Hacking SD car reader down.

[jose1209]

hi my sd reader no longer work, it's pins from the motherboard.
the console is banned
so is there a way using hecate or anything else to be able to use the console
at leat for player some homebrews ? like emulators ?

to resule a hack but without any sd card ?

thanks in advance for the answer

 

[bad361]

hi my sd reader no longer work, it's pins from the motherboard.
the console is banned
so is there a way using hecate or anything else to be able to use the console
at leat for player some homebrews ? like emulators ?

to resule a hack but without any sd card ?

thanks in advance for the answer

To use CFW on switch you MUST have a working sd card (and sd slot of course). So unfortunately you have to repair it or only use internal storage for official stuff.

 

[Patapon3321]

Saddly no, try to figuer out why the Sd card reader doesnt work anymore

 

[jose1209]

hi
some pins are missing in the motherboard.
so it's over i can't fix that. too small to make something.


thanks

 

[Der_Blockbuster]

hi
some pins are missing in the motherboard.
so it's over i can't fix that. too small to make something.


thanks


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How did this happen
This is fixable tho. Maybe not for you.

 

[jose1209]

yes obvilously not for me , don't ask me how this append... i don't understand, but as long as i read treads i'm not the only one.

 

[Hayato213]

hi
some pins are missing in the motherboard.
so it's over i can't fix that. too small to make something.


thanks


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You lost two pins, there is a guide to solder a wire to the connection on the motherboard.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/sd-card-port-issue.521485/

 

[jose1209]

yes thanks for all answers.

 

[MatinatorX]

yes obvilously not for me , don't ask me how this append... i don't understand, but as long as i read treads i'm not the only one.

Sorry to hear yours died, it seems to be a design defect with the connector. Many, many people have had this happen. MOLEX 504208-1610 is the P/N, you can find at least one seller on Ali who did a listing for me if you want to try fixing it.

I'd talk with your local shops and see if they're set up for 0.4mm pitch SMD repair. It's not hard if you have the right tools - I've gotten the process down to about 15 minutes now thanks to a solder stencil I made.

I've uploaded pictures of the process, you can use them to get quotes from local shops if you like.