Asimovās 3 laws wouldnāt be the first laws that I simply ignore.
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Found my long-lost xBTā¦ still have time to get it put in I suppose.
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So cool.
I went the lazy casual gamer route and just bought a Switch, but Iād be a lot less hesitant to buy any games for it if I could run them on PC. I should look into how itās done, see if itās not too difficult.
Takes a peak in the debian apt repos.
Oh.
Well, now I need to budget for more Switch games.
Is the mechanism for reading those open/cracked or are there specific types of readers needed?
Pretty much a āwhatever is able to read it worksā thing. It just spits out an ID number and a couple other bits of info like the temp etc. Itās designed to be easy/simple to get info off of.
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I recommend yuzu. Unfortunately that has been nuked by Nindendos lawyers, so aquiring the emulator executable, a switch firmware dump, nvs keys, and game ROMs requires sailing the high seas. A similar fate struck ryujinx.
Surprisingly, for the first step
ā apt-cache search yuzu
yuzu - Nintendo Switch Emulator
As for the other steps, will I need to copy firmware &/or some sort of keys from my physical Switch or somesuch? Will it run my Switch cartridges from my SD card slot?
Iāve done so little hacking of the Switch that I downloaded this eBook reader for the Switch to my PC and had no idea what I was supposed to do with the files, or even how to browse the thingās file structure to put the books in the right place. Figured eventually Iād stick 'em on an SD card and just see if anything happens. Very lazy gamer.
do you have any guides or resources?
i have one i need to install and not sure how to read it easily (impulse buy on my last order 
)
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Flipper Zero should be able to read it. Or else any pet-chip reading $30 unit should be able to also.
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Proxmark3 should also read it. The FDX-B protocol supports an ID, an animal bit flag, and 24 bits of āapplication dataā which can be anything the manufacturer wants. In the case of thermo chips, temperature data is encoded within these 24 application bits of FDX-B data. The temperature data represents a specific range possible temperatures, with 0x00 representing 74Ā°F and subsequent values increasing in increments of 0.2Ā°F. For example, a byte value of 0x01 should encode 74.2Ā°F.
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āAsapā took way longer than expected ā¦ And 2 attempts ā¦
It ended a lot deeper than i imagined. The scalpel was all the way in and barely reached the implant, but here is is 
Glamor shot of the xSIID next to the NExT:
Iām done with R0 ā¦
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The LED looks pretty big. Is that an 0402 or an 0201 resistor?
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Where are you going to implant it?
I use a Flipper
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I own(ed) a patched Switch for years, but just before I was heading overseas, I was getting it ready to take with me, BUT it wouldnāt turn on.
I pulled it apart to fault find, I couldnāt find the issue, I reached out to NZ/AU equivalent of GameStop, they had a set fee for any repair.
I sent it off, I went overseas, I came back to a āwe could not repair, so we replaced itā
My switch was not even close to being under warranty, my set fee was not close to the cost of a brand new one, and normally, that would be great service, HOWEVER, I now do not have a patched console, I have not picked up the replacement yet as I am in the process or recovering my ābrokenā one, I am trying to find out what the specific issue was, and what warranted a full replacement rather than repair, I have a suspicion that due to it being patched, they pulled it rather than repair.
I havenāt read the small print, but I donāt like my chances of getting it backā¦
If Iām forced to take a new one, I might pay the difference to get a Switch2 ( I donāt actually know what specific spec console they have replaced it with )
I have not been in the market for a new switch and I am not across the current status of them, Is anybody aware of any āmodsā that exist for newer Switch consoles? I have a lot of Switch games that wonāt work on a new console.
If āyesā a DM would be appreciated
That is all, Thanks
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Happy 4th of July to the inch understanding cyborgs!
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Colorado. 
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Thank you! I am excited to celebrate the fact that we are no longer run by a single tyrannical entity with near-total control of the cou- Oh wait yeah nvm.
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Iāve watched enough of tronics fixās videos to have an idea of the failed part or how to determine easily which part it is.
From the sounds of it the major component isnāt bad.
I think itās honestly that the time to repair this vs replace was levied.
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Ha, well in that case, mine was installed in my New Jersey
The phrase āthe armpit of the USAā is a derogatory term often used to describe places perceived as undesirable, unappealing, or run-down. Itās not an official designation, but rather an informal and subjective opinion.
While thereās no single āarmpitā that everyone agrees on, New Jersey is very frequently given this label.
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In hindsight I should have done that.
Although
Sometimes its worth asking the question, āwhats my time worth?ā
The time and money it would have taken me to, pull it apart (although I already did that)order parts, repair (if i diagnosed correctly), reassemble(although I already did that)
vs.
Pay the expert who has all the time, knowledge, experience and parts for a very reasonable fee and a guaranteed repair.
My assumption was it was a power issue,
I never considered that it would be replacement console, I did assume they may not bother replacing individual components, but if anything, I assumed It would be a swapped module or board.
I guess you know what they say about assumption
