I checked the contacts looked soldered correctly. Some of teh pins are under the port so I can't see if those are soldered, but could check it with a USB C test board before you plug it in be 100% sure you won't cause any damage.
Next I replaced the digitizer since I was replacing the digitizer I didn't need to be careful with it, If you are going to put the same dugutizer back on, you wan't to be careful when beding the digitizer and working around the ribbon cable. Finally I cleaned the parts from dust and replaced the old thermal paste.
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Can't believe that we are on the era of restoration of Nintendo Switch by OT. I'm still using the V1 for almost 7 years and it still works and runs smoothly..
This one must’ve been used a lot outdoors and possibly accidentally dropped a few times by its previous owner. That would explain the scratches.
Same, except for the fact the battery is garbage on mine. I'll charge it up and less than a day later it'll be playing dead again.
@@Brianna-eo8nuI'm guessing the USB port got damaged either from being dropped or being ruff with it when docking it
yeah I was not mentally prepared. My switch is my baby
Same, I even got the OLED a couple years ago and gave my classic to my kid. Even after years of use it's still going very strong. I keep it clean and dust free.
I think we can all agree that the phrase "and hope I don't destroy something" is inherent in ALL of our projects! Very relatable!
and here i thought it’s impossible for a nintendo switch to be restored, but here it is, repaired and brand new. This is awesome.
It’s actually pretty easy to repair a switch as long as you have a tri-wing screwdriver and a little bit of electronics knowledge
@@ethan44866 same can be said for most of nintendo's consoles.
Genuinely, I can't say enough how happy I am that we got to see the entirety of that CTR race. Humble 1st place along with a Switch repair.
There is something so satisfying about seeing something worn and obviously heavily used be restored to its original state. All it needed was some attention.
and those very same word can be applied to life “ all it needed was some attention”
I refuse to believe the Switch is 7 years old
Bro 2017 was like 4 years ago
The Switch was officially released on March 3, 2017.
Its the longest nintendo console lifespan atm
@@Barmalejus *7* *Years* *Ago*
Fr now I feel old
Its truly amazing how tightly packed everything is in hand held consoles
Your videos inspire me to buy electronics that don’t work, just so that I can try to bring them back to life!
I repaired and restored an N64, using Odd Tinkering's video. It was very satisfying. You won't be disappointed if you try it!
I did the same with a Gameboy Color
Same with a ps2
Do it! The only reason I work in the field I'm in now is because of Odd Tinkering.
Me too with a PS2 Slim
Wow, good to see such old hardware being treated with respect.
"such old hardware"...
2017 isn't "such old" yet.
Now I feel old. My youngest son.. YOUNGEST... was born 11 years before this console was made 😂
@@barbwyre75 Did they experience using the Switch? It's a great gaming handheld, even now.
@@jaythezerosix My youngest has one. I do too! 😂
I agree - I love it!
Is incredible after 7 years i can see the inside of a Switch and how it works
Amazing work as always!
I can't believe that you do such excellent restoration and cleaning work as to leave that console so dirty, the fan dirty, you didn't do a job to improve the case, the work was done without as much care as you do the other jobs.
Was the case bulging at all? Around the exhaust port and power button? The case on my switch is bulging as well.
I died a bit inside when he just put the new digitizer back on that dirty surface
I'm ready to see a Wii U getting restored.
whats a Wii U?
@@ChiggaChiggaBruh😐
@@ChiggaChiggaBruh nothin much, whats a wii u with you?
@@ChiggaChiggaBruh Be aware there are actually Wii U fans in existence...
And the memory issue solved...
7:30
'Next i turn the heat to 480 C and hope i dont destroy anything' that is the realest sentence ever.
Its still impressive to see how Nintendo managed to cram all of the components in there for small consoles like the switch and gamecube
Not cleaning off the old adhesive to the digitizer is killing me. 😮
That got me and so did the fan not being completely cleaned 😩
Frfr
3:08 Bro is calling for help
I noticed that too.
@@TheBrandonShepherd So is ... --- ... (S.O.S)
lmao true
WHHAH NICE EAR
i heard it too, my first instinct was to say “if you’re being held against your will blink twice” but then i realised we can’t actually see him lol
7 years, dammm time passes just too fast
That switch had quite the dust collection already
Surprised you didn't clean around the screen before putting the new digitizer on
So good to see that something still is repairable...
Title card: “this is a Switch from 2017”
Me: oh wow the year I got mine
Second line: “it’s already 7 years old”
Me: turns to dust
The board you put back into that housing isn't the board you had installed originally. 9:06 that port isn't flat! When you're cleaning the board at 13:40, the port is flat and has factory solder! I call bull!
Yeah Phil, totally with you here. That was the shoddiest port replacement ever. Not the same board. Very disappointed in OR. Edit: different markings on the coil next to BQ as well. See 15:32 . And another edit: new board misses the water damage indicator completely.
@@DelcaekYeah, me too, because he usually makes good videos. This one is just shameful
Also new digitizer put on the housing full of old adhesive...
Wow big dissapointment. I was always amazed at how he restored old consoles but now I'm doubting all those old videos too😅
The more you look at it more you notice. The New board is darker green as well.
The scratches on the screen are exactly why I put a screen protector on the moment I got my Switch out of the box…
Awesome job!!! ❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
You didn’t clean or remove the old adhesive from the digitizer bezel, that new digitizer won’t stay connected properly over time. And why didn’t you replace the battery while you were inside? Just preventative maintenance you know?
Also, Lumo is a great game. 👍🏻
Yo that step definitely annoyed me. I was like so you are just not going to remove that old adhesive? Like that's a step you ALWAYS do especially seeing how rough that old adhesive did.
He did clean everything just check out the whole video, did you skip or something?
"How many screws do you want?
Nintendo: "Yes"
screws are better than plastic clips any day of the week.
@@zadock6370 fair point👍
I've had my switch since 2017 and it's still in good condition. And that's after 1000+ hours.
This is one of my favorite channels on TH-cam. The console restore videos like this are the best.
This dude is restoring a console from last gen, it’s just a matter of time before he restores a PS4 or an Xbox One
And, before you know it, it's going to be only a matter of time before these consoles are considered retro.
Hugh Jeffreys already restored two Galaxy Note7,
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Restoring modern tech isn't weird
depending on how you look at it, the switch can be considered a current gen as well, not to mention unlike playstation and xbox, nintendo hasn't released a successor to the switch yet.
I agreed with Peter Benjamin Parker
Something tells me ducktor did not appreciate you brushing his teeth with the toothbrush directly after brushing his butt with it lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
11:00 bro... why didn't you clean all that leftover gunk and dust?
Dawg...
Such a great restoration! Thanks for tackling another NIntendo product. ♥ from Texas!
People in the Global South are being exploited and unalived to produce the gold, cobalt, and coltan for new electronics. The craft work you're doing in restoring and refurbishing electronics combats that exploitation and makes the world a better place.
Odd Tinkering has the best and coziest restoration videos 🙏
I was watching this on my TV and my cat was so enamored with everything on screen. He watched the whole video with me 😂
You forgot to remove the shielding that covers the GPU, there is also thermal paste underneath.
I absolutely love his channel but this has to be the laziest vid of him, totally fixed the problem but he half hassed hard the whole "restoration" part, he barely checked or cleaned the internals
@@fab1604, nice to know I wasn't the only one who noticed. Wasn't sure if I was just being picky. When he reinstated the new screen without cleaning around the area it sits in .I was like wth?🧐
@@winnerscreed6767 plus not cleaning the cooling fan, like, at all. SMH
He also swapped the boards. He did not truly fix it. Look at the markings at the coil near the port, also the new board is dark green.
He didn't even check the joycons either.
4:08 Watching you yank that out without pulling the latch up hurts me XD
Noticed that too but it's ok since he ended up switching the board anyways.. you can tell those are 2 different boards if you look closely
the date of fabrication written inside the switch is my birthday 😂
If you'll allow me to complain...
I would have liked to see some more cleaning happening inside as it was still pretty dusty in there😅
This is great to see. I remember repairing a switch I got by getting new joycon rails for it because the owner who had it dropped it and one of the rails got ripped out. Only was able to use two of the 5 screws to hold it in and it works perfectly now. Was a nice repair lol, also added new thermal paste :P
Seeing you repair this Nintendo switch reminds me of my own broken switch that I have been struggling to fix for quite a while. I hope I can learn a thing or two from watching you fix different things and be able to repair my switch on my own. It has been quite the journey from not knowing how to do a single thing, causing more damage to the switch, and then learning how to fix that part as well. I just hope I will develop the skills to actually fix it though. Your videos are very entertaining, and I may gain more knowledge from them in order to fix my switch. Thank you for walking through your steps better than other channels I have seen. It has been pretty helpful!
Whoever owned that switch got a lot of gaming hours on it
Or a typical kid of these times, who used it for 2 days.
Really needed a video after a long day from school. I'm glad you uploaded 💙
Damn, time to get my lunch ready to watch another masterpiece :0
Oh wow, did not expect such a modern piece of hardware restoration. Very cool.
Awesome job fixing the console with the longest lifespan in video game history crazy how years and still selling. Great job dude!
i started watching your content in 2020 without even knowing it was asmr
yo me too! it just was relaxing after a long day at work to watch an odd video and listen to all of the cool sounds of restoration. now craft/ restoration asmr vids are some of my favorites.
And then, at 11:28 : that quack was so loud that I feared it would wake up the neghbors…
This guy has all the tools and items he needed to fix all these micro electronics wiring inside of the Switch and to get/clean up stinkers in it like pool or puddles, to be able 'revive' this 7 YO Switch. Props to these tools!
Also i didnt expect him to run CTR Nitro Fueled of all game that i can think and predicted like... you know, Mario Odyssey or Pokemon S/V 😂
It’s crazy that the Switch is now being “restored”
Feels like it came out yesterday
The engagement with the audience makes it feel like a community.
I would like to reach out and say thank you for being honest with your content. So many hardware restoration videos on YT are fake, with the person just covering the console with dirt, marker, and stickers while just not showing anything else. While you show each step of cleaning and repairing consoles down to the last minute detail.
Keep up the good work.
This literally is a fake restoration video. The board was swapped and I'm also very disappointed. The shade of green is different, the markings on the coil next to the BQ chip differs, the USB port wasn't changed and has factory solder on it...
@@Delcaek Yeah, I found this video so bizarre... as someone that has fixed a few switches, you can see from the mounting holes on the port that there is no way those inner pads are properly making contact. Look at 9:03, it's still lifted. I've watched many of his other videos before and have been a long time subscriber, and saw no issues before, but maybe that's just because I'm no expert in devices like the PS1 and thus didn't realize... but man this video is shady in terms of work done.
@@maxz8807Agreed. My guess is that he actually did harm with his heat and needed to replace the board. Should own up to it and tell us. We all screw up, we would understand.
Great job, bro. I would get confused by holding the screws together and to put them in the right places while reassembling. ASMR is also a real immersion. Thanks for that.
16:54 OHHH THATS A SCREEN PROTECTOR I thought that was a tab of the digitizer you left hanging out by mistake lmao
What is the best friend of the Ducktor? ..... the Ducktape!!! lol :P
can’t believe we’re at the point where a switch can already be restored :’o im so old. either way, great work and video! newer consoles like this one always seem so intimidating to me to crack open, but you make it look so easy❤
We at the point where restoration channels are restoring Switches. Fuck I'm old lol
Finally a Switch tear down vid 😊
3:20 Bud that is not how you check if theres an issue with m92. you dont measure across the caps, you put your BLACK probe to ground on either the metal shield above the APU or on the case of the USB port, then touch the caps with the RED probe on each side to test for shorts, if only 1 side beeps then its not short
that trick to finding the threading will come in very handy! thank you!
This is the first Nintendo Switch restoration video I ever watched. Can't wait for a PS4 restoration soon!
And i can' wait for a Xbox One reatoration soon!
Well, there are tons of other channels that are specialized on fixing gaming consoles. From old NES to modern PS5 and everything in between.
It's pretty rude to scrub the Ducktor's butt before you brush his teeth with the same brush! 😆
I am not too familliar witht he insides of a Switch - nice video. It makes me wonder how much dust in in my launch-day unit's fan!
Long time subscriber. Love each and every video. With that said, I have one question and one suggestion. Most fans have a cover held in place with 2-3-4 tiny screws. Removing the cover allows for a thorough cleaning of the interior and blades. Have you heard of ArctiClean 60ml Kit 1 & 2 Thermal Grease Paste Compound Remover and Purifier (on Amazon)? One drop of remover would have dissolved the thermal grease and two drops would have purified the surface. The kit is awesome. Once you try it your only regret will be not discovering it sooner. Thanks! 👍👍👍
You switched things up for this Switch!
My brother and I bought our Switch back in December 2017, and I can confirm that it is in a very bad shape. Sometimes, it won't turn on. The joy-cons won't connect to the console, and the Wi-Fi connection is awful.
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The owner of this switch watching this video like, SO THAT'S WHERE MY DOGS DISAPPEARED TO!
It's nice of you to restore retro tech.
Fantastic work as always, and thank you because of you l started my own channel I've still got a lot to learn but l have a lot of fun doing it and thank you and wish you all the best 😃
Longtime subscriber here...I enjoy the restorations but the Ducktor is why I stayed... ;)
Honestly i love this mans videos
Satisfying to watch and he gives us some information on the console, like how the switch is 7 years old
Gosh i feel old for being 16 💀
Not even one second into the video and I feel like I need to take my meds and make an appointment for a routine examination at the family doctor already
Your videos are really quite amazing. Not only for the teardown and fix, but the editing and video production itself. So much work goes into it and it really shows. Amazing! ❤
Your content is:
Art
Therapeutic
Inspiring
Keep doing what you do! It’s the best channel on TH-cam, hands down.
ATI Radeon.
I really like that you brush the ducktor’s teeth. Great repair!
My favorite is probably Dragon Quest XI. Nice video!
Bro restored a Nintendo and chose a Crash game to test it, cinema 🗿🚬
Its amazing just how much they packed into there, with almost no empty space. Nintendo always knows what they're doing when it comes to consoles (except the one that shall not be mentioned)
It's not 7 years old, I can't be...
NOO I'm getting old!
Heh chinesium
Pretty rich to call this a proper "restoration" not only did you swap the boards, but you also re-used the old adhesive when swapping the digitiser for the screen. I imagine you struggled with the port swap, admittedly they're not easy however as long as you keep rotating your heat gun when heating from the bottom, you won't melt the plastic on the port. I am usually a huge fan of your videos, but people will notice stuff like this.
Most of his electronics “restoration” videos are like that, such a joke.
when was the board replaced? time stamp?
@@mups4016 if you look between 4:14 and 13:34, the original board has a different shade of green, and the port is a factory one after its allegedly been replaced.
You’re running a little low on the Famous Ducktor Isopropyl Alcohol. Might wanna fix that soon too 😂
i dismantle my switch all the time to clean out dust and ive even added new thermal paste so this was a fun watch for me ^.^
this a good idea, restoring the old gen consoles like one s and ps4
Hmm for a Switch that is 7 years old, it really wasn't in that bad of condition. I was expecting the controller buttons and stick not to work very well due to 7yrs of use. Screws probably missing due to prior maintenance work on it, they just were not advanced enough to to figure out why the device didn't power up. I love how you make short work of repairing devices. Meticulous 💅😎
6:16 Bro, why did you just pull the cable out? There's a handle there that needs to be lifted up before pulling the cable out.
Having done a lot of work on my Switch and its many controllers myself, it's cool to see an Odd Tinkering video working on tech that I'm deeply familiar with
This is really cool to see. I've only ever repaired my joy-con drift so getting to see the inside of the dock was a new experience. Can't believe it's already been 7 years!
Hard to believe the switch is already 7 years old
Seven years since I first made the joke about already owning a switch, it's still on my wall, it turns the light in my room on and off... :P
I still remember having my day 1 Switch and how it was getting ridiculously hot. Opened her up to clean everything out and to clean/inspect the fan and i broke the connection for the fan by mistake. I was very sad that day lol got an OLED Switch and a standard Switch for myself and my wife now
Got mine back in 2018 i think and it surely seen better days. shells cacked and the back plate is starting to seperate, fan is loud as all hell, screen has nail deep scratches and the battery cant hold a charge fo the life of it, you can only get a good 1 or 2 hours depending on the game 3 hours if your lucky, i still love it dearly since it was the the 1st gaming console i ever bought with my money
awesome job about Restoration with No Power Console Repair from Nintendo Switch 2017
3:07 DUUDE HE JUST SENT SOS !!! YOU GOODD????
I really like your restorations👍❤
Me too!
Thank you my switch recently broke and this gives me hope that it can be fixed❤
Always soothing to see stuff get repaired....
I don't even have a Nintendo Switch. I've had a Nintendo Wii since Christmas 2010. I've been too loyal to it to settle for any other console. But my top three most favorite Switch games to watch on TH-cam are:
1st place: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
2nd place: Monster Hunter: Rise and Sunbreak
3rd place: Luigi's Mansion 3
Getting to watch him play a game on the game devices he fixes sometimes feels like a reward for watching 🤣💀
I still can't believe it's 7 years old already. It still feels like it just came out like a year or two ago!! I feel old :(
Breath of the Wild is my favorite game on the Switch. Fantastic job on the restoration, and shoutout to the MVP Ducktor.
Childish open world adventure game
Thats got to be the cleanest duck ever in the history of forever!
Yay! I have been waiting so long for you to restore a Switch! :)
my 2017 Switch is pristine, and I have more than 7,000 hours of gameplay as it is my only system. Whoever was the owner of this Switch really put on an effort to beat this console that bad
Although many restoration TH-camrs are skillful, I categorize them as Generic or Name Brand. Odd T is definitely a name brand! …Also his duck is in better shape than me.😂
And nothing was repaired here, board was swapped out, you can see the factory soldering on the port.....also LIFT THE LATCH ON THE JOYCON CONNECTORS