Hardware Nintendo Switch meltdown....?

[duffmmann]

I see all these unique different issues arising with people's Switchs, yet I haven't had a single one of the issues I've seen reported, and I play the thing multiple hours at a time, almost daily. I can't tell if its all just a few isolated incidents that get noticed and reported as if its a widespread issue or if I'm actually in the minority with a seemingly flawless Switch.

 

[OfficialFBomb]

Part of me calls bullshit while another part of me worries that it might be a real issue. The only thing I know for sure is that some Switches definitely got bent, and it seems to be more than just people accidentally applying force to it such as by sitting on it, as there have been a few reports already and none of them mention such a thing. This might be an actual issue with a small amount of faulty units, hopefully it doesn't turn out to be a widespread one but all of these reports popping up so soon after the Switches launch could mean many more to come. The Note 7 battery issues also started with a few units, but escalated quickly.

I suppose I could do that. I would need the tools for it, and I would probably need to take the back off, and it would look ugly. I actually really like this media cabinet so I don't want to ruin the look of it (and more importantly, I'm lazy )
Plus, if I have to take it off anyway, I might as well just leave it off for maximum airflow. It would leave all the wiring visible though, oh well.

Yea might as well remove the full back lol what about just moving the switch dock to the top behind the TV eh? I have mine along with the rest on top

 

[Retrojunkies]

Just shut up dude.. Why are you even here.. You don't need facts to have an opinion, do you get that IT'S AN OPINION, IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY OPINION, TO EFFEN BAD BRO.. And 3 people saying there shit warped is bullshit, 100,000 people claimed there joy con's were broke not 3 dude, what real facts do you have to support the claim that heat is causing the switch to warp? None exactly it's you opinion that it warps, it's my opinion that the warp is bullshit, if you don't like my opinion then go to another site and gtfo..

because its what happens, if you heat something it will warp end of, no ifs, no buts.

what facts do you have to claim it as bs other than opinion your seeming to force then disclaim others, works both ways, your acting like a fucking spoiled child that didnt get enough booby time off his mother.

recall something here for you..... 360, tell me what caused early models to warp the board and damage the gpu?

ohh shit, stick your fuck you finger right up my ass..... its heat.

now look how tiny and compact the switch is, now to sit there and call bs on what is a factual thing to happen if it has heating issues is just fucking amazing.

to sit there and say "well i havent had the issue" does not mean it doesnt exist.

how many people had faults with the launch ps3 and yet mine is still perfectly running like a dream.

now i dont go acting like a fucking fanboy and call bs to all those that had a launch console that has died from what ever fault...... yet we have you an others here calling bs on all faults the switch has.

 

[OfficialFBomb]

I see all these unique different issues arising with people's Switchs, yet I haven't had a single one of the issues I've seen reported, and I play the thing multiple hours at a time, almost daily. I can't tell if its all just a few isolated incidents that get noticed and reported as if its a widespread issue or if I'm actually in the minority with a seemingly flawless Switch.

I hope you knocked on wood when you hit that send button, the only issue I had was a dead joycon, but Nintendo overnighted me a brand new one so

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

You don't need facts to have an opinion

You do need facts if you're going to call something "bullshit" otherwise you have no valid argument.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Yea might as well remove the full back lol what about just moving the switch dock to the top behind the TV eh? I have mine along with the rest on top

That was how I had it placed initially, but the left JoyCon connectivity issues made that completely unusable. Tomorrow I will see if it works better with the new pair (hopefully it's the revised version... hopefully), and if not I'll try the foam fix as I mentioned earlier.
If all else fails, I'll have no other option than to put it in the media cabinet. Currently I have it on my table because it's the only place it would work correctly with the first JoyCon pair, but that's not a long term solution.

 

[duffmmann]

I hope you knocked on wood when you hit that send button, the only issue I had was a dead joycon, but Nintendo overnighted me a brand new one so

Nah, I'm not superstitious like that. If my Switch does end up with an issue down the line, it wont be because I jynxed it lol. Though, as I said, one month in of constant play and no issues (no scratched screen, no bent Switch, no unsyncing left joycon), it would seem that my Switch is functioning as intended, and I'm sure I'm not alone in that regard.

 

[Retrojunkies]

That was how I had it placed initially, but the left JoyCon connectivity issues made that completely unusable. Tomorrow I will see if it works better with the new pair (hopefully it's the revised version... hopefully), and if not I'll try the foam fix as I mentioned earlier.
If all else fails, I'll have no other option than to put it in the media cabinet. Currently I have it on my table because it's the only place it would work correctly with the first JoyCon pair, but that's not a long term solution.

your revised model is nothing other than a small square bit of sponge over the left joycons chip, however that will only try prevent interfearence being so close to the right joycon, it will not improve distance because nintendo have used cheap inferior hardware.

according to fanboys its not fair to compare the joycon wireless controller to a ps3/360/ps4/xbx1 wireless controllers because nintendo have released an additional controller with better hardware at an extra cost, so yes if you want to use shit as intended pay more.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

your revised model is nothing other than a small square bit of sponge over the left joycons chip, however that will only try prevent interfearence being so close to the right joycon, it will not improve distance because nintendo have used cheap inferior hardware.

according to fanboys its not fair to compare the joycon wireless controller to a ps3/360/ps4/xbx1 wireless controllers because nintendo have released an additional controller with better hardware at an extra cost, so yes if you want to use shit as intended pay more.

Wrong. That is how they repair faulty units, but the revised model has no such thing, it's speculated that they changed or added some components on the board to remedy the issue, but I'm not sure if that's enough to completely solve my issues, as I had pretty severe connectivity issues. It wouldn't just lag every once in a while, it happened every few seconds, and it would even completely disconnect and turn off then refuse to reconnect again on the first try.

However the foam fix definitely does work. The person who first posted pictures of their fixed JoyCon said it fixed all of their issues. If it does come to it, I'll do the fix myself in the hopes that it will work just as well for me.
There seem to be two issues with the design of the left JoyCon. The first is that it doesn't have a proper antenna, just a trace etched into the board. One user remedied that by soldering on a wire and said it worked better than his right JoyCon afterwards. The second issue seems to be that the antenna is really close to the metal shielding of the analog stick which can cause interference. Nintendo's official fix seems to be addressing this second issue. I did read someone saying that the foam actually serves as an extension of the antenna, but I'm not sure if that's true, seeing as the antenna trace is not exposed, however that person said that didn't matter as the separation between the two is so small.

 

[omegasoul6]

My Switch is straight after about 200 hours docked only, so that's nice.

 

[OfficialFBomb]

because its what happens, if you heat something it will warp end of, no ifs, no buts.

what facts do you have to claim it as bs other than opinion your seeming to force then disclaim others, works both ways, your acting like a fucking spoiled child that didnt get enough booby time off his mother.

recall something here for you..... 360, tell me what caused early models to warp and damage the gpu?

ohh shit, stick your fuck you finger right up my ass..... its heat.

now look how tiny and compact the switch is, now to sit there and call bs on what is a factual thing to happen if it has heating issues is just fucking amazing

Wow from the mouth that said I couldn't compare the ps4 and switch because the ps4 is bigger and has more airflow brings in the issues of the 360, your a joke fool, your arguing cause your mad, and that's okay, you don't have a single real fact that the switch overheated causing the switch to warp.. Not one fucking fact yet you sit here and tell me I'm wrong for calling bullshit, lmfao pathetic.

 

[Retrojunkies]

Wrong. That is how they repair faulty units, but the revised model has no such thing, it's speculated that they changed or added some components on the board to remedy the issue, but I'm not sure if that's enough to completely solve my issues, as I had pretty severe connectivity issues. It wouldn't just lag every once in a while, it happened every few seconds, and it would even completely disconnect and turn off then refuse to reconnect again on the first try.

However the foam fix definitely does work. The person who first posted pictures of their fixed JoyCon said it fixed all of their issues. If it does come to it, I'll do the fix myself in the hopes that it will work just as well for me.

maybe so, but was one thing i did state from day one, watch nintendo release revised versions at an extra cost to fix issues they ignored.

not everyone will send off their cheap fucked up joycons, some which is a high number will just buy them again.

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Wow from the mouth that said I couldn't compare the ps4 and switch because the ps4 is bigger and has more airflow brings in the issues of the 360, your a joke fool, your arguing cause your mad, and that's okay, you don't have a single real fact that the switch overheated causing the switch to warp.. Not one fucking fact yet you sit here and tell me I'm wrong for calling bullshit, lmfao pathetic.

again failure to read, i only used the 360 to try explain to you what heat can do.

so again counter you pal as you have no fact to claim otherwise, same with every other fault nintendo fanboys refuse to accept.

if a console gets hot, it will warp end of.

you sit there calling it bs because you dont have the problem is utter bullshit itself.

 

[happydance]

one should avoid putting the dock on top of a ps4/xbox one /jk

 

[The Real Jdbye]

maybe so, but was one thing i did state from day one, watch nintendo release revised versions at an extra cost to fix issues they ignored.

not everyone will send off their cheap fucked up joycons, some which is a high number will just buy them again.

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again failure to read, i only used the 360 to try explain to you what heat can do.

so again counter you pal as you have no fact to claim otherwise, same with every other fault nintendo fanboys refuse to accept.

if a console gets hot, it will warp end of.

you sit there calling it bs because you dont have the problem is utter bullshit itself.

There seem to be two issues with the design of the left JoyCon. The first is that it doesn't have a proper antenna, just a trace etched into the board. One user remedied that by soldering on a wire and said it worked better than his right JoyCon afterwards. The second issue seems to be that the antenna is really close to the metal shielding of the analog stick which can cause interference. Nintendo's official fix seems to be addressing this second issue. I did read someone saying that the foam actually serves as an extension of the antenna, but I'm not sure if that's true, seeing as the antenna trace is not exposed, however that person said that didn't matter as the separation between the two is so small.
Of course fix #1 makes the second problem a non-issue, as the antenna is routed through a different place in the JoyCon. It's probably the more effective fix.
The right JoyCon has a proper antenna routed through a different spot, and so it doesn't have either of these issues and works much better. Why they didn't make both of them this way is beyond me. The two JoyCons are actually surprisingly different internally, it's almost as if they were designed by different people.

 

[OfficialFBomb]

maybe so, but was one thing i did state from day one, watch nintendo release revised versions at an extra cost to fix issues they ignored.

not everyone will send off their cheap fucked up joycons, some which is a high number will just buy them again.

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again failure to read, i only used the 360 to try explain to you what heat can do.

so again counter you pal as you have no fact to claim otherwise, same with every other fault nintendo fanboys refuse to accept.

if a console gets hot, it will warp end of.

you sit there calling it bs because you dont have the problem is utter bullshit itself.

Where is your proof Nintendo chose to ignore the joy con's issues?

And I mean where is the proof the 360 board warped? Cause I don't see shit, what I saw was the solder not having enough pressure to hold.. So come on where's your proof.. And here you are again with the fan boy shit, just because you fucking love Nintendo and want someone to stick the joycons up your ass does not mean everyone else does, get over it..

 

[xile6]

Phones get warm due to them not having a fan or a dedicated area on the case to let it ventilate. It's not a fair comparision with the switch since it does has a fan.

true but the point im making is the system doesnt get hot enough to melt.
MY phone has bent and its gotten way hotter then the switch.

 

[OfficialFBomb]

There seem to be two issues with the design of the left JoyCon. The first is that it doesn't have a proper antenna, just a trace etched into the board. One user remedied that by soldering on a wire and said it worked better than his right JoyCon afterwards. The second issue seems to be that the antenna is really close to the metal shielding of the analog stick which can cause interference. Nintendo's official fix seems to be addressing this second issue. I did read someone saying that the foam actually serves as an extension of the antenna, but I'm not sure if that's true, seeing as the antenna trace is not exposed, however that person said that didn't matter as the separation between the two is so small.
Of course fix #1 makes the second problem a non-issue, as the antenna is routed through a different place in the JoyCon. It's probably the more effective fix.
The right JoyCon has a proper antenna routed through a different spot, and so it doesn't have either of these issues and works much better. Why they didn't make both of them this way is beyond me. The two JoyCons are actually surprisingly different internally, it's almost as if they were designed by different people.

I think it's from the extra components inside each, on top of the analog and "dpads" being in different spots..

 

[Retrojunkies]

Where is your proof Nintendo chose to ignore the joy con's issues?

And I mean where is the proof the 360 board warped? Cause I don't see shit, what I saw was the solder not having enough pressure to hold.. So come on where's your proof.. And here you are again with the fan boy shit, just because you fucking love Nintendo and want someone to stick the joycons up your ass does not mean everyone else does, get over it..

erm lets think about this for one moment, i know you wont like it but.

you cant tell me when using the product that or choosing the hardware that they was not aware of the problem, i mean within day one of its launch, shit loads of people were reporting faults with the console.

and fuck me sideways if you really are that deluded...... here is a fact for you, this issue with the 360 board warping and causing the console damage was the reason why MS was forced to increase its product warranty because of this defect........ caused by heat.

i think you just proven you know sweet fuck all, if you dont have the problem then its bullshit...

 

[Issac]

Hey, guys, stay civilized.

I too believe that these "ran so hot it warped" cases are bullshit, considering how few they are, that they don't run hot enough to cause this in the first place (unless it's a really defective unit). And considering how it withstands drops, bends, being set on fire, etc...

 

[OfficialFBomb]

erm lets think about this for one moment, i know you wont like it but.

you cant tell me when using the product that or choosing the hardware that they was not aware of the problem, i mean within day one of its launch, shit loads of people were reporting faults with the console.

and fuck me sideways if you really are that deluded...... here is a fact for you, this issue with the 360 board warping and causing the console damage was the reason why MS was forced to increase its product warranty because of this defect........ caused by heat.

i think you just proven you know sweet fuck all, if you dont have the problem then its bullshit...

Jesus fuck... I can't even begin to.... lmfao I'm just gonna go play on my unbent switch, and I still call bullshit so have fun with that hahahahahahahahah