Hi all,
It’s been a tiring and discouraging couple of evenings. A few days ago I was working to replace my LCD, and the cable slipped, going in partially sideways, ultimately bending a pin in the LCD connector. I didn’t realize it at first and provided power to the device, which I’m guessing caused a short. When I attempted to power it on in docked mode, the green light came on for an instant, then disappeared.
I watched quite a few videos on switch repair earlier today on Tronicsfix’s YouTube channel. I’ve learned how to use my multimeter to test for continuity, and I haven’t found any shorts on the front of the motherboard. However, there’s a capacitor to the right (with the USB-C port facing north) of the MAX77620 chip that beeps on both ends, indicating a short. There’s several other capacitor shorts in that area as well.
Knowing there’s a bent pin and the LCD connector is likely damaged, needing a replacement, could that be impacting continuity, creating a false-positive reading? I don’t have the equipment or skills to remove the LCD connector and resolder it. I’m wondering if the short in the capacitor that I mentioned definitively means the CPU is fried, or if I’m incorrectly understanding this.
There is a game repair shop in my city that I could visit on Monday, but I don’t want to waste my time if the board is in fact fried. Any insight is greatly appreciated, and I’d be happy to answer any questions.
As a kicker, I had cancelled my NSO subscription about 6.5 months ago, and after calling Nintendo today, they confirmed my cloud saves are gone; I hadn’t known about the six month grace period limit. 