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title: "The reason third-party docks brick?"
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description: "Nintendo has advised users not to use third-party Nintendo Switch docks with their consoles amid numerous reports that consoles are being bricked since the 5.0.0. update."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2018-04-04 12:26:22"
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The reason third-party docks brick? | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![The reason third-party docks brick?](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/the-reason-third-party-docks-brick.jpeg "The reason third-party docks brick?")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/the-reason-third-party-docks-brick.jpeg)Nintendo has advised users not to use third-party Nintendo Switch docks with their consoles amid numerous reports that consoles are being bricked since the 5.0.0. update.

We haven’t had an official explanation as to why the third party docks are now causing bricking Nintendo Switch consoles. But Nintendo sticks to the we have not officially tested them so no warranties etc.

## [](#enter-the-interwebz)Enter the Interwebz

But a Reddit member may have an answer to it;

> The USB-C protocols in the Nintendo Switch do not “play nice” with third party products and could possibly be related to the bricking issues.

Well, protocols not following a standard can be a thing … but be sure to check out the Reddit member’s full analysis; [https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/87vmud/the\_switch\_is\_not\_usbc\_compliant\_and\_overdraws/](https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/87vmud/the_switch_is_not_usbc_compliant_and_overdraws/)

Do you agree with **Intoxicus5**‘s findings?

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