[gamesradar.com] Nintendo Switch can warp from being left in the dock too long

vmatt1203 · Apr 3, 2017

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Nintendo Switch owners beware: it appears the console can become warped due to poor heat dissipation that comes from leaving the system docked for too long. Reddit user _NSR noticed their Nintendo Switch warping and posted a picture of how bad it's gotten after roughly one month of use.

http://www.gamesradar.com/nintendo-switch-can-warp-from-being-left-in-the-dock-too-long-give-that-console-some-air/

Wouldn't you think they would have discovered this in testing? I hope this doesnt lead to issues with the console. I know I play for hours on end...

First news post, let me know i i messed something up...

xBlitzerx · Apr 3, 2017

I have only played my Switch docked and have left it on for hours at a time. No warping.

Kinaesthetic · Apr 3, 2017

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Originally Posted by xBlitzerx

I have only played my Switch docked and have left it on for hours at a time. No warping.

I dock mine regularly too and no warping.

It's almost like a few people having problems isn't representative of everyone's experiences with that product.

JonnyMark · Apr 3, 2017

I hopefully this does not turn into RROD issue where the gpu/cpu would desolder itself from the motherboard because of the heat.

xBlitzerx · Apr 3, 2017

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Originally Posted by Kinaesthetic

I dock mine regularly too and no warping.

It's almost like a few people having problems isn't representative of everyone's experiences with that product.

No! It's time to jump on the Nintendo hate train! Choo-chooo!

Namwons · Apr 3, 2017

Nintendo is dead. They are a mobile game developer now. (its sad to see they are still stuck in the 80/90's)

nakano2k1 · Apr 3, 2017

Plot twist... You have to keep your switch in your oven or a sauna to achieve similar results.

twitchyzero · Apr 3, 2017

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Originally Posted by Kinaesthetic

I dock mine regularly too and no warping.

It's almost like a few people having problems isn't representative of everyone's experiences with that product.

I'm not saying it's a widespread issue (yet) but most owners only have had their Switch for a few weeks
too early to tell

I doubt the QC team at Nintendo got weeks to test for heat and its effect on the plastic housing.

Anyways, this is very sad news even if it's isolated considering it's a tiny little mobile chip melting the console, let this be an excuse for me to laugh at Nintendo...heaven forbid if they tried to pack PS4P/Scorpio level hardware

xlink · Apr 3, 2017

I do feel like the dock was poorly designed with regards to heat dissipation. Why arbitrarily cover parts of the device?

beatfried · Apr 3, 2017

lol.... I read that earlier in on reddit and after reading the thread titel I thought... "this is better not the same picture as in the readdit thread"

.... aaaaaand it was.

is there even a second case of this?

DweeB0 · Apr 3, 2017

Just gotta hope they make a console version.
They keep using crappy IPS screens that have interlacing/scan line artifacts, and I don't want to deal with a dying battery.
Plus, the size of the console would be incredibly small.

vmatt1203 · Apr 3, 2017

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Originally Posted by xBlitzerx

No! It's time to jump on the Nintendo hate train! Choo-chooo!

I didn't intended for this to be a hate post. Thought it might prompt people to check their own system...

vmatt1203 · Apr 3, 2017

Well
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Originally Posted by DweeB0

Just gotta hope they make a console version.
They keep using crappy IPS screens that have interlacing/scan line artifacts, and I don't want to deal with a dying battery.
Plus, the size of the console would be incredibly small.

This x1000. It would be nice and small and probably a little less money.

budgetgamer120 · Apr 3, 2017

Some people damage their stuff and have too much pride to admit is and make stuff up. I think this is the case. I don't see how the console can warp without force

FattysGoneWild · Apr 3, 2017

FUD. 90% of the time its played being docked. I have had it since launch and don't see any thing like that.

starliner · Apr 3, 2017

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Originally Posted by budgetgamer120

Some people damage their stuff and have too much pride to admit is and make stuff up. I think this is the case. I don't see how the console can warp without force

When you have multiple materials with different CTE's (coefficents of thermal expansion), and then attach them mechanically together (either with glue, psa, haf, screws, snaps, ect), and then a decent amount of heating and cooling, then you can gets things moving relative to other things. That is the force. Think of a bimetal stripe, but less exagerated.
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Originally Posted by FattysGoneWild

FUD. 90% of the time its played being docked. I have had it since launch and don't see any thing like that.

Welcome to the manufacturing defect distribution. In consumer electronics, no device is tested to make sure that all parts are 100% in spec or that everything was assembled 100% correct. It's just too expensive and time consuming. There will always be some % that are bad. With the internet, we can see those .01% failures as a single voice can be loud if there is enough attention. A single user is NEVER a large enough sample size. And thus a single user saying they've never seen it despite whatever is no indication of anything good or bad.

hokk · Apr 3, 2017

"it didn't happen to me so they must be making it up"

Good to see ocn hasn't changed.

twitchyzero · Apr 3, 2017

it's absolutely BS Sony never owned up to YLOD
I'm pretty sure it was something like 1 in 4 fat PS3 are ticking time bombs.
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Originally Posted by kylzer

"it didn't happen to me so they must be making it up"

Good to see ocn hasn't changed.

Yep, armpit of the internet as I'd like to call it.

begs the question: why am I still here? Guess it's a half-decent source for tech news.

lowfat · Apr 3, 2017

It happened to a single device... Not exactly something that should be considered newsworthy nor an obvious issue.

twitchyzero · Apr 3, 2017

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Originally Posted by lowfat

It happened to a single device... Not exactly something that should be considered newsworthy nor an obvious issue.

I take it you did not bother reading the article

[gamesradar.com] Nintendo Switch can warp from being left in the dock too long

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