The original speakers were open; the OLED's speakers are housed in dedicated plastic brackets to direct sound forward, requiring different electrical connectors.
To save space, Nintendo combined the Game Card reader, SD card slot, and 3.5mm headphone jack onto a single, "guitar-shaped" daughterboard. This makes individual repairs to these high-wear parts more difficult as they are now soldered together.
The system retains the standard 4310 mAh (16 Wh) lithium-ion battery (HAC-003), which is glued to the housing but remains accessible once the shield plate is removed. Audio and Display Interconnects Schematic Nintendo Switch Oled
Unlike the original model’s larger board, the OLED's motherboard is notably shorter and shifted to the left to make room for new mechanical hinges. It houses the NVIDIA Custom Tegra processor and 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM .
The internal storage is doubled to 64 GB eMMC , but unlike earlier versions where the storage was a separate module, it is now integrated into the main circuitry. Cooling and Power Distribution The original speakers were open; the OLED's speakers
The 7-inch OLED panel connects via a delicate ribbon cable located under the motherboard. Unlike the original's separate digitizer and LCD, the OLED is a fused unit, adhered only around the bezel for easier replacement. Nintendo Switch™ - System hardware, console specs
Despite the thinner OLED panel, the internal space is more crowded, leading to a complete redesign of the thermal solution. The system retains the standard 4310 mAh (16
The Switch OLED’s internal schematic is defined by three primary layers: the rear housing, a central metal shield plate, and the motherboard assembly.
The schematic for the OLED model introduces a new enclosed speaker design.