My Own RARE and VALUABLE Nintendo Switch Has An Orange Screen Of Death! Can I Fix It?

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[@BloodlustNL]

Love the honesty about this video and not getting everything right first time. Its just the gods honest truth that stuff is hard and goes wrong. I love it when people are being real.

[@jcmottern]

You're far from boring to me. I love this shit.

[@martinhammerton8157]

Another great video mate I love the way you explain as you go along it's very educational thank you for that

[@TheCod3r]

Thank you mate, clear and concise is the goal. If it helps even one person the video serves its' purpose

[@DannyWilliamH]

With those chips I've had much more success sticking to a flux paste and using a SUPER THIN coating on the board itself. I'm talking a light tap on a finger and then rubbing it over the pads so that it's barely noticeable. It'll still want to move upon melt but it usually stays in place. Using liquid flux or even a touch too much of either sends it swimming all around that area, lol.

[@TheCod3r]

Yep they're a nightmare at times, I think it's partly down to how small the balls are. I might start pulling a few components off around the immediate outer area just to give room to hold the chip with tweezers lol

[@DannyWilliamH]

@@TheCod3r That's probably it as it's really hard to grasp how small and packed together most chips on a Switch board are. That side is especially populated so moving some may actually work. It would be funny to see and especially so if it did help a bit because I really hate changing those out haha

[@zillatech8703]

I was just saying to myself he used too much flux

[@olehcelsior1005]

Too much flux indeed buddy. Still very GOOD video, respect

[@TravisStamper]

Nice Phil. Been waiting for this one. Thanks for the video

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks mate 😁

[@mosfettg6857]

Well deserved repair, crowded area of components.

[@TheCod3r]

Thank you, much appreciated mate

[@MicroMageRepair]

Nice work Phil 👍

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers Josh, much appreciated mate

[@noth606]

You area very patient man, I would have knocked about the caps etc around the chip almost for sure, and redone those after, probably with a tip iron. I get rage when smd caps and resistors start scooting around from the hot air :-P surfing the flux wave. My relationship with hot-air is a love-hate one, I end up doing everything I can with a fine small tip iron and only use hot air for BGA... But I do love seeing the BGA snap into place when it flows, that's what I go by and it's never failed me, set the chip 0.1mm off, slow air, a bit over temp and slowly heat up, then look for the snap when the solder flows and pulls the chip in...

[@GinandTronics]

crazy I've just bought a switch, and it's the first one I've purchased with orange screen. I'll be watching with intent.

[@TheCod3r]

hopefully this will help you out to fix yours mate. You _can_ reflow the wifi IC, but because I had new chips I opted to just replace it instead

[@GinandTronics]

@@TheCod3r Yes I'll try a reflow first, tbh the switch in question has a error code too sometimes, ends in 002 (can't remember exactly but quite generic) going to look at m92 and the joycon rails (only time I've ever had a orange screen and it was related to a blown cap/resistor near there. not sure it's charging properly judging from the sellers comment's, but for £105 including 2 joycons a charger and dock I thought it was worth the punt. and if it goes wrong it's a lesson isn't it. take care.

[@TheCod3r]

Hey everyone. If you enjoy repair videos or want to learn more, please check out this channel. It's fantastic and a great place to learn... kzbin.info/door/FX1Z9N6aPWuCN_KR8UZ2vg

[@andycooper4230]

Great video brill fix first time I had seen the o s o d every day a school day mate thanks for the knowledge

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers bud, yeah I don't come across it often myself to be honest

[@markg3506]

Nice to see the joy of you fixing it :-)

[@GetRefurbed]

Loved that! Cracking job Phil!

[@TheCod3r]

cheers pal

[@427cidpower]

You got it booting. If that had been me, I'd just used a USB to ethernet adapter and called it a day :P but you persevered! I feel for you, that was hard!

[@TheCod3r]

Haha to be honest it wouldn't have bothered me too much because I don't really connect to the Internet anyway, but my brother in law wanted to use it so it was best to fix it properly at least 😄

[@danwyan]

Just fyi, on most boards, there are alignment markings to indicate where balled chips should be set before soldering to the board. If you look at the top left of the chip, you can see a tiny square on the board, if he aligned the chip to that marking the first time, it wouldn't have been too far to the left and he wouldn't have had to resolder a second replacement chip.

[@TheCod3r]

I did use the alignment marking but it dropped and moved too far out. Completely my fault, but I don't think I could've stopped it happening to be honest lol

[@nt7998]

in the bottom left where there are those 4 gold pins near the ic, the bottom two there is supposed be something on those

[@GaTiTopo]

even the best hunter loses the hare, it's how we say in my country, i realy enjoy yours videos mate, thnks for share you knowledge :)

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks mate, that's very true. I always like to post if I mess it up because it helps people realise they don't have to be perfect every time

[@KeithPotts]

video was really educational and I learned something new thank you

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks buddy

[@irvingoh1999]

@TheCod3r I have a Nintendo switch that has a similar problem, orange screen, things I've done - reflowed chip - reballed same existing chip - reballed another chip from a donor switch All of them resulted in this screen, would appreciate any help!

[@alimoradi2323]

Great one Phil

[@marcusandrews8903]

Another fantastic video Phil totally engrossed to the point my wife shouted for tea 4x

[@TheCod3r]

haha thanks mate, enjoy the grub bud 😂

[@tariqmahmood7026]

Hi pal just joined your video's are real enjoyable to watch

[@binarybox.binarybox]

Nice fix.

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers mate

[@JunPVlog]

Watching here sir with full support thank you for sharing

[@TheCod3r]

Thank you, very much appreciated

[@Twisterhere]

Good video, I wish I was smart enough to record current draw. Careful not to bridge a power rail to something, pushing a bga that's already mounted lol.

[@TheCod3r]

You do need to be careful :)

[@therefix342]

I’m not going to lie, I was hoping you’d have to reball haha. I’m learning and recently reflowed a couple 2DS XL ram IC’s because they were crashing when slightly squeezed, and I narrowed it down to the ram. First one I did perfectly, second I moved too much and bridged the balls. I really wanna try to reball it, so wanted to see you do something of similar size haha! Great fix though!

[@wburger2178]

I think Louis Rossmann shows how to reball ICs

[@TheCod3r]

I do have a video on hand reballing, but if we have to be honest with ourselves, I suck with stencils. Genuinely suck lol

[@therefix342]

@@TheCod3r I did watch your rebelling video which is a big reason why I thought i should give it a go, but with the pad size and the pitch of them I felt less confident haha. When it comes to reballing something small, is solder paste an option then?

[@Twisterhere]

@@therefix342 Yes, use solder paste.

[@Twisterhere]

@@TheCod3r Are you deleting my comments, or is it a bot?

[@johnhanly7034]

Excellent stuff

[@jameshines4012]

Great video mate.

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers bud

[@erikv1216]

Nice job! Love your videos!

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks buddy

[@kikihobbyrepair]

Nice repair. Yeah it is a pain in the ass to replace this IC 😀

[@TheCod3r]

haha cheers mate, this is probably my least favourite ic to install

[@informediatech-bruno5766]

23:20 Im wondering what would be deadbuging a switch wifi chip hahaha

[@kevinsirrell2549]

Never mind fixing yours 😂 fix mine!

[@TheCod3r]

Mine is more important 😂😂😂

[@temporaryscars]

...yeah I think I'll try a reflow first. Lol

[@Ed31003]

how you doin' Phil? nice video!!

[@TheCod3r]

Good mate thanks, hope you're well 😁

[@Old_Man_Pete]

Tolerance is small you say... That's an understatement, to put it in perspective a human hair is between 0.08 and 0.1 MM and your tolerance was 0.1 between balls, I know who to send a faulty console when the warranty runs out.

[@TheCod3r]

haha yeah they're pretty dang tiny, thank goodness for the microscope lol. Thank you though I appreciate the support (and trust) 😀

[@doughnut_panda]

Nice one.

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers buddy

[@doughnut_panda]

@@TheCod3r Cheers

[@IGIMaster86]

I did heat up that area 2x and everytime I did that, the switch turned on and worked. The day after > orange screen again What is wrong with my Switch??? 😢

[@markbarnard1970]

I have one like this almost but orange screen happens randomly. Wifi works and everything but yeah, will go to that orange screen and system needs to be restarted. Think this would fix?

[@TheGreatProphecy]

What do you think about the switch being stuck on the logo and not booting into the os? I've seen a lot of people say it's the wifi chip too. I reflow mine but didn't fix the issue, probably gonna replace it from a donor board but I'm not ready to reball!

[@TheCod3r]

To be honest a stuck on boot logo can be quite the nuisance to figure out. It can be WiFi but could also be a heap of other things including M92T36, nand, wifi, firmware, cpu and ram :(

[@TheGreatProphecy]

@@TheCod3r exactly! And the worst part is going through forums and trying to figure out how to diagnose it lol

[@GinandTronics]

I can't really help you out but, I had a switch lite once, water damaged and I cleaned it up and it booted fine. Thought everything was well but then I noticed when totally powered off the battery would discharge. and if you charged it again it would crash on the switch logo, rarely I could get it to boot in the dashboard, but when I did, and left it in sleepmode it behaved normally. Had this on my shelf for around 6 months, and decided to ultrasonic it again. this worked for around a day. HAD enough of the switch so I used Phil's video and reflowed the CPU, and I haven't had a problem since.

[@TheGreatProphecy]

@@GinandTronics I'm want to keep reflowing the cpu for last, I always get antsy doing that 😂😂 but thank you! I am a technician by trade, but microsolder and work on all game consoles, it's so much fun!

[@TheGreatProphecy]

@Noah Tek are you talking about the 2 caps that are right besides the shield?

[@markvandesande8855]

The front pape for this video looks like fallout boy from Fallout. Lol

[@TheCod3r]

haha I was thinking have I fallen into the clickbait realm but if it works it works 😂

[@markvandesande8855]

@@TheCod3r Yep definitely 👌

[@nt7998]

i noticed you are missing a capacitor and i think that could be it

[@OfficialHaroChannel]

hello goodsir i just wanna ask what if my nintendo switch only give out orange screen if i put it to sleep? but my wifi is doing okay tho..any solutions?

[@n4_ku]

Would you share your diagnostic notes?

[@mortalghost_-6745]

Hi I have I Nintendo switch that has the same problem it keeps osod

[@OZZIE_MENACE]

Hi mate love watching your channel I got almost the same problem would you repair a board for me I'm in Qld happy to post lol

[@mm0077]

Top notch

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers mate 😁

[@tankzilla6785]

Chips need to go back to being spiked instead of balled

[@TheCod3r]

haha yep might make our life a bit simpler that way

[@lil_weltthomas7118]

How do you start the video without putting it on the charger??😂

[@Rodox2k10]

@thecod3r what would you be inspecting if your switch connected to 5Ghz Access Points only, but gave you a had time if you tried a 2.4Ghz one? Also, whenever downloading a game, signal strength gets crazy unstable, as the bar icon switches from 2 to 3 and then 4 bars until the download is finished? I've tried a new pair of antennas from a spare switch, but symptoms are the same.

[@degeneratemii9032]

So basically if the WiFi chip stops working switch becomes a brick for no reason..... I do not understand why could u not continue to just play offline without using the WiFi chip.

[@TheCod3r]

Pretty much mate yeah. The problem is it can fail without using WiFi, because the same chip is responsible for bluetooth too which is needed for the joycons to work (even in handheld mode)

[@kirbyq-8453]

I have a blue screen of death I can’t fix

[@jamiepowell6655]

my son punched his in a rage and broke the wifi chip

[@nt7998]

i have pics if interested

[@johnhowarth7216]

You say to email you mate about work but I’ve sent you 6 emails now and still no reply

[@TheCod3r]

Hi mate. I'm really sorry, at the minute I'm having an issue with my ISP, for some reason they're blocking the network ports needed to respond to emails (port 25) but in the next day or 2 I'm moving to a different provider and hopefully transferring everything needed to be able to get back up and running properly

[@pcvitamins]

under 200 :D sup homioes!!!

[@TheCod3r]

Haha sup bud

[@manforr9375]

my old ps3 died of YLOD could you fix it

[@TheCod3r]

I don't fix PS3 consoles sorry, I can't make it viable from a business perspective

[@RicolaMint]

I dont have any experience in repair things. But come on you just put ur finger on it and plug battery and just by touching it u determine it's on a boot loop. R. E. S. P. E. C. T.

[@TheCod3r]

haha thank you. Yeah the boot loop is basically down to pattern recognition and watching the power supply to determine what's happening with the machine :)

[@reacey]

Mate there's no video

[@TheCod3r]

It'll be a KZbin thing mate try again if you can

[@reacey]

Ah my bad

[@reacey]

@@TheCod3r have a donor orange screen of death myself which just seemed to die out of nowhere, couldn't find any discrepancies against a known working board, curious as to whether you sussed your one or not, might be hope for the donor yet lol

[@TheCod3r]

@@reacey yep this video might help you out bud. Fingers crossed for you 😆

[@radio2rancid]

BORRRING🎉 i forgot to unsubscribe 😮 i tip my hat to you sir

[@TheCod3r]

Doesn't bother me dude 😂

[@MonguzTea]

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[@TheCod3r]

Thanks for catching that. I've removed it and I'll keep an eye out for more 🙄

[@michaelknowles1651]

? Just voice

[@TheCod3r]

It'll be a KZbin thing mate try again if you can

[@michaelknowles1651]

@@TheCod3r as always, right again. Great stuff

[@michaelknowles1651]

Thought you was gonna jump out somewhere

[@TheCod3r]

@@michaelknowles1651 haha sorry bud youtube must not have fully processed it, I can't see the 1440p or 4k versions yet

[@reacey]

@@TheCod3r we're eager beavers us lot :-p