HELP! I ruined my nintendo switch lcd connector - Page 1
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author: ArnauVF4
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 06:19:54 pm
content: I was swapping motherboards and i somehow bent pins inside. Any fix?Are the bent pins from above or down?

author: xyrtek
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 06:23:36 pm
content: Hard to say, can you take a better pic?Maybe find a better pic her:https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nintendo+Switch+Teardown/78263

author: xyrtek
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 06:37:47 pm
content: By looking at the pic with my bad eyes, it seems some pins are bent.Check this video, around 0:55, is it the same connector?https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=QCZ3-fYjpWo

author: ArnauVF4
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 06:41:59 pm
content: Quote from: xyrtek on December 31, 2018, 06:37:47 pmIt isn't sadly. Its the one in 0.56

author: xyrtek
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 06:46:50 pm
content: Time for a magnifying glass or a good inspection microscope, good tweezers and steady pulse.Anything can be fixed, at the last resort the connector can be replaced.

author: ArnauVF4
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 06:50:57 pm
content: Quote from: xyrtek on December 31, 2018, 06:46:50 pmWell, I can't do it now, so tomorrow, i'm panicking so much. I already contacted one local console repair center, because i dont know smd soldering

author: xyrtek
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 06:55:17 pm
content: Yeah, take it easy. I am sure someone will chime in with the connector info and whatnot.4:29

author: ArnauVF4
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 07:03:35 pm
content: One last question, the bent pins are from the top or botton?

author: xyrtek
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 07:09:09 pm
content: Honestly the pic is a bit grainy, or at least that's how it shows on my screen.If I had to take a guess that connector has pins on both sides.It will be more evident when you look at it with a magnifying glass.

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 07:16:30 pm
content: If you can find a source for the connector, anyone with a hot air station and a little experience should be able to replace it easily. I don't recognize it offhand but I would guess it's something standard.

author: ArnauVF4
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 07:16:55 pm
content: Quote from: xyrtek on December 31, 2018, 07:09:09 pmThe flex connector, at least only has 1 side with pins. That side has "2 pins per 1" one in front and one behind

author: xyrtek
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 07:28:22 pm
content: Quote from: ArnauVF4 on December 31, 2018, 07:16:55 pmYes, I can see that in the first video around 1:13, is not the same connector but the flex cable seems the same style.

author: ArnauVF4
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 07:33:32 pm
content: Here is the connectorhttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LCD-Screen-Socket-Connector-for-Nintendo-Switch-/292840655347

author: xyrtek
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 07:42:58 pm
content: She'll be alright, any ok cellphone repair shop can swap that connector out.

author: ArnauVF4
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 08:14:13 pm
content: Ok, ill try tomorrow with the twezzers and I think it wont work, so I'm ordering the connector and I will go to a cell phone repair shop, and see if they can replace it.About buying the connector, do i buy from the uk ( im from spain) for 17€ with tracking or 6.60€ from china with no tracking?

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 08:22:51 pm
content: I would buy it from China, it's 1/3 the cost and most of the time the stuff shows up fine.

author: ArnauVF4
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2018, 11:32:49 pm
content: Quote from: james_s on December 31, 2018, 08:22:51 pmI dont know, it can take like a month to get here

author: ArnauVF4
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: January 01, 2019, 09:30:33 am
content: Can I find this on mouser? Anyone here that know what type is this and how its called?Edit: the cable is like this:

author: ArnauVF4
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2019, 11:49:57 am
content: I ordered it yesterday, today i'm going to the cell phone repair shop and see what they tell me