A mediocre holiday season board repair, with Louis Rossmann

[@MarvBear]

My sister in law lives in Austin. If I ever come out for a visit I promise to come by and visit and say hello to you and you cats. This old man's loves your videos and been watching you for a long time. Congratulations on the new store. You shall do well.

[@rossmanngroup]

Thank you!

[@SirPrancelot1]

Great to see you doing board repairs Louis. Just like old times....

[@rxtx1979]

I love this guy, he's honest, fair, down-to-earth, sensible, logical, sees tthings crystal clear. I hope he will be as successful in Texas as in NYC and we will see many more interesting and witnessing content from him! That's all I wanted to say, happy holidays to the whole team!

[@rossmanngroup]

Thank you!

[@Generichjm]

He understands cats. Cats don’t do virtue

[@teknologyguy5638]

As much as I appreciate your non-repair videos, a good 'ole board repair is always entertaining.

[@margingalaxy9826]

Thank you so much ❤ Millions of technicians learn to troubleshoot with your tips and works ❤❤

[@Mikeydude001]

12:12 Q: "Why aren't cap(acitor)s 100% reliable?" A: "Because they are an electronic component. And like all electronic components, they break." After having a problem with an automotive delay / battery saver timer, I contacted the manufacturer only to be told that they can't fail because they are all electronic. There are no moving parts to break. I didn't bother to argue since he was either ignorant or lying. We ended up changing brands eventually.

[@μεγάλοπρόβλημα]

Glass is glass and glass breaks… says jerryrigeverything

[@radman999]

You look so happy and in your element, Louis. Nothing but the best wishes for you for your new venture in 2023. Looking forward to lots of setup videos of your new store!

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Checking for a short with the top voltage is like checking for a broken finger with a sledgehammer. You will find something broken, even if you made it broken.

[@Grayfox988]

I'm proud of Louis for using XFCE, been stuck on it myself for probably a decade. It just werks.

[@blackarrow8683]

Which Linux distro is he using?

[@and12an]

Finally, a repair video. My prayers were listened.

[@hattielankford4775]

Louis is actually touching a board on video! 😲

[@hattielankford4775]

😜

[@hattielankford4775]

@Neil Stewart 😁

[@mgancarzjr]

"Go touch boards!"

[@hattielankford4775]

@@mgancarzjr 🤔 Is that a directive to commit board repair or is it like saying "Go pound sand!"?

[@mgancarzjr]

@@hattielankford4775 closer to "touch grass!" as an exhortation to get back in touch with the real world.

[@ecu8r]

You're in Austin? I live just 15 minutes north in Round Rock. That's it I have a place to take my Macs, so excited!!!

[@mgancarzjr]

Thanks for reiterating safe voltage injection practices.

[@Allen-by6ci]

yay board repair!

[@arpiecepiece8222]

Thank you so much.. Finally got someone to said this. My teacher always advice us to not follow people who loves to destroy CPU / SSD etc by injecting high voltage at main power rail. Loves from Malaysia 😀

[@RuggersCustoms]

Louis looks genuinely happy there. Good to see! :)

[@anotheruser9876]

Stay warm. Stay safe.

[@aqynbc]

Lovely to see you again that excited Louis!

[@wades_world22]

watching your videos always puts a smile on my face. And i learn a lot !!

[@kareno8634]

NEVER "Boring"; I'm JAZZED to hear the power's On, Cats are fed, entertainment awaits on your Dance Card. ... One Down. Be Well *Cheers!*

[@cpmaxi294]

Board repairs with Louis are a real treat. I started watching your channel because of board repairs, helped me a lot with ECE basics during uni

[@atacant]

I would be down to watch louis speedrun boards for like 8 hours without any problem. I missed this content. Happy holidays louis

[@rasputin4735]

A board repair video?? Best Christmas gift ever!!

[@somedudeRyan]

nice to see things underway at Rossmann repair 2.0!

[@ComplexsystemsCoUk]

Have watched almost all your repair videos - great to see you still doing them. Don't under-estimate how useful they are to people working in the repair industry! Have a great holiday season!

[@Merivio]

12:20 Boy have I missed that mesmerising sound...

[@overweightactor]

Oh, thank Santa. Finally, this channel is getting back to what made it so great to begin with. You know, I only subscribe for board repair videos. I don't even watch the other videos about NYC real estate, politics, or cats. I just want more board repair videos.

[@jb2590]

Good to see you back at the bench again Louis.

[@bblod4896]

Austin has changed Louis to a relaxed person, impressive.

[@AltairLT]

Louis? Doing a board repair? It's a Christmas miracle!

[@Hitek146]

I can help you with your queue until your other help arrives if you like. I live in West, TX(I-35 exit 353), and started replacing QFPs and PLCCs by hand at Texas Instruments back in 1995. Even though we had a hot pot machine for chip replacement, the queue was always quite long, so I learned to replace them by hand(without a hot air station; I was only using a Metcal soldering iron!) in order for me to be able to repair around a dozen laptop boards per shift...

[@Hugmir]

It wasn't boring. Appreciated boardcontent!

[@milk-it]

Miss these videos. Thanks, Louis! Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year and new store!

[@Sunset4Semaphores]

No cat? Oh the algorithm is going to have a field day with this one!

[@KG4JYS]

Glad to see you still got it!

[@frizzlefry1921]

Excellent video and short explanation good to see you at the bench again!

[@gblargg]

6:55 So basically, when something is shorted you do not have the original circuit, thus things that hold for it don't necessarily hold for this new shorted circuit. Seems like even if the voltage wouldn't be a problem, it could draw far more current than normal (if you're injecting a lot of current to cause heating). 12:10 Why do they manage to make each form of capacitor a very common failure point? First we had electrolytics with their bad electrolytes and leaking and destroying boards. So they develop multi-layer ceramic capacitors with amazingly high capacitance for their size. Except they routinely fail as a short and take down electronics. Enjoyable repair video, regardless of the circumstances. Has the proper amount of annoyance with things and people, combined with practical information.

[@repairtech9320]

Louis sounds in good spirits. It's nice to see. Have a as good holiday as possible.

[@eliasandrikopoulos]

You APPLY voltage. You INJECT current. You are welcome! Merry Christmas.🎄

[@HaloWolf102]

Thanks for the education Louis. Godspeed with the queue. I hope the cats give you endless release from the stress.

[@johnsonlam]

Glad to see Louis start education lesson again, I know the queue is long, thanks for saving people's data, they gonna cry out loud.

[@johnny8998]

Welcome to Austin TX. You will be glad that out of NY,NY...

[@atsimas]

Another shop uses a thermal camera while injecting voltage . "And this got hot!" "let's replace it." Your program is just a nice addition.

[@georgedunham6833]

I am watching you now on my 75 inch tv and it is really easy to see everything.

[@SwanseaTitanFan]

Back to fixing boards, great stuff. Happy holidays!

[@ajaks7636]

That was Great! Entertaining, and Educational.

[@AllanWorks]

glad to see a repair video keep them coming.

[@sm-btwrlm2518]

Sounds like growing pains might hurt a bit when u get bigger :-) U did say Texas - Best wishes for a better year than in the past !! *less audits is my wish for your new year* .

[@547doug]

In the world of customer service, TRUST is the ONLY currency that maters...

[@m.a.l.s5793]

Heeeeeeeey Louis good to see you we've missed you! Hope to see more of these in future.

[@Diglo1]

I do not really work on Apple products, but the same idea applies to all electronics. Once you figure out you need voltage injection you need to be careful like Louis said. I always start at 1V and work my way up. Usually you see multiple amps drawn at that voltage if there is a direct short. For the cases not drawing that much current you need thermal camera to really see what component is heating up.

[@MisterDevilRo]

so refreshing ...

[@aarondylan5606]

please do more repair videos like good old time. please

[@KierownikFestynu]

Holiday in December, nice 👌

[@ianwalker2259]

I appreciate the effort sir.

[@NealD]

Thx for the vid! Can’t wait to stop by sometime!

[@KathrinHausermann]

It is a Brilliant Idea to use Mikro's photo as Icon for the Boardview program :)) Do all your Employees now need this Icon on their PC to recognizePaul Daniels Mikro?

[@Mikeydude001]

We didn't get to see the owie test or the alcohol evaporation test! I know, there are plenty in the older videos. EDIT: That being said, it was good to see you on a board repair stream. Thanks Louis!

[@Aristo12]

Oooh I've missed these board repair videos! Good luck with the work backlog!

[@Neo_AIO]

YAY! Board repairgasm. 😂. More seriously, even tough i enjoy watching you talking about politics and blabla, i am happy to see board repair again in this channel 🤩

[@ed0c]

dood, you seem in much better spirits in Texas. just remember what caused you to move there when you and your team vote! much love my friend i hope everything works out amazingly for you!

[@buzzkillington3354]

Great to see a board repair from the new beginning 👏

[@johnclymo3668]

I like your new year resolution

[@strawmanfallacy]

OH GOD YES ASMR BOARD REPAIR. MY PP BUS IS READY.

[@brandonboulton2776]

I was just thinking I would love to see a mediocre board repair video.

[@jamesc2810]

you can inject 5 into a 5v rail if you have a smart current limited supply. the voltage will drop to basically nothing but will drive max current.

[@jaym5938]

Interesting video. I felt like we had less video access to what you were doing and all in 720p? Still great to watch - nostalgic. And certainly don't miss NY now that it's proved beyond reproach; however, Texas was a surprise - but understandable.

[@wkgmathguy218]

I've always loved your board repair videos even though I'm not a repair guy. There's something relaxing about them. Also I really liked your zooming around NYC on your bike. Any chance of Texas bike cam? Any way, thanks for everything you do Louis, and have a great Holiday.

[@rfr653]

Good job mate 👍

[@matthewgibbs6886]

every time my wifes apple crap doesn't work i tell her its the pp bus

[@sang4399]

wow he backing doing what we love

[@aguspermana8643]

holy Moly, been quite sometimes since i saw a board

[@aguspermana8643]

And it actually fixed

[@matthewbestdfghy]

I can’t wait to see another retail space for lease with the New York store you are closing down.

[@EmptyBowls]

Boring board repair videos? These board repair videos show how passionate and knowledgeable you are about your art. They're also an example of the unique kind of customer satisfaction that can only be provided by an independent repair business, that cannot always be matches by a manufacturer's authorized partner. Any potential customer, would rather have someone with your drive and respect servicing their devices, rather than some disrespecting authorized repair partner who only exists to squeeze every cent out of them in any scumbag way they can. The board repair videos are also a good example of the numerous kinds of services that can be done for a consumer AFFORDABLY when an independent repair business can obtain the proper documentation from a manufacturer, obligation free. Being able to service such things in the ways that you do for your customers and then teaching those same methods to others so that they can help themselves too, is also reflective of FUTO's beliefs regarding ethical capitalism. They're also great advertisements for examples of the ncredible things that can be achieved through the philosophy of Right To Repair.

[@Pro4TLZZ]

Nice one, enjoyed it

[@bluephreakr]

Hearing him shout out _XFCE_ is delightful as it is surprising because there was a time when Louis said _no_ and *_never_* to Linux. Never say never, friends. Never say never.

[@bluephreakr]

Also, personal preference: EndeavourOS with MATE, but XFCE's getting a buff that'll bring it closer to parity with MATE boosting both productivity and aesthetics hopefully. If not MATE, KDE. KDE is great but confusing to configure sometimes. I can hear the novices, _But wait, isn't that like, Manjaro?_ _No._ Manjaro is what Arch could be if irresponsible teenagers thought they could turn Arch into Ubuntu. EndeavourOS is what Ubuntu _should had been_ from the start; close to its roots and just with the software which makes it unique as extras. It's the difference between relying on somebody else's repos and Arch Linux's repos, considering EndeavourOS is based on Arch. You want Manjaro's package management? Omit all of the ENdeavourOS-specific tools, run "yay -S pamac-aur && sudo pacman -S reflector-simple" _and be happy._

[@johnhuelsmanjr4487]

Congrats Snake Bliskin.

[@jonathanrose829]

More of the cat please.

[@markpetniunas198]

Hi, Question, since caps are a high failure rate component in all electronics, why not use new ones? Those surface mount components in bulk are almost free ( common ones). Learned a lot from your channel.

[@StarlightStream]

For every easy board repair there will be something random happening. Like an audit that happens to be random. :)

[@jilbertb]

Ugh, I watched for 20 mins and NO CATS?! 🤣

[@jamesjbarrek6086]

Have you worked on any Mac Mini M1's or Mac Studio's yet? Just wondering cause one of these days I want to get one as my first Mac. God forbid anything happens to it,I would definitely trust you to hopefully be able to fix it. If ok.

[@themice42]

Yay! MACBOOOOOOOK!

[@pwest1011]

awesome 😀

[@MrElemonator]

One Taco in Austin is great.

[@RyuSujin]

Commenting for the algorithm. Good shit as always, Louis.

[@electrolatif]

Nice to see you Louis, thank you for the advices 🥰 Waiting for next repair

[@1kreature]

Hurray for Paul! SW was working!

[@akerstodd]

Welcome to Texas

[@shadow_frostbite]

Request more kitty's during board repairs....thank you

[@grainsstuff528]

Looks like plenty of repairs in Texas.. 🙂

[@Vmaxfodder]

The ambiance

[@drummerdummy]

Joe Lewis I got a brilliant idea I think you fund a Rossman group band and can play out there and call it Rossman repair rockers I'll play the drums. We can play whenever you have one of your little shindigs because live music is therapeutic and definitely induces an educational and learning environment.

[@drummerdummy]

How about rossman's rockin rockers. I think that has a good ring to it

[@drummerdummy]

Has about right to rock

[@Funkopotomis]

First TX board fix?

[@Haloking1212]

do a video on why you won't invest on Peter schiffs fund curious to hear your take

[@laboratorioassembler]

A macbookkkkkk!!!! I can't believe

[@markereyes]

I almost skipped watching this video, until I saw it said “mediocre” then I wanted to avoid watching it, but I decided to challenge myself so here I am 😅 Edit: this was a sweet video, informative and still quite entertaining from Louis’s humor, happy transition period, fellas

[@TheCod3r]

Great to see a board repair video Louis! I certainly hope it wasn't me who's made that mistake, otherwise that means I haven't listened to your advice for the past 4 years 😅 to be honest, I'd prefer to be told about mistakes like that, it's the only way we learn

[@amimrie]

Here for some G3 Hot action

[@LisaHarsh]

Can I marry you? Actually you make me laugh, you are smart and you have integrity. Your employees love you and you gave people chances. Merry Christmas. Do take some time to celebrate.