Trying to FIX a Nintendo Switch that TOOK a BATH
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- Hi, in this video I attempt to fix a Nintendo Switch that fell in the bath. My friend GadgetUK164 has already looked at this and given it a good clean with Isopropyl Alcohol. Unfortuantely it was still not powering up, so he sent it over to me as I have spares to swap parts over.
If you would like to watch the repair before it arrived to me, and MORE IMPORTANTLY what happened after I sent it back to GadgetUK164 then please watch his video linked here • Nintendo Switch - Drop...
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.
Awesome!!! Thanks for taking a look at this Switch Vince! Glad you were able to fix the joycons and that nightmare "press down" connector - I was worried I had heated it or something, I didn't realise it was easy to put a bend into it like that! It worked perfectly after I resolved that battery draining issue, and I've not seen that error occur with the charge cable - I put that down to additional drying time maybe, or the additional cleaning I did with vinegar and the fibreglass brush around the caps?!?! And as far as I understand it has been working 100% normally over the last few days - just waiting for Stephen to give me another update. Thanks ever so much for your help - Stephens lad is very happy to be playing Fortnite again!!! =D
Who da stephen
Nice one Chris, I was just honoured that you took the risk allowing me to work on it ;-) PDS8475 commented this above and I think it is an interesting diagnosis (copied and pasted).... It sounds to me like you have a shorted cap on the stand by circuit. At a guess it's not on the power rail but on one of the signal paths. This is causing the stand by chip to over work it self which is draining the battery. Ties in with your theory :-)
I think the joy con drift will come back, so it might be a nice future fix on your channel to swap them both out, as once you take them apart they are very hard to clip back together. I think replace is the preferred option on them. Well done on getting it fully functional :-)
Hey mate you have inspired me since I was a little lad and I loved your videos when I was 8-15. Now I am 16 and you have inspired me so much! I have fixed a ton of systems because of your skill. I donate them to make a wish btw
holy shit dude you've been here for a long time. Im glad to see you have followed a role model to do something great!
Nice video, I hope I was as good as you for fixing stuff. Water damaged are always really hard to fix and you succeed to make it works even if it is not perfect. I am learning a lot with you !
It sounds to me like you have a shorted cap on the stand by circuit. At a guess it's not on the power rail but on one of the signal paths. This is causing the stand by chip to over work it self which is draining the battery.
Very very good PDS, have a watch of GadgetUK164 (Chris) video to see the final fix :-) I am impressed, I had a water damaged phone which was doing something similar so I am now thinking it may also be capacitor related :-)
@@Mymatevince It could well be. You will have to look the chips up to find which is responsible for what I'm guessing is waking up from a sleep state and then check the caps around it. Obviously it wouldn't be a cap on the main power rail because that would kill the phone. But a shorted cap on a signal line can mean that the chip isn't getting the signal to wake up.
@@Mymatevince ,what a good interesting fix!!! Funny the switch had a bath what a funny thing.
First thing I do is check the time of the video, 32mins hmm not bad but where's my 1hr long ones? 🤣❤
İ hate Dantdms short vids
He could have left the camera showing the battery charger in real time. 😄 That would definitely pad out the running time of the video...
@Ellis The DJ yeah
Can't get enough of these Switch Fixes! Disappointed it was only 30odd minutes long though! :)
Saving this one for tonight after dinner. Thanks Vince !
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@@adflyofficial ok
Vince I have to say thank you, today while scrolling through Facebook a switch lite popped up broken for £20 in my town! After watching all your videos I felt confident on fault finding it. I took it apart with my Xmas cracker posi 😂 to find a small amount of corrosion by the game cart! Gave it a clean and bang worked! Over the moon at how lucky I was after watching your video!. But I never would have brought it without your inspiration thank you 👍
The charger chip is damaged, when you plug it in it draws only 350mAh, which is sloe charge and it doesn't go to full charge mode at 1+ Ah. You need to replace the charge chip. It is probably responsible for the i2c error and the sleep mode error as well.
The charge chip is the most likely to get shorted in case of water damage because it is the first thing that has a conection to the battery
Pretty sure one day Nintendo gonna hire you as head of Switch department !! love your work mate !!! ✌️
tinyParadiseNightmare probably not, but that would be cool
Hi Vince well done great vid. Just an FYI, IPA will deteriorate carbon film tracks like those used in potentiometers and keyboards etc if you were to open up that analog stick or something else and use a cotton swab you would see the the carbon film eroding with the alcohol. and turning the cotton bud black as it pulls up the resistive material.. i would reccomend in future to stick with just a contact cleaner, which is essentially just oil for cleaning, alternatively WD40 works great. As for ultrasonic cleaners, allot of it is down the to cleaning fluid... allot of the cleaning solutions are con-jobs and are just glass cleaner, if it's bright blue or yellow it's just glass cleaner or screenwash i personally use chemtronics stuff from mouser and it works grea. Using IPA is not advisable as it's quite aggressive, especiallly when you introduce heat into the mix and for the points mentioned above, regards
Thank you Dom :-)
My son spilled a tiny amount of lemonade on his switch. Screen is doing the same with the blinking and battery low charge icon. This is giving me a starting point at least. This momma might just save the year with your help. Thank you!
Vince how often do you take a Switch of an 11 year old for repair? Asking for a friend 😬
Hype to see a MyMateVINCE video titled: "Try to Fix a Playstation 5 or Xbox Series X...." good job man!
Great fix, love seeing these go from not working to working again. I love these consoles I have a switch and a switch lite and wouldn't be without them 🙂
Always appreciate you take the time to repair versus replace unless absolutely necessary to replace.
you are one off the nicest guys to ever exist you fix peoples switches for free I wish u could fix mine to but I live in another countery :(
Man I wish there was someone like you here in the US. I respect your attention to detail, and the care you take when handling broken or faulty products. I have developed a... aham... rather non-budget-friendly interest in talking battery-operated interactive toys from the eighties and a growing curiosity about restoring them mechanically. I am also totally blind,. So far the two aren’t mixing well. LOL! My latest find is a Talking Jill doll by Playmates with a slipping drive belt in the tape player. *sigh* The “Crazy” in my channel name is well-deserved. Anyways great work! Keep those fix-it videos coming.
Stick drift on the switch seems to happen to all of the earlier models. Shocking really
I feel like it's user specific though. Some people don't treat their consoles as well as others. Still, controllers should be able to handle abuse because they should last for years. The quality of the joy cons is very disappointing in this regard.
I am watching so many Nintendo repair videos, I want one. 😦 I love the close up repair.
Hey Vince, I think it would be cool if you did a massive series on "Trying to Fix" but you take a old car, house etc on a larger scale and try to fix it up or restore it. Would be a very large project but pretty cool
Think it might be a faulty battery issue with power drain and inconsistency.
Great video again Vince!
Vince's happiest day is when he gets a new Switch, figures out the fault/s and fixes it in the first 20 minutes and then proceeds to spend the rest of the time on fixing the joycons :)
Why take a $300 piece of tech into the bath? Parents need to relearn the term “No”.
Probably it fell down accidentally when someone was using it on the toilet? It doesn't have a lot of sense though
Why take it anywhere, you could drop it and smash it.
@Lady Garden it is a portable console so of course they can take it anywhere
But I'm not sure with the toilet
@Vegito Charmara Well it's really not any different than using your phone on the toilet.
Lady Garden it’s a portable console that’s kinda the point 🤷♀️
2:48 - That amperage changing from 33 to 35 right on cue O_O
Well done Vince,another switch success...looks like the curse has truly lifted 😂
Nice watch btw 😉
Hey mate vince i love console fix video so much ..thank you lot
This is the favourite channel of my left ear :)
Well done in getting that Nintendo Switch 99.9 percent fixed. I hope it will be able to get fix later on. I enjoyed the video. Hope to see more.
Vince, I've enjoyed your videos for a few years now but you really don't need to add music whenever there are a few seconds of silence, during the speeded up segments, etc. This video was especially annoying when you were dismantling the Switch due to the music. It's really not necessary, people aren't going to suddenly switch off you know. :-) If anything, the music is the annoying part and often causes me to mute the volume or fast forward. Please keep up the great work with the repairs, you've come along in leaps and bounds since you've started and the content is excellent.
You made one mistake the console is not fast charging it’s only slow charging
Noticed that too. Didn't notice your comment though until I'd mentioned the same thing.
Can a Nintendo switch take a bath
mash islam it cant. have you watched the whole video
@@waterquality1 yes
mash islam It can’t take a bath.
Hey Vince I haven't watched all the way through but this is such a coincidence! I've got a video uploading as I speak where I repaired a cartridge slot 🤣 really hope you ended up fixing this one lol
Nice video and glad to see you get it working. I should send you one fo the 20 boards I have here to try and work some magic on! oh and the 2101-0001 error is directly related to the game card board. I usually replace that board if I get that error.
You're really become the Switch doctor, Vince :)
Hey vince. That 2101-0001 error code is something the i2c system module (the piece of software responsible for managing the standard i2c protocol and the devices attached via it) is throwing. Most likely, one of the devices on the i2c line is damaged/something is wrong with the circuit on it. Things on this line include: the so called "video chip" (it's actually a USB MUX for switching between normal USB and video out for the doc) the M92T USB PD controller chip, a really small 9 pin BGA chip near the battery connector on the other side of the board (it's a battery temperature sensor), and the larger QFN chip that's near the connector on the same side of the board (the BQ battery management chip). One of these is most likely faulty/should be looked into. Otherwise, nice fix :)
Thank you Dark Samus :-)
I wonder why the screen and gamecard daugherboard use such crap connectors.
Gotta make a profit
great fix so far. Would you think turning it off with the back cover off and hitting it with a freeze spray would find the fault?
This is exactly what I needed today thanks for always trying to fix stuff Vince!
Wow I can’t believe it actually happened thanks for the entertainment!
My mate Vince, the Switch healer, great video Vince as usual
The main thing I've learnt from Vince's videos... is that Switches are easy to break.
I love your videos!! Because of them, I've picked up a new hobby that'll be my career soon! I'm going to be a computer technician 😄
i know it's been ages since this video but .... shorted cap seems to be draining the battery either that or its the regulator ic that charges the battery (seems to be on permanent slow charge ) , and also the 2001-0001 error is a faulty sdcard problem, it's usually sorted by changing the sdcard OR factory resetting the switch.
Everybody gangsta till the Switch takes a BATH
Hi Vince. I got the similar problem on Xperia smartphone some years ago. As turns out, power switch sometimes behave like fully clicked. This membrane-switch PCB was replaced and problem was solved. Today i think, that IPA clean could be suffitient.
PS. Maybe you could check if Nintando Switch will go off while backlight and homescreen works for couple hours without screenserver, that will prove sleep mode issue.
Very smart approach to the problem. Congrats,
Great video Vince.
Great fix there Vince!
If I can ask, where do you acquire the metal bits for the joycons? I have a few that are starting to get slippy
Hey vince btw I noticed that you may of accidentally put a drawing video in the
Trying to fix series playlist just a notice
It’s episode 242.
Friday afternoon surprise, what A great start to the weekend :)
Remember: giving a bath to your video game console is a no no.
Agreed
Everyone knows
Great job as always Vince, love these videos!
somebody is a fool to play in a bathtub XD
I’ve got to work on Joycons at the weekend, as need to replace at least 1 Analog Stck in my Sons Switch & 1 on my Switch, & while I’m at it replacing the catches in my joycons with metal ones & will possibly swap my Sons Joycon catches out for the ones from mine as one of mine is slightly chipped, but both of my sons need replacing.
SteelersHurt while you were doing that you should have done a shell swap
great vid as always Would you ever try to fix a red ring of death on a xbox 360?
What about docking? Did you notice the charge current after you succesfully booted for the first time?
22:18 - The perfect amount!
You are so cool and good with this stuff
When ur switch takes a bath:
@my mate Vince do you do repairs for other people like a repair service or just your personal devices as I have a switch V1 that needs a connector soldering on for the game card reader and no one near me can do it I was wondering if you did repairs.
Thanks
Great video got a question for you Vince. What part should I replace on my switch that controls tv output?? Tried it in 4 different working docks. I know there’s a resistor behind the screen that could be faulty.
Keep it up!
Hi Vince love the video. Your a genius. Kind regards. Paul.
error 2101 001 refers to an internal hardware failure with the docking connection or if the console isn't getting enough power to the docking station or docking connector on nintendo's site there isn't much info about the error except to turn the console in to nintendo for repairs if it keeps popping up the error but that to me is the issue is that the docking connector could be faulty from taking a dip in the tub (the USB C power connector)
Loving the new intro vince!
hey did you make the internal switch
He says mr telephone in his first video
Now, my mate vince
HI i wonder if there's an option in recovery mode which would help , i think you have to the press volumes buttons and power button at the same time for ten seconds then a recovery mode should show up
Do you think you can make a regular sized switch with a smaller bezel?
Make sure to keep them tiny springs for spares, them things flying off into deep space.
I think the error code is for a battery calibration failure.
Charge to fully charged and then run it down till it tells you to charge it.
i bet someone played their nintendo switch in the bathtub
Hey Vince. Do you have any switches that youve fixed for sale? I only need the tablet portion if you have one handy
Switch repair master
Yes i told him to send it to you :) and he did it :) great Video.
Nice fix vince
14:07 DRE- still 😂😂
Good job Vince
I'm enjoying your channel .
9:20 - 11:05 (oh you're still getting right down deep). How baby Nintendo's are made! Lol, sorry had to... I'm tired so feel free to delete this, I just found it funny with the music you had going and how you started talking about what you planned to do. Mighty nice of you to fix your friends gadgets though. That's like an easy fix for you now, so far. Only 15 min in, I'll soon find out what you have found though.
I fixed my Water Damaged IUni DZ09 Clone Smart Watch that had a lot of Corosion and it still works. It has been almost a Year since that and it's still working fine, but the digitizer went faulty, but you can still use it, but it senses your finger when it's not there. You never know how much it's gonna work. It's the same as Reflowing of putting Washers under the PlayStation 4's screws but it could work a Day, a Week, a Month, a Year, you never gonna know. Water damage cannot be fixed permanently, just in some cases.
This Reminds Me My Brother Gave One Of Our PSP'S A Bath
Stick drift is a common fault on the Switch. Ninty use cheap 'n nasty parts. The carbon contacts on the circuit board wear down with time, so the the only proper cure is to replace them; fortunately they are cheap. I've replaced all four of the sticks on our switch and I have another set ready to replace those.
Hi Vince
i've never been this early
thank you for the video Vince
Me too
My switch light is doing the same thing in sleep mode and has been for a couple of weeks now, i dunno why ive never got it wet, ive never dropped it, ive taken utmost care of it but it keeps draining heavily hopefully there is a reason found for it soon
Hi Vince could you do a video on a laptop screen replacement from Audi bell
I just bought pa new Nintendo 3ds xl the 2015 edtion I think it's super mairo one but the bottom screen is cracked but I have a replacement for it it was intended to be used as a replacement for my galaxy EDTION but now I'm not to sure because the galaxy edtion is missing everything except for the card reader the circle pad and some other stuff like the botton screen
My brothers switch had the issue where the joy con would randomly disconnect. IPA seemed to only temporarily fix it. I ended up having to take it apart and swap the joy con rails and the problem went away after that.
Hey Vince, I dropped my switch face down and now the left analog stick won’t press down! Is there any way to fix that?
Ya it's called getting a new analog stick.
Where do you get those medal joycon catches?
I would like to replace all of mine.
Hello does any one know where I can get a good fully working game card board that supports touch as some pins are broken and needs replacing.
Thanks in advance.
Can i have a link to the metal parts for the joycons? 😁
Hey Vince, I just took my water damaged switch lite to a repair shop and they said something already shorted out and there’s nothing they can do. Do you think there’s anyway it’s still fixable or is it a lost cause?
Same here
Well done vince
you need a ceramic pinset to pull the ribbon cable so you wont harm it
TH-cam:1 view
Me:ok.
you should buy a ir cam to fault find with
dose anyone know what the tiny black rectangular components are next to the charge IC chip? there are about 19 of them. thank you for your time
I watched this when it was uploaded