Hacking Question No RCM detection on a hackable Switch (according to serial) serial)

[rzkruspe]

Hi,

A friend of mine just purchased a Switch off eBay so that we can repair it and install CFW afterwards.
The serial starts with XAJ4001xxxx so it should be unpatched.

After the repairs were done, the console shows two major problems :
-It takes 0,47A when powered off (normal) and only 0,09A when powered on.
-It seems to enter RCM but isn't detected on the PC.


As far as the repairs go, we had to replace the M92 and the BQ to make it charge, and the connector for good measure.
Then we had to swap the P13USB that had a nice burn mark on it !
Now everything works except for the issues that I mentioned earlier.
And I have no idea why it's doing this. Maybe the burn mark is a sign that something else burned elsewhere..

PS: we work in electronic repair and I have fixed lots of different problems on Switches, but this particular one is making me go crazy...

Thanks in advance.

 

[bruhreid]

Maybe your PC doesn't have the correct drivers installed? If you are using TegraRCMGui, there's an option to install the driver in one of the tabs.

 

[rzkruspe]

Maybe your PC doesn't have the correct drivers installed? If you are using TegraRCMGui, there's an option to install the driver in one of the tabs.

I did install the drivers, the PC detects other switches in RCM.
And I tried plugging our Switch on another computer, it wasn't detected either.

 

[wartutor]

If its on and booted into normal operating software (horizon i think its called) is it recognized by your computer as a nintendo switch? Does it charge off the computer? Sounds like a bad usb-c

 

[HideoKojima]

Try another cable
Try another jig
Try another laptop

 

[rzkruspe]

Try another cable
Try another jig
Try another laptop

Did that, same thing.

If its on and booted into normal operating software (horizon i think its called) is it recognized by your computer as a nintendo switch? Does it charge off the computer? Sounds like a bad usb-c

It is not recognized by the computer, but it does charge.
Isn't that the exact behaviour of a patched Switch ?

 

[HideoKojima]

Did that, same thing.


It is not recognized by the computer, but it does charge.
Isn't that the exact behaviour of a patched Switch ?

Try using web fusee
https://switch.exploit.fortheusers.org/

Try phone + otg usb c cable + Nxloader

Try Zadig

 

[Essometer]

Just a shot in the dark, but maybe the motherboard has been replaced? Did you check the serial in the Switch menu?

 

[rzkruspe]

Just a shot in the dark, but maybe the motherboard has been replaced? Did you check the serial in the Switch menu?

Yes, it is the same as the one on the chassis.

Try using web fusee
https://switch.exploit.fortheusers.org/

Try phone + otg usb c cable + Nxloader

Try Zadig

I'll try that and keep you updated.

 

[Enlapse]

Perhaps this isn't the same case, but I had a friend that had a Switch with a serial code that wasn't supposed to be patched, but it was. After looking in the back of the console, the console was from year 2019, so you could try and check it out?

 

[wartutor]

Did that, same thing.



It is not recognized by the computer, but it does charge.
Isn't that the exact behaviour of a patched Switch ?

If it charges but is not reconized as a switch when the switch is in its official firmware it sounds like you have the data side of your usb-c port isnt connected try testing that. When its booted in horizon and i connect my switch to the computer it is reconized as a nintendo switch.

 

[rzkruspe]

It isn't recognized on my phone either (even though my personal switch is).

I just noticed something else, when the console is docked, the USB ports on the dock are turned off, I saw that with a USB ampmeter.

I have another (patched) console that does the same thing, and I never managed to fix it.

 

[rzkruspe]

I have minor news
My other switch, the one that is supposedly patched and with which the USB ports don't work when docked.
It's actually a XAJ7001xxx. So it shouldn't be patched, but it exhibits the same issues as my friend's.

So I have something new to work on.

 

[rzkruspe]

Now a major update.
I just fixed my other switch. Don't have the opportunity to test the dock's USBs for now but it is finally detected in RCM, and charging while the system is on.
The issue was indeed with the Data lines for USB but not the connector itself.
There is a double filter between the connector and the CPU which (I'm guessing) protects the CPU from any voltage surge.
(See pic)
That filter was burnt so I had to change it.

Now for my friend's console, it shows the same problem on the Data lines, but the filter is good. And the only component after that is the CPU..

 

[rzkruspe]

Ok, so I decided to desolder the CPU on a donor board in order to confirm that the Data lines run straight to the CPU.
And they do.

So I guess the USB controller is integrated to the CPU, and the one on our Switch is dead, even though everything else works fine.

I think we can close the thread and mark it solved.