did I brick my Switch?

[NightDweller]

I have encountered something very strange. I was recently transferring some stuff to my Switch using the USB tool in Hekate. Accidentally at some point, I clicked to partition the SD card. The partitioning did not begin but was asking me to confirm my choice. I didn't see a way out of the screen so I figured I would just power down the console to avoid any issues. Boy was I wrong. After powering down, my switch became completely unresponsive.
Things I have tried:
- multiple button combinations involving the power and volume buttons.
- putting it into recovery mode (doesn't work as it isn't recognized by TegraRCMgui.
- removing the SD card (and re-inserting)
- putting the device multiple different chargers (dock, directly to Nintendo PSU, slow charger, PC, etc)
- disassembling the switch and unplugging the battery, hoping that I could get a fresh reset with no power in the system ( I also held the power button while the battery was disconnected to drain power)

I am at a loss of what to do. I am 99% sure that I didn't have autoRCM enabled, but am willing to try whatever advice you guys can provide and can even discord chat if that makes things easier. Thanks for any input!

 

[thesjaakspoiler]

I have encountered something very strange. I was recently transferring some stuff to my Switch using the USB tool in Hekate. Accidentally at some point, I clicked to partition the SD card. The partitioning did not begin but was asking me to confirm my choice. I didn't see a way out of the screen so I figured I would just power down the console to avoid any issues. Boy was I wrong. After powering down, my switch became completely unresponsive.
Things I have tried:
- multiple button combinations involving the power and volume buttons.
- putting it into recovery mode (doesn't work as it isn't recognized by TegraRCMgui.
- removing the SD card (and re-inserting)
- putting the device multiple different chargers (dock, directly to Nintendo PSU, slow charger, PC, etc)
- disassembling the switch and unplugging the battery, hoping that I could get a fresh reset with no power in the system ( I also held the power button while the battery was disconnected to drain power)

I am at a loss of what to do. I am 99% sure that I didn't have autoRCM enabled, but am willing to try whatever advice you guys can provide and can even discord chat if that makes things easier. Thanks for any input!

Whatever you do in Hekate, it will only affect your CFW and your switch should boot into OFW without an SD card if you don't have autorcm enabled.
If autorcm is enabled, you will only get a faint black screen (only visible in a dark room/ bathroom without windows).
So maybe your autorcm is on after all.
Take a space SD card and put a HATS package on it to see if it shows up.

Does the SD card show any files/folders if you put it in a PC?