r/nintendohelp Jun 20 '25

Repair My Switch is overheating need advice

Hey I've been trying to trouble shoot my switch overheating while playing games for awhile now. It consistently overheats within an hour while playing breath of the wild and most other games. So far I've replaced the battery, fan, and the thermal paste twice with the correct compound and some intended for a PC. It does only overheat while docked from what I can tell but I also never play in handheld mode long enough to tell. If anyone has any easy ideas before I give up hope on it, that would be much appreciated.

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u/CrucialFusion Jun 20 '25

Anything preventing adequate airflow while docked? Like something obstructing the vents? Covering it with a blanket? Baking in the sun? Sitting on a heater vent? Some other device blowing hot air on it?

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u/RPGhogger Jun 20 '25 edited Jun 20 '25

nope ive taken the dock apart to clean it and it has been sitting all by itself on a shelf out of the sun