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Introduction |
| Follow this guide to replace a damaged or faulty headphone jack and game card reader in the Nintendo Switch game console. | | The Switch uses JIS screws, but you can use a Phillips screwdriver in a pinch. Be very careful not to strip the screw. iFixit'''s Phillips bits are designed to be cross-compatible with JIS-style screws.
***Note:'''*** Removing the heat sink will make it easier to remove the headphone jack and game card reader, but it’s not required. If you remove the heat sink, be sure to clean off the thermal paste from both components—as well as the CPU—and reapply new paste before you install the shield plate and heat sink. | | | When you remove the shield plate, you’ll need to replace the thermal compound between the plate and the heatsink. Since normal thermal paste isn’t designed to bridge large gaps, the closest replacement is K5 Pro viscous thermal paste. | | '''***Note:'''*** This guide, and the part we sell, are compatible with the original Nintendo Switch model released in 2017, as well as the newer refreshed model released in 2019 (model numbers HAC-001 and HAC-001(-01), respectively). |
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