Hardware I changed thermal paste and now the fan won't turn on

[gianm93]

Hi, recently I changed the thermal paste inside my nintendo switch. The fan's ribbon is in but the fan won't turn on. What can I do to check if the fan still works?

 

[Hayato213]

Check if you got thermal paste on your motherboard.

 

[tech3475]

Does the console actually work or is it just the fan?

If it's flat flex I'd try reinserting it since the connections can be finicky.

 

[gianm93]

Check if you got thermal paste on your motherboard.

The motherboard is clean. Beside the thermal paste I used is not conductive

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Does the console actually work or is it just the fan?

If it's flat flex I'd try reinserting it since the connections can be finicky.

I already tried twice. I am going to try again

 

[Hayato213]

The motherboard is clean. Beside the thermal paste I used is not conductive

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I already tried twice. I am going to try again

What you used? The fan won't turn on unless needed

 

[ginryu]

Yeah, maybe you are not forcing the console enough for the fan to go on.

 

[Deleted User]

Yeah, try running a game like breath of the wild for 5 minutes. Long before 5 minutes are up, the fan should turn on. if not after 60 seconds.... you might have a problem then.

 

[gianm93]

so, I found out that the bracket that hold the cable is jumped off. So I need a way to keep the pins attacked to the pins. Any suggestion? Some isolated ducktape?

 

[Deleted User]

Picture of the affected area if possible? Un-jump it? Blue tack to pin it down? Teeny amount of hot glue?

 

[gianm93]

 

[Deleted User]

Is it the ribbon cable above the small one and between the long horizontal cable and the fan? Best bet would be some little piece of blue tac or a bad of hotglue then. Unless someone else knows how to put the snappy thing back?

 

[SuzieJoeBob]

The easiest & safest method would be to wedge a piece of plastic into the connector to forcefully hold the cable in. Make sure the plastic wedge is thick enough to fill the gap, snug/tight enough to keep the cable from moving, and sturdy enough to not bend when being inserted.

 

[Mythical]

If you really want your switch fan to be on. Play Smash bros finish a match and just leave it at that screen. Heats up like hell for some reason

 

[gianm93]

I made a mess. My only solution now is to dissolder the slot and solder another one. Someone knows what kind of slot should I buy?

 

[grcd]

Unless you have the skills to do this, I'd recommend not trying to solder it yourself. Find a replacement, if one can be found at easily, and ask someone else to do this - probably a professional.

 

[gianm93]

Unless you have the skills to do this, I'd recommend not trying to solder it yourself. Find a replacement, if one can be found at easily, and ask someone else to do this - probably a professional.

there is a way to fix this without solder? I don't want to use blu tack

 

[Bladexdsl]

blu tack to the rescue! clear example of don't know what your doing than leave it alone

 

[gianm93]

blu tack to the rescue! clear example of don't know what your doing than leave it alone

I knew what I was doing. I unmount everything and I have never had a single problem