Nintendo Support: Set Up a Repair for a Nintendo Product
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Nintendo Support - Important Information About Repair Service Center Closures
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This is the right call. It's unfortunate for those who already sent in their JoyCon and won't get them back for a while, but I'm glad to see Nintendo is putting its employees first -- especially employees who the rest of us don't typically think about or see.
Well, shit.
I'm now facing the quadruple whammy of:
- My Switch fan making a horrible, loud grinding noise that's rough enough that the system vibrates. This happens at least once per day, usually the first time I turn it on. Typically goes away after a minute or two, faster if I put the system back to sleep. Happens in both handheld and docked mode. I think the fan bearings must be bad or something.
- Nintendo repair centers closing for the foreseeable near-term future, so there's no reliable way to get it fixed.
- Switch being out of stock everywhere, so there's no way to replace it.
- Animal Crossing saves being 100% impossible to transfer even if I could find a new Switch, so there's no good way to keep my village.
I'm glad the company is doing the right thing and staying safe, but damn is this a really inconvenient time to start having these issues.
I'm now facing the quadruple whammy of:
- My Switch fan making a horrible, loud grinding noise that's rough enough that the system vibrates. This happens at least once per day, usually the first time I turn it on. Typically goes away after a minute or two, faster if I put the system back to sleep. Happens in both handheld and docked mode. I think the fan bearings must be bad or something.
- Nintendo repair centers closing for the foreseeable near-term future, so there's no reliable way to get it fixed.
- Switch being out of stock everywhere, so there's no way to replace it.
- Animal Crossing saves being 100% impossible to transfer even if I could find a new Switch, so there's no good way to keep my village.
I'm glad the company is doing the right thing and staying safe, but damn is this a really inconvenient time to start having these issues.
This may or may not make you feel better but I've had a similar grinding, loose bearing noise on my Switch since the end of October. I had contacted support back in December and the guy was really helpful. He had asked if the system was overheating at all (It's not) and recommended just monitoring it for now since my warranty is good until August. Since then I've put hundreds of hours into games (125 hours into animal crossing alone since it launched) and the system is still fine.
I had talked to a few computer engineers that said it doesn't guarantee the fan will die but people online say a loose bearing WILL eventually fair, so take that as you will.
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It's still playable, right? Just try and hold onto it until near June, and maybe the cloud save announcement will appear by the Nintendo Digital Event 2020.
Good point too. I'm sure a full system transfer is coming at some point.