1TB Hard Drive Not spinning - Repair and Data Recovery in 6 minutes

[@bardechh]

This is my device and I am very pleased with the job Alex and his daughter did. Extremely happy with Northridge Fix and I was tickled to see it on KZbin.

[@mistalobsta]

I love how bluntly honest this brilliant lad is even when he makes an on-screen mistake live on camera. Most content creators only leave the 'perfect' shots..

[@1src]

Great family & businessman, you’re really an example for so many people due to your overall honesty and kindness, respect it a lot!

[@CooLDEaFy]

Good job Alex the Dr.Surgeon Electronic repairman ,,, I joke… :)

[@dtnel]

Can you test a SSD hard drive? It's a Samsung 480gb roughly. Computer just didn't recognize one day when the laptop booted up. Lost over 400GB of OS, data, etc. It's sat a few years and would love to be able to get it up and running.

[@tellolite]

Maybe someone already asked for this, but it'll be great if you could show your meter readings so we can see what you see while probing the components. A successful and satisfying repair as always, another lesson I learned sir... thank you

[@jikonaf9173]

I second this

[@JassonQuill]

you can try yourself by testing good or brandnew hard drive

[@albertlanger2339]

Why give away secrets of your trade? I think we were shown enough.

[@su88906]

maybe because they do it in the line of work, repair, not for actually making videos.. making videos like that may take a long time while there are more things to do

[@tellolite]

@@su88906 you are right. I'm grateful Alex shares his knowledge all this times. It's only a hope, if it's not too much to ask 😅

[@lovo.c7937]

I love how all your family are supportive Such a great family Wish the best for all of you.

[@Alvin853]

Very common problem with hard drives, this is a TVS diode that protects the drive from too high voltage. What happens very often is users put the drive in an external enclosure and use the wrong power brick. Don't use a laptop charger to power your external HDD folks!

[@WunjoxFlo]

I made this mistake. That means replacing this kind of chip could save my drive?

[@Dracula.25]

@@WunjoxFlo i did the same but with the charger that's came with the external case

[@Sackface225]

Can I just brigde the TVS Diode? Will it Work?

[@Aviator747a]

@@Sackface225 No, a diode is like a check valve. Current flows only in one direction and not the other.

[@weedthepeople2795]

I got an old external HDD that died so I removed the enclosure and plugged the actual hard drive into my computer.....it was recognized, but could see no data (my theory is the MFT and the like are prolly stored on the controller card thats in the enclosure) so good 1st obstacle overcome I turned it off and came back in a day or two with some recovery software and the drive isnt recognized...not in windows not in the bios, nowhere but it powers up, but the computer cant see it .....so, whats up with that?

[@Jackson_Harris]

4.31am and I'm watching this. I got so happy seeing you fixing someone's hard drive 🙂 I'm always so excited seeing you fixed something 😄. Keep up the great videos ❤ You have an awesome team and we are glad as real subscribers can be part of your team 😃🙏🏻

[@fr.lesvagues3430]

The two diodes are TVS , mounted on 12 and 5V power rails.

[@kpelectronics]

It is just incredible how easy you make thinhs appear. And always with a good story.

[@n64funtime54]

You daughter sees your hard work and has respect for what you do, that's great. Hard worker and father keep it up

[@allkeren4527]

thanks sir.. got some HDD same no spinning 1 year ago try measure what u did in video and viola got work take part from donor board.. big respect fro indonesia 🙏

[@cyka6156]

Mantul 👍

[@a.z.7193]

Awesome 👍

[@kotakajaib5963]

Good bagus

[@rama3njoy]

better than factory

[@christopherrasmussen8718]

I had to laugh when you had the probes mixed up. I have been there. If you didn't say a thing, most everyone would have never known. I was 5 when I was first let into my grandads business. I swept the floor for a quarter. 60 years later, I am retired in the winter home I bought along the way of 40 years of work. God speed to your daughter that she becomes an important part of your business.

[@bkaczy]

Congratulations to your family, I had also some episodes with my daughter and her help with soldering some parts! Who knows maybe she could be the leader in popularization repairs in younger generations! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@sylvesteryaiuglig2470]

It's funny when you use different probes on each end. You always make me happy seeing that smile and I can hear your wife shouted with joy in the background. Good job my brother.

[@hgbugalou]

I really like how you will attempt to fix pretty much any piece of electronics.

[@VictorTope]

In my Country, we say YOU ARE DOING WELL to someone that is outstanding. Good Job sir

[@SoleEpiphany]

Awesome how your little lady has interest in working already, you must be a very proud dad. Keep up the awesome content!

[@TomsTechRepair]

Family first. Nice to see she want to take after her dad. Love how we can hear your wife in the back. Always a happy 😊 when you say consider job done before you have done it.

[@j0eb0t0]

this is informative. i have some drives that are either clicking, or not spinning at all. gonna try this soon.

[@MBrulla]

Clicking is mechanical - this won't fix that. Don't power the drive. It's possible that the arm is stuck/not able to park. The non-spinning one go ahead. Seagate drives often have the TVS diodes blow.

[@Amanullah-dx5uy]

Clicking sounds means it is physically damaged there's nothing you can do to fix that

[@j0eb0t0]

Correct. Will use clicking one as donor boards.

[@DubCPicker]

She’s got the best teacher ever….good for her 😊❤️😊

[@jeffwalker7185]

I love how you left your little mistake with the probes in the video. Thank you for an informative video.

[@luisgonzalezperez9192]

Hello, I follow from Cuba Island, Great recovery!

[@eointhomas2914]

Must be so satisfying when you see those files pop up !

[@rovsupermarketsettersugand8600]

I love computer repair alot am in uganda hope I can get more watching your videos

[@laurensdehaan2202]

I've got a bunch of hard drives laying around that I want to wipe before recycling. This channel looks like it can help in that regard. Thanks! Stay safe.

[@DAVIDDAVID-85]

Salam, our honorable teacher, may God give you health and good work from you. We will benefit from your creative work. Thank you. Greetings to you from Algeria. 👍👍👍👍🇩🇿

[@mondomongs481]

Great short repair, as always sir.

[@arifuzzamanyousufi8174]

Thanks for sharing this video. Good luck for your daughter. I am from Bangladesh.

[@corym.4971]

I always tap my continuity probes together to hear the beep before I test anything, too many times I've left it in voltage or resistance without looking and thought that I found the problem.

[@vallabh81]

your working style reminds me my guru🙏🏻🙏🏻from whome i learn't about electronics work🙏🏻🙏🏻respect for u sir💐💐💐🙏🏻

[@77radeon77]

De esos he reparado yo unos pocos, y si, es bastante común que se cortocircuiten esos diodos de entrada, Un saludo desde España..

[@davidguillory4311]

Hello to you and your family from Louisiana..and I enjoy watching your video because it is a very education video on electronics.

[@maku143]

Troubleshooting was awesome 👌🏻

[@hugovale8070]

Easy and clear...👍 good job thanks i learn always something New. You are really a lucky man,and most important a proud father . Cheers from 🇨🇵 to the great family team specialy to that young Lady.

[@verovieira1]

Thanks for sharing, best regards from Brazil !

[@Kingstersreejit]

I love it when she cheers for him, these women's are hard to find

[@stest2935]

Great job. I have over 100 of these bad drives ranging from 200GB to 2TB. Would love to get these fix one day.

[@nacerben7865]

Northridge fix you are the best because you like your job and your happiness is when you arrive fix something i know your happiness is not money your happiness is when proof your knowledge to yourself and to the world that's why when you fix something i see your face with smiling

[@GARDEN786]

Your talent is incredible. Encouragement works for us. You kept on working like this. And keep giving us knowledge.🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@GARDEN786]

Thermal camera 🎥 is good

[@KKarl1337]

your daughter is amazing and after the 1200 hard drives she will know how to disassemble things. Great hard beginning for maybe a good engineer.

[@davidbristoll195]

Pretty much fixed by the new team member really. I hope they got the majority share of the fee ;) Another great video. Very jealous of your set up!

[@strinhinottawa]

She probably knows to use the right probes too!! Great content! Loving everything you put out.

[@adamliz8172]

Smiling suits you sir! Love watching your content, i just love when people fix stuff :)

[@graemesharp1982]

Ive just sent mine away for a raw partition fault. 7 years worth of stiff on it. Work and personal. Hope it can be repaired

[@arnidalabastida3668]

Great Job... nice work... I'm from Philippines...

[@dvuemedia]

Great job! In most cases, data recovery companies would try to swap the PCB, and see if it works, but you, down to component level. I bet you save that persons money in recovery.

[@alphanerd2305]

Swapping PCBs is how I used to fix drives. Unfortunately, that doesn't really work anymore for most drives.

[@oliwek70]

@@alphanerd2305 why is that ?

[@alphanerd2305]

@@oliwek70 Newer hard drives have more circuitry. Specifically a BIOS that contains all of the information on drive geometry, firmware, and other important information about the drive. You can't simply swap the board from one drive to another, even if they are identical model. Theoretically you can simply swap the BIOS chip to a replacement board, but I've not had much luck with that.

[@dax138]

Happy Wife equals Happy Life! Another Great Video! Thanks for sharing!

[@kirankankipati-thelinuxcha689]

Great video. Appreciate encouraging your kids.

[@reductio1000]

4:20 then she asked : Dad how much you pay me now ? 😁😁just kidding, great way to keep the family in the business and educational at the same time !

[@arnulfomrestrada]

Thanx, I'm getting ready to fix my scanner, after watching your expertise

[@ElAnciano92071]

I once had a customer (name withheld) that called our office and said their system wouldn't boot up. They powered it down each night at the close of business. ( I went over and I could hear that the drive did not spin up. I said I needed to replace the drive, and their response was that they did NOT have a backup. Just in case it was a sticky bearing, or a tired motor that couldn't get past the stiction of startup, I gave the case a spin as someone else turned it on, and lo and behold, it booted up just fine, they did a full backup, THEN I replaced the drive and all was hunky dorey. ;)

[@deeg4n000]

Everyone is happy. Including my wife. Nice.

[@abrormamatqulov9354]

I wish I were your pupil You are an amazing master))

[@GregM]

Failure of the TVS diode(s) common occurrence in hard drive failures

[@MBrulla]

Especially on Seagates.

[@astechventures2152]

I love this man. I really wish to learn from him

[@ctbully]

Hi Alex, Man you make it look too easy ! Great Job !

[@robbirobson7330]

When you remove the boards you should label them with the details of the drives it came from because of the firmware.

[@renbek100]

toujours très intéressant ,et beaucoup de minutie 🙂

[@mahmoodhawwa8029]

الله يحميها ويخليلك ياها وعقبال نفرح فيها يارب

[@nelson1667]

I have drives like this. Thanks for the info.

[@firdaus2581]

always happy with work successful

[@DavidSelf3]

You're a total badass, love your videos! So helpful, so interesting!

[@maxsnts]

Its always better to replace that diode, but the drive will work if you simply remove it. It will work with out that protection obviously, but it will work.

[@pierpi6715]

Well done boy!

[@GarthvanZyl-Medicare-EMR]

Incredible, going to dig out my box of HDD and see what I can recover

[@Darren777Au]

A comedy and educational video rolled into one. Nice!

[@waynewayne3709]

Recycling spares is good and saves time ordering.. quick turn about.

[@shady4422]

Luv that you were able to laugh at your own mistake haha brilliant mate another top vid

[@stefanlechner]

Great job, great fix. Nice. Well 1:29 it seems that it's time to take a break and go on vacation😂 just a joke, small mistake It is so nice toe hear that your daughter will help you, you have a really great family. You are the hero for your daughter👍 greets

[@spencerbigum1309]

At 4:45 in the video - how did you know that you must flip the component? Thank you again for the awesome video!

[@catman72]

I must try this, i'll do anything to make my wife so happy 😂

[@suryavanshib]

Awesome ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻 With data recovery working HDD customer got bonus👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@ninthcrusade4871]

When you take the boards off of the drives, what do you do with the drive platters, heads, and chassis? I have been in the data recovery business for 40 years and if you are just going to toss the components, we could take them off of your hands

[@Name-od6qb]

Думал увижу супер профессиональное восстановление данных,в итоге 5 минут смотрел на замену диода)Кстати клевое жало/пинцет,первый раз такое вижу

[@SURGE101]

Did make me laugh when you muddled up the probes😂😂great video and great repair as always👍

[@numbr6]

Who hasn't done this at least once? 😁

[@NeoOwnz]

As always, better than factory

[@infamousacidrain]

I make a habit of touching my probes together when I pick up my probes for continuity mode. Saves you from an unplugged or damaged probe, or this scenario.

[@abetbons]

#sanaall hehe..i am addicted to your videos..keep it up😁from🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@percydelacruz6088]

As always giving solutions, congratulations my dear.

[@mauryajimobilefixer2544]

After watching this video the silence of the silent person and the intellect will open for learning

[@rfr653]

good job mate.

[@stroise256]

enjoy the video. Damn i loved it. Wish i can get my sisters hdd working again. The recovery company wants $1300. i think im gonna check its chips first before i give it to the company. I bought several of the same drive from ebay.

[@hariprasad-fx9dk]

Sri very great job

[@shubhamsahuSD]

Big Boss is just behind in case something goes wrong... +1 for Big Boss

[@calvinmientke3539]

She will become an engineer and a billionaire with her screw manufacturing company. Thanks DAD!

[@mojhajostechnique]

great job master🇵🇭🇵🇭😊

[@lucymc0191]

great video alex ...i hope your daughter achieves your skills then you can relax ... maybe in a few years ..... she will be big boss ....

[@godwinawakossa2277]

Quick and proper job well done

[@bogdanfrz142]

Long videos plz😍😍

[@andolis49]

You are the best!

[@telogantong6372]

What brands/tools are needed for repair, I want to have one like you, and able to improve computer engineering

[@dmonster808]

Awesome brother!!!

[@AK-lt4id]

Thank you 🇸🇦🙏🇱🇧

[@repairsgalore9425]

Good work.... .

[@prakashanp457]

Good work sir

[@dave7010]

Starting the fix with a probe-lem 👍😀

[@allanramos4235]

good job!

[@jump4joy2000]

Nicely done sir, thank you for the learning experience

[@robertdawkins2314]

Great work I learn alot of your videos

[@netmatrix75]

Wow! Thats quite a simple fix.