Nintendo Switch Lite Tear-Down & Disassembly, Comparison to Original Switch
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Date: 2020-05-06
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dum
It's interesting you don't seem to know/care about JIS, as the god of being nerdy and nitpicky and such, it'd be a great thing to know about. While they look similar, they are slightly different. Phillips has pointy crossbars, while JIS has squared off crossbars. Anything japanese, even made in China, is likely to use JIS instead of Phillips. Because you're using the wrong bits on heads that weren't designed for them, they strip, it's a known issue. But the problem is not with the screws, it's with the method employed to unscrew them here. Once you know about JIS, your chances of stripping heads go way down for japanese electronics. Cameras, Motorbikes, Consoles, anything tied to japan could be using JIS. Your IFixit kit should have JIS as well (I know the new ones do, maybe try and use that next time, see if the screws strip as much.
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It's interesting you don't seem to know/care about JIS, as the god of being nerdy and nitpicky and such, it'd be a great thing to know about. While they look similar, they are slightly different. Phillips has pointy crossbars, while JIS has squared off crossbars. Anything japanese, even made in China, is likely to use JIS instead of Phillips. Because you're using the wrong bits on heads that weren't designed for them, they strip, it's a known issue. But the problem is not with the screws, it's with the method employed to unscrew them here. Once you know about JIS, your chances of stripping heads go way down for japanese electronics. Cameras, Motorbikes, Consoles, anything tied to japan could be using JIS. Your IFixit kit should have JIS as well (I know the new ones do, maybe try and use that next time, see if the screws strip as much.
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Eric
What a dumb product. The joycons are fused to the device. My son has worn out 3 pairs of joycons in the last year. They are complete garbage that lose calibration and stop holding their zero. I can't imagine what he would do to a fixed fused joycon version like this. What a waste of plastic, glass, processors, and materials for an absolutely un-needed product. Nintendo ran out of ideas and they failed big time with this crap.
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What a dumb product. The joycons are fused to the device. My son has worn out 3 pairs of joycons in the last year. They are complete garbage that lose calibration and stop holding their zero. I can't imagine what he would do to a fixed fused joycon version like this. What a waste of plastic, glass, processors, and materials for an absolutely un-needed product. Nintendo ran out of ideas and they failed big time with this crap.
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Sina
and don't over tighten the internal screws that base plate material is very easy to strip. I striped of the screw hole that holds heatpipe in place. had to glue the crew in the hole so my switch dont overheat. crazy thing is i wanted to change the thermal paste for better performance. i suggest that you don't open the switch if you don't have to. the screws and screw holes are made to be stripped.
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and don't over tighten the internal screws that base plate material is very easy to strip. I striped of the screw hole that holds heatpipe in place. had to glue the crew in the hole so my switch dont overheat. crazy thing is i wanted to change the thermal paste for better performance. i suggest that you don't open the switch if you don't have to. the screws and screw holes are made to be stripped.
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Lemonicing76
I m terribly disappointed that new tech doesn t include a hook for charms the way old phones and the 3ds did. Do you think that looping the string of a charm through the holes guarding the fan would be ill advised? I m not sure if it s capable of getting hot enough to burn the string, or if having it there would be obstructive enough to prevent the fan from working properly. Thoughts?
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I m terribly disappointed that new tech doesn t include a hook for charms the way old phones and the 3ds did. Do you think that looping the string of a charm through the holes guarding the fan would be ill advised? I m not sure if it s capable of getting hot enough to burn the string, or if having it there would be obstructive enough to prevent the fan from working properly. Thoughts?
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SolidZ
Heavily modified my original switch. Tops 42c handheld and around 36-38 docked with a custom dock with custom cooling fan. Isolated my battery from the metal shielding with kapton tape. Using thermal pads along the heat pipe to dissipate the heat to the shielding. I know the cooling was overkill but I've gained some battery life due to the fan never having to reach any significant speeds.
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Heavily modified my original switch. Tops 42c handheld and around 36-38 docked with a custom dock with custom cooling fan. Isolated my battery from the metal shielding with kapton tape. Using thermal pads along the heat pipe to dissipate the heat to the shielding. I know the cooling was overkill but I've gained some battery life due to the fan never having to reach any significant speeds.
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John
It sucks that Nintendo and Playstation both made it not user-friendly to replace the batteries in their handhelds for someone who might keep this for a long time more than 10 years, the chance that you might have to replace the battery is really good And you would have to send it out to Nintendo for servicing to get the battery replaced, unless you knew that you could do it yourself
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It sucks that Nintendo and Playstation both made it not user-friendly to replace the batteries in their handhelds for someone who might keep this for a long time more than 10 years, the chance that you might have to replace the battery is really good And you would have to send it out to Nintendo for servicing to get the battery replaced, unless you knew that you could do it yourself
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B-b-butts
Built-in joycons was a terrible idea, sticks are prone to mechanical failures on any gamepad, but ones on joycons are notoriously bad. Stick on my left one turned unresponsive after couple weeks of playing Binding of Isaac, but at least I had an option to just buy a new pair instead of turning in the console to service center for god knows how long.
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Built-in joycons was a terrible idea, sticks are prone to mechanical failures on any gamepad, but ones on joycons are notoriously bad. Stick on my left one turned unresponsive after couple weeks of playing Binding of Isaac, but at least I had an option to just buy a new pair instead of turning in the console to service center for god knows how long.
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Brad
trick to getting a stripped screw (which you gotta be REAL careful when doing) is to get a bit a size bigger than what you had, center it as best you can, hold it straight to the screw, and tap it with a hammer. should put enough to grab there to get it out. otherwise you'll need a drill (2 or 3 sizes smaller bit) a real steady hand and some prayers
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trick to getting a stripped screw (which you gotta be REAL careful when doing) is to get a bit a size bigger than what you had, center it as best you can, hold it straight to the screw, and tap it with a hammer. should put enough to grab there to get it out. otherwise you'll need a drill (2 or 3 sizes smaller bit) a real steady hand and some prayers
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SWITS
Really wish the tegra would've been upgraded. Or at least Ninty could optimize their games better for it. BOTW still chugs and Link's Awakening ain't doing too well either, although I hear that's due to slow load speeds. Either way it's really disappointing to see games like Dragon Quest XI run way better than Nintendo's own 1st party titles.
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Really wish the tegra would've been upgraded. Or at least Ninty could optimize their games better for it. BOTW still chugs and Link's Awakening ain't doing too well either, although I hear that's due to slow load speeds. Either way it's really disappointing to see games like Dragon Quest XI run way better than Nintendo's own 1st party titles.
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Kalvinjj
My guess to why the original Switch had the storage soldered to a daughterboard instead of straight into the PCB isn't for capacity (as phones also have different capacities on same PCBs, but rather the flexibility of the package in which the storage can come. With that method you don't need a PCB revision for a different storage chip.
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My guess to why the original Switch had the storage soldered to a daughterboard instead of straight into the PCB isn't for capacity (as phones also have different capacities on same PCBs, but rather the flexibility of the package in which the storage can come. With that method you don't need a PCB revision for a different storage chip.
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