As requested, photo from my solder attached (not high quality). Additional I attached my modchips.
With this install (plus chip attached) I have a normal boot and code:
Blue - Long Yellow - Long Yellow - Short Yellow
1716290919
With solderpoints like this I should stop the work on this console...
Hey again me. made some progress. But still no succed.
I bought a new chip. Mostly because I damaged the solderpoints of the flexcable, so I needed a new one.
The first chip has the text: "RP2040-NS", the second one "New2040plus". What do you know about those chips? Is one more recommended or...
At this point I am stopping my modding working. I removed the flexcable and I am happy with a working non-mod console.
The reasons for that:
- Skill issue. I do not having that precise soldering tool I need.
- Hardware. The flexcable seems for me already overused after few unskilled tries. And...
Well I made minimum two mistake up to here.
1. I forgot to flash the chip. Thats done now.
2. I forgot to fix the chip on the motherboard (the thingy on top of the cpu)
Now the light is flashing:
Blue ... Long-Yellow - Shirt-Yellow (3 times)
Regarding the picofly guide 6.4 This is right...
I resoldered it. The picture is the best I can do.
System ist starting up currently. Display lights minimal on. Stay on without doing anything. CPU ist getting warm, over time hot. Cooler does not do anything.
Hi ewabc
While trying making a good photo. (Well it is heavy without good devices ^^), I did something else..
I hope this helps to find the error.
I uninstalled the modchip. The console is booting fine. The cooler was also working as aspected.
What exactly does this describes to my problem...
Hello Reader,
i just recently installed a modchip (guess a picofly) on a switch V2 on my own.
To my person: I am not very practised with soldering but I know the risks.
I buyed the modchip from Aliexpress.
The expected behaviour is the screen with "boot.dat".
But my console behaves...
I may try the new ram site, and download more RAM to my Switch. Not sure if ddr3 is the right ram
for it tho. Edit- no it uses floppy Ram, just like @AncientBoi