Nearly fried my Switch motherboard because I forgot ONE tiny thing

I was doing a shell swap on my Switch OLED last Saturday in my garage. Everything was going smooth until I put it back together and it wouldn't power on. No lights, no nothing. My heart DROPPED. Turns out I forgot to disconnect the battery ribbon cable before unplugging the fan header. It shorted something on the board. I let it sit for 2 hours unplugged, checked all my ribbon cables, and somehow it booted back up. Anyone else ever get that sick feeling when a console goes dark on you?

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victor_carr251d ago

Start by saying I read somewhere that the battery cable is basically the number one killer of Switch boards during repairs. @reesepatel is spot on, you gotta pull that battery first every single time. I fried a Game Boy Advance SP shoulder button once because I skipped the battery step and it made a tiny pop noise. Letting it sit for two hours is a solid trick, I did the same thing and it saved my GBA too. You got real lucky with that OLED board, those are expensive to replace.

reesepatel1d ago

You actually should disconnect the battery first on any Nintendo repair.