Trying to FIX: Water Damaged Nintendo Switch Lite from eBay

Hi, in this video I attempt to repair a faulty turquoise Nintendo Switch Lite purchased from eBay. It has no display (black screen) but the Switch Lite sounds like it is working.
Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things.
I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series.
Many thanks, Vince.

[@andreiblagaila-lazar8341]

Mate, just want to thank you for making content on these desperate times. I've been stuck inside the house for over 2 weeks now and your videos help me get through the day and forget about the disaster that's going out outside. Stay safe and keep it up!

[@191matrix]

Hope you have a balcony or a garden. Stay safe Sir. 👍

[@rokengo569]

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[@johnhayes9063]

Your videos have gave me confidence to "try to fix" things. I am a Amateur Radio Operator and since I have been watching your videos, I have built multiple antennas and now I am looking into building dual band transceiver from a kit. Thanks for all you do!

[@muaries12]

MyMateVince: From "Fat switch killer" to "Lite switch resurrector" nice!

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[@squiggle2054]

when i started watching vince i started getting into restoring stuff and now ive restored like 3 walkmans, a vcr, a cassette deck, and a polaroid camera. so thats something

[@squiggle2054]

@Bloofa thinking about doing it on the wm-w800 (dual deck walkman) that i ordered

[@maniatore2006]

You spend a lot of money, to entertain us, a big Thank you for that. And you getting better and better. And Great Music :)

[@yournan7249]

He makes more back obviously

[@ramon3238]

I agree.

[@o_xtanjax_o767]

@DJ g3Ry More than enough

[@bajablastbong2939]

DJ g3Ry he also makes videos for revenue so he basically makes more back to entertain us and fix stuff, so according to my calculations you’re wrong

[@bajablastbong2939]

DJ g3Ry hey i’m talking with the same dude who makes robux and tiktok scams

[@bainies3272]

If you think that the backlight is the issue, try shining a torch at the screen as a first test. If the LCD is working you will be able to see an image.

[@jellyboy123]

he mentioned it in the video 34:40 . he probably wanted to show people the full process of trouble shooting.

[@joserachi96]

If it's just the right board wouldn't just getting a replacement board work too? I don't have access to the tools he used

[@Themannamedkipper]

Jose you can't buy those boards I've looked

[@penot7004]

@@joserachi96 probably can't get one on its own but if you bought a switch with a busted lcd but working backlight that would be the best way to get one I figure. Get as busted of a switch lite as you could find but with a working backlight and that board would be ok to my understanding.

[@challengerdrakava1198]

why are all the broken switches the ones with fortnite installed... seems like kids rage over fortnite and destroy their systems.

[@NormanSoftware]

Probably

[@NormanSoftware]

Or they spill there drink on it

[@Kintah]

because it's a free game

[@ash_aiden]

@@_to_dream_or_not_to_dream I have no idea what any of this means, except that Fortnite is low quality trash, which I agree with

[@skeletonwarrior29]

@@Kintah Yeah, that's what I was thinking. It's definitely the most appealing free Switch game too, although there is Paladins.

[@user-te1le7ck6b]

The celebration of joy when it turned on 😊, excellent work Vince.

[@Villa171]

Have you thought about your subscribers sending you their broken gadgets and making videos on those? That way you save some money and looks cool to the subscribers to see their products on a video? PS learned so much from watch your videos... stay safe -Alex V

[@taffleberry]

I second this. I have a few dualshock 4 controller boards that need looking at that I'd happily donate

[@leegraves8878]

He has answered that in a video a while ago he doesn't want to feel responsible if he can't fix it. I am the same way I used to fix other peoples computers for free and felt guilty if I couldn't even though I didn't break them so I pretty much don't fix anyone but immediate families electronics.

[@clothinghanger6978]

I would like that, bur he says he doesnt likw working on other people stuff. But if they DONATE something, he will work on it. The person has to not want it back though. I think he did do a Nintendo Switch someone gave him once.

[@pols92]

Id donate my broke wii mote id love to see whats up with it

[@Milkyway101]

@@leegraves8878 p

[@rstoneelf15]

Hi Vince, i love your videos and watch them as soon as they come out. I recently bought my own water damaged switch and followed what you did in this video and i managed to mend it. when it turned on i ran around the room celebrating. thanks a lot your amazing.

[@ecobob101]

Something you may want to try Vince. (Practice on and old laptop or similar first). Buy a cheap soldering iron. Use it for plastic welding. If you are careful so you don't go all the way through you can push small amounts of melted plastic case across the the break to lock it (while squeezing firmly together). I go down the crack alternating back and forwards left and right over the crack like stitches, then use some plastic 3D pen refills to weld over top for strength. I try and mix the edge of the new refill weld with melted case to sort of chemically bond. I do this for laptop case repairs and the results are sometimes undetectable but if not at least you strengthen the case and stop the crack growing.

[@MrTomFTW]

Hey Vince, excellent work on the repair. Love to see your celebrations! In regards to the little crack on the bottom edge, you could try melting it from the inside with your soldering iron. I've done that on a couple of devices now (nothing as new as a Switch Lite!) and have had pretty good results.

[@rileytucker5687]

Is it just me or when Vince gets happy you smile?

[@Amanda-de2lf]

Your reaction when the Nintendo logo appeared was perfect hahahahaha

[@shayc9970]

WhEn

[@Amanda-de2lf]

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[@JasonSmith-tv2zw]

So the resistor blew and took out the track at the same time, great fix, you are rapidly becoming the UK Louis Rossman, minus the swearing and the dark circles from lack of sleep LOL

[@magnumblaster01]

Feels like the original owner of the switch was taking his switch a bath 😂😲 oops 😬 lol

[@shanejohn1449]

Yep

[@uncleredgames1966]

I love your videos, Vince, and I admire your patience, perseverance and thoroughness! Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@dom291]

As usual great vid Vince, always look forward to them. When you were repairing the broken trace, instead of using enamel wire just use a strand from a multi strand cable, then you don't have to strip the enamel off and you won't contaminate the joint with burnt enamel or have to worry about getting a good joint, enamel wire is great for long runs but for short distances such as this it's not neccessary. In regards to your comment about liquid damage and wifi etc, i've found on the bigger chips, such as wifi, PMIC, relatek etc that if they are completely bad and the tegra can't talk to them through their serial bus that the console will not boot at all, this is both a good thing and bad thing when diagnosing, if wifi chip is good but certain contacts aren't getting where they need to go you get an orange screen and if the RAM isn't making a connection to the tegra in some form or another you get a blue screen - although that can sometimes be software too. also i find myself saying out loud flux Vince, fluuuux when you were repairing the trace ;)

[@Mymatevince]

Brilliant info, especially the orange and blue screen. Thanks so much. I never knew about the different colour screens so this will come in handy in the future. Makes sense with the enamel wire as well. I have lots of stranded network cable (cat5e and cat6) which has 7 strands per core so I can use a single strand :-)

[@TheCod3r]

Excellent Vince, great to see another successful repair. I'm looking forward to starting repair videos myself now I have a workshop in my shed :D

[@drcarrot415]

Read “Water Damaged” and immediately felt sorry for you Vince. Good luck! (Even though you’ve already done it, I haven’t seen it yet and I’m excited!)

[@drcarrot415]

Update: I’m very happy with how this ones turned out so far, it’s not perfect and might not last forever, but it works now and that’s great

[@kimefilm]

I just have to say I really like your videos because you haven't sold out to the creepy "ASMR" style repair/restoration videos that plague youtube right now.

[@jinxnatorx]

Yaaaaaah another video love the fact I can come home from work and chill out watching you once again please stay safe you and your family!

[@Zu3sUK]

Vince enable the join button, or whatever it is, I'd love to support you for your great videos and the work that goes into your hourly fixes!!! 👏👌👍❤ The turquoise switch was definitely dropped in the bath 😅🤦‍♂️

[@squallneko5004]

That is another job well done Vince. I am enjoying your fix it videos. Can't wait to watch more.

[@155andRising]

Vince , On I pad rehab and Louis Rossman I think they also tin the ends of the jumper wires first which might help you out next time . Thanks for keeping us sane and entertained 🙏

[@etiennevanharen3893]

Great fix Vince. This helps me through the staying Home thing. Stay safe.

[@edrisyung4260]

Sweet repair and a great deal on a unit. I wonder what is wrong with the other unit now. :) Can't wait to see your next video.

[@Themannamedkipper]

How can anyone not like these videos an average Joe (like myself) trouble shooting and sorting the issues

[@nourhammad992]

This is super relaxing to watch and the music is everything

[@stuart7999]

You could have used the missing component from the damaged yellow switch :) Good result getting it fixed

[@Vermilicious]

As he says though, there might be more corrosion underneath chips and stuff. Ideally, I guess, you would take the parts off, clean and re-apply. These components are really tiny though, and hard to do without proper equipment.

[@gorky_vk]

there is only one bga chip on board. rest of them use bottomside as ground/heatsink so there is no place for water to go under. And removing BGA one is not worth a risk, there is no chance he can return it to correct position later

[@dirzz]

Funnily enough I was fixing tiniest tracks on a ribbon cable and shorted sub-mm capacitors on water damaged ps vita's back touchpad and just as you finished with your fix, I did as well and it worked! Just a little shared luck story :)

[@indigomontoya22]

The Switch Lite Savior! Good job Vince!

[@treenamcgowan7652]

Way to go!! Two switch lites fixed in a row!! Hopefully the gray one fixes up ok too.

[@nate_meador89]

Christmas in March? Interesting choice of music. Great vid as usual

[@dkaytan]

Always nice to hear people who achieved sth. So humble

[@dragodrazenovic1064]

Great video and great job Vince! I love your choice of music! Stay safe! Cheers mate from Zagreb, Croatia!

[@Elmer_124]

Nice video Vince, keep up the good work in these times

[@emochinito06]

Im so amaze everytime im watching you fixing Nintendo Switch...

[@malekdahou95]

Brilliant video. Love these long ones. Proper in depth.

[@zane383]

i love your videos man... am a tech myself i wish i could get my hands on more things to repair i lovee this work and still need to learn more. i feel like am growing in the tech world with u. Keep up the videos. PS i wonder how you are so lucky to get these damage products at a good price i don't mind paying for them just to see if i can fix one for myself.

[@andersmmvfc.8376]

Well done! Awsome to find a such a new console with a "easy" fix after the last nightmare! Thank you

[@Oretal]

The Christmas music caught me off guard but nice video man!

[@brentpolk2431]

I'm glad to see you get a positive result after that last bodged job from eBay.

[@unimportant5122]

The little black SMD's are ferrite beads, not capacitors. Since they're in series the circuit can't work without them as that breaks the circuit. So something is probably still broken/not working correctly (Because it looks like one is missing - hard to tell on video). You can replace them with a wire link in a pinch. They just filter out high frequency content from the signals before the signals go trough wires (read: antenna's) for emissions compliance.

[@xzibit1978]

Well done Vince. Love it when a plan comes together!

[@TitanfangArtChannel]

Have you ever thought of investing in an ultrasonic cleaner for electronics? It can clean in places you can't see and without desoldering things.

[@SteS]

He has one ages. Not sure why he doesn't use it.

[@Double.J]

I liked how you were playing Christmas music in the background for some of the time, I absolutely love Christmas music and it’s a good fitting for what’s going on right now in the world, in my opinion at least. 👍🏻👍🏻😎🎄🎼🎹🥁🎷🎺🎸🎻🎧🎄🎮

[@lafayette1976]

nice work vince. i'm a huge fan of yours. your videos inspire me to fix my stuff. Thank you for your videos

[@tambias]

Great job,good to see things being brought back to life.

[@nize2beme]

Hi Vince, love your vids, my name is also Vince! Great quality vids , what is your soldering kit?

[@HandheldAddict]

2:36 I bet that crack is indicative of a build quality issue. Nintendo has been cutting corners for awhile: joycons (obvious) New 3DS outer finish, Switch vent holes

[@Puremindgames]

I'm only 3 minutes in and I'm already impressed that plaster is staying on.

[@OvrTheTopJustin]

8:50 he wanted to say “soomfing else might f*ck up”

[@kirisilvermane]

have a look at the ts100 soldering irons. incredibly powerful and super small and compact. think youll find it so much easier to sue on the super fiddly jobs like that wire bridge.

[@ZaPpaul]

Yeah I have the TS80 and TS100, they are both great little irons and well worth looking into.

[@MrStereoify]

Seconded too, TS100 is great.

[@x1ic1x]

Very nice Vince! I can’t wait for the next lite

[@whatucookin2928]

this relaxing music is soo good

[@arghjayem]

Yeah it is, think it’s a piano cover of a piece of music called “carol of the bells” by John Williams from the Home Alone soundtrack if I’m not mistaken...

[@innalee7232]

Argh Jay Em, yes, you are mistaken, it is a Ukrainian folk song "shchedryk", written by Mykola Leontovych in 1916. Now you know this song as Jingle Bells.

[@Sashazur]

It’s “carol of the bells” and it’s the kind of music I hear ALL THE F*CKING TIME around the holidays and it drives me nuts!

[@TorchwoodLeeds]

Hi Vince Just Wanted To Say Huge Thank you for Another Fantastic Video, Love what You Do Especially With This Lock Down We Have Going On Here In The UK At The Moment Absolutely Brilliant Having So Many Trying To Fix Videos Keeping Me Sain! Really Hope You and Your Family Are Okay and Keep Up The Fab Vids!!!!!

[@bobbydazzler-lt5ir]

Great video again vince. A switch is my next console to get. Hope ur all safe

[@markteoh6386]

Vince, consider investing in a circuit writing pen. May help with redoing traces.

[@AnonymousRepair]

Very nice repair 😊 Can't wait for the next video

[@CannibalShadow]

Looks like the switch killer days are long gone lol.

[@therefix342]

Ahh i absolutely love this! What a great spot on your part. The excitement in your tone is so real, my heart was racing for you haha. Love your videos man, you're a big inspiration to me starting a channel.

[@McTAnGuS]

Stripped down a barely used bread maker as impossible to find one now and it was not turning the paddle. Had to take the whole thing to pieces as not designed for replacement but i found the issue was the belt had basically melted away. Got a spare coming then rebuild time. Would never have bothered before watching your vids :)

[@Fuzy2K]

I love how the battery says "BPHAT" on it. Sounds like a promotional code for some energy drink or something 😆

[@mistermudpie]

Man, I love your Nintendo Switch videos!

[@ZaPpaul]

Wonderful job there Vince. Well played sir :)

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you Paul, hope you are keeping well :-)

[@ZaPpaul]

@@Mymatevince We are all fine here, hope you and yours are too. Oh and hurry with the video of the second lite, I'm getting itchy feet :D

[@moosesugar]

good fix and a success for a change i hope you and your family are well keep safe my friend thankyou for entertaining us all through these hard times

[@CTCTraining1]

🎖Star performance Vince ... building your fixing skills at a rapid rate !

[@katrich61]

It's amazing how many games consoles come water damaged, they must play with them whilst having a bath 😂

[@kriswillems5661]

You're getting really good at this.

[@james69roy]

Anyone have a Ron Pratt moment at 31:54 Love the Content Vince Thanks for all you do

[@GranMaster]

Hello, I'm from Brazil and I love to see your videos fixing things, I love Nintendo Switch, even if I don't have one, but maybe one day I'll buy a hehehe, Brazil showing up here!

[@ferotakis]

25:39 that face "come on you lil piece of shut light up'' :D

[@andymouse]

The cap is probably a " decoupling" cap, this provides a bit of "lift" and a bit of cleaning of the supply and most engineers will include them in their designs, however the device will operate OK without them as we can see, but in some cases you might not get away with it, it will probably be abou 0.1uF (a circuit diagram would tell you) might be worth getting some and "have a go" just to be complete and thorough in your work, are diagrams not available ? I would wanna no if it was decoupling or not...good work !

[@stanhristov]

Good job Vince but I think ultrasonic bath would have cleaned it way better as there could be still corrosion under the BGA chips which may get worse with the time and then will be unrepairable most probably

[@owenwalters3967]

Love it! Good looking

[@TheAssassinInTheMist]

I would like to thank you for all the old networking videos helped me with a job interview only question is what happens to all these fixed switch lite ive been looking over ebay for a broken one to repair if it sounds cheap enough but cant find broken switch lights on ebay

[@MrNarkis]

thermal paste gets thicker with time the moisture in it leaves from the heat causing it to thicken and i would recommend putting it on both side like nintendo has done but! it would as you said be fine :) Love the vids thanks for the work you put in! learned bunch from you

[@drobino]

Hallo Vince, my opinion is, every components with black corroded contacts need to be replaced, if you don't have a spare parts you can take out the components one by one of the board and put the new solder on the pad then this component returning to its place. It's a long job but corrosion can continue destroy your board even if you clean up with IPA. I apologize for my English perhaps this can be understood. But I like your videos you have really soothing voice.

[@MrDinakdakan]

looking to fix my vdsl. problems and lo behold its you vince with your face on camera 😁

[@jackcameback]

Vince, I'm back, sorry neglected your channel for awhile, now an avid viewer :-)

[@Daniel-dl6fp]

Great fix vince I absolutely love your videos keep it up cant wait for the next switch to be fixed

[@hinny2005]

Just been through a Ben & jerrys Chocolate Fudge ice cream tub watching through vid. Wass only supposed to eat half, i blame you vince! :) Great job

[@gamertube388]

Your content is amazing! Keep up the great work!

[@Eevivivi]

you always just know its gonna be Fortnite, Minecraft, and a couple of other kids games when theres been water damage.

[@normantalib7071]

Man i really like your videos I work as mobile repair and i enjoy your videos 👍🏻

[@janskolnik4698]

time 22:00 - instead of "gluing" at the point of interruption of the conductive path, I would stretch the replacement wire from connector to connector. The soldering tip is terrible.

[@gorky_vk]

You obviously don't watch his videos a lot, only once I see him doing that and even that time he first spend at least 30 minutes trying to solder it at breakpoint.

[@hasserecht3678]

"The capacitors are dulled" ... well i doubt that the "outer shinyness" is an indicator for a cermaic capacitor to work or not to work...

[@rymal93]

Absolutely brilliant mate.. Well done 👍👍👍

[@vejza1108]

Hey Vince, did you ever consider getting some self-adhesive copper tape? Since i got it I've been using it as a main material for repairing traces like these. Just cut it, tape it directly to the board and solder the ends. Far more faster than using tweezers and a piece of wire.

[@elvicent]

Wow thats a nice repair man, congratulations!

[@moritz3344]

Good job fixing this Switch. Please do some Gameboy repair Videos there are some huge joblots on ebay with faulty gameboy color advances etc. These are usally easy to fix, because the electronics are much simpler.

[@lisaandleonsmith4133]

Hi Vince! Iv watched 20mins so far & im so impressed! I wish i had the skills & tools uv got coz id love 2 be able 2fix my switch! Ps iv got a few tablets, ipad&iphone thts not charging since they wer dropped if u want them? (for free) Xx

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

Lisa and Leon Smith check the charging port and see if the battery cable is still hooked up

[@VintageCR]

24:04 should also have tested if you had bridged the 2 traces by doing the same thing, holding one of the pins at the connector's end while the other sits on the pad or trace you dont want to make a connection to. if it beeped, then its bridged. if not, then the solder job was done correct. -im glad that nothing has blown and the switch turned on right after. about the thicker thermal brown/pink ish paste, i have a feeling it dissipates heat slower. Because, when i put an A grade thermal paste there instead, and play the same game it seems to warm up quicker around the back. dissipating heat quicker into the metal shielding and the heat pipe.

[@killuazoldic8930]

I am happy too because u did repair it! Cant wait to see ur next video !

[@itsyaboi3854]

Can you do a easy Joycon repair tutorial to replace the left and right joystick for amateurs like me please?

[@KingKarlos2020]

Hi your videos are brilliant, I’ve got same problem with my switch lite. Can I buy the board the display uses separately!

[@christhomas7905]

What are those devices called that measure the current draw of a battery charging and where can u get one please? Many thanks, love your videos

[@omark151gamer8]

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