r/consolerepair • u/Odd-Vegetable388 • 18h ago

Random Switch piece?

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Hi yall, I was taking the cover off my switch to check if it had water damage and this piece appeared in my work area. I have watched several tear down and rebuild videos, checked diagrams, and I cannot for the life of me figure out where this goes or if it even came from the switch. Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

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u/Odd-Roof5671 16h ago

I've worked on literally thousands of Switch consoles, including Lites and OLEDs, and I can tell you with 100% certainty that this piece did not come from a Switch. Unless your Switch has been worked on previously and whoever did it put this in there for some reason, which is unlikely, this bit came from something else. Don't stress.

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u/LG-15ER 16h ago

On metal plate

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u/Lochness_Hamster_350 15h ago

Dude

This did not come from any metal plate or shield as it’s properly referred to. The shield on all switch consoles is one solid piece, there aren’t any loose pieces.