Neither Nintendo nor Switch owners have yet pinpointed a cause for the issue, although there are some ideas. Reddit users speculated on whether the blue screen is the result of the required day-one update or a hardware defect; it’s not clear which is the case, although the latter seems more likely.

Owners who have experienced the similar orange screen — another rare issue, it seems — say it’s occurred randomly, but Reddit users have found a fix: Rebooting the system by holding down the power button seems to solve the screen problem.

It’s not clear if that’s the primary solution, however. It also doesn’t work for the blue screen problem, nor did it solve a problem another Switch owner had with a flickering screen. He had to get a replacement, too.

Got a broken Nintendo Switch with a flickering screen that also goes inverted, black or white. Good thing I already got a replacement. pic.twitter.com/kBrbvhOnlD

— Joakim Bodin (@jbripley) March 3, 2017

Another hardware issue has to do with the Switch’s dock, not the device itself. Glixel reports that after a week of “daily use,” the site’s Switch bears a number of scratches on its screen. To be clear, the scratches appeared on the lower left part of the bezel, not on the screen itself.

Posted: Mar 04, 2017 2:26 pm
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Source: http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/3/14805574/nintendo-switch-hardware-issues-screen