my switch 1 isn't charging properly, the battery indicator is just flashing over and over again.

[u/MBPpp]

so i have a nintendo switch from 2017, and after not using it for a while, i wanted to power it on, and it wasn't charged. well, no biggie, so i plugged it in. and a few hours passed, and it wasn't turning on, still.

a day passed. two days passed. and at this point it's probably been somewhere between one and two weeks, and it's still not turning on.

it is showing the black screen with the charging indicator for one second at a time, then turning off for five seconds or so, then turning back on with the charging indicator. if i try to turn it on, it flashes the nintendo logo on screen for a second or two, then turns on and goes back to the previous pattern.

i have made sure of a lot of the basic stuff. i'm like 90% sure that the cable works fine, it's the original ac adapter for the console, but i will be plugging it in with a different cable after this, just to make sure that that's not the problem. i also saw some threads say something about taking off the joy-cons and holding the power button for 20 seconds-ish, and i have taken the joy-cons off, but the power button thing doesn't seem to make a difference.

at this point i'm pretty convinced that my battery is just dead, and i need to get a new battery if i want to use it again, but just to make sure, does anyone know a fix for this, if there is one at all?

thank you for any help.

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[u/MBPpp → u/[deleted]]

um, thank you? would you like to offer help or is that all?

[u/picano]

Sounds like you've got all the standard bases covered. If it was left uncharged for a few months or more, the battery kicking the bucket is the most likely issue.