Nintendo Switch OLED RP2040 (PicoFly) Modchip Installation

In this video, we'll show you how to install the RP2040 (PicoFly) modchip on your Nintendo Switch OLED.

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction
0:57 Disassembly
6:20 CPU Flex Cable Install
9:18 DAT0 Adapter Install
11:45 Reset Wire Prep
12:18 Exposing the CLK point
13:51 CLK Flex Cable Install
16:38 Thermal Paste and Cleaning
17:28 Reset Wire Install
17:52 Testing the Modchip
18:40 Reassembly
20:15 Final Notes

[joakoagui]

Just a couple of tips for you, my man.

1. Get a smaller soldering iron, you struggled way too much on SP1 and SP2 points. With the right tool those take like 2 mins max.
2. Apply kapton tape on top of those, it's a known issue that if they get pressed to firm when closing the switch and screwing the cooling pad, they can touch with the top lid and making them short to ground.
3. As an extra help, you can pre tin the pads so it's way easier when it's on the console. But this is just optional, not really necessary.

I've done like 30 of these, so it's just honest good tips, not hate. Keep practicing.

[XengalXIV]

Holy crap very helpful. I got everything on the first try it took 2 hours, but it's worth it. Thank you, man

[itami_aka_ju]

Tried my first Chip and fucked up at the D0. Your video - THE QUALITY - gives me better hope for the next try. thanks a lot

[TechnoidProduction]

Just a tip for next time, try pre-tin the solder pads on the flex cables. Also, try trimming the plastic border off large ground pads (on the flex pcb), thisll allow their mechanical connection to the switch PCB to be stronger.

Great video!

[DakotaL]

Absolute LEGEND for this content, undoubtedly the best guides I've seen for Switch modchips

[jackipiegg]

11:16
You should put kapton tape on the inner side of the nand shield (Ground).
Many people skip this crucial step.
After some time, the solder blob will short with the nand shield due to the nature of it being a handheld (dropping, moving).

[mr_Mels]

I see that many people fixed wire on glue or something like that. I was hesitant about leaving the wires loose, but since it works for you, I'll do the same. Thanks for the video.

[gregcy]

You are a true microsurgeon bro! Greetings from Russia. No hate :)

[jb-electronic]

12:34 You need to be careful when cutting the shield, you almost broke open a resistor and you dented the APU and slightly scratched some traces, you could have been in for a long painful fault finding.

[JWAutomotive]

Could you please tell or show me between points you are checking the resistance to be sure that you thze contact is properly done.

[AshLongie]

Lol that iron tip is huge you done well with that shovel 😂😂😂😂 nice work bud

[bitsamurai]

Finally a good video. Love my og but wish I could use my Oled full time.

[SilverGreen]

Thank you very much for this tutorial. My picofly just arrived yesterday and was the exact same model as yours, so I managed to mod my switch OLED successfully. Initially I panicked because after installing it, it booted to the normal OFW and blinked long-short indicating a problem with D0 connection. Although I measured the point and it showed 0, 7V. I taked away the D0 adapter and reseated it and now it works. Just weird it didn't work the first time, as the voltage reading was correct.

[CertifiedProductions]

did my first modchip install on a V1 Switch and watching someone do it to the oled its insane how much different it actually is

[seanshay]

a note to all, eye glass cleaner wipes are a great tool in cleaning surfaces u can get a box of them at your local walmart. also you are much better off to install 4 wires for the A B C and D points the cable is worthless

[weirdmaninshirt]

Hi, I got a question regarding DAT0 and C of the Pico. I installed the ribbon, checked DAT0 and it shows ~0.7V. Great. Connecto a wire from it to C, measure C and I get 1.6V which is bad. Checking DAT0 again shows 0.6V. What could cause that? I resoldered the ends, I swapped out the wire, even tried a different C point on the Pico - nothing helps. Starting to lose my marbles here. Any help would be appreciated!

[icysmokes]

I installed everything. The pico fly gets power and everything, but when I boot it up, it just loads the nintendo os the chip flashes blue then blinks green/orange but just loads normally I also flashed the chip but I don't know if that's doing anything but every time I reconnect it to the computer the file disappeared and the 2 original files appear

[moussi]

Great video, I would personally have used a more narrow tip for the soldering iron and soldering paste in place of solder wire, also heating up and cooling down the solder joint multiple times is bad for the joint and can even damage surface mounted capacitors, if you switch to solder paste you can have perfect connections on the 1st go.

[JaclkMurphy]

I have a bricked switch… someone deleted the files on the sd card and removed cfw (v1 unpatched) … they thought it was gone… then they updated the system… bricked..

I have been asked to fix.. but I can’t figure this out.., would a picofly install fix this? All the usual stuff isn’t working… Nintendo flashes and disappears . Help.

[spitfireGamesVR]

I could never do this on my own... I dont have the tools or the steady hands or the knowledge. I just learned today that Yuzu and Ryujinx shut down due to some legal pressure. My cracked v1 needs a system update in order to transfer save data and game files which would break my atmosphere installation, and I really dont feel like doing it again. Is there anywhere I Can commission someone to mod my switch for me?