Exxos will like this colour of Switch Lite :)

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » Tue May 21, 2024 4:04 pm

alexh wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 3:49 pm You have the flexible cable upside down. It folds back on itself.

https://vi.aliexpress.com/item/1005007024450666.html

Scroll down to see the installation images.

Looks from that connector to be the same as mine, which is a Hwfly Lite v4, the one you linked to earlier in the thread.

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » Tue May 21, 2024 4:42 pm

stephen_usher wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 3:47 pm Maybe there are different top ribbon cables depending upon the board revision?

I think it's more a case of the cable is supposed to be bent in the middle somehow after looking at the images @alexh linked to. Gonna have another look later but need to pack my work stuff up ready for my office day tomorrow, then I'm off training...

Will try to look later this evening.

stephen_usher · Post by **stephen_usher** » Tue May 21, 2024 4:59 pm

Yeah. looks like you solder it to pads with it with the connector facing right and then bend it over to connect the power, ground and possibly another connection. Could they have made it more complicated and difficult? Not sure.

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » Tue May 21, 2024 5:35 pm

stephen_usher wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 4:59 pm Yeah. looks like you solder it to pads with it with the connector facing right and then bend it over to connect the power, ground and possibly another connection. Could they have made it more complicated and difficult? Not sure.

Yeah, it's really quite a tricky job compared to the CPU connector. I 'think' I have figured it out from the pic, but not 100%.

alexh · Post by **alexh** » Tue May 21, 2024 5:52 pm

It's not as tricky as it looks. And once you've laid it out you should see how elegant the solution is. It is all because they didn't want to have multiple layers in the film.

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » Tue May 21, 2024 10:18 pm

alexh wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 5:52 pm It's not as tricky as it looks. And once you've laid it out you should see how elegant the solution is. It is all because they didn't want to have multiple layers in the film.

Definitely one for doing under the microscope!

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » Tue May 21, 2024 10:44 pm

alexh wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 5:52 pm It's not as tricky as it looks. And once you've laid it out you should see how elegant the solution is. It is all because they didn't want to have multiple layers in the film.

As it goes I just had a closer look, and TBH it is certainly doable though requiring quite a steady hand!!!

I'm not going to do it on the working switch, I have almost all the parts to get a 2nd Switch up and so providing I can do that, it'll go in that one.

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 10:17 am

Well.

The SD card slot finally stopped working on my Switch Lite, so I ordered a new one, and now I'm sitting looking at it all and wondering why we need 0201 sized resistors because no matter how hard you try, they seem to just jump off the board at a moments notice...

This is where I'm at...

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Just so super small my head hurts... At least they are back on and I can look at the SD card slot again...

alexh · Post by **alexh** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 2:48 pm

While you have it on the bench like that you could fit a hwfly/picofly modchip? They are about £8 on AliExpress.

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 3:51 pm

Well it's back together, but slowly dying.

SD card and now the game card reader have decided to go bye bye too.

It was pretty beaten up when I got it, so at least it had a slightly extended life, and I've managed to find a cheap replacement.

Fingers crossed that'll be here in a few days.

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