DROWNED Nintendo Switch Needs RESTORATION!

[@Insomniacs8]

Others have already mentioned the tiny cap attached to the BQ pin. It would at this point be worth checking resistance to ground on the 4 rails coming off the main max IC on the back, as well as at the R2R coil on the sys rail. From memory, if you have the usb facing you and black probe on ground you should get: top right 5k - 10k, top left fluctuates in 100k+, both on left 50 and bottom left 1k. Sys rail should be in meg ohms.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Nice one Chris, will give this a go :)

[@Insomniacs8]

@@JoeyDoesTech I keep an eye on the Tronixfix forums if you find anything and want to follow it up.

[@badvoiceallnoise]

12:07 you did not put the little cap in place. it sucked up by ic .and forgot the clean sd card connector.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

GREAT shout. I’ve even missed that in editing 🤪 Deffo worth a re visit :)

[@badvoiceallnoise]

@@JoeyDoesTech yep. thanks for reply.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

@@badvoiceallnoise thanks for the heads up :)

[@dodgydruid]

Thought I killed my £17 Switch lol Put a new battery in but something went wrong with the SD card reader which fried the SD card, bought a new reader and it popped on in and all working again, I even bought a brand new screw set off ebay to replace the missing external screws... such expense of £1.95 O.o

[@luigiymario2xd]

Really nice repair attempt! I keep learning a lot on repairs watching your videos and will soon hopefully by december buy everything I need to be able to start repairing things myself!

[@klorslug]

“Speaking of PCBs...” love your segues. Great repair vids, keep ‘em coming

[@dakwill380]

Wow God bless ya joey I've pulled a switch lite apart and I know the mess of screws there are for you to pull 2 switchs apart and still get everything put back is amazing. Great job as well on the charging port a pro job in my opinion.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Thanks bud :)

[@ItalianRetroGuy]

Replace PI3. It can cause no image and still let the switch charge at 15V

[@virgildeklerk]

Very nice video again Joey. Hopefully you'll be able to fix this one in another video. I've been very busy with moving to my new house so i watch what i can but not aways time to react. Cheers m8

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Thankyou Virg. Don’t be silly, I appreciate you watching mate, best of luck with the house stuff!

[@leenewby2563]

Could you try it in a dock to check for video? ...In case it's a fault, feeding the screen.

[@_MJ07_]

I did think this! His backlight circuit could just be gone.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Great shout Lee, will revisit

[@StuP1981]

Awesome work as always Joey. Did you try the working board in the original housing to see if the screen worked on the water damaged Switch?

[@JoeyDoesTech]

I did not! Another great shout :)

[@chasefournier]

Hey joey, you should connect this switch to a pc with TegraRCM and see if its in RCM. If it is, then that could mean there is an issue with the NAND.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Yeah nice one Chase! I completely forgot about RCM mode until someone mentioned it. Also testing whilst dock would have been a good idea. Will probs save this one as a revisit for a stream :)

[@darrengladwell]

Good effort Joey, another excellent video to watch

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Thankyou Darren :)

[@kevinmalson5836]

Hey Joey you should've checked under the shield of the apu and ram. They possibly need reflowed. Just a thought..... keep up the good content you put out

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Ah that’s a good shout, cheers bud :)

[@robertb8636]

Its RCM mode or emmc memory fault. Try to press and hold down power button for about 15-20 seconds when connected to power meter and see whats the reading. If you are lucky hard reset will do a job.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Ah great shout. Thanks Rob :)

[@K.P.Alexander]

Damn good effort on that one, my man! I'm sure you'll get it going on a re-visit.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

100% have faith :)

[@_MJ07_]

Check it out docked, the backlight circuit could have just gone. Not gonna mention the cap as im sure you now know.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Great shout

[@lostpacketdg8831]

Watch the small capacitor @12:09 - 12:14 disappear into a solder blob on one of the chips legs

[@traveler4401]

I'm no expert, but i think you should really remove that capacitor that got absorbed into one of the chip's pads at 12:11

[@jesusyuca1483]

He left it standing stuck on the pin of the chip. I got a chuckle from that. It shouldn’t be a problem though. However I don’t know if it was still there after the soldering iron.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Yeah great shout :)

[@jesusyuca1483]

I advise against cleaning all of the corroded spots all at once. Take your time and look to figure out the damage. Remember your previous case where the corrosion + evidence of heat pointed you to a short in the next layer below(p13 i think). That’s why it’s important to go slow and make sure those black spots(evidence of heat) didn’t damage the board. Also don’t trust your probes on corrosion. Just keep it in mind to be skeptical of the readings. I know not much can be done about that sometimes.

[@jesusyuca1483]

Just go back to the video and look at the corrosion dude. At least it is recorded. There are many critical spots you skimmed over. Btw 0.48A draw could be a short getting hot. Check with thermal camera.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Good advice here Jesus, thankyou.

[@MicroMageRepair]

Possibly in RCM, try hooking it to your PC and see if it picks it up. If not maybe PI3USB. My guesses based on the current draw.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Yeah, completely forgot about rcm mode!

[@highroyds]

I would say lcd driver that’s next to the lcd connector, plus might be worth replacing the max ic

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Great shout Roy, think a livestream is due soon :)

[@deanwalkington6165]

Unlucky joey another great video I was sure you where going to fix it I have every confidence in your abilities. 10/10

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Thanks bud :)

[@nicoful86]

how did the receiving end of that lcd connector look and why didn't we dock it to see if it displays on a TV?

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Docking is a great shout, just forgot :) pins on connector looked fine

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

You did a great job in my opinion. It seems to be half alive but something is still quite off. I bet you get to the source of that.

[@mrascensoreakakrisgames4149]

Not sure but maybe there could have been something on the board like corrosion or even when you plugged in a charger in that old port with crossed pins wich shorted out the cpu, as I saw in some videos that when you have normal charging and no backlight it's the cpu that went to heaven

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Very good point here Kris

[@vwgolffancarreviews7111]

Love your content 🙂

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Thankyou :)

[@vwgolffancarreviews7111]

@@JoeyDoesTech 😃

[@danihagop8005]

Hi there joey how easly can we know the value of those caps arround bq chip and do u get them from doner board or can we buy spicific parts for nintendo from online

[@colinboneham7387]

I know the M92 read as ok(ie no shorts) but could it still be naffed and need swapping out

[@KingPinTheBowler]

Have you ever had trouble with getting the launch Xbox One shell/casing on because for me I have an Xbox One that my mom dropped and everything is fine for it and it still works perfectly fine but the front bottom clips don’t connect properly and my disc won’t come out because the front case is not on properly and gets stuck. I never opened it before but I only took off the case so the warranty seal was destroyed but never opened and I did it in attempt to fix the front shell and take out my disc but failed on both and I am wondering if you could help me.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

I’ve got a video on cleaning an Xbox one on my channel :)

[@KingPinTheBowler]

Alright thanks.

[@italonelli1233]

it could also be a p13 issue

[@italonelli1233]

you should try replacing it

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Ah interesting

[@Purplexededits]

Can you fix my Xbox the HDMI is broken and I am broke

[@ramren16]

Anyone ever tell you your gloves are nasty looking under scope. Looks like spiderman

[@tecnicoemeletronica]

Autorcm mode enable?

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Good shout

[@pavelbucek5047]

Hi, hot air temperature ?

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Depends for what part, and also depends on what station you have :)

[@antonioortega4264]

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