Repair Shop BOTCHED This Nintendo Switch - Can I Fix It?

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They Botched This Nintendo Switch Repair - Can I Fix It? One of my viewers had a repair "professional" try to fix this Switch (and he also tried to fix it himself) but it's still broken so he sent it to me. The problem is with getting the video chip solder pads to connect... and also repairing two torn circuit traces. Hopefully I'm up for the challenge.
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About This Video:

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

All those "professionals" around who scam others. They don't even know how to apply the perfect amount of thermal paste.

[@Tronicsfix]

Hahaha!

[@davidpeterson5647]

Man, German efficiency with packaging AND German chocolate?! That's pretty good!

[@Tobi_DarkKnight]

Theres only one thing where we are not efficient and it's building airports.

[@jochenwuerfel]

@@Tobi_DarkKnight Well.. we built it, but it won't work 😂

[@Tobi_DarkKnight]

@@jochenwuerfel die machen eine Zwischendecke hin, weil die Sprenkleranglage zu hässlich sind.

[@jochenwuerfel]

@@Tobi_DarkKnight 😁

[@Kevinw927]

Sofort gefeiert als ich dad gesehen habe 😂

[@pedropicapiedra3598]

I love the most important part of the repair: the perfect amount of thermal paste!!!

[@haleman1704]

Steve should write that on a T-Shirt.

[@herrakaarme]

The most important part after the repair: the perfect amount of chocolate.

[@FernandoRivero80]

@@haleman1704 Shut up and take my money

[@Kangamoos]

Was not disappointed in seeing the perfect amount of thermal paste applied!

[@tristshapez]

It's my therapy

[@EeekiE]

I heard the PS5 supply chain bottleneck is primarily caused by them using Steve to apply the perfect amount of liquid metal. They don’t trust anyone else to do it.

[@Tronicsfix]

Lolololol 😂

[@micahmachtdaswurstchen7688]

Ritter Sport Chocolate, a German classic, comes in almost every flavor/variety you can think of...

[@geobyjustin]

Ja das stimmt

[@sonecaii8306]

I miss Milka Coffee that i bought in germany when i was younger :(

[@simcahazeman8863]

Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut.

[@williamharris8367]

The coconut flavour is the very best choice. Sadly, it is _very_ hard to find here in Canada.

[@geobyjustin]

@@simcahazeman8863 ja man

[@bayupran]

I just want to appreciate how many devices that you've repaired and not going into landfills

[@Coolcoy84]

I thumbed this video up when he bit into the German chocolate!

[@Tronicsfix]

Thanks for watching!

[@raymondsprs]

I bet the guy who sent the switch was super hype when he seen the switch come on! Congratulations🎉

[@MrJakstat]

Ehrenmann mit der Schokolade 😊

[@chelaaynh]

Einfach die Knusperflakes reingepackt.

[@Harpoon6666]

Vielleicht sollte man ihm ein Tutorial basteln, wie man Ritter Sport richtig öffnet 😉

[@royandescartes]

richtig klasse!

[@NibblerPG]

@@Harpoon6666 Oder isst :D

[@Harpoon6666]

@@NibblerPG haha richtig 😅

[@irre.o]

You need to open the chocolate by breaking it in the middle! Other than that - good video 😉

[@Saltiren]

Then wouldn't you need to eat the entire thing at once?

[@irre.o]

@@Saltiren It's the intended way of opening it and it just splits in the middle. The package comes apart at the seams then. No matter how you open it, it's -open- afterwards 😅. You can also easily break off single pieces like that.

[@Tronicsfix]

Now you tell me!

[@bandonov1]

Steve, you earned that chocolate! Great Job!

[@Tronicsfix]

Ha, ha...thanks!

[@ButterflySimmer]

Never repaired any electronic and have no skills in it. But watching you repair stuff is always satisfying

[@konsolemend]

I know right he does such amazing jobs doesnt he! I do console repairs too and its great!!

[@MicroMageRepair]

I would typically remove the chip to conduct this trace repair. Was interesting to see it done without removal. Good to see a different approach that works!

[@konsolemend]

Hey Micro Mage ahaha! I was gonna say I would do the same ahah but ether way works

[@JimNichols]

You are NOT a repair person you are a surgeon that has a heart, and that is why your channel does so well. I have watched you from almost your first video and commented (quite verbal I am, much to your chagrin I imagine) on most. Extraordinary talent on board level repairs, logic in fault chasing and just pretty knowledgeable all around sir. Board level repair on such small circuitry is beyond me, having done it in locomotives where the components are the size of grapes and the traces are 1/8 inch wide and 1/8 inch apart, I find the small boards require sufficient velocity to completely disassemble themselves on impact with a sufficiently hard surface. Love the vids, love the logic you employ, love that you have a huge heart and lastly love that you allow us to ride along with you during your repairs.

[@Monty_McDonnell]

Oh Steve, you opened the Rittersport wrong! You have to bend it in the middle :D

[@Juliett-A]

The perfect amount of thermal paste: 60% of the time, it works every time.

[@AustinK95]

These are the best video, fixing things we as owners try and never could and even had paid someone to do so and still nothing. Awesome video sir

[@Tronicsfix]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@sirbonesalotdp]

Nice this is me with my switch. Watching all your videos trying to figure out what's wrong with it lol

[@marcoschincaglia]

The perfect amount of Ritter SPORT

[@rrutter81]

Oh my favorite! The repair the "botched repairs" videos are always so surprising

[@TheCod3r]

Awesome repair Steve as always. Glad you managed to get this working 💪

[@rich35ukuk]

I agree mate that was a great repair

[@robf228]

Just love how you soldered those 2 wires!

[@xbigragux]

This one time when I was 9 years old I put the perfect amount of mustard on a hotdog

[@nasser_almashjary]

You're a wizard. Simply watching you work is mesmerizing.

[@peston6753]

Hello, i am french and everytime you say "the perfect amount of thermal paste", i have a smile 😊. I like your work.

[@murrayross212]

I believe it was Confucius who once said "Man who understands the perfect amount of thermal paste, is indeed on the path to enlightenment ".

[@MikeDeLorenze]

Just found your channel and wanted to say, you're awesome! I love your content and also, fixing that Switch for one of your viewers was so amazing of you.

[@MoshiAngelic]

Man I never get tired of seeing you fix this stuff I miss my days working on boards and this gets my fix good

[@hisnakedness]

I’m new to this channel and I’m addicted ! Love these repair vids - thanks Steve

[@matthewbowers88]

Hey, ifixit, I used this channel to pull the plug and buy a protech kit. I love it. Other readers, please go buy one.

[@xman666soad]

Love this guy. Great attitude, great info and educational material. And he’s so nice.

[@konsolemend]

Such a great fix Steve nice to see you back. I do wonder who these "repair shops" Are that people are sending them too because any legit repair business should have been able to do that job easily.

[@ironmonkeyl2552]

I just found this channel, and I wish I had found it sooner. I haven't had any broken electronics outside of my car (and a poor experience with a stealership), but there is lots of useful information that applies to any electronics.

[@Bierz808]

I have that exact same Ifixit kit, and I absolutely love it!! I added a tiny Olight i1r flashlight as well, and it seems to cover every repair I've needed it for so far. Love your channel during boring office days!

[@nickyelinek9142]

My guy was so confident Steve would take on this repair he didn’t even bother with the thermal paste after he tried to repair it😂😂 threw the screws back on and was like “well if he won’t do it, it’s a lost cause.”

[@ahn-lh7tk]

I love how you like most of the comments... Making them feel like I see you and I appreciate you watching my video... I like how you have a passion about something and always take it as a challenge to fix something... The amazing thing is, whenever you take a repair case that has made you so confused and never got a solution as a challenge but eventually you manage to fix it... It never actually leave your mind and will always remain in your memory so it is worth the time that you invested in this case and actually give a big amount of experience and also hype you up to fix/solve another device... Great videos man I really enjoy it👍

[@monketech5732]

I really need to thank u Steve,i learned a lot with your channel and thats why i started a video game collection,all by getting broken things and fixing,i could even get some money fixing things for my friends !

[@adzmitch]

In conclusion, I want that chocolate.

[@Tronicsfix]

Ha, ha...that was the best part!

[@jayarph6608]

i really enjoyed watching you bro. i hope you never get tired :D . stay healthy and always put the right amount of thermal paste !

[@ionescumihai9543]

you are so well trained and experinced brooo, watching you fix things is like watching an action movie

[@CoasterNut]

It always amazes me how shoddy these so called professionals are. I know nothing of board repairs and even I'd look at that and go....I don't think you soldered that on there right.....Nice job Steve!

[@Saltiren]

You can go ahead an open up your own repair shop advertising yourself as a professional today. I'm sure you'll run into a situation like this where you would be unable to complete the job for your customer, and then you'd suddenly be the shoddy "professional". It only takes one job.

[@Appri]

Granted, it said that the person tried soldering it back on themselves too afterwards, so this time it was probably the guy who attempted it.

[@mtshark7]

Awesome job well done Steve!

[@JoeyDoesTech]

You made this look so easy 😁😁 Great job Steve!

[@Tronicsfix]

Thank you

[@amerhumaidan]

I'm so glad you uploaded .. It makes my day !

[@Tronicsfix]

So glad to hear that!

[@oyekanstephen8767]

I really love how you make people feel, keep it up bro, we love to see more of ur video from Nigeria, I wish I can ship my PS2 console to u...

[@BlutigerFuchs]

Great video Steve, greetings from Germany. :)

[@richevans3358]

Nice one steve, always a pleasure 👍

[@tybalttechnologies2192]

Love your content! Keep the awesome, educational videos coming bro!

[@raulgrosmam]

Man, I just love watching your videos! Why don't you do some old consoles repairs (Ps1, Ps2, etc)? The would be awesome!

[@imwithyou38]

this is why i watch this channel, this is heart warming to me

[@Tronicsfix]

So glad you like these vids!

[@etiennevanharen3893]

A great fix and as always you make it look so easy. You sir are a pro.

[@alexmg64]

well done.. great feeling when you fix stuff in general.

[@assassin2oo6]

Awesome work bro! 👏😍

[@JaimeGonzalez-zs5jo]

Great content, a man who knows his stuff!

[@oneXoneXsix]

I have caught a few of your videos but this one made me subscribe. There ain’t nothing you can’t fix

[@Yet_Another_Steve]

I've done repairs. I love you showing what doesn't work as well as what does. Edit: Your tools list doesn't include the charge indicator.

[@buildsbacktolife8932]

Great fix Steve!

[@malamamakumba8388]

I enjoy your repairs sir They are amazing.

[@konsolemend]

There amazin arent they! I do console repair videos too

[@tabajaralabs]

And I thought I had great soldering skills..got back to the learning chair with this video! got any video about soldering? which flux, soldering iron and this interesting blue wire you are using? thanks and congratulations! greetings from Brazil!

[@chasefournier]

Wow a Tuesday video? Solid fix buddy! Good job!

[@Tronicsfix]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@chasefournier]

@@Tronicsfix this one was epic. The soldering was 💯

[@berlanrodriguez9974]

Wow great video. I really like how you repair this type of console.

[@Tronicsfix]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nilomyki]

I really thought that P13 chip needed to move up a bit but I guess I was wrong.....good stuff TronicsFix.

[@MonkeyDluffy202]

Amazing job u did sir I really love ur work ... I hope I can fix my nintendo switch like u did....

[@hakim2763]

I love all your videos continue like that you are the best ❤️

[@ChrisMakesBeats]

That wire thing you did was slick.

[@n4i4]

Another successful day of saving a broken device! So nice

[@Inquietuss]

ifixit are legit the best tools ever i love them

[@howzum]

I love to see ewaste prevention! Awesome job.

[@virgildeklerk]

Again a very high quality fix video, you make it look so easy but you are really skilled with the solderingiron. This is the reason i love these video's instead of throwing it away just take some time and practice and fix it. Love it when a plan and the perfect amount of thermal paste come together 👍🏻 Will you ever try a live fixing stream? It will beat netflix 😉

[@Tronicsfix]

Thanks! Someday I might livestream some repairs.

[@sway6443]

Great vid as usual

[@REMEDY-REPAIRS]

Amazing vid again 👍🏾

[@MightyistheRCGamer]

Your a GOD at what you do NO JOKE

[@ThePoopGuy02]

Hey dude, your videos are very instructional, i love them. Did you learn to fix eletronics by yourself? I wonder where do you gather so much information about specific components and common problems on consoles.

[@squallneko5004]

Wonderful repair video. I was wondering when you were going back to doing these because missed them.

[@konsolemend]

I know it has been a while hasn it? I do console repairs videos myself too! If you needing extra content to watch

[@squallneko5004]

@@konsolemend thanks I just might

[@konsolemend]

@@squallneko5004 Thank you!

[@samuraispiritsx]

Love your videos man

[@Rookshana.Takolia786]

Another great repair!

[@Ryuunin]

That wire fix was awesome!

[@brianoconnell6459]

Thanks for your highly educational videos, and thanks to your highly educational videos, I now have a job at Nintendo in their tech services dept. True story, I start on Monday.

[@MrBrainX]

I love the Way you ate the chocolate 🍫 & liked your Work too

[@scenixxx]

Loved this vid!

[@paablopalacioo]

MOOOOREEE VIDEOOOS PLEASEE!! nicely done bro, you take care

[@konsolemend]

You may like mine to then as I do console repair videos too

[@gintokisan5171]

I wanna see you repair a Hardrive... mostly are consoles here.. . Your videos and your style are cool so far..

[@maryonette1433]

Favourite repair channel 💯

[@jasonlaw1969]

Love these videos 😊

[@gameplanet2087]

great job keep up the good work

[@563985j]

I'm sitting here eating my afternoon snack, super nervous because I'm having an exam in 1 and a half hours and I cheered when I saw that switch working. Thanks Steve!

[@MVinny-zs8yu]

You're so humble respect!

[@ritzsoloz6110]

You are amazing dude!

[@animefan3261]

Seeing Switch and DS fixes never gets old

[@handyman683]

Awesome fix...Like a boss

[@poppysilver]

damn you made that tiny trace patch look easy, i think its hard to realise in the video just how small all that stuff is.

[@josepablofernandez4002]

I love your job... Amazing..

[@conwayjoe9400]

hi sir.i may not understand motherboards but i really admire ur skill. Godbless

[@coincollectingtime821]

Nice repair. Keep up the good work and stay awesome. When I was opening up a Wii U that I got from eBay, I saw disgusting cockroach pieces. The consul itself wasn’t infected but one of the controllers was.

[@Tronicsfix]

Gross!

[@coincollectingtime821]

@@Tronicsfix I know

[@Stealthy876]

Love your content bro u makes it look easy tho

[@Tronicsfix]

Glad you're enjoying these!

[@TKommandant]

Nice Fix.And Hello From Germany.

[@anthonykeyser8240]

Your skills are amazing 👍

[@christianpama4943]

Great job!

[@Thenerdgenious]

Man that was amazing!

[@TattedGamer93]

Wow what amazing repair