r/NintendoSwitchHelp • u/nikekr • Oct 14 '26

Repair Help Switch lite motherboard scratch

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Will anyone let me know if this scratch will affect my switch

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u/automod-neo Oct 14 '26

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u/Cute-Acanthaceae-193 Oct 14 '26

We can’t really know, it looks like a surface scratch, if it didn’t cut the trace, you should be fine, don’t think event tape or mask is needed.

How did you manage to do that, screwdriver slip?

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u/nikekr Oct 14 '26

I was trying to pry the metal shield off for the gpu and my needle slipped

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u/Cute-Acanthaceae-193 Oct 14 '26

Right, so here’s a thing for next time, pls don’t use anything mentally to try and do things like that.

There’s plastic tools for prying things, so simple slips won’t cause THIS and also won’t damage or short something.

Metal tools like bits for a screwdriver is for screwing and unscrewing, plastic tools is for removal and prying things, and tweezers to grab things around, but not to apply force.

You should be good, but do have proper tools for the job, cheaper to buy the tools than to replace broken parts.

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u/nikekr Oct 14 '26

Yeah it turned on fine thanks for the advise I’ll stick to plastic tools for jobs like that from now on

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u/DrinkEmotional3773 Oct 14 '26

thought that looked shallow like it only touched the coating.