Topic: Nintendo Switch Warping (bending)

I do not know if Nintendo has fixed this or not but I read some other people's posts on the Nintendo Support forums and they said they were told that as long as it fits in the dock it's fine (it doesn't affect performance)

Should you be putting your switch in the dock?

Dont worry about things like that, you see a post here and there but think about how many millions are not having that problem

I see your point, but some things should make you worried when your a new owner of a console

@Astra
Yea, it's easy to get worried. But like my mom always said, worrying is like chewing gum while sitting in a rocking chair: gives you something to do, but won't get you anywhere.

Might even give you cavities, to be honest.

@Astra You probably should be putting your Switch in the dock. Thats what it is designed to do.

The Switch disperses heat via a mixture of a heatsink, thermal paste, a fan and a metal back just under the cover on the rear of the machine.

In the dock itself yes it would get hot as the system runs off mains and at full capacity. Air flows into the dock from the sides and back, into the recessed vents (recessed so even if covered, air still goes in) through the system, and out the exposed top.

Now for this to bend basically what will need to happen is the metal plate will need to bend, but that can only happen if pressure is applied, i.e. something weighting down one side so its heavier (like the battery) but as it stands the console doesnt actually touch either side of the dock. So the dock itself cant provide pressure to bend the system.

So what causes it? If it was the battery a bend would only occur if the system was lying flat where the weight of the battery would push either the front or the back of the system down, causing that bulge effect people report.

Bit that cant happen in the dock because its vertical so the Switch would logically bend so the left or right side is lower than the other side kind of like a droop.

The only logical answer is the heatsink that runs through the general middle of the system heats up and this, being connected to the metal plate via thermal paste, expands slightly and pushes the plate outwards a little.

But the cool think about metal is it bends back.

Thank you @BPL_Software

One question should I take breaks and let it cool off?

I really appreciate all of your replies I'm a new switch owner so I guess I'll have to learn but this is helping me

Another question @BPL_Software would an SD card be weighing it down or would this change anything?

Sometimes I worry about our future....

Odds of your Switch bending are slim to none. I wouldn't worry about it.

No, an SD card isn't nearly heavy enough to affect or change anything.

It might bend very, VERY slightly, but unless your dock is horrendously deformed, it wouldn't bend enough to affect how the system works.

@Astra The SD card is in no way heavy enough.

Id take breaks every couple hours. I also open the flap on the back of the dock if I feel the fan getting hot.

Thanks again guys

I'm with you, buddy!

I have 2 Switches and 2 have warped

1 is literary almost deformed to the max

and the other is only a little bent

So, it has literally folded right over?!

@Tattie_Man Post a picture of the first one, I wanna see how that looks!

Presumably it looks something like this: