Nintendo Switch SD Card Reader Repair - LFC 

Nicely done there! I wasn't expecting a switch. It's great you stepped out of your comfort zone and gave it a go.

really loving this channel man. Super interesting vids for IT dudes

Great job Adam! Get your self a microscope and set of fine tips for your iron. One you used was massive for this job. ;D With microscope and proper tips, your micro-soldering will improve drastically. Flux is a must as well for a good joint. Also good way of practice is to secure such wire with UV solder mask.

Great work as always Graham

I use a class 10 sd card for my dash cam. When I transfer files from the sd card to my laptop, the files are usually about 1-2 GB and it takes a few minutes to transfer. Yes, it takes 2-3 minutes for sd to transfer files over. Great video. Thank You.

I know fixing Nintendo switches isn't your livelihood... but the video is still entertaining and knowledgeable. Plus you give credit to the client. Much respect to you. When I'm ready for a custom p.c. I'm gonna beg you for a signed build. Lol.

Hi Adam. I just discover your channel, and boy, I'm gonna party here a little more :) Tips: I bought myself this watch repair glasses - they are cheap and super cool for microsoldering without microscope.

Its the connector on the logic board. The little terminals seem to break at the joint and make some contact when you were pushing it. Remove the connector with how air and flux and replace it, clean up with IPA. Done it many times. Nice job though. I love your videos. Keep up the great work!!

Excellent repair Graham :)

Great stuff Graham

For micro soldering I would recommend a pointed solder tip makes things so much easier. Great video again.

Most underrated tech RU-vidr

Well done man!

Thank you for this. Given me some direction for troubleshooting my reader

I've done this repair several times, very common as it's a hidden connector and people mash it about, chances are you would have found the hidden pin stuck in the SD flex side connector, if you were careful it's pretty easy to slot these pins back in and resolder them compltely bypassing the need for ugly jumpers.... the solder simply detaches from the board from improper connection mentioned above - also i see you were not using flux and yet you were still bringing iron to solder, flux it up man and clean with IPA for a significantly better joint, if the joint fails while cleaning then it simply wasn't good enough. I only mention that as i see solder that is stuck to the enamel of the wire and not the actual copper. I'd guess your "bullying" of the SD card has less to do with the SD gold fingers and more to do with the SD connector once again, me personally, i would have resoldered every pin on the SD connector on the mainboard as there was already multiple missing. My opinion on solder tip, chisel tip like you were using if a good choice, these boards can sink a suprising amount of heat and despite what peopple might think a smaller tip causes more issues. Anyway good vid, now go and buy a decent microscope, an "unbranded" trinocular amscope microscopes can be had from aliexpress for 160 quid delivered (under the eakins brand) so no excuse ;) and are significantly better than the cheap ones with non standard objective lenses or one of those digital LCD ones. I promise you a proper microscope will change your repairing life and you will get 10x the work done in the same time.

Nice fix, never seen a fix like that, normally you use hot air and change the connector but that seem to work just fine!

I would do this to repair it, but I haven’t done anything with the motherboard or anything with my Switch, so I don’t trust myself to not ruin it. You make it seem so easy, though. Well done!

11:15 - DEFINITELY need to use flux when doing this sort of thing. Your pad wasn't tinning properly and made the process more difficult

Thank you for posting this video. I have the same damn issue with my switch, I’m going to try your solution, I think it’s going to work.

Nice work sir

I guess im the luckiest person to be alive. Before i have watched this video i thought i had to remove the hole connectror but thankfully not. I had a other plan in mind but both of these option a rather a bit expensive. Thank you so much

Very nice. I like emergency repairs. Dutch regards, Nico.

Well done graham :-D If you do need fine enameled wire suddenly, take an old single battery clock apart, there be fine wire there lol. I wonder why the card reader plug does not have a small square of foam on it to press the tiny connector into the mobo. The back case would press on the foam. Double sided sticky pads come to mind.

Just add flux to the joint before you start soldering buddy, you'll find the solder flows a lot easier 👍

You can replace the pins in this type of connector, I've repaired at least six Thinkpad T420-430 mobos with broken keyboard connector (which isn't an FFC connector) Just add 1 millipaul of Amtech flux, place the pin in the plastic bit and touch the pin with the iron and it's done.

Nice entertaining video!

I would consider lining the hole in the shield with some kapton tape, so that when/if the magnet wire rubs against it and the enamel wears off, it won't short.

Great video. Maybe the reader needed a good cleaning with 99% ISP. I can't believe how well you got that huge chisel tip to work. I have been soldering since 6th grade and teaching myself micro soldering at 50yo..... Still trying to figure out a good technique. Hot air soldering is ingenius! lol. Still trying to perfect my technique on that too. A decent microscope is a must.

Tronicx fix is a good Chanel for console repairs

Micro soldering is very interesting mate Best regards Andrew

Thorough job....

Buen trabajo con las herramientas disponibles !

I've watched you solder so many things back to life. After watching your noodling around on that graphics card, I'd love to see you get your hands on an AIB GTX3080 and swap out the POSCAPs for MLCCs. Just to do it for the hell of it. See if it makes any difference. I think that's a video that would make this channel catch the algorithm and blow up. And talk about a new challenge to inspire you to get new equipment and learn new things. (Yes, I'm aware that Nvidia is already working on driver fixes for that capacitor stability problem as are the board partners. However, I've seen Graham solder so many capacitors by now that I immediately thought of him when I heard about that problem with those cards. :D)

thank you bro

good work

Great video changing the connector would have been less fiddly and great practice for you

Do you think its worth it to get an ENE Chip of an ASUS k501lx to be repaired or just get a new laptop?

Nice job

I've been doing a fair bit of micro-soldering lately; you really need to get some flux on there. It really helps avoid those cold joints. I'd also recommend a smaller tip iron when space is limited.

Don't solder dry, when tinning a wire or a pad always add fresh solder while the soldering iron is on the wire/pad. Never put solder on your iron and then tin a wire or pad, you'll get a dry, ugly joint. The flux in the solder wire burns off immediately so you need to add it in place. The only exception obviously being if you're using flux paste anyway.

what type of cable does i need?

I noticed the enamel on the wire got scraped near the aluminum plate, maybe it was just shorting pin one out?

What's the liquid applied on the pads that can be seen on 6:54 ?

I need help Pls, I bought new reader and placed it in its place n all that, but when I play a game a msg pops up on the screen saying "the micro SD card has been removed, the console will now turn off " then says"Always turn off the power Before inserting or removing SD card. then it does me the proper way to turn the switch off, what should I do?

tube el mismo problema en el mismo pin, lo estúpido que hice fue tratar de después de reparar , reemplazar los parlantes, cuando lo desarme se salieron 3 pines mas, de ahi murió el puerto, ahora tengo la pistola de calor y el conector, pero no se que temperatura aplicar por detrás de la placa para reemplazarlo, según internet de 320 a 360 , pero es insuficiente para retirar el conector, no quiero estropear ni tampoco que lo haga otra persona, que temperatura de la pistola de calor debe ponerse para retirar este componente? saludos

Great job also

What model of microscope is that?

How can the connector ON the mainboard even become damaged ? It is INSIDE the switch... *confused*

Thats very small soldering tip, you need larger one :D

I mean no offence, I have an old, strange Tech mind. Just a thought of your name, You could make a RU-vid short movie' *Adam, Ant & IT* PC made, animation style. BTW your intro desk setup, Is a most excellent layout. I like your way of thinking young man & oh and the, wall art. 👍🖖

The against better judgement jobs are some times the best ones/educational

Is this suitable for beginners to do? Seems understandable but knowing myself I’ll mess up

My cheap iron has different shaped and sized tips which would have been better. That was probably way too big

My Mate Vince could fix that with his eyes closed! Nice work lol

Not bad wizard 👌

How did you find that the card reader is damaged too? Is it possible to replace the damaged connector too?

Where is your automatic screw driver?

That looks like the same connector that's on a raspberry pi camera module. They're agonizingly easy to dislodge when trying to put it into a case.

Check out NorthridgeFix channel, he has a shop in California, he does this kind of micro repairs on all sorts of devices, you need a microscope and micro iron, hot tweezers and and smd rework station, If you had the right tools and experience you could of just take the whole connector off and put a new one on.

Do you have a diagram of some kind that tells you which points on the board lead to the right point on the reader itself? I'm pla Ning on using your method but I wanna make sure I'm soldering things to the right spot...

The algorythm is working in your favour

Great repair, my micro soldering came to an end when i found my eyes are failing and i have no microscope

My son is devastated because he has the same issue. I believe i can do it but if i were to send you a picture of which pin is broken could you tell me which pads to jump. it is the last pin (pin 8) i belive it is the orange point on the diagram you showed.

69k subs... nice

hello there im a big fan ....just wanna ask you what kind of a camera or microscope that are u using with that mic kind of clip shown clearly at the first 5 secs thx

I have zero knowledge in this stuff so i need to know. At the end he just put glue on the thing and the switch started to read it. Does that mean what he did with the wire and everything was useless work? Or was that still neccessary

Mate, you need to invest in a soldering microscope. I have 10% of your skills and it’s been a game changer

May send you mind so you can look at it?

I have the same problem with mine. Can you repair mine???

sorry but I don't understand one thing, in the video you show the connector pins and two pins are damaged, but you only use one cable to solve it. Why it's work?

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Did the Client say how it was damged?

I broke my switch trying this can anyone help getting it fixed 😢

This is legit the issue I'm currently having with my switch. 😭

Ah yes, the Nintendo Switch, my favorite computer! Especially once you put Linux on it!

have u heard of a guy called TronicsFix he does lots of repairs on these game consoles you might be able to get some helpful hints from watching his video's

had this problem with my Samsung mobile and I was told that the Scandisk micro sd is slightly thinner, put a Samsung micro sd card and it worked fine.

It’s just called enamel wire

Yeah... *buying* digital...

Flux???

Early af :D

More flux

It’s not a fix, it’s holding water until it came out of the store , your soldering is miserable, you don’t have the equipment for such a job, don’t get mad but I wouldn’t want to be your customer, I would have a feeling when I see how you did it, that I threw my money for repairs...I wouldn't do such a job for free, let alone charge it, let alone put it on you tube, that's why this industry has a bad reputation,

I like your videos but I really don't think you should be practicing on live jobs like this, it can end tragically for everyone

no microscope, horrible soldering, bad wire, no UV mask . why dont u just replace that connector? it cost less that euro