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    Hardware Problem With SD Card Reader Seat From Nintendo Switch Mother Board

    no worries. I really appreciate the help! I think I'm going to go ahead and have the old reader put back on. I'll let you know how it goes.
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    Hardware Problem With SD Card Reader Seat From Nintendo Switch Mother Board

    Good eye. I actually noticed that too but didn't think much of it. The original reader does not look like that. However as i insert and remove the sd card from the reader, those metal "arms" sticking out appear to be part of the mechanism that clicks the sd card into place. The same metal "arms"...
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    Hardware Problem With SD Card Reader Seat From Nintendo Switch Mother Board

    It's a mystery indeed! yeah, all the broken pins were soldered/fixed already. But i tried a little pressure since there are a couple original pins still in tact. I got nothing. I'm starting to think there may be something about the newly installed card reader that the system isn't...
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    Hardware Problem With SD Card Reader Seat From Nintendo Switch Mother Board

    hey hey! i'm back again. Unfortunately I'm still stuck. I had put the switch aside for a couple weeks but now i'm back at it since we're all in quarantine and stuff... Finally ran Hekate on it like you recommended and tried to do a backup. I was greeted with this error... So...although i...
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    Hardware Problem With SD Card Reader Seat From Nintendo Switch Mother Board

    Thanks for taking a look. 4 pins were missing. I wasn't really expecting much when I took it to get fixed. This is a really tiny solder job, and 3 shops wouldn't even attempt to fix it. Maybe I can have those points cleaned up. I bought the replacement card from an Amazon vendor. I'm just...
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    Hardware Problem With SD Card Reader Seat From Nintendo Switch Mother Board

    Seeing them again, there is some different printing on the newly installed sd reader. Thoughts anyone?? PICS:
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    Hardware Problem With SD Card Reader Seat From Nintendo Switch Mother Board

    Thanks for the response. -My CFW is updated and compatible with 9.2 OFW. -I assume my card is detected since it boots into sxos launch menu and I have written a backup NAND to the card without problem, but I will try hekate as well. -tried 3 different cards with both fat32 & exfat formatting...
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    Hardware Problem With SD Card Reader Seat From Nintendo Switch Mother Board

    I have a launch day switch which had broken pins on the motherboard socket connecting to the sd card reader. After reading this forum (THANK YOU), I found someone to micro solder a new sd card reader to the board itself based on the diagrams here. The reader now works and will again boot into SX...
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