Hello all,
Like many, my Switch is showing no signs of life. I've researched around the forum and haven't come up with the answer so here are the details
- Used lightly when first purchased about a year ago. CFW 5.0.1, autorcm
- Left it for a few months and came back to it once or twice.
- Came back to it most recently and charged up from dead just fine, I upgraded to CFW 8.1.0, played a couple games, etc, all good. I powered it off like I always do by pressing the power button and selecting shutdown from the menu
- A week or so later, come back to it and its completely dead
Tests:
- Tried holding the power button for 15-20sec many times
- Tried official charger both on and off dock (flashing green light when docked)
- Tried connecting to multiple PCs with multiple cables, absolutely no recognition from any PC so no TegraRCM recognition - I also reinstalled drivers just to be sure(side question, does the switch need power to be recognized in a PC?)
- Disconnected and reconnected the battery, still nothing
- Disconnected battery and connected it to a 5v USB cable I cut and fed the red/black wires to try to charge it removed from the switch (this was a very finicky operation and im not 100% sure I made contact on both sides but I tried a few times - if anyone has tips or knows any posts for trying this, let me know)
So now im deciding on weather to purchase a new battery and swap them out or a new USB-C chip and solder that on.
Based on what i've attempted so far, can someone give me their best guess at what it might be or the best next step I should take?
Thanks for the help all.
Like many, my Switch is showing no signs of life. I've researched around the forum and haven't come up with the answer so here are the details
- Used lightly when first purchased about a year ago. CFW 5.0.1, autorcm
- Left it for a few months and came back to it once or twice.
- Came back to it most recently and charged up from dead just fine, I upgraded to CFW 8.1.0, played a couple games, etc, all good. I powered it off like I always do by pressing the power button and selecting shutdown from the menu
- A week or so later, come back to it and its completely dead
Tests:
- Tried holding the power button for 15-20sec many times
- Tried official charger both on and off dock (flashing green light when docked)
- Tried connecting to multiple PCs with multiple cables, absolutely no recognition from any PC so no TegraRCM recognition - I also reinstalled drivers just to be sure(side question, does the switch need power to be recognized in a PC?)
- Disconnected and reconnected the battery, still nothing
- Disconnected battery and connected it to a 5v USB cable I cut and fed the red/black wires to try to charge it removed from the switch (this was a very finicky operation and im not 100% sure I made contact on both sides but I tried a few times - if anyone has tips or knows any posts for trying this, let me know)
So now im deciding on weather to purchase a new battery and swap them out or a new USB-C chip and solder that on.
Based on what i've attempted so far, can someone give me their best guess at what it might be or the best next step I should take?
Thanks for the help all.