HELP! I ruined my nintendo switch lcd connector

[ArnauVF4]

I was swapping motherboards and i somehow bent pins inside. Any fix?

Are the bent pins from above or down?

[xyrtek]

Hard to say, can you take a better pic?

Maybe find a better pic her: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nintendo+Switch+Teardown/78263

[ArnauVF4]

[xyrtek]

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

[ArnauVF4]

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

It isn't sadly. Its the one in 0.56

[xyrtek]

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.

[ArnauVF4]

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.

Well, 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

[xyrtek]

Yeah, take it easy. I am sure someone will chime in with the connector info and whatnot.

4:29

[ArnauVF4]

One last question, the bent pins are from the top or botton?

[xyrtek]

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.

 

[james_s]

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.

[ArnauVF4]

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.

The flex connector, at least only has 1 side with pins. That side has "2 pins per 1" one in front and one behind

[xyrtek]

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.

The flex connector, at least only has 1 side with pins. That side has "2 pins per 1" one in front and one behind

Yes, I can see that in the first video around 1:13, is not the same connector but the flex cable seems the same style.

[ArnauVF4]

Here is the connector https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LCD-Screen-Socket-Connector-for-Nintendo-Switch-/292840655347

[xyrtek]

She'll be alright, any ok cellphone repair shop can swap that connector out.

[ArnauVF4]

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?

[james_s]

I would buy it from China, it's 1/3 the cost and most of the time the stuff shows up fine.

[ArnauVF4]

I would buy it from China, it's 1/3 the cost and most of the time the stuff shows up fine.

I dont know, it can take like a month to get here

[ArnauVF4]

Can I find this on mouser? Anyone here that know what type is this and how its called?

Edit: the cable is like this:

[ArnauVF4]

I ordered it yesterday, today i'm going to the cell phone repair shop and see what they tell me