Hardware Question about Nintendo Switch capacitors

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Ok so the thing is I broke two capacitors and wanted to change them but now don't know if this model:
100X GRM155R60J105KE19D Condensatore: in ceramica MLCC 1uF 6,3V X5R ±10% SMD 040 https://amzn.eu/d/6YboOvt
is ok to use. What do you think?
 
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If we don't know what the baseline capacitors you broke are then as there are multiple types/values in play then hard to make a call on whether the replacements you offer are suitable. I don't know what we have as far as diagnostic manuals and circuit diagrams these days (compared to some PC, phone and Apple devices where full diagrams of everything are available).

Generally you care about physical size/form factor, though you can fudge this and run jumper wires, tombstone it or something else. This is what the 040 refers to in that https://www.protoexpress.com/kb/different-smd-component-package-sizes/ and you can presumably measure the gap or any similar things in there.
You care about the capacitance (measured in Farads)
You care about any polarity issues (electrolytic capacitors have them, non electrolytics do not). Electrolytic tend to have higher capacitance and voltage ratings for the size, and the PCB may indicate this in various manners.
You care about the voltage they can take. If push comes to shove you can run things in series to increase the voltage it will take at the cost of total capacitance. Likewise going up is not a bad thing if you have to.
You care about the temperature range. https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/te....-a-concise-guide-to-ceramic-capacitor-types/ for the ceramic ones (most electrolytic ones you see will have it on the case). Higher temperature ranges tend to be more money and larger sizes to account for various physical effects but I will skip the deep lore here (suffice it to say if you are a cowboy you can probably push a 105C rated capacitor rather more than everything else the same 85C rated one).

Whether you can increase the capacitance varies depending upon the circuit. Whether you need precision (what the +-10% thing refers to -- it might say 1uF but reality can be 10% either way, which could be killer if you have a matched circuit) also depends upon the circuit. If it is just basic smoothing then can probably go up or possibly even down without too much trauma, if it is a proper timing circuit (RC circuits are taught to every would be electrical engineer for a reason https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/rc/rc_1.html ) then altering the timings or need for high precision can creep in.
 
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