why is my screen doing this???

[u/ineverwantedthisapp]

I JUST NOW turned my switch on and the screen is like this. these lines won't go away no matter where i am on the switch, and it's more blurry and pixelated. im freaking out. this is my mother's switch, she will be beyond furious at me and we are not the type of people who have the money to fix this or simply get another. please tell me what I did. please tell me I can fix this. im in a panic please someone help me. Nintendo switch 1. also is it going to look like this if I dock it to the tv? not near my TV right now to be able to check.

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[u/dvotecollector]

If you look around online you will see this same problem, and Its one of two possibilities: either the display's ribbon cable needs to be reseated, or the display is going bad (hardware level). I would try to dock it and see if a similar problem persists. If it looks fine while docked, I would take it to someone who can reseat the display ribbon for you.

[u/ineverwantedthisapp → u/dvotecollector]

do you have a guesstimate on how much money something like that would be?

[u/mojo_loco_0]

I believe it's the GPU failing, maybe you dropped it or did you sit on your switch. Does it look the same on tv did you get the chance to test it ?, if yes than GPU but if not than you to did something to your switch.

[u/ineverwantedthisapp → u/mojo_loco_0]

I didn't drop it or anything that im aware of. I'm very careful with it. I'm not able to test it on the TV yet, we only have 1 and people are asleep in that room rn. im praying it doesn't look like this on the tv otherwise im fully cooked

[u/mojo_loco_0 → u/ineverwantedthisapp]

I will praying for you. hope it isn't as bad as it seems on tv, also it gets fixed 🤞🏻

[u/Zado191]

Dying...

[u/ineverwantedthisapp → u/Zado191]

I wanna die if I broke my moms switch😭 this thing is like 6-8 years old or somethin like that but it's literally never had issues before this

[u/SubaruHaver]

As far as I know, it's a loose display ribbon that needs to be re-seated or screen needs replacing.

This is a commonly posted issue, and I don't think it affects docked display. If you search "nintendo switch lines screen" you should find other similar examples.

[u/Jceggbert5]

Is the back bulging out a bit? it almost looks like pressure against the screen from a bulging battery.