Nintendo Switch repair in Leeds
The Switch is a console children grow up with, and the faults it gets are the faults of being carried about and docked a thousand times: a Joy-Con that drifts, a rail the Joy-Con no longer clicks into, a charging port that has had a cheap cable forced into it, a cracked screen, and a fan full of fluff. We have written up one of these jobs, a worn Joy-Con rail, with the photographs. Tell us which Switch you have, the original, the 2019 version, the Lite or the OLED, and what it is doing, and you get a first opinion, free.
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The device
The Nintendo Switch, as it affects a repair
- Released
- 2017; a longer-battery revision in 2019, the Lite in 2019, the OLED model in 2021
- Screen
- A 6.2-inch LCD on the original and the 2019 version, 5.5 inches on the Lite, a 7-inch OLED on the OLED model
- Charging
- USB-C, through a port soldered to the main board
- Controllers
- Detachable Joy-Con on a metal rail with a ribbon cable behind it; fixed controls on the Lite
- How it opens
- From the back: the shell, the shield, then the battery connector first, before the fan, the rail cables and the board
The repairs
What we do on the Nintendo Switch, and what each job involves
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Joy-Con drift
A stick that moves the character on its own, or will not sit centred, is a worn stick module inside the Joy-Con, and it is one of the commonest jobs on a Switch. We replace the module and test the full range of the stick. On the Lite the sticks are inside the console itself, so the console opens for the same job.
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The Joy-Con rail
When a Joy-Con is not seen while docked on the console, or connects and drops, people assume the controller is at fault and it is often the rail: a thin metal slider with a ribbon cable behind it that wears. We check the controller on another console and the rail with another controller so the fault is placed before a part is ordered, then open the console, battery connector first, to reach the rail along the edge. We have written this job up with the photographs.
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USB-C charging port
A Switch that only charges at an angle, will not charge at all, or has had a cheap cable or dock forced into it has a port fault, and the port is soldered to the board, which we replace in-house. We rule out the cable, the charger and the dock first, because they fail more often than the port. A charging fault that has reached a chip on the board, which a bad third-party dock can cause, is specialist work: A repair to a single chip or other component on a circuit board goes to a specialist only with your say-so, once we have told you who will do it and what it costs.
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Screen replacement
A cracked or dead screen is replaced with a panel for your exact model, because the LCD models and the OLED model take different parts and a Lite is different again. We test touch and the picture before the shell goes back on. A Switch that is running but shows nothing is checked for a backlight or a connection fault before a screen is condemned.
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Fan, overheating, and will not turn on
A Switch that gets hot in the dock, whose fan whines, or that shuts down in a long session is usually full of fluff with dried thermal paste, and a clean and repaste settles it. One that will not turn on is worked through in order: the charger, the port, the battery and then the board, because a flat battery and a dead board look the same from the outside and are nothing like the same job.
Parts, honestly
Genuine, compatible, and what the software will say
Most console parts are not sold by the maker to independent repairers, so a port, a fan, a drive or a stick module is a compatible part made for that model, or a genuine one where the maker makes it available, and the quote says which is going in and what it costs before you agree. A soldered HDMI or charging port is replaced by us, in-house. On a Switch the parts most often fitted are a stick module, a rail with its ribbon cable, a USB-C port and a screen for the exact model. The newer Switch 2 is a 2025 console: a fault on one that is not accidental damage should go to Nintendo first, and we will say so.
Is it worth repairing?
An honest answer for the Nintendo Switch
Usually yes, and the parts are modest. A stick module, a rail or a port costs a fraction of a replacement console, and the console comes back as it was, saves and all. A screen is worth doing on a console that is otherwise sound. Where we pause is a board fault from a bad dock or a spill, which is specialist work: we tell you what it would cost and who would do it, against the price of a console, and you decide.
This is a games console repair job.
- Before anyone travels
A free first opinion
A first opinion is free. Before anyone travels we tell you what the repair is likely to cost: a fixed price where the fault and the model make it clear, or an honest estimate where we need to see the machine.
- If it needs a visit
A £50 call-out, agreed first
A visit has a £50 call-out, the same wherever we come out to, agreed before we travel. It is the first £50 of your job, not an extra on top: if you go ahead, it is part of the price you pay, and if you do not, it is all you pay, because it covers the journey and the time spent finding the fault.
- Before any work
One fixed quote, then No Fix, No Fee
You get one fixed quote, agreed in writing, before any work starts. If we cannot fix the fault we quoted for, you pay nothing for the repair. No Fix, No Fee covers the repair, not the call-out.
Seen on a real job
Photographed as we worked
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Games console repair · March 2025
A Nintendo Switch with a worn Joy-Con rail, opened on the bench
A well-used Switch in its box, a new Joy-Con rail still in its bag, and the console open to the battery and the fan to reach it. One of Jordan's jobs from before the JorTech name, photographed as it was done.
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Television repair · November 2024
A television opened at the door, and the board that runs it
A Samsung television with its back off on bubble wrap at the customer's door: the mainboard found, the ribbon cables that feed the panel traced, the board lifted out. One of Jordan's jobs from before the JorTech name, photographed as it was done.
Our promises
- No fix, no fee on the repairIf we cannot fix the fault we quoted for, you pay nothing for the repair. The £50 call-out still applies if we come out.
- A free first opinionDescribe the fault and we will tell you what it sounds like and whether it is worth doing, before anyone travels.
- We come to youAcross Leeds, West Yorkshire, Harrogate, Knaresborough and York, or we collect and return.
- A real person repliesNot a call centre, not a ticket queue: we read every enquiry, day and night, Sunday to Friday. The fixed quote you agree is the price you pay.
Other models
A different model? Pick yours
Where we work
We come to you across Leeds, West Yorkshire, Harrogate, Knaresborough and York
Home, work or a cafe over a coffee, day or night, Sunday to Friday. There is no walk-in shop, so we come to it, or collect it and bring it back. Start at computer repair in Leeds, or pick your area.
Tell us what is wrong.
Book a repair and describe the fault. A visit has a £50 call-out, agreed before we travel. We will find the fault properly, give you a fixed quote before any work, and if we cannot fix it there is nothing to pay for the repair, only the call-out. A real person who does the work, not a call centre.