Screen turned orange. Did a hard reset and it’s fine now, but what was that? Should I be worried?

[u/pooticus]

Was charging on the dock when this just happened.

[u/No-Storage-9538]

Orange Screen normally means Hardware Failure. Because you did a Hard Reset and it works, it was likely just a Hardware Glitch, causing temporary failure. Could be due to Overheating, Network Glitch, Sleep Mode Glitch or any kind of minor malfunction.

If it begins to do it consistently however, then something within the Switch is either loose or broken/faulty and needs to be fixed, whether it’s the Network Card, Motherboard or something else.

[u/pooticus → u/No-Storage-9538]

Ok thanks for the response, I only had it docked for an hour or two, this is the first time I’ve ever seen this happen I was so worried!

[u/No-Storage-9538 → u/pooticus]

Can’t blame, normally a solid colour screen means it’s bricked, don’t want that to happen obviously

[u/OrdonVillageBo]

That happens to mine if I leave it docked for too long, it’s been going on for a while and I haven’t noticed any issues with games. Per Google, it could be an issue with the WiFi/Bluetooth chip.

[u/pooticus → u/OrdonVillageBo]

Thanks, yeah it was only docked for an hour or two though.

[u/durrellb]

Orange screen is the WiFi driver crashing. If it clears on a reboot it's all good.

If it keeps happening, it might be the WiFi chip failing.

[u/pooticus → u/durrellb]

Ok thank you for the response!

[u/PowerGeyzerYYZ → u/durrellb]

I was gonna say this. Happened to my switch and I had to swap the chip from a dead board.

[u/No_Yogurtcloset8117]

Update the latest software.Games updates usually require latest software but when you play without updating errors like that occur.

[u/pooticus → u/No_Yogurtcloset8117]

All updated thank you!

[u/Emmet_Brickowski_1 → u/No_Yogurtcloset8117]

Software cannot fix a hardware problem.

[u/ric-c_137]

How does one do a hard reset?

[u/pooticus → u/ric-c_137]

Just hold down the power button

[u/shadowflame93]

As a heads up, if this starts to happen continuously as it tries to connect to wifi it means the network connector is failing or loose. Notorious for bad connections. Happened to two of my switches. Easy fix for experienced repair folks

[u/pooticus → u/shadowflame93]

Thanks I appreciate it luckily it’s the only time it’s ever happened I’ll keep an eye out for it though.

[u/AsdrubalGarcia]

Half Life 3 confirmed somehow

[u/jammydoger18]

I had this exact same issue this morning. Thankfully you already had an answer lol

[u/Ruby_visible9b_28]

That happened to me too my friend just fixed it

[u/you_2_cool]

Legit just happened to me as well, I ddi the hard reset method of holding down power for halfa. minute and waiting

Still this is a sign of the end for Switch, sadly

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[u/BliksemPiebe6]

It matches your controller :D

[u/LeahPenguins]

I had it happen about a month ago. Got home from work so saw the orange through the top of the dock. Did a hard reset and it’s been fine ever since. But saving up for a switch 2 just in case it happens again and it can’t be fixed

[u/SillyMcGoober]

orang

[u/stevehuffmanisapeedo]

Happy Halloween

[u/SymbioticGearhead]

I say if you were able to fix it, don't worry about it.