Well done Vince, I'm a fully qualified elec/electronics engineer and I still learn so much from you battling through these faults. It's great. Keep up the good work and keep learning.

@Mymatevince

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Blagzster :-)

@abaev

4 жыл бұрын

I've just found your channel and watched this trilogy of you repairing these two damaged Switches. I now feel like I've just watched a very nice detective/investigation movie. Your storytelling is very nice and emotions are real. Wow, thanks for introducing me to a new experience, didn't know tech repair videos can be so captivating! All the best Vince!

My Mate Vince, I’ve watched your videos for a while now. I’ve always had an interest in working on electronics and various things. Recently my sons Nintendo switch game card reader quit working. Luckily through watching your videos I knew this was a job that I could tackle myself. The repair went well! It’s now working and my son is happy! Thanks and keep up the great work and videos! Ryan

@Mymatevince

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent, well done Ryan. One happy son and one happy dad not having to pay out for another Switch :-)

@CalizpzZ0

4 жыл бұрын

Hey good job

This is why it's important to keep old boards for components, even the banana rage board is valuable for the components, I hate seeing things this complex just being thrown in the rubbish

Thanks ever so much for the shout Vince =D This is perhaps your most epic repair!!! You followed it right from the initial burn marks to all of the faulty components! I don't know about Switch Killer, your new name should be Switch Master =D BTW the reason the voltage doesnt drop much when the backlight is not visible, its using PWM rather than just DC. Test your scope on it and you will see some pulses rather than straight DC!

@lochanathambeliyagoda5065

4 жыл бұрын

GadgetUK164 - Retro Gaming Repairs & Mods i wis you good luck mate

@JSJneo

4 жыл бұрын

The Switch Whisperer. Ressurecter of dead switches.

@Mymatevince

4 жыл бұрын

Switch Master....I like it ;-) Thanks Chris for all the help and advice on each video :-) I will surely be back to burning, breaking and device killing in the months ahead :-)

@lochanathambeliyagoda5065

4 жыл бұрын

My Mate VINCE you should try repairing more computer like MacBooks or laptops i think it would be more easier because there is schematics and replacement parts

Vince: "hey kids, guess what I've got you for Xmas?", Kids: " A Nintendo switch?" Vince: "how did you know?", Vince "guess what I've got you for your birthday?", Kids: "another switch?", Vince: "nope a switch lite!"

@Mymatevince

4 жыл бұрын

Haha :-)

@TheSkaldenmettrunk

4 жыл бұрын

Why not? I got some socks for my birthday when I was young.....

@missionpassed4584

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheSkaldenmettrunk yea usually simpsons ones lol

@TheSkaldenmettrunk

4 жыл бұрын

@@missionpassed4584 Not even those.. just regular black socks..

@missionpassed4584

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheSkaldenmettrunk damn thats a bummer

Brilliant Vince. Couldn’t have been happier to see this revisit. Even happier to see the result!! Look forward to more consoles/gadget videos!

You've become a veritable pioneer in the Switch repair game, Vince, congratulations! Well done, sir!

@Mymatevince

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, why thank you kind sir :-)

GadgetUK164 is a legend. I love watching the thoroughness of his work. Never had the urge to shout "No, not like that" through the screen at Chris! ;)

It’s amazing how your able to fix this and how far you have come from the start Keep safe and keep the videos coming I get so excited when you release every video

Vince, I suggest looking for a used entry level infrared soldering station, like the T862, for these kind of BGA jobs.

I must confess, this is the first of your videos I've seen in a few months now and I can't help notice, your skill level has improved considerably.

Here for the guaranteed rollercoaster ride of emotions your videos always provide LOL

Vince, excellent fix! I can’t believe the progression of your skills from where they were when I started watching you a year or two ago. I look forward to more of your videos!!

@Mymatevince

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

Way to see it through to the end Vince, nothing better than that feeling of fixing something that was thought to be a goner.

Just wanted to thank you for sharing both your successes and failures. There's so much to learn from your thought process. I'm very grateful. Ed

Vince, just wanted to say thank you for all of this content. No need to respond just wanted you to know you are appreciated. Stay safe out there.

That's wonderful job Vince. I actually researched the last Backlight Issue Switch Lite video you made to make sure I followed through with this video. I am glad you do read the comments. Anyway can't wait for more fix it videos

It’s so fun to see you both succeed and fail. And I’m glad to hear that the community helps you out too!

Your switch videos are always fascinating to me. I'm blown away at your resourcefulness. Would you ever consider making another switch mini and this time filming your process?

Hats off to your persistence Vince , well done love the vids so educational.

Hey Vince, what a journey! I love how you take us through all the ups and downs of the repair process, and let us participate in the emotional side of things. And your cooperation with Chris seems to be really great. I wonder if you're going to do maybe some coop video here. Chris is really great fellow and you'd probably make an amazing KZread duo. :) Cheers, Thilo

BIG THANKS! For showing me chris channel, I really like retro repairs(I do them myself but in German). And i am always searching for new/unknown youtube channels which do stuff like that. Greetings from Germany, cris crafter

Congratulations Vince, I wouldn't have given you grief, but I'm glad to see you got it working.

Great revisit, you had me thinking Vince is giving up; but you fixed it!

Excellent job Vince. Your patience is second to none

Well done Vince. It's an inductor, if you look under the microscope it will almost look like glitter, this is (as far as i know) the ferrite composition, a resistor on the other hand will be a flat shaded colour, unfortunately that particular revision of your component tester isn't sensitive enough to measure a lot of ranges of inductance.... sometimes simply soldering wires to the component is enough to trigger a good reading. The component tester isn't technically incoreect as techinically an inductor is a resistor... :)

@Mymatevince

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dom, it did have a silver glittery coating on it but the camera didn't really pick it up. That will hopefully be an easy way to maybe identify them in future fixes. Nice one :-)

I want to thank you so much! Thanks to you in depth analysis of the switch lite and all the cabling I was able to identify what happened to mine and fix it for $20. Thank you SO much!

Epic repair Vince! I was looking forward for this! Keep up mate!

Dude, thanks a lot for your dedication to sharing the process! Managed to save my son's switch lite that had a similar problem, after learning a lot from your videos. Again, thanks a lot!

Good Day My Mate Vince I just watched you video and learned more from your video than other's that I have watched in the past. look forward to reviewing others to see what else I can Learn. Thanks Dan

Well done Vince. I really enjoy watching your videos.

Vince you brilliant buffoon, I love it when you solve the problem.

22:10 - I came for the "Yes!", I wasn't disappointed. Great video, thanks for sharing!

Mymatevince, I suggest you keep doing this videos :p Now honestly, just discovered your channel, and have to say this make me still sane with this neverend curfew. Thank you.

Vince i absolutely love your videos they are so entertaining and relaxin keep up the good work. Greetings from Croatia.

Nice work Vince, I knew you could get this working, even quicker than I expected :)

At minute 18:00, when you moved the console, you can see the backlight flashing on for a moment in the conector under the cartridge slot. It's was kinda "working" there. The problem doesn't look to be the BGA but a connection problem

@Mymatevince

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Martin, it does look like the backlight lighting up but I think it is the mirrored finish on the back of the LCD catching the bright lights in the room shining down on it. The Switch wobbles just as it happens. Well spotted though, I didn't see this while editing :-)

@AppleReviews

4 жыл бұрын

yep. light reflection

@gamesmore-moonlight946

3 жыл бұрын

Can confirm what@@Mymatevince said.

@Jimnymudhunter

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mymatevince Not true vince bro.. at 27:20 you can see the backlight in the same place lighting up still when you move it.. very handy to know if the backlight is working or not.. i got a switch lite here with the exsact same problems as the one in the video.. i swapped the connector over.. still no luck.. its the 9 pin chip that seems dead :(

@Jimnymudhunter

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mymatevince you can also see the backlight die in the same place when you shorted it at 25:18

Hey mate, loving all of your videos because your are so detailed which makes it much easier for new guys to follow and learn. The pros skip so much of the basic stuff just because it’s 2nd nature to them. Keep up the amazing work. Also where did you get that component tester? Didn’t see a link to it and it would surely save me loads of time figuring these what these micro parts are.

Subscribed to GadgetUK164 just now. Least I can do. You had me going "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" when you shorted that. I was rooting for you like always :)

@Mymatevince

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Antony :-)

Very good job!! I was cheering when you showed it working. Excellent job!

gotta love Vinces determination to fix things

i didn't know you read the comments! it's been a while since i actually get excited for a video to release and since i've been keeping up with your channel and becoming a new fan, these revisit videos are the perfect thing to look forward to :) if i were to buy a new xbox controller every time something went wrong on it i would have spend over a hundred quid but thanks to you i only had to pay a tenner for some tools lol so thanks ❤️

Glad you made it working. I really enjoyed this revisit.

I am glad you were able to get it to work!! I really enjoy watching these, thanks!

That ending scared me a little. Brilliant work as always.

@Mymatevince

4 жыл бұрын

Likewise, I thought I had blown it again :-)

Awesome work Vince. That chip must be the backlight controller. The resistor you changed there is an inductor which prevents interference caused by low frequencies on the voltage lines and filters out stable voltage. Technically, even if you shorted it, you would get backlight to work but you would have seen some flickering as well. Backlight issues are generally caused by a bad backlight driver and diode (if you see, there are some diodes also on the backlight circuit). An inductor usually never burns out but turns out this Nintendo Switch actully had it blown from what I suspect, water damage or moisture. I have an old monitor with a similar problem and I was unable to fix it. Turned out the backlight needed 30V to turn on. So I took a 32V adapter from a dead HP printer and fixed it that way. The backlight control does not work from the monitor and the brightness is fixed (not adjustable) but it is functional that way. I gave it to one of my friends and it has been more than 2 years and he still uses it.

Nice fix and shows that persistence pays off :) Thanks also for the GadgetUK164 KZread channel link, as a Commodore Amiga 500 owner, that channel looks very interesting.

Great video. I think, I became addicted. Keep going, love the content. Happy eastern and greetings from germany!

Yes!!! You are brilliant! OMG! I was waiting for you to fix it, i was wishing u got it on the first video but omg, you are the man bro. You are the man! And when it failed after making the lecture, maybe u made a bridge and thats why it didnt work more? I dont know about those things.

I have a friend who gets excited whenever I mention IPA. I say, "mate, you DO NOT want a pint of this!" Doesn't stop him getting excited the next time - hope springs eternal! Great video as always Vince. Thanks for entertaining us during these hard times :)

sorry this comment won't be relevant or anything I just wanted to say that I just watched an horrifying thing but watching you video after it helps me see what's amazing in the world so thank you keep on doing your awersome work ! Edit : Just finished the video and damn, that one was tough and full of twists and turns congrats !

Bravo!!!! I was so excited to see you succeed with this!!! I hope to be able to do this one day and will absolutely reference your videos in the future!

Way to stick with it... Well done. 68% of my repair attempts end in failure on the 2nd revisit... No one could blame you....

Great result Vince, superb job.

Now that I know you are reading this: very well done! You had me at the edge of my seat!

Excellent vince! i was already preparing myself for a fail but you managed to save it

awesome result, Vince. you are really the #1

glad to see this revisit was a success though well done Vince, as wasn't sure myself on if this would have been successful especially with limited knowledge, and tools. not sure if worth mentioning, if you watch the playback at around 9:30 then you get to see part of the circuitboard exposed where the old connector was, need to watch on at least a 32" tv with full screen. it also looks a little burned like it was the point the original connector was shorting.

@Mymatevince

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael, yes that was the little patch on the bottom row of pins that had the burn on it from the original burnt connector :-)

I was almost disheartened for you but wow!! Glad you made it work

Congrats, very cool. See how far you become in electronics. Good for you.

My new favorite channel, he is like the Sherlock Holmes of troubleshooting.

@MymateVince,Love your Playstation Repair Videos ! Satisfaction when you get it to work is 10+ .

Nice job, dude. Way to keep at it.

Credit where it's due but well done Vince. Apologies if I've ever made any negative comments in the past. Not exactly in a great place or frame of mind me. Keep up the great work

Awesome work mate and hope your keeping safe

Vince, I would suggest getting a BGA soldering stencil as well as some solder paste. It would help massively with those BGA chips because then you could just use soldering wick to clean the bottom of them, use the stencil to apply the solder paste and use hot air to melt the solder paste into solder balls.

Excellent job Vince!

Excellent video. You saved me a lot of ton of time diaging my own switch lite. Unfortunately, I lack the proper tools to repair mine. I found the capacitor between your .5 resistor and the black nine pad controller was shorted at 327 ohms. Its odd because it would only beep for a split second on my continuity test. I would just replace that but I don't have the right tools for the job and I don't have a spare switchboard. Regardless, it was fun to pinpoint the issue. Looks like I'll have to be putting mine up for sale on eBay haha I'll be sure to put everything that I found out in the description so I'm not like those guys that waste your time and money! Thanks for the insight!

Great video glad you got it working you always have the best vids

love watching these kinds of video and I am just hoping big companies like Nintendo have talented techs such as My Mate Vince. or else the warranties of our devices will just be all for naught.

A shunt resistor is a precise, low-value resistor that the current runs through and has a very small voltage drop proportional to the current draw. Super cool to see you learning from us(viewers) and you teaching us, too!

Well done mate didn't think you'd get that one going 👍👍

Great fix vince I am amazed you can even work on work on chips that small 🙂

Very impressive Vince

I have a Switch Light I bought broken to Attempt to Fix for my KZread Channel. You inspired me to do Console repairs. I'll use all your switch videos as help for me to problem-solve. Thanks for being AWESOME

@Daniel-dl6fp

4 жыл бұрын

I had a look at your channel and its amazing I subscribed

@Mymatevince

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, good luck with the fixes and your channel :-)

This one was an emotional rollercoaster! Awesome work Vince! Curious to know if you think the success of channels like yours and TronicsFix has created more competition for and increased the cost of broken consoles on eBay?

I'm glad it worked, by the way you could mark the chips or parts by color coding them to their parent board, maybe with color pencils or something else

Great to see your progress through the years, Vince! Which reminds me, did you ever put that very first Switch back together? I seem to remember that it had an issue you can quite routinely fix today but weren't confident enough to try back then. Then again, that poor thing was used for spares on a couple of later videos, so it might not be in any condition to be brought back to life even if it would've been an easy fix if you got it fresh today.-

Please Revisit those 2ds xl you tried to fix over a year ago, top screen are now very cheap on aliexpress.

@Mymatevince

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely will. I ordered up 2 screens over a year ago!!!!! I just need to get motivated to do it :-)

I love the chinesse LCR meter. But of course it has its limitations . Being said that, I use heavily on repairs. A proper LCR is way expensive and does not worth the risk (I repair PSUs and charged caps are an issue). But on tiny values can fail. Getting 17V from 3.7 requires an inductor somewhere.

Nice video Vince can't wait for next one

Well done 👍a great try and try again video .

Congrutalations on this nice fix!

great video, love your stuff

Amazing video yet again!

That was brilliant really well done mate.

That is an inductor. From my experience, they look exactly like that. Also, all resistors have markings on them. And it's normal for a board to have a lot of inductors, cause there is many voltages needed for different circuits.

@Mymatevince

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

Well done, I have learned a lot from you. Thanks.

I love your videos you are the best youtuber you help me a lot with these videos

Great work . Learned A lot.

I shall have a cheeky look at this video later , cheers Vince

Stunned excellent job Mate💯🖤

Good job Vince

Well done Vince

Hi Vince great video.

Amazing work mate. GRATS.

Not gona lie, that first 10 mins was exhausting lol good job though vince.

@yournan7249

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks I'll skip the first 10 mins

@andrewelliott6149

4 жыл бұрын

The first ten min was my fav part

Your videos helped me alot, thank's👍👍👍👌

Thank you for these good vids

Great fix Vince