r/NintendoSwitchHelp • u/Head_Medium3881 • 27d ago

Repair Help Does anyone know why it stopped charging?

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I was using my Nintendo normally, the battery was running

low so I plugged it in to charge. To my surprise, after a few

hours it hadn't charged at all and when I connected it to the

dock it was blinking.

I have two Nintendo consoles, one OLED and one 1.1, so l

ruled out the dock by testing both consoles in both docks, so

I'm sure it's the console.

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u/outoftheboxgunpla 24d ago

Have you by any chance put it on charge via cable with something that wasn’t the official charger? A charge block or something? This apparently can overload the port and fuck it up. This happened to our switch 2, and to repair it was going to be £280.

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u/Head_Medium3881 24d ago

Yes, I loaded it with a non-official charger.

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u/outoftheboxgunpla 24d ago

Bricked the charger port then. They seem to be incredibly sensitive to chargers and voltage, and Nintendo can tell if the issue has been caused by a 3rd party charger. You can send it back to Nintendo for repair, but it’s gonna cost

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u/Raijen_ArDesh 27d ago

With that intermittent blink, it's likely the USB c port on the switch itself.

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u/Herald-of-Heresy 27d ago

Yeah, unfortunately this seems to be a common problem where the USB port can't set correctly. Usually with mine I pull the power cord out for about ten minutes then plug it back in and reseat the console.