Nintendo Switch 2 Board Installation

Place the board into the console at an angle so it sits underneath the metal grilles on the bottom edge of the console.

Use your fingers or a spudger to bend all the ribbon cables away from the board so they aren't stuck beneath it.

Lower the board into the console.

Use a JIS 00 driver to install the six 3.4 mm‑long silver screws securing the board.

Use tweezers to insert the left Joy‑Con 2 connector cable into its ZIF connector on the board until it's fully seated.

Use your finger or a spudger to flip the hinged locking flap down to secure the cable.

Align the left speaker cable's white JST connector with its socket on the board.

Use tweezers or your fingers to fully seat the connector into its socket.

Use tweezers or your fingers to insert the button board cable into its ZIF connector.

Flip the hinged locking flap down to secure the button board cable.

Align the right speaker cable's JST connector with its socket on the board and push it in until it's fully seated.

Use tweezers to insert the right Joy‑Con 2 connector cable into its ZIF connector on the board until it's fully seated.

Flip the hinged locking flap down to secure the cable.

Insert the microphone cable into its ZIF connector, then set the microphone into its slot in the frame.

Flip the hinged locking flap down to secure the microphone cable.

Guide the headphone jack cable into its connector, then set the assembly into its recess in the frame.

Use a JIS 00 driver to install the 6.2 mm‑long silver screw securing the headphone jack.

Flip the hinged locking flap down to secure the headphone jack cable.

Use tweezers or your fingers to slide the screen cable into its ZIF connector until it's fully seated.

Flip the hinged locking flap down to secure the cable.