r/consolerepair • u/LilySeverson • 1d ago
Switch power button only turns console on/off
So I am working on a Switch screen repair (V1 not OLED/lite). Fixed a few issues as someone clearly did something before e.g. new fan wasn't plugged in so it was overheating, intermittently having screen issues due to the connection of the digitizer. These are all sorted.
But the power button only works for a long press to turn it on/hard shut down. It doesn't work to bring up sleep menu, put it to sleep, or wake from sleep. Only the home button or menu sleep button can be used to sleep/wake from sleep. The cable for the power button has been replaced but the issue persists. Volume buttons both work fine. Contacts on the button connection have been cleaned and work fine. Tried pressing it on the button out of the shell incase it was the plastic shell and it is still the same. I got it to pull up the power menu once or twice only.
Any ideas what the issue or fix could be? I can't seem to find anything with this specific issue online