You are all ready for gaming evening after a stressful day and nobody can stop you from playing SuperSmash. You switch on your Nintendo Switch, but suddenly it’s not turning on and has stopped working? Ah, looks like it ruined your plans for a perfect and happy evening.
But, don’t worry, this article got you covered. We have collected a list of common reasons and ways to fix the problems of “Nintendo switch won’t turn on”.
Let’s move on to check how to fix the issue.
How So Fix Nintendo switch?
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1. Check For Charging Cord Problem
Oftenly, charging cord happens to be behind all of these issues.Generally, portable cord shows this kind of issue due to bending of pin or adapter. Also, most of them wear out with time.
So, first and foremost step should be checking any cord related problem:
For this, connect the cable to the console and check the wire. If the wire feels loose , your console may be damaged and should be replaced. Also, Check for any melt, burn or discoloured site. If there is any, repair it.
Most of the time, with portable cables this issue may happen. So, Check for bent pins, adapters or fraying wires. Also, if you are using any charging cord other than the official Nintendo switch charging cord, it may have led to damage to the battery and have affected the battery life.
So, for that, simply change /repair the charging cord. If your cord has been damaged, simply replace that. And if you are using any third-party charger, stop using that and use the original one. Using original charger doesn’t provide any harm, provides you better battery life and good performance and less chance for damage of the device.
2. Fully Charge Your Nintendo Switch
Our second tip would be charging it. It may seem very basic, but sometimes it has been cause for frustration of many. It may be possible that the cord did not got plugged correctly or maybe there is some issue with the cord (See method 1).
So, for charging simply connect cable to console. And finally plug in to charge. Also, make sure that connection is perfect. If the battery would have been completely empty,it may take some time for the screen to show. After that, wait for sometime and check if your device switches on.
If it works , enjoy your evening , but if it doesn’t move to the next one.
3. Perform a Force Restart
Firmware issue is one of the most common issues faced by customers. To resolve these issues, force restart method has worked out for most. It is done by pressing the power button in a different manner.
If you don’t know how to do it, here is it:
Step 1: Long press the power button for 12 to 15 seconds.
Step 2: Then, release the button .
Step 3: After step 2, immediately push the button 3 times and in the third time, hold the button till Nintendo Switch turns on.
Doing this, see if your screen turns on or not. If not, move to the next one.
4. Perform a Hard Reset
If performing all above mentioned methods, does not provide you result, then may be there issue is of software. For this , we will have to try hard reset or also known as factory reset. Factory reset, reboots the device along with all games and data or may be delete all data and start over fresh.
Doing this will also improve the performance of the device. Steps for doing hard reset are:
Step 1: Long press and hold both power button and up/down volume button for 5 seconds to open Maintenance Mode.
Step 2: Then, in maintenance mode, select Initialise Console without Deleting Save Data and tap OK. If you want to delete the saved data, tap on Initialise Console.
Step 3: Next, follow the instructions and check if you got the screen turned on.
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Conclusion
That was all methods for the problem of “NINTENDO SWITCH NO TURNING ON” from our side. We hope the method mentioned worked for you and currently you are enjoying the rest of the day. We hope the article was useful to you.
