I purchased a Nintendo Switch Lite off Facebook Marketplace a few months ago with what was described as a broken right thumbstick. I tested a game cart before purchase and it worked with no issues. It ended up being the screw posts on the shell that were broken. In the process of replacing the shell I accidentally broke off the connector on the sister board for the LCD backlight so I ordered another sister board. I replaced the sister board and when I fired up the Switch the screen lit up but I get the same error message over and over again when I put a game cart in. "The game card could not be read.”
I ordered a replacement card reader and got the same issue. Figured it was maybe a defective reader so I had it replaced and am still getting the same error code.
I have to assume that something else has gone wrong. One thing I did do after replacing the shell was upgrade the firmware to the latest version (13.2.0) before I realized the card reader was not working. Do the card readers have/need firmware updates as well? I am wondering if somehow I updated the firmware on the switch lite and the new card reader does not have latest firmware. Everything else on the switch lite (headphones, touch screen, all buttons, charging port, Wi-Fi, etc.) works without any issues.
Is there a way of going about testing the PCB's or other components on the main board for any issues? This was meant to be a Xmas present and I absolutely cannot find any Switch Lite's around town or online.
I ordered a replacement card reader and got the same issue. Figured it was maybe a defective reader so I had it replaced and am still getting the same error code.
I have to assume that something else has gone wrong. One thing I did do after replacing the shell was upgrade the firmware to the latest version (13.2.0) before I realized the card reader was not working. Do the card readers have/need firmware updates as well? I am wondering if somehow I updated the firmware on the switch lite and the new card reader does not have latest firmware. Everything else on the switch lite (headphones, touch screen, all buttons, charging port, Wi-Fi, etc.) works without any issues.
Is there a way of going about testing the PCB's or other components on the main board for any issues? This was meant to be a Xmas present and I absolutely cannot find any Switch Lite's around town or online.