Nintendo Switch does not turn on (V1, AutoRCM)

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A few months ago, I went to grab my Switch, it had no battery, not a single charge, I turned it on by connecting a USB cable to my computer and injecting hekate, then I plugged it into a wall, but after reaching 3% the console shut off and never turned back on, I bought a pair of screwdrivers, I was able to disassemble my console, I checked the console there was liquid? Although the liquid damage stickers were fine? I cleaned it up and the console still did not turn on.

A few days ago, I plugged in the Nintendo Switch for curiosity, injected hekate, and by miracle I got this.
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When charging to 3% on hekate, the console shut off and once again did not turn on again. Before that I checked the battery status on hekate and it had a warning sign on capacity? Like, the capacity was the same put then there was "Init?" warning sign. Sadly I took no photo.

What do you think is the issue? For now I'm buying a battery but it will take a while to get to me. (Around 3 months)

I thought it was a board failure but idk the battery was very funny before it got to this point (usually lasting 1 hour) I talked to some repair shops and they tell me it's not a battery problem although most repair shops are BS where I live so I rather fix it myself. I really want this Switch working because it's a V1 model, even though it's a hilariously broken console (joycons disconnect, overheats a fuck ton) it's worth to fix in my opinion, I got so much savedata and there's too much fun to be had.
 
A battery lasting 1 hour is usually a sign of a battery that needs to be replaced.

Afaik, you can start Hekate without the battery. Atmosphere/OFW won't start.
Check if it doesn't shut down.

If it does shut down, then it might be something like the charging circuit.
 
A few months ago, I went to grab my Switch, it had no battery, not a single charge, I turned it on by connecting a USB cable to my computer and injecting hekate, then I plugged it into a wall, but after reaching 3% the console shut off and never turned back on, I bought a pair of screwdrivers, I was able to disassemble my console, I checked the console there was liquid? Although the liquid damage stickers were fine? I cleaned it up and the console still did not turn on.

A few days ago, I plugged in the Nintendo Switch for curiosity, injected hekate, and by miracle I got this.
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When charging to 3% on hekate, the console shut off and once again did not turn on again. Before that I checked the battery status on hekate and it had a warning sign on capacity? Like, the capacity was the same put then there was "Init?" warning sign. Sadly I took no photo.

What do you think is the issue? For now I'm buying a battery but it will take a while to get to me. (Around 3 months)

I thought it was a board failure but idk the battery was very funny before it got to this point (usually lasting 1 hour) I talked to some repair shops and they tell me it's not a battery problem although most repair shops are BS where I live so I rather fix it myself. I really want this Switch working because it's a V1 model, even though it's a hilariously broken console (joycons disconnect, overheats a fuck ton) it's worth to fix in my opinion, I got so much savedata and there's too much fun to be had.

A hekate battery report help
 
A battery lasting 1 hour is usually a sign of a battery that needs to be replaced.

Afaik, you can start Hekate without the battery. Atmosphere/OFW won't start.
Check if it doesn't shut down.

If it does shut down, then it might be something like the charging circuit.
I mean, when I tried to boot without a battery the console did not boot into RCM mode at all. Could try again but I don't like disassembling my console due to thermal thingy.
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Can confirm, no battery plugged in, no RCM, I don't have a RCM jig with me right now though
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UPDATE: turns out the software was funny... sorry. booted on Hekate using TegraRCMGui after disconnecting battery and reconnecting.



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The Nintendo Switch worked fine after unplugging and replugging the battery multiple times for it to charge a bit... I probably have a fire hazard in my hands but whatever. 100% battery, everything works fine now, seems like the AutoRCM discharge completely messed up battery calibration or smth
 

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