Instinct V6 OLED Switch only boots into OFW, even after repairing

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I bought a pre-modded OLED Switch that only booted into RCM around 1/20 of the time. The LED on the Instinct V6 chip always showed the following LED sequence:

Purple flashing > Quick orange blinking > Purple flashing for a long time > Red blinking > Boot into OFW

This error is not in the list of Instinct NX error codes.

I got it repaired by some guy in Brooklyn who claimed to have performed modding on 500+ Switches, so I thought he could fix it. Sure enough, after he did his work on it, it booted up into the "No SD" screen. I tried turning it off and back on again, and it went to the "No SD" screen again. I turned it off, put in the SD card, and turned it back on and it booted into Hekate. I asked him what the issue was, he didn't speak English very well but said something like there was some connection issue under the MMC chip if I remember correctly.

Today, literally three days later, I turned off my Switch to get some files off of the SD card. When I put it back in and tried to reboot the Switch, the same issue started occurring again! I'm incredibly frustrated given that I spent 6 hours traveling to the guy in Brooklyn (I'm based in CT) and it stops working a few days later! Given the temperament of the guy, I doubt he'll be willing to fix it for free, and even if he did, I don't want to spend 6 hours again just to have it stop working a few days later.

I'm at my wits' end. What can I do?
 

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In the end I just sent it in for repair to someone who was competent and he fixed it all up for me. Was twice the price of the other guy but at least it didn't stop working.
 
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I had the same problem after I replaced the reboot_payload.bin in Atmosphère with the hekate_ctcaer_6.2.1.bin, as shown in the video. Now it works as it should: when I reboot the Switch, it goes directly into Hekate.
 

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I had the same problem after I replaced the reboot_payload.bin in Atmosphère with the hekate_ctcaer_6.2.1.bin, as shown in the video. Now it works as it should: when I reboot the Switch, it goes directly into Hekate.
Hey I did this and followed your instructions is there anything else I have to do after renaming the file? Do I follow the turning off and on video again? Any help is appreciated
 

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