Hardware PSA: Do not use a third party dock with switch on 5.0.0

[ganons]

I simply took apart my official dock and swapped the board and connectors into a low profile dock case i found on amazon. temperatures noticeably lower than with the old dock, and no bricking chance at all!

Link to the dock you're using?

 

[Liriel]

Link to the dock you're using?

There are Tons of housing to put a board in it on every plattform

Gesendet von meinem Huawei P10 mit Tapatalk

 

[ganons]

What about charging with any usb cable (not the £1 chinese ones) when not using the dock, safe?

 

[TotalInsanity4]

What about charging with any usb cable (not the £1 chinese ones) when not using the dock, safe?

Only if it advertises a 56k Ohm resistor in the specs

 

[Paternacide]

Link to the dock you're using?

i cant link cuz im new but its called the basstop portable dock replacement case and can be found on amazon

This is the one i purchased. Comes with all the screwdrivers you need.

 

[Rahkeesh]

It's been tested, in fact, from the testing that's been done, even a non compliant charger shouldn't damage the Switch. And no one's complained of being bricked by 3rd party chargers. These 3rd party docks are doing something to brick Switches that the chargers aren't. Maybe it's the combination of bad dock and bad charger that's doing it, who knows. All we know is that these unofficial docks are doing something special that's bricking Switches. Chargers alone don't seem to do it.

It probably comes down to switch not requesting enough power to brick itself when in undocked mode. Need a lot more juice to actually charge the switch while pushing out BotW at 900p or whatever. A ton of chargers barely charge, or fail to charge at all, while such a game is being used undocked even.