A Repair Shop DESTROYED the HDMI Port on This Xbox

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[@3min3mplaza]

I think most repair shops just hope that it’s dust, anything more is labeled “unrepairable”

[@hoverbike]

Don’t blame us, blame the lack of spare parts availability that makes fixing it economically unfeasible.

[@theTealStory]

The repair costs more than a new machine

[@benwolfe1301]

In a case like this though it's all about time. If you charge a flat rate for these HDMI repairs, and someone comes along with a console that requires 100X the amount of work compared to an HDMI without ripped traces, it's just not worth it.

[@infernaldaedra]

​@@roundaboutcitizen let's say you have a repair like this plus a new drive or even something really common, like the HDMI encoder and you give a quote to the customer where your barely making anything. And sometimes they say why are you ripping me off? Because they aren't interested in the repair of an Xbox just the cost vs a new one and half the time they just blatantly assume it will fail again even if your putting in a better part or stronger solder connections. And sometimes it's true the parts are hard enough to get that sometimes it's just easier to buy a new one and the use the old one for parts in the future.

[@kylehenline3245]

More like not economically viable to repair, A whole new xbox is like 500. A set of replacement boards is like 180-220 and theoretically if things go smooth under an hour of labor for the swap. In any case it's a little more complicated than that on this particular job, this is probably not actually 100% repaired. HDMI is very sensitive to interference and parasitic capacitance. All those traces are running in little pairs for noise cancelling. I would bet good money adding a bunch of random wires has that signal out of spec. It will probably work fine for most stuff but might have issues/artifacts at 2k 240 and 4k 120. My state requires repair work to be warrantied for 90 days and the law doesn't really allow for " I can only kind fix it", This would be a no go for me too. Just not worth the time and risk of getting into a warranty quagmire if it comes back. IDK too each their own, I enjoy doing crazy stuff like this for my own purposes or like friends and family but just too much time and risk for the business. In general extensive board level re works aren't worth it until you are talking about 7-800 bucks for the board.

[@billyc2493]

Repair Company: We can't do it. TronicsFix: Fine, I'll do it myself.

[@mediatour8898]

They failed hard. Everyone does at some point but to say "sorry it's the xboxs fault not ours" is...also expected.

[@TheSleepyCraftsman]

I read that in Thanos' voice. 🤣

[@ryanlight9579]

For only 100$ less than what the Xbox is worth 💀

[@PrinceOfClockwork]

​@@mediatour8898

[@jyoung4720]

So 900.00 one 1 Xbox... yes this the best use of your money

[@maximusdburritius5420]

Good job. Running traces like that is hard. I don't understand paying $400 for it though when you can get a brand new one in my area for $150 more.

[@Brandon-uy1uv]

Yea, I was wondering if he really charged $400 for that. I think I may be working in the wrong job then xD

[@sharazar]

This is series X. You can't by that new for 150 unless "it fell off a truck"

[@SanjeevKumar-ik7xs]

@@sharazar he means 150 more at 550 (400 + 150)

[@rePeteRC]

They price it that way so the customer won’t actually ask them to repair it, cause they don’t want to do it

[@vcommandarv5916]

​@@Brandon-uy1uvno he didn't charge 400$ for that repair, he bought the console for 400$, the repair will cost maybe 70-90$

[@kateiry4719]

Electrical engineers: Noooo you can't just separate differential pairs! This man: Hehe jump wires go brrrrrrr

[@MsMrtokeit]

He said for $400??!! Wow that's a lot of $$$

[@moonmanstan]

He bought the Xbox for 400,he doesn't do repairs.

[@bottom_lizard192]

@@moonmanstan still I’m not buying a broken Xbox for $400 lmao

[@shrey7387]

@@bottom_lizard192 maybe a 400$ profit

[@SouthernStyle08714]

That was my response, considering you can buy a brand new one for $500. I understand it might be a lot of work but at that point it just becomes more feasible to buy a brand new system

[@Taylormade2350]

​@KM08 it's 499 not 700 lmao

[@asm_nop]

Signal integrity: *screaming internally* Fr though, it's amazing that this is repairable.

[@jakenuno9900]

What a great technique! I've been soldering electronics for years and would say I am quite good at it, and I have never seen the use of the iron to melt away a soldering lead. Great work. 👍

[@galacticwarlock2271]

This is some Fallout level refurbishment

[@PistolPete1251]

This is so impressive. I would love to learn how to do this

[@kyleheaney6205]

Is that the og Pistol Pete? What’s up bro

[@samdwyer5697]

It would be very easy, all you have to do is try.

[@benwolfe1301]

​@@samdwyer5697100%. Pick up a cheap but good soldering iron with some high quality tips, solder, flux, solder wick, a hot air station, tweezers, a cheap camera or microscope, and go to town practicing in a well ventilated room. Try to pick up scrap electronics boards and mess around desoldering and soldering components, then work your way to repairing traces like in this video. For that you would need the jumper wire and preferably a tube of UV solder mask too, to protect the wires when you're done.

[@icopiedyou2225]

what’s up Pistol Pete

[@dar4061]

He just showed you 😅

[@Aerospaceman]

Same method we used in the Navy for broken pathways and lifted pads. Good Job, Nice Video!

[@rambofan1]

Love this short man you make it look so easy

[@Tronicsfix]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mega_jonne1546]

Ur doing the world an amazing job by not letting them go to waste and into landfills. We need more repair guys who arent part time in skill

[@duncanlanceoliver194]

everything goes to the waste pill at most he delays the time is does by 2-5 years max

[@mega_jonne1546]

@@duncanlanceoliver194 still if everyone did that the difference in land fill sizes would be major

[@mega_jonne1546]

@@duncanlanceoliver194 small everyday things are major in a large scale

[@alexisrivera200xable]

This is not a viable fix unfortunately, signal issues are going to appear in a couple weeks or months. Signal degradation is an issue with HDMI and usually results in HDCP failure that prevents your content from displaying properly if at all and those wires being so out of spec they just scream problems with any copy protected content. For yourself? Its a cool trick, but for a business to risk problems with the client for a out of spec "fix" like this is not worth the money or the liability trouble.

[@mandavaler]

Damn for $400 you can almost get a brand new one lol

[@WarPigstheHun]

No, he bought it for 400

[@gh05tparkourfreerunning31]

@@WarPigstheHun Exactly, be bought a broken one for almost the same price as a brand new one...

[@WarPigstheHun]

@@gh05tparkourfreerunning31 because he felt bad for the dam fool and could make an awesome video on how to phix

[@ParkertheamazingVideo]

He was definitely not shy about that price at the end

[@Echo3_]

There are prettier ways to do this but you did demonstrate that this can be done with very little specialized equipment which I’m all about!!!

[@spydercolover100]

Reminds me of back when I did surface mount repairs for the air force. Our company would make boards and the machine that took care of most of the surface mounting was never cared after so it always missed things big and small. This makes me wanna get back into that stuff it was so relaxing to just take your time and work. Good video!

[@fenrirbooth7487]

I love you videos because you repair things because you want to prove that it can be done. I think it's awesome that you do this for people

[@FlyingFun.]

I used to do this sort of repair every day on tvs and videos back in the day, always a relief when it works ok afterwards ..

[@-BREAKITDOWNGAMING-]

I understand this pain as I do this alot -- you guys have no idea how much this sucks to do if you don't have the right tools

[@thirtythreeeyes8624]

Even with the right tools it can be a pain, don't drink too much coffee beforehand lol.

[@Xiellion]

Repair shop: doesn't want liability Customer: they said it can't be fixed!

[@DarkwithPeace]

Hakko has some of my favorite rework tools

[@bloodfrostgaming9204]

That smoke coming off is pretty cool

[@monadking2761]

I worked in a prototype development department with a company and used to do the same thing. It was challenging working under a microscope but it was rewarding. You have to have patience and hopefully the pads are nor lifted, if not, now you have to install new pads. Some of my boards were 16 layers thick and were back planes to video routers. I used to trim off the wires by scoring the 30 gauge or smaller wire with a razor, by nicking the wire and as I would lift the pigtail it would brake off right at the score line, cleaned it than coated it. All part of the job. Nice work

[@robbiesz]

You fixed it for < 10 plug-in cycles. The pins will flex too much and the wires will eventually break off. Your work is still impressive and I tip my hat off to you!

[@TheBlaze267]

yea probably. but what you can do is go the extra step. and use like the firestick HDMI extender and hot glue, krazy glue, super glue it to the console. if they need to unplug it it would put less strain on the hdmi port.

[@doggo_woo]

I've never used an Xbox so I don't really know, but wouldn't an Xbox just be "plug in once and forget about it?" Like for that use case, a low plug-in cycle is good enough if it works.

[@ElectroDFW]

Tell us you've never repaired modern electronics without telling us you've never repaired modern electronics. 😂

[@vcommandarv5916]

​@@ElectroDFWI mean he's not wrong, but won't most of if not all the tension be on the solder pins?

[@pumpkinlemonjuice]

​@@vcommandarv5916 on the 4 mounting pins he blew the hot air gun at, not the solder traces for the data lines

[@johneppstv]

i solder small rcs but this is crazy small, very cool.

[@donjuandemarco7796]

Thank you for showing people we don't have to live in a disposable society

[@Mercan1556]

very nice job, you also used different lengths. i like

[@Wreckedftfoxy]

This man is so determined he will fix something a repair shop wouldn't

[@dyriten]

these are the kind of repairs where it works for the next 2 days

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

I never even considered just connecting them with an unmelted like of solder, that's actually really clever and simple

[@Rptvrr]

As a console gamer, who have had my share of oopsies 😅it’s really refreshing to see the time and energy you put into fixing a bricked machine or it’s accessories! 🙏🙏🙏

[@madcat1436]

Saved it for $400. They only cost $499. Not a very large savings but if you carry a warranty on your work I would say it is worth it.

[@FYMFTP]

Nice work, that's some impressive soldering!

[@milkbones504]

We need more people like you. It's astounding how many people are forced to buy new consoles

[@GrulbGL]

The funny part is the excitement of saying *four hundred dollars* 🤣🤣

[@anthonyscarnici2224]

Lucky though, impedance matching of the traces is tough to do on a repair like this.

[@internetkilledthetv549]

way back when i repaired over 25 of those contact jumps on a timex computer.. good job man.. easy fix but very tedious

[@anut8733]

Don't blame a repair shop for refusing to fix a device with broken traces, it's so hard also time consuming and the pay mostly not worth the repairs. Just be glad that there's someone like him that able to find the time to fix a problem like this.

[@themalcore_]

Also traces for high speed lines like HDMI are differential impedance matched, so just soldering wires over the top is not ideal, and can cause issues if it's running at a higher bandwidth mode.

[@marcopimentel1152]

dont forget resell it for $600

[@rubensouthwold9142]

Comes down to time big companies have less time per unit but smaller shops that don't have number commitments can spend the time required

[@BlackEpyon]

In the vintage computer community, we often have to repair damage left by leaky batteries. That includes reconstructing traces using bodge wires like this, sometimes even replacing components.

[@licketysplick2164]

Bringing back memories of my old bosses tv repair shop. We did the exact same thing.

[@reaperselectronics]

We had a PS5 with every single tracer pulled up. Definitely was a challenge. Took forever, never thought about using this wire. I always use copper tracers which are a pain at times. Great video!

[@reploidzero9058]

I love you man, you don’t give up easily.

[@johnnykirk1501]

Right at the end it sounded like you said "saved another series x for 400"

[@kisaknight626]

That is exactly what I heard too. I am like, wait. So for $400, you did the repair? Or saved $400 by doing the repair.

[@PhrostyFill]

How much do you charge for a job like this?

[@Ryzmuhh]

400$ for a 10$ piece lol

[@frankdelucey2137]

In a year or 2 a used one will be around that price + game’s. But it was cool to watch the repair though.

[@XRelays]

@@Ryzmuhh More like 150 for the skill and time it takes to do this

[@Ryzmuhh]

@@XRelays it says “I just fixed this Xbox for 400$” at the ending 🤭

[@AngelDiaz-zi6dd]

@@Ryzmuhh that's the price of the Xbox... He bought it for 400 and fixed it

[@Maxcraft7050]

Props to anyone who got soldering skills like that, wow

[@7_Raising_Kane_6]

Used to do this type of repair all the time with RMS Technologies-Quantum Digital. Primarily for gov. contracts. Some main boards weighed over 75lbs, costing over 10K a piece. Tossing them because of damaged traces was not an option. Low level electronic repair was a must...

[@Thirdeyelife2836]

Whoever sent that in could have found one for 400 dollars. He must have a personal connection to that one lol

[@to6oy]

I love his videos, i'm learning so much!

[@popescuarmand9266]

Doesn't HDMI need the traces to be the same length since it uses a differential signal?

[@__dm__]

it also needs to be a specific width, specific distance away from the ground plane, and specific distance between each other, length matched with each other in the same pair, and length matched with other pairs. this repair might work, but it will be fragile with vibration (i mean, it will flop around), and will likely have worse signal integrity, which means it might not transmit the signal correctly across long hdmi cables, bad hdmi cables, and some TVs. source: I'm an electronics engineer

[@danielraymond7196]

​@@__dm__ was looking for this lol

[@alexw7260]

Not having the right width, spacings, or length matching will certainly hurt the signal integrity, but the biggest issue I see is that he didn't cut the stub of the old trace off. When the signal hits the spot where he has soldered the wire, it will have two paths it can take--the old broken trace or the new wire. The part of the signal that takes the old trace will reflect off the busted end and come back to interfere with the signal that went the right way down the wire. At certain display resolutions and and refresh rates this reflected signal will destructively interfere and make the video signal completely unrecoverable. It looks like there is about half an inch of trace left hanging. If you figure the speed of light as 6" per nanosecond (typical for most PCB materials), the quarter wavelength resonance of this stub is (6 inch/nsec) / (0.5 inch) / 4 = 3 GHz. A 1080p 60 Hz display signal has a bit rate of 1.485 gigabits/second, which corresponds to a frequency of 0.7425 GHz. I would expect this to work just fine with the fix that he's done. A 4K 60 Hz display will have a bit rate of 5.94 gigabits/second, which corresponds to a frequency of 2.97 GHz, which is almost exactly the expected resonant frequency. In other words, you're screwed. If you made it this far, thanks for reading :)

[@davidsnake877]

My mom did all this when she worked quality control and other stuff for ATARI in the 80's. Awesome 👌

[@SoNofLighTofMooN]

Ah, a classic "puente" (bridge) as we say here in México Nice!

[@mandowzn]

Sabes que tipo de cable usó para el puente?

[@rmblwgn]

​@@mandowzn enamel wire

[@ericerto8250]

I used to repair cracked boards like that when I did TV and VCR repair when someone would drop a VCR or a TV. I would scratch the foil off the board and then I would solder bare copper wire strand by strand and it worked every time

[@qook1543]

I love how it ended on the price of the repair 😂

[@PubCountry]

coulda bought a new one

[@danielpasternak8887]

This man needs to be in schools giving motivational speeches about the fix it

[@FATE-369]

Keep up the great work!

[@superduperkid3143]

Slick with that ending 😂😂

[@hipflask]

Skills!! Nice work

[@SmokerNaruto]

so satisfying to watch like always.

[@KraebiltFab]

Once saw a manufacturer use these in protoyping to save time waiting for a new batch of reworked PCBs to come in.

[@kylebeach4051]

Hey- okay. This is such a cool thing and such an interesting skill. Will you PLEASE put out a “how to begin..” video. Please. It would be fun just to tinker around with to see if people could just learn the basics of fixing some of their broken stuff.

[@THEOGGUNSHOW]

Outstanding work

[@tony359]

Amazing! Would you be able to link the enameled wire you used please? I got some but the enamel does not dissolve so easily...

[@yellowshirtproductions4533]

I love the "Geek Squad" at Best Buy. If turning it off and on again doesn't solve the problem, it's too advanced for them.

[@rickpontificates3406]

Kynar wire is good stuff, but it's never a good practice to solder wire to a trace if you can avoid it. Always try to wire from pad to pad

[@user2C47]

Might not be the best idea for high speed signals. The wires should be kept as short as possible.

[@rickpontificates3406]

@@user2C47 That rule is only somewhat true when it's a trace repair, because the entire principle behind "short wire lengths" is because PCB traces are typically very thin.. .002 width or so, and very close together, creating crosstalk and capacitance issues... especially in differential signals.

[@OnePunchHeizou]

i modded my old phone with micro usb to usb c using breakout boards. it took me 30min just to solder 5 wires on micro usb traces. if what i attempted was on level 5 this is level 50. hats off to your skills.

[@xn0gaming]

It still looks like a Subwoofer from the 70s. Funny design.

[@pifandrei5743]

Your skills are great. Good job

[@isjjcjw]

Here's the best part. Something was causing the burning of the traces. Solving the burnt traces only brings back your original issue which may just be a design flaw. Good ole electronics.

[@greydeath4273]

You sir, are a genius

[@yetanotherPC]

According to an analog devices app note: TMDS pairs in each HDMI channel shall have matching lengths of ± 3mm. TMDS pairs shall be separated from adjacent TMDS pairs by a minimum of 1.2 mm. TMDS pairs shall be separated from adjacent non-pair signals by a minimum of 7.8 mm. This repair does not have length matched pairs and I would not be surprised if it has issues at higher resolutions.

[@zippoc04]

I sure hope you cleaned up the solder mess displayed in the video. Some copper wick afterwards will make this a lot cleaner. Before anyone goes off on me, I’ve been there. Microsoldering 40 gauge wire under a microscope for trace repair sucks, but it can still be done cleanly with time and attention to detail.

[@thereinthetrees_5626]

I was going to say that this job looks really gross, but saw everyone praising it, and I genuinely was just confused. I don’t think I’d take a job like this if that’s the best product I could deliver to a client

[@kyleknox1777]

it's a damn short guys, ofcourse he cleaned it

[@leepicgaymer5464]

@@thereinthetrees_5626 it’s not for a client.

[@thereinthetrees_5626]

@@leepicgaymer5464 it obviously was..? Even if he did the fix for free, that still was someone looking for a professional to do the job

[@thereinthetrees_5626]

@@kyleknox1777 there is no proof or evidence of this, and he never said it either

[@frankbob4043]

That is some serious patience to do that.

[@Ultra-Collector]

Why do you not remove sections of the enamel first,so it doesn’t get all over the board?

[@fatboyshadetree5139]

I gotta ask. Isnt that a whole lotta mess to be left in there? Would it cause an issue later?

[@albertocuevas3009]

Always run your warranty before the year is up. They will check it for issues before sending it back. I had problems on mine on top of the existing one and everything was fixed 👌

[@JohnJones-ep7of]

I used to repair car stereo amps in a similar way and made good money reselling them to teenagers that I went to school with back in the old days !

[@strydyrhellzrydyr1345]

Wow.. what... This is insane... I think I gotta watch this again

[@nicco1295]

Me and my friend used call this technique as jumper... We used to do this to repair phones in college to get some money.

[@kaptainkaos1202]

It is difficult to do this job. I know because I’ve had to do it. I actually had to repair a multilayer board once when a component had fried and trashed the landings. I dremeled out fiberglass where the traces came up with a via. Soldered wires to the traces to the component. Used some epoxy to hold it all together. Oh and this was aboard ship on a small research vessel. We couldn’t return to port just cause the transmitter fried.

[@jimanderson2518]

Your a real tech hero

[@cobrasvt347]

Nice 👍just wondering if you have ever ran into any problems with signal integrity or EMI degrading or causing the 75DP159 to reset due to the floating mag wire ? Thanks

[@Coastal_Cruzer]

Haha I knew jumpers would be involved

[@mostafafarghaly5258]

Wow good job 👍 hard work

[@Shiniandkutie]

Gotta say you are fantastic. Just curious how much would this quality work typically const and is it less than buying a new xbox?

[@HD-wf3bp]

U are a wizard of Technology my name bro!

[@VideoGameRestoration]

Amateur vs Pros!! 😂 What a daunting task!

[@lucassuhadolnik3672]

The repair shop probably lifted the pads themselves 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

HVAC transformers have a spool of thin copper wire with enamel coating. This is perfect for bodging signal traces.

[@JohnDoe-ul7sm]

Flashback to a month ago: I got the Series X on launch, and a while in I was a dumb ass and dropped it (I always take it to my friends house on the weekends). It still worked but it was like a bad phone charger where the HDMI had to be at the perfect angle for it to work. I end up getting it repaired at a small shop in-town, they did a great job and everything was good. 2 weeks after that my friends girlfriend smacks her head into it, breaking the HDMI port again. They bought me a new one 😂

[@chrismonterubio9475]

So did you go back and clean up all those solder bridges before you powered it up?

[@Biggitybest]

Please tell me you cleaned all that flux off really good

[@keithpoley3432]

How come you don't strip the wire first? Doesn't all that enamel gunk up the trace area and solder tip?

[@Timetofly8888]

I'm guessing given you said it's tedious work, that typically equates to expensive billing. I'm guessing they were not interested in taking on the job due to the risk of customer not paying once they get the bill. I've found alot of places try to manage expectations, take on the job then still have the customer abandon the item once they get the bill.

[@samsaverino8159]

That looks incredibly difficult

[@brycediussam]

I fixed 2 xbox ones s because of you, thank you. I but it at the time for pennies

[@sarahpitik4786]

Ang galing nya... Hindi ko na kaya yan

[@thaphreak]

This is how I became the repair god at work.. I was like uhh.. it's just an hdmi port dave.

[@AnandKumar-ym9yw]

Thanx for saving that

[@anthonyscarnici2224]

Hakko air to the rescue!