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    Hardware Switch Lite with blown and shorted(?) caps

    I cleaned up the corrosion in that area and things seem ok there. Also, that thing I thought was a cap in the first picture is apparently an inductor so it isn't shorted. Where I do have shorts on this board is on the right side on the back and one component, that I assume is a cap, near the IC...
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    Hardware Power off after Nintendo logo, but ONLY when plugged in.

    I have 2 units with the same problem (powers on to Nintendo logo then black screen). From what others have posted, there isn't a reliable fix for this issue. If you got "Smashed the stack with 0x0000..." it's patched. There are a couple of sites out there you can check your serial number against...
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    Hardware Switch Lite with blown and shorted(?) caps

    I pulled apart a Switch Lite today that was charging (~0.63amp on the meter) but wouldn't power on. Doing a bit of probing around the front of the board, I noticed only 1 cap that was registering a short: Looking at the back side of the board, I noticed a cap that appears to have exploded...
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    Hardware 2 Switches - Nintendo logo then black screen. Is there any hope for these units?

    I have 2 Switches with the same issue. Both show the Nintendo logo briefly then go to a black screen. Poking around the board on each, I didn't find any shorted caps on the usual suspect chips. Looking at the serial number for each, they both fall in the possibly patched range (at least...
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    Hardware Odd USB-C behavior. Sleep then wake to realize it is charging.

    I am having a fairly strange issue with a Switch where it recognizes that it is charging immediately with the charger in one way but when I plug it in the other way, it doesn't recognize it is plugged in until I hit the power button to make the console sleep and hit it again to wake it up. It is...
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    Hardware Switch black screen, won't turn on, but seems to be charging

    Looking at the EMMC under the microscope, I see what appears to be a little bit of corrosion under 3 of the caps on the bottom of the EMMC board. Testing them with a multi-meter in diode mode against the ground pad on the board and they didn't seem to be shorted to ground (or at least it only...
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    Hardware Switch black screen, won't turn on, but seems to be charging

    Unfortunately, according to this guide, this Switch falls in the "Potentially Patched" range: https://nh-server.github.io/switch-guide/user_guide/getting_started/
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    Hardware Switch black screen, won't turn on, but seems to be charging

    I installed TegraRcmGUI on my PC, hooked the Switch up to it, saw Windows install a driver for the Switch and the TegraRcmGUI said "RCM O.K." on the screen with the Switch connected. I selected the hekate_ctcaer_5.2.1.bin payload and hit "Inject Payload" to which I saw the TegraRcmGUI output...
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    Hardware Switch black screen, won't turn on, but seems to be charging

    It didn't seem to do anything. I can hear the unit powering on at least some (you can hear the coil whine) but nothing on the screen. When I check the USB-C volt meter now, it was 0.19 amps when I plugged in the meter and when I held the power button for about 10 seconds, it dropped back to 0.11...
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    Hardware Switch black screen, won't turn on, but seems to be charging

    I let the unit charge for about 2 hours and tried to turn it on with both the power adapter in there as well as with just the battery but didn't see it come to life. When measuring the battery voltage at the connector (on both pairs) it was reading 4.2 volts while the Switch was plugged in and...
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    Hardware Switch black screen, won't turn on, but seems to be charging

    I think this thing is stuck in RCM mode. I plugged it into my computer and TegraRcmGUI was able to detected the switch and had the "RCM ok" at the bottom. I sent it the Hekate payload but am not able to get it to come to life. One post I read mentioned that, once the battery dies with autoRCM...
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    Hardware Switch black screen, won't turn on, but seems to be charging

    Not really sure what you mean by that. The system has no signs of life outside of what I described above. I doubt it would take any inputs.
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    Hardware Switch black screen, won't turn on, but seems to be charging

    Hello, I am having a bit of an odd issue with a Switch that I have. The unit won't power on but when it is plugged in, it is drawing 14.7 volts at 0.5 amps and the battery, which was stone dead when i got it, was reading a voltage increase with a multi-meter and seems to be taking a charge. I...
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