Can it be repaired?
As of there user agreement is it safe to repair or will they class that as a modification and brick it?
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Hi!
The Switch 2 is not out yet. So no exact information can be told, yet.
Probably depends on which part you want to replace.
For now, no one knows for sure, only Nintendo knows.
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I expect they'll be stricter on these matters, though. There are quite a lot of jailbreaking mod chips on the market that would "enable CFW via CPU voltage glitching, which bypass bootROM firmware verifications. " as according to the switch.hacks.guide website. I imagine Nintendo's going to address that issue in the new Switch 2, but right now no one's sure. It seems like every gaming console Nintendo has ever released has already been hacked.
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Additionally to be added its likely to be repairable from first glances, I am unsure if in the software some way that Nintendo can identify any sort of modification in resulting in breaching Nintendo TOS. It most likely be any 3rd party parts/hardware replacements not approved by Nintendo could breach it. I say wait for teardowns and repair videos first to get an accurate answer to the question. But short its really hard to tell as others have mentioned in the answers.
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Hopefully it is. Maybe everything is married to the motherboard with random codes (like the drive it's PCB is married to the motherboard for many Playstations and Xbox devices).
This basically means that you won't be able to replace screen or game card reader and many more components. I hope this will not be the case, but we will see... Only Nintendo knows for now.
3rd party parts can be blocked by Nintendo as well, or result in a brick. Hopefully this is not the case.
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I expect they'll be stricter on these matters, though. There are quite a lot of jailbreaking mod chips on the market that would "enable CFW via CPU voltage glitching, which bypass bootROM firmware verifications. " as according to the switch.hacks.guide website. I imagine Nintendo's going to address that issue in the new Switch 2, but right now no one's sure. It seems like every gaming console Nintendo has ever released has already been hacked.
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My best guess is that modding anything mounted on the motherboard(CPU, RAM, that kind of stuff)will result in a bricked console, but it is unlikely any repair would require that. Normal peripheral repairs like screens and casings should be fine.
Hopefully it is. Maybe everything is married to the motherboard with random codes (like the drive it's PCB is married to the motherboard for many Playstations and Xbox devices).
This basically means that you won't be able to replace screen or game card reader and many more components. I hope this will not be the case, but we will see... Only Nintendo knows for now.
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no you need to send it in to nintendo
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Well I don't think they actually have the time to answer your question. Even if they do, they might just not respond as well. Nintendo as well as nearly all other companied make money from the customers by fixing their broken stuff so it is unlikely they'll tell you whether you can repair it yourself.
Short answer, Yes. If u find it difficult to do so, there is a video by PRG that does a full teardown of the switch and it's possible flaws.
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