Trying to FIX another (2nd) Faulty Nintendo Switch from eBay - PART 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Hi, this 'trying to fix' video shows me attempting to repair a broken Nintendo Switch. I purchased 2 faulty Nintendo Switch's from eBay from the same seller and I am doing 2 videos on it. The part 1 video is on the first Switch and the part 2 video is on the second Switch. This one is part 1 so this broken Nintendo Switch is really bent out of shape.
Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things.
I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series.
Many thanks Vince.
I absolutely love how every time you show us something on the internet you have a different mobile device
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The first minute is explains exactly why I watch these videos. I love taking things apart and seeing how they work. My parents always said I used to take my toys apart to see how they worked. Perfect entertainment for me. Good video mate!
Sammmmmmeeee
Me too!
Not gonna lie, when you put that music on for removing the digitizer I thought it was gonna end with the entire thing shattering.
You know its gonna be intense when "In the Hall of the Mountain King" plays... ;)
Man, for a second when he got it completely loose during the last part of the music, I thought he was gunna screw the whole thing up.
Jay F Spoilers!
^ Shouldn't be looking at the comments early. :p
Chronoguard Exan reeq
it doesn't matter if you fix it or not, it's great entertainment for us all !! keep up the good work vince!
Thank you :-)
My Mate VINCE it's Ok dude!
I agree!
I agree but he spent 100 pounds on the switch
Lisa Harvatin yeah and if he did fix it (he already has one) he could sell it for more!
These videos are brilliant Vince! I'm not at all a hands on or DIY person, changing light bulbs intimidates me, but this series has really made me want to have a go and learn some practical skills. I've got an old DS light with a fault D-pad that I never use anymore so I'm very tempted to open it up and have a poke around as I've nothing to lose. Thanks for the sharing your passion for an interesting hobby!
I love how you evolved into the fixer you are now. That horrible wifi thing is very similar to a thing inside the older iphones. I had two bought as spare or repair and had to tape that connection on the resulting hybrid. It did continue to work. My first spare or repair fix was a book reader and I managed it with much satisfaction and a lot of sweating LOL so I absolutely can understand the guilt of buying things that MIGHT not actually be fixable.
I like your mag tray idea but there is a much better way to keep track of all the screws. Take a picture of the inside (obviously the outside is easier to keep track of) then print it out and tape it to some cardboard. Then as you remove a screw you poke it into the actual spot on the picture. You can enlarge the pic if you wish, also use multiple layers for the hidden bits. Hope. You like this idea?
The docking port is right in the middle, where the switch got bent. So it's most likely the portnot making proper connection to the board, having come off. Resoldering it's pins to the board might fix it?
...more likely the port is not (isn't) makeing...
Just to add to this response: HDMI over USB-C uses super-speed pins on USB-C cable, and switch will get power/etc even if they are disconnected. Besides solder crack on connector, it could be bad connection to USB-C chip / balls that cracked under that chip. And because switch does detect docking, and that uses USB for checking, only one of super-speed diff. pairs could be broken. You could test this with multimeter , up to chip. ( Also, you might be able to see diff. pairs )
p.s. If it's problem with crack in chip's solder balls just heating it up a little bit might help. If it's board that is faulty then ... GGWP, or Louis .
p.s.s. Also, you might be able to check if there is data coming out of chip using multimeter, but I'm not 100% sure that you multimeter can detect AC.
While it would be annoying if it couldn't dock without heavy repair, having a working Switch that isn't bent anymore is pretty amazing feat. If docking is the only casualty, you can workaround that.
he should just try reflowing the pins from the port just heat it with soldering iron and if it doesnt work use hot air on the usb c chip to try and reflow on there
I wondered about that - maybe one of the solder points on the connector came loose?
hey vince you should get a small tube of thermal paste i use ARTIC MX2 around 5 pound off Amazon .
any cpu in most devices once heat sync has been removed it needs new thermal paste could cause over heating issues in future good job shame about the last wire but it all still works
LETHAL APOLLO GAMING I totally agree about thermal paste 👍
A lot of respect u say ur a amature but u dont hesitate to try to fix it👏👏
Why not just put the good board in to the bricked switch
Bradley Snow21 he wants to learn how to pull a switch apart
Henry's Guitar Adventures but he already has done that with the bricked switch
He decided to only use the parts it came with hense the superglue bodge job
MarzTV the more times you do it the better you get, he'd never done a screen removal
if he wants to learn how to remove the screen that fine.. do it... but imho he should still put the good parts in the old bricked switch tho.. hmm
Vince, you are a brave fellow to get down and dirty with these faulty devices. I wish I was a little more tech savvy so I could be opening my old or damaged equipment. By watching you I'm picking up a thing or two about the subject. Thanks,bro. Keep up the excellent content!
Thanks :-)
You should see if you can get some regular paste flux instead of the pen. Paste works much better for getting that solder to stick where you want it to.
I spent Christmas day 2018 watching a bunch of videos of a guy fix (or try to fix) game consoles. All of these have been fun to watch. I feel like I owe you money for the entertainment. Thanks!
Best content on youtube! Such fun and relaxing videos, and it's nice to see how these consoles look on the inside without having to take the risk ourselves.
"Not to make it an hour long". Part one proceeds to be an hour long and there is probably another one coming. I love this channel.
Lithium batteries, if you bend a battery toss it. They have layers of electrolyte and copper foil in them if you bend it you risk tearing one of the copper foils inside, If that happens the battery can catch fire. Remember the Galaxy note's that were exploding? Fun note, if you take the battery and charge it all the way and then jab a screw driver through the center it makes a really neat smoke bomb. I really enjoy that you are so determined to fix these. Not only that but you have the determination to actually fix the broken stuff not just toss it and buy replacement parts. On a side note, The first time I ever peeled a digitizer off a a device to get to the LCD I was scared as hell. You did it with so much confidence. It was refreshing.
Those connectors break all the time. They are very weak. people that do cell phone repair just cut that connector off and make a direct solder connection to the board with the wire. If you open a Iphone 6 that has been refurbished you will find that just about everyone of them has had this "mod" done.
Great info, thanks for sharing it :-)
Just smoke bomb? No, depending on your luck, it might even be a flamethrower or even a small fire bomb.
@@tiagotiagot battery to a flamethrower lifehack. Amazing.
I can't put my finger on exactly what I love about these videos and your commentary on them, but I could watch all day long. Maybe it's that when I watch a pro do it I feel really stupid, but you are so humble and willing to admit you don't fully know what you're doing it makes it so much easier to watch. It's cool that you learn with your viewers. Definitely subbing
"Not quite sure how it would get so bend"
Ragequit. It's almost certainly a ragequit.
It’s the heat...
It’s just the heat.
If solder wont flow into an existing solder joint sometimes it helps to add a bit of solder to the existing joint as a difference in solder composition would make them somewhat incompatible. If you're using a regular temperature controlled soldering iron it also helps to keep the tip wet with fresh solder right before soldering to better conduct the heat. From working with drone video transmitter antennas I friggen hate those UFL connectors they always break and I end up having to strip the coax and direct solder it. For jobs like these I'd highly recommend getting a cheap USB microscope, lets you zoom in enough to be able to view bad connections, solder joints, burn marks not visible to the naked eye. I admire your willingness to take on such projects without much experience in electronics - we all gotta start somewhere! I learned by opening up good or broken electronics and trying to fix or put them back together, attempting to fix electronics for friends. Eventually with practice you start fixing more than you break!
YAY these series are the best!
TheChosenOne 📽📽
u r ---->
Have i seen you before?!?
Ryukahr? Mr. A game? Btg?
@@Pikachu_Duck_Lemonade ?
@@skybiomes659 I have seen you somewhere before, but i just can't remember where or what...
See Vince this is why I like you, you just try to help. You have 2 ads in 1hr long videos too, and you seem like an outstanding guy! (And we trace back to a few of the same ancestors) I really appreciate what you do man!
When the music sped up, my anxiety went through the roof, LOL!!!
Straight enough to fit in the dock which is a win, shame it didn’t work in the dock. I love fixing stuff more than using it. Never forget my first fix. Was a tube tv and found quite a few broken soldiers. Was a high tech tv in the day when there was only 4 channels to watch 😂 fixed loads since, might buy broken stuff just to fix aswel. It’s good fun. Great videos. It’s always handy having videos of things being dismantled. Never had that option years ago!
Vince my mate, I find these videos very entertaining, I also learn a bit about eletronics and whatnot. Thanks for this!
Dude! You are awesome. Free knowledge, knowledge is power.
Please never stop. It's saving me money by satiating my gadget itch and it's really interesting in general!
I don't even own a console, but here I am watching this. What's wrong with me? LOL. It's very interesting.
@My Mate VINCE I love these switch videos, just thought I’d point out though that you should pull the battery out before using a hair dryer seems a little risky lol
Please tell me I'm not the only one who really likes the sound when you take your joycons on and off the rails? I kinda got used to it now but when my fist got my switch and especially in this video which made it louder... Pure bliss
I bet the pins from the USB-C connector need to be resoldered. It was bent in the middle where that connector is. (Hopefully its just the connector, and not a break in the traces on the board itself, though from what I saw I don't think that will be the case) Its always worth a shot. As for the wifi antenna, why not use parts from the broken switch to repair it? Also, please, PLEASE replace thermal compound after removing and replacing a heat sink! Watching you slap that heatsink back on without cleaning and replacing the TIM made me shudder :-) Anyways, love watching as you learn and figure things out. That's exactly how I started with PCs, and now I've been building/repairing them for almost 2 decades both personally and professionally.
The timing of the crescendo as you removed the glass was most excellent. 🤘
You're getting better at troubleshooting and problem solving with these! Keep it up!
A lesson learned is never a waste of money. Knowledge is priceless.
That switch has had a rage quit on it and the user has brought it down on there legs/knee with force.
for sure
Under the circumstances, you did a great job fixing it. Just keep at it, man.
The switch's HDMI mode might be on the wrong resolution, or check tv's aspect ratio isnt locked
hey man! to correctly solder you need to heat up the points where you want to solder, you need to put your soldering iron tip against both the connector and the logicboard at the same time for some time, after that you should start dotting your soldering tin, not on the tip of the solderingiron, but on the connector and the board and the soldering iron, all three of them, and hold the soldering tip there to warm up for some time, the tin need to fuse togheter with the ex copper on the board and connector to make a alloy,
google "cold soldering joints"
there are much more important details in soldering, but what i wrote is a good start
In the hall of the Mountain King is not the right song to be playing while repairing something. I almost had a heart attack.
for broken plastic bits and pieces, you can use a fine soldering tip to melt it together and for bent plastics you can use your oven. Just "bake" it, remodell it into place and put it in cold water. :)
Im not sure if I watch these videos because of wanting to learn new stuff or just because its addicting to watch and figuring out whats wrong with these things.
I love these videos. I learn so much. Glad to see others with a similar hobby.
Oh sweet, another Fix it video with Vince. Better pour me some hot coffee, sit down in the lazyboy and enjoy this.
Keep it up Vince.
Thanks so much. Hope you enjoy it and the coffee :-)
Just as much as i enjoyed this video!
Thanks Vince, really enjoyed watching this. As per other comments you could re-solder or move the board to the bricked switch's case. Looking forward to part 2!
I can't believe how entertained I am by these videos about dismantling consoles. love your channel
vINCE sTAHP yOU ARE as much a pro as they are... stop putting yourself down fam. i love these
The reason why there is no serial number is so u can’t take it back to stores saying you bought it’s there,or it’s been sold some where before say second hand stores do this trick a lot
I watch these with my head in my hands, shaking my head and saying "Nooooo" and "Whyyyyy??" several times.
Yikes, when that Switch heats up, that tape and Blu Tack is going to get messy. You should really buy yourself some cheap boards to practise soldering on. At the moment you're practising on very expensive Nintendo Switch consoles!
*Practice
@@patrickheld4379 well they are both right
@@patrickheld4379 Practise is the British spelling. Practice is the American spelling. They are both correct. It is like grey and gray.
@@patrickheld4379 That does not matter. I'm just trying to get you to understand that you and the guy who commented are equally right. I learned in school that their are 2 ways to spell it. You did not and neither did the other commenter.
idk, i just like watching this series. I never took anything apart, but i like watching you take stuff apart just to see what's inside. Makes me want to take apart my broken ps4 controller. :p
The classical music is quite fitting for the situation! Best example is when he is dismantling the digitiser
Liam Mustapha Yeah, i excited so much when the music came :D
I was worried I thought it was slowly reaching the climax, and he would break the LCD, I know the first time I took off a digitiser myself was with my old Samsung GS7, and I broke the screen, and the digitiser
(Too much force not enough heat)
I got a good tip from retro game tech videos, when taking out screws use a ice cube tray to put the screws in. It helps when putting the project back together and you can break down each part of the process.
s/n are taken off to void any warranty with the manufacture
or to hide that it's stolen.
@@onehappynegro no because most electronic devices have the serial number of the unit available in the machine itself. if you have a smartphone, look in the settings and you will find your serial number, same with consoles.
I don't know why but this is like extremly satisfying to watch
Nice vid.
You should be careful using super glue anywhere with heat because it releases poison gas when it heats up.
One of the first things I learned when I started repairing computers and arcade machines ;)
I love how you have multiple random little pocket notebooks at the beginning of each episode.
Jerryrigeverything durability test *cough cough*
Cornel Grigor lol
That one was grey
What's your profile pic
Cornel Grigor sei troppo intelligente
Daniel 12345 samsung galaxy tab 4 (sm-t230) stock wallpaper
Great Switch Video Vince. You're my kind of person of taking things apart!
I subscribed liked and turned on notifications! Your the best!
with the magnetic holder i use water bottle tops to seperate screws in areas where they go since i drink a lot of water but the magnets still hold the screws there. love the videos im the same way and like doing this kind of stuff and you dont know how stuff works till ya take it apart
If it charges but does not dock/connect to TV, then the USB data pins were probably damaged, resoldering the data pins should fix that. The WiFi connector really should have been removed before attempting to solder it back to the board, unfortunately I don't think you'll be able to remove it now(case of needing 8 hands and the fingers of a 5yr old Chinese boy) so it would need to be cut off and replace the sma connectors if the cable is long enough and as for the superglued plastic, people that do 3d prints use acetone to smooth abs, look into Acetone Vapour Baths
Thanks for the advice :-)
The fingers of a 5 year old Chinese boy is a rather expensive sacrifice to the electronics gods.....Wouldn't a goat work?
I have a tip for you to make your soldering a lot easier. I don't know if you can get these in the UK, but here in the states we have what's called jewelers solder. What it is is basically tiny solder chips that comes in a jar submerged in a mild acid to keep it from oxidizing. These chips come in a few different shapes and sizes but the basic is tiny squares, VERY tiny squares. It's used to solder things like clasps to necklaces and such. What you do is place a solder chip on the spot you want to solder, put some of the acid on top of that, and apply your heat. Normally this heat comes in the form of a very small butane torch but you COULD use a fine tip soldering gun to do it as well. This works very well on small things that need to be soldered. The solder flows very nicely under the acid bath and cools quickly making for a no fuss soldering job. I'm not sure where and if you can even find these anymore but here is a link to give you an idea of what I'm talking about. www.amazon.com/uGems-Silver-Solder-Precut-Density/dp/B00BMTWP92 If you can't find these another option is to take your thin low melt solder and cut some very small pieces off of the wire and flatten them with a small hammer or something else hard and flat and just use regular flux. Place the home made chip on the board with some flux over it, top it with your upper piece that needs soldering to it, and just apply your heat.
Can't wait for part 2 😊
im still waiting for part 2 of switch 1 😜
Removing an intact digitizer is indeed fairly straightforward, especially when it's a quite flexible plasticy one, just takes a bit of patience. The difficulty rises incredible with shattered tempered glass. The most frustrating repairs i do are replacing broken digitizers on tablets. It's a horrible, crunchy, hot mess.
nice vid, soon you don't have limited experience:D after a few months you will be a professional. good luck.;)
You got crazy lucky on the repair of this one. i would probably put a new housing (maybe a crazy color) and resell. Good job!
Since the Switch is bent in the middle, it's probably loosen one of the solder points on the connector. Resolder it and it should fix the problem.
Have a huge thumbs up for opening up the screen... I definitely knew the feeling of possibly messing it up. But glad you went ahead, it's what this channel is, what I'm hoping, all about. Also I honestly hope our views and likes are enough to fund all of this so you can continue to make these great videos. Looking forward to part 2.
Thanks for the feedback and support. The first Switch repair (failed repair) did well on views and likes so hopefully over time they will all pay for themselves :-) Part 2 will hopefully be out tomorrow or Saturday :-)
My switch did that where it wouldn't connect to the tv. Turns out there was a setting in the display settings changed to 1080p and not auto so it wouldn't connect to the TV that was 720p. Maybe that's the issue?
Nope.
Love these series Vince! Keep it coming
I saw your last video. Just a small tip. Next time you want to desolder a large chip you need to tape the parts that you don't want to heat up in kapton tape. Also that chip is not the solution. I just read it on gbatemp from a guy that had the same problem as you and he replaced the chip with one of his working switch and it still did not work. Search for sx os 1.4 crash and now stuck in boot loop for the forum thread.
Why in the hell would you take the chip from a working switch to put in a broken one? You're gonna end up with 2 broken switches. Get a replacement chip...
because of that curiosity i started to repair notebooks to help me pay my beers in the college. Loved the videos!
I just finished the other video, I’m glad this one is uploaded.
Need to watch after work 😁
Need to watch at work*
Lerbyn This is next level.😎 xD Imagine this situation. Your Boss sees you watching this video and says „Hey. Is that MayVateVince? Can I join?“. xD
Battlebond LP watching a video like this that is this long with someone else would be really cringy really 😅
Already watching at work
Need to watch after academy D;
The unconnected wire would drive me nuts! It's been my experience that a touch more heat, de-soldering braid and a liberal amount of flux may just do the trick - my guess is that the solder had low lead content (regulations and what not) so removing it takes a bit more heat than what you may be using. Great videos - super informative and nice to see people making attempts on devices that most think are past it!
I'm thinking about getting a lot of NS damaged, they are at a very tempting price. Watching your videos encourages me to repair them haha.
kudos to nintendo to have a working device after that bend
nokia is still the best
@@OhSoTiredMan are you implying its possible to bend a nokia 🤔
@@skipeveryday7282 I'm implying that you cant bend a nokia and nokia is always functional
Don't sell yourself short Vince. Excellent job with minimal tools etc. You've given me the confidence to have a go. One more sub! Looking forward to more content.
I disagree personally, I'd say having an almost fully functional switch for only $115 USD is very much worth it, the switch runs games better in handheld mode anyway
You can actually buy a PS4 for that money so in that regard the switch is VERY MUCH NOT WORTH IT! Nothing about the Switch warrants that oversized price.
I rarely play my PS4 outside of PSVR and I have a huge stack of games for it. I play my Switch more than anything because the games are great and it's portable. You're paying for the convenience of it pretty much being a portable 360. I'd say that's worth it enough. It's all down to opinion, though.
Well I don't know about you but the only time I'm on the move is when I'm on my way to work or on my way home and driving both times. So you see IT being portable does zero for me. Also if I want to do some portable gaming I just use my smartphone with PS Now/PS4 or simply connect straight to my win 10 PC remotely as well and play xbox games, both of which blow the switch out of the water for games and graphics. To each their own I guess but this switch in my eyes is far too expensive and doesn't bring anything worthy of the price to the table. Also if I want full immersion I just straight up use my 7 inch GPD portable PC that's extremely powerful with 8GB ram and a atom quad core and I can do all consoles on the go. And yes it's got brilliant 4G signal so internet connection is excellent. And guess what.. Even that IS CHEAPER than the Switch! You don't pay those premium prices for some premium features or portability when u buy a switch. You pay all that money for the Nintendo brand name.
I choose my consoles based on the games I find fun. If it has enough to interest me I buy it. I happen to like Nintendo games.
Splatoon alone made the Switch worth it for me because I love the game. Not to mention some other exclusives.
It's the same with any other game I like from any other company.
Evan Mclemore he got just the screen part for $115.
Dang I love this channel! The music is epic too. I need one of these video everyday. At the end I think with the board bending there is a broken circuit somewhere to find on the board itself, or a dirty connector.
`i would say a large child knelt on it it in the car or some think like that
i love these fix it videos they are very interesting....thankyou for uploading them.......
5:36 that noise in your background occured when my pc started doing an update making me think something inside my pc decided to blow.
I am watching your videos like a kid watching let’s play, so much thrill, fear, am having the same feeling when I take something apart and fix it just for fun
Hello vince how are you?
NoBeRoger That’s Good
Tyler Watkins no problem
Do you like spagetti?
Jamzy same
Jamzy yes
I did something similar with a 4th gen iPod touch, I had to solder in a new battery, I used a hairdryer to heat up the screen. Also I fitted a new screen on an iPad mini. Good to know the digitizer comes away nice and easy.
Fix a PlayStation Vita 1000 audio video output
I’m about to do some repairs on a switch. And it’s the first time I’ve worked on one. iPhones. Tablets. Yes. Switch no lol. But this video is awesome. I will probably rewatch it while doing the repair as a reference. Thank you dude.
hot glue would be a good solution for that broken wifi connector
would have melted as the switch heated up and left the entire unit a mess and probably shorted out...
Silicone?
Best way to fix it would be to crimp on a new UFL connector and solder on a new SMT one on the board, assuming there’s enough copper left to solder to
First for the 2nd time in a row great video keep up the good work and have started buying faulty items because of these videos thank you saved a lot of money love the vids💖👍👍
Do a faulty hdmi PS4 plz! 😁
Naw
Another great video again vince a tip use the replace base ebay shop cheaper postage, i also have in stock b7000 glue and 300lse 3m tape for tablet and phone repairs and air duster either local pound shop or asda this is handy too have for electronics repair too as if you hold the can upside down and spray you have a cheap freeze spray.Another good glue is the uv five second fix stuff on ebay really good cheap glue dries clear too.The connecting too the tv issue maybe a data line issue/faulty charger port on the usb/charger port.
Why don't you do these live?
Ben bruh just imagine how long that would take but don't get me wrong it would be awesome if it were live but still look at all the timelapse in this video it would be hours long
Michael Blake yeah I thought of that and most streams are pretty long anyway and he could spend that free time talking to chat
he probably does other things while doing this bc he seems to have a family and etc
Michael Blake ppl watch live streams that go on for like 10 hours lmao the audience interaction would be dope
Not everyone is Luis Rossman lol. In all seriousness though I'm sure he works for DAYS on these watching other videos between doing things and just regular life shit.
I loved to watch this video! Maybe the docking problem could have to do something with a broken USB-C port
"This video is not gonna last for an hour"
No, it doesen't last for an hour but for and hour AND 8 min XD
I'm willing to bet you could get the docked mode working. Just range a look at the port where it connects to the board. You might have to reflow the solder joints. There might also be a chip that handles the docking signal output, and that could have a bad connection to the board from the board flexing.
gimme gimme! haha i wish they sell defective switch here for that kind of price. problem is that most of them sell almost the same price of the brandnew. just 20-30$ less.but with defects wth is wrong with them. oh well.
uwaa i want a mini laptop like yours, i didn't think these videos would be so entertaining, I'm glad there's commentary the whole time too
Thank you :-)
Good video! Although I think you can drop the music, or find soundtracks meant as background music. Also, you can find the serial number for the Nintendo Switch in system settings. As someone that works with refurbished laptops, I find those serial number stickers come off quite often.
That antenna connector is an easy fix. Come on.. take the port from the other one . Why you are doing stuff like that.
MirceaD28 because that's what proper repairmen do and after all he openly states that he is not one.
I would've sellotaped it too but used electrical tape instead
but he couldn't get the internal connector out of the antenna. so had he got the one off the broken switch, it wouldn't have plugged in
Not from the antenna. But from the mainboard of the broken one. It's made from 2 parts. The center pin and the outer casing (gnd). You put the center pin first and solder it and over it the outer ring (gnd) and solder it. I've done this on phones many times.
solder 2 wires to the motherboard. Then solder the other end to the socket.