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Nintendo Switch · Board repair · Hialeah & Miami Lakes, FL
Switch won't turn on
A completely dead Switch is a board fault, and there's a strong favourite for the cause: a third-party dock that pushed the wrong voltage down the USB-C line and took out the charging chip.
Charging IC replaceableSaves usually recoverable Most repairs same day 90-day parts-and-labour warranty
That chip is replaceable, and so is most of what sits around it. Nintendo's route is to replace the console; ours is to fix the component.
What yours does
Any of these?
- Completely dead — no screen, no charge light
- Nothing at all since using a third-party dock
- Warms near the port on the charger but never boots
- Died after a drop or a spill
Straight answers
The questions that matter
Nintendo said replace it. Is that really the only option?
No. Manufacturer support replaces at console or board level because that's what their process offers — it isn't a judgement about whether the fault is fixable. Component-level repair is a different service.
Can you recover saves from a dead console?
Often. Tell us that's the priority when you drop it off and we'll plan the work around it.
What it costs to find out
The honest bit about pricing
Most repairs have a price you can get online in seconds. This one doesn't, because nobody can tell you what a dead board needs without opening it — and a shop that quotes you a number over the phone is guessing.
So the diagnostic is $45, and it comes off the price of the repair if you approve it. If you decide not to go ahead, you've paid $45 for a real answer about your device instead of a guess.
Timing: most repairs leave the same day, port work included. Faults like this one are the exception — they have to be traced before they can be quoted, so it is usually one to three days.
Been near liquid at any point? Say so — it changes where we look first, and water-damage repair explains what that job involves.
Also on Nintendo Switch
Other Switch jobs
Charging port replacement
Won't charge, won't dock, or a cheap dock got it.
Screen replacement
Cracked glass — and OLED is a different job.
Battery replacement
An hour of handheld and it's dead.
Dock and TV output
Charges in the dock but the TV shows nothing.
Switch completely dead?
$45 diagnostic — credited to the repair — and if a dock did it, that's usually repairable.
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