The Nintendo Switch turned two years old last March, and its Lite edition will hit store shelves tomorrow. Little else can be said about its commercial success or the quality of its games, but its ultra-portable design puts it at greater risk from liquids, drops, and other external threats. At the same time, original units are starting to show battery and Joy-Con problems from normal wear and tear. Would you like to learn to repair your Nintendo Switch, or at least know what you're up against? The YouTube channel TronicsFix is an excellent starting point.
Nintendo was on the brink. Projections were very pessimistic. But once the Nintendo Switch appeared, the turn was 180 degrees. 37 million units in two and a half years. More than 200 million cartridges. Those stats don't even include digital downloads. The Nintendo Switch is a resounding success, there are many units out there, and their owners have pushed them to the limit. That means some technical failures are inevitable.
Anyone can have an accident and crack the screen or spill liquid on the console. But we also have exhausted batteries, damaged charging ports, Joy-Cons with drifting or buttons ripped off the PCB, and the list goes on. Logically, Nintendo does everything it can to control the repair market, but in most cases, the user can carry out the necessary replacements with basic tools. The proof is on the YouTube channel TronicsFix, the same one that taught us why PlayStation 4s fill up with cockroaches.
Repairing the Nintendo Switch
I bet one of their videos has appeared in your feed, because they usually buy seemingly damaged consoles in large numbers, only to repair them and bring them back to the second-hand market. If we go by their excellent videos, the most common issues TronicsFix finds in the Nintendo Switch are the battery, the charging port, cracked panels or touch issues, problems with Joy-Con detection, and short circuits in the charge chip or video chip (sometimes both at the same time).
https://old.neoteo.com/un-hombre-transmitio-en-twitch-a-su-playstation-4-llena-de-cucarachas/The Joy-Cons are another fundamental aspect of any Switch repair. Nintendo wants 75 euros for the pair, which is crazy considering their construction, but nothing stops you from finding spare parts on eBay and doing the repairs yourself by following these videos. TronicsFix also specializes in PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, detailing the main repair difficulties, including optical drives and hard drives with a "hardlock" linked to the original console.
If you want to learn more about TronicsFix, don't hesitate to check out their other social profiles, but any Nintendo Switch enthusiast determined to repair their console has plenty to watch here, with a good binge of videos for the weekend.
