I did not notice this before, but the joycons do not wirelessly work.
Issues in the stock firmware def point to a hardware issue welp.
Thanks for you time! Wish me luck trying to get a refund haha
That would be unfortunate :/
That said, I am able to connect to my wifi network. I've also been able to download and install things from the homebrew app store just fine.
Is it possible that this could be caused due to my console being banned and it trying to contact the Nintendo servers?
I've now run a h2testw on both SD cards. They both passed the test.
I confirmed that the launch crashes happen on vanilla Atmosphere without any sigpatches.
Furthermore. I launched the switch into debug mode and tried to run "initialize console" on the system emuMMC *no SD card in the system...
Background
I purchased a damaged OLED Switch model from my local pawn shop. The motherboard was damaged and beyond my current ability to repair. When looking at replacements online, I found a modded, but banned, oled motherboard was going for the same price as unbanned motherboards on ebay. So...
Caller -"Everytime I start a Pc game on my S24, playing on a external monitor, someone calls or texts me, n it kicks me out of the game." Customer Support - Click (hangs up)
I found it funny cause many many years ago, had a roommate in college that did this same dumbass branding of the school logo, but it didn't look anything like it after it healed. Just looked like a birthmark.