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Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nintendo Switch 2 gets disassembled — Nvidia chip gets its close-up
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Nintendo Switch 2 is only just launching, and someone has already torn it down. YouTube channel ProModding has opened up the new handheld console, showcasing the new Nvidia chip, as well as taking a microscope to examine all the circuits. The teardown starts with screws on the bottom of the system and behind the kickstand. It ends up toher screws are on the colored covers on each side of the system, where you attach the Joy-Con controllers. With screws and clips out of the way, the back cover comes right is a lot of metal shielding, but ProModding dispatched that with a few screws after removing the removing the cooler and disconnecting the battery, the motherboard came out. After prying off more shielding and removing the thermal paste, the new Nvidia chip was unveiled. The GMLX30-A1 name on the chip is similar to leaks posted back in 2024. Image 1 of 2 Image 2 of 2 If you want to see every IC on the board, you're in luck. ProModder goes over the whole board with a the exception of the screws on the sides of the device, this doesn't seem like a very arduous teardown. That being said, you probably shouldn't open your own Switch 2, as you may void your warranty or damage your console. Recently, Nintendo of America updated its End User License Agreement to note that you can't "bypass, modify, decrypt, defeat, tamper with, or otherwise circumvent any of the functions or protections of the Nintendo Account Services, including through the use of any hardware," and that if you do, Nintendo may "render... the applicable Nintendo device permanently unusable in whole or in part." So if you open it to make a change, you may be risking the possibility of your system working at will likely have a more specific repair manual for its technicians. But until the launch tomorrow, June 5, we can watch modders on YouTube do their thing. Follow Tom's Hardware on Google News to get our up-to-date news, analysis, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button.
Tom's Guide
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
Nintendo Switch 2 has just got its first teardown — here's what we learned
Today's the day many a gamer has been waiting for. The Nintendo Switch 2 has officially been released, meaning everyone that was lucky enough to pre-order the console should be receiving it. But while most people will be off playing Mario Kart World, others are diving into the Switch 2 to see what the console is made of — literally. The first teardown of the console has made its way online courtesy of ProModding and it's an interesting watch. This is able to show us exactly what's inside the Switch 2's interior and how the console has been put together. While it doesn't delve into specifics like repairability, there are some insights to be gleaned from the teardown. Right at the very end of the video ProModding notes a few key details about the phone. One of the most important is that the screen has the same film as the Switch OLED, and it's already been widely reported that you should not remove this. Not if you want the screen to actually work in handheld mode. The Joy-Cons also sit tighter than they do on the original Switch, but they can still be wobbled slightly. The thermal paste is also the same as that on the original console, which ProModding notes means that the gray paste will have dried out in around a year and a half. The Verge notes that people have replaced the thermal paste on their original Switch consoles for better performance, and that may be something that the more intrepid Switch 2 owners start doing in the near future — after the warranties have already expired. Finally the YouTuber describes the Switch 2's rear kickstand as "obviously too flimsy." Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. Apparently moving it from only a single edge means putting the stand at "high risk" of breaking. So be careful if you plan on using the console in tabletop mode. No doubt this is the first of many teardowns of the console, and it's likely that we'll see a lot more analysis on how the Switch 2 (and Joy-Cons) is built over the coming days. Needless to say, in light of this quick analysis, and iFixit retroactively changing the Switch 1's repairability to 4/10, you may want to be very careful with your new purchase. Especially since it may not be easy to get a new one.
The Verge
4 days ago
- Business
- The Verge
Look inside the Nintendo Switch 2 with the console's first teardown
It's already June 5th in some parts of the world, which means the Nintendo Switch 2 is now out in the wild. Before the first reviews of the new console have appeared online, the YouTube channel ProModding has already shared a 17-minute teardown video of the handheld that includes close-ups of its custom Nvidia processor. Aside from Nintendo hiding a few screws and release latches beneath stickers on either side of the console, the teardown appears to be relatively straightforward if you already have the tools needed to carefully remove ribbon cables and other connectors and don't care about voiding the Switch 2's warranty. The teardown doesn't provide many new insights into the Switch 2's internal hardware, but ProModding did share a few observations of the new console. The Joy-Con controllers do sit tighter when attached to the Switch 2 than they did on the original, but can still be wobbled. Nintendo appears to be using the same types of thermal paste it used on the first Switch, which some gamers have replaced to improve performance and prolong the life of their consoles. They also note that the folding support stand on the back of the Switch 2 is 'too flimsy' and that there is a 'high risk of breakage' when attempting to unfold it from only one side. If you want to know how repairable the Switch 2 is, you might need to wait for iFixit's teardown. Yesterday, iFixit retroactively reduced the original Nintendo Switch's repair score from the 8 out of 10 it gave the console in 2017 to a 4 out of 10, based more on its battery setup and progress made by competitors like Valve's Steam Deck than the finicky Joy-Con sticks.
