Asus Gaming Laptop Repair - Won't power on - Signature Failure as with all ROG laptops

[@SPEXWISE]

Honestly I think Big Boss does a great job. Taking things apart and reassembling them is tedious. Doing it all day long must be tiring not to mention frustrating when you reassemble something just to have to take it apart again because the repair didn't work. Big Boss you get recognition from me for all the hard work you do.

[@TheThore]

just all the complicated cases, like smart phones, tablets, or fine notches, without breaking or scratching glass or notches. This needs a very good practice

[@72pinkush]

big boss sure is a very patient man

[@SPEXWISE]

@@72pinkush Like a saint.

[@SPEXWISE]

@@TheThore One day his skills will be so good he'll just look at the device and it will take itself apart!

[@Muslim_011]

Indeed It is a very hard job but for him it is something awesome to do

[@dallanc5199]

This is my laptop! Thank you Alex! I found this channel after it popped up on my feed, fixing a very similar model. I didn't know they could be so easily repaired, so I decided to roll the dice and send it in. I'm extremely happy it got fixed, and that I got to see the fix in this video. Alex probably loves ASUS ROG's, its such a fast turn around to find and fix, its a quick money maker for them. And happy customers as well. PS: No-one judge how many hours gaming this thing had, notice the WASD keys are worn off... rofls.

[@Paperghost]

I'm sorry, I have got to call you out. This is neither a quick money maker or easy fix. Its made to LOOK easy because Alex has thousands of hours of experience and a vast knowledge in the electronics field, and as for quick, well laptops take time to disassemble and reassemble carefully, the initial fault needs to be identified, rectified and then the device needs to be tested, that all takes much more time than is shown on these videos.

[@dallanc5199]

@@Paperghost Oh I agree, Alex has a huge amount of skill and knowledge. But you have to admit, these ROGs all have very similar failure points, disassembly time aside, its relatively quick for him to identify the specific component that's failing and replace. No disrespect meant.

[@radiotests]

@@Paperghost call him out? you his dad or something? peanut gallery critics are so trying.

[@erosnemesis]

Your videos are making me change my business model...thank you! I'm going to be adding telecom board repair to my business offerings soon. I'll be buying some things off your store as a thank you 🙂

[@samshanker5753]

Who is your model now...?

[@ktingmar]

I bet Big Boss knows the even more perfect amount of thermal paste.

[@windowsxpprofessional]

Tronics fix😁

[@ejeckk]

I've been coming too early lately and not getting the comments from the scientific community. Another great down and dirty fix. Thank you for sharing.

[@adiposerex5150]

It’s an electronic community.

[@DiJAndy]

That's perfect timing for a video! In Central Europe is 8 am and time for morning coffee ☕Good to watch new upload from Alex

[@aadilessop2372]

how do u know the value of the replacement cap?

[@LCDLCD-cl2qp]

Iam French I don’t understand when you speak English because English are hard for me , but your job are amazing , thanks you for alls your videos

[@floridaapplemacprosinc.2224]

Every good show has a BACKWARDS episode. we need a BIG BOSS episode where he shows us how to take apart something and says "ok im going to hand this board off to little boss to solder it" !! Thats what I want to see!!! make it happen Alex!!

[@lucymc0191]

another precise video alex ....great to see big boss again ...maybe big boss can do a video of dismantling and repair ? might be boring to other experienced subscribers but it would be something that i would like to see ...also your dad how he does packaging from start to finish ....joe from uk

[@jrp1531]

I 2nd that!! Would love to see big boss get in on the videos!! 😀

[@Gitbizy]

Yes I would like to see BB disassemble and reassemble a device

[@robertsandy3794]

Where did the replacement cap come from? Was it a donor Asus board of the same type?

[@sac997]

@NorthridgeFix : How do you know the value of cap? Any donor board there? or just guess?

[@GhostRider247]

You never cease to amaze me Alex , top job as always !!!!

[@Darren777Au]

They say if you don't learn something new each day that you are doing something wrong. Great work.

[@robertpage2023]

And the new motto of ASUS is; "We make computers to fail so that Northridgefix can stay in business!"

[@FuckingSatan]

😂literally. I sent my asus laptop to him like a couple days ago

[@glantor]

how does he know the value of the cap he removed and replaced?

[@Йохан-м7т]

06:33 - the capacitor zero ohm, but on a copper ground bus)

[@jusevtechgeek4082]

Nice repair video, as almost always a shorted capacitor on the mosfet area, thanks for all your content have been very educational

[@randallbro6749]

I thought there was beef between you and Rossmann :( I enjoy watching you both!

[@absolutelypc5835]

What to you use the hot tweezers? Can you make video of the setup you have and the equipment

[@Zebra_Paw]

That could literally have become landfill... because of a STUPID DEAD CAP!! You could literally take pliers and rip it off, that would already have been a fix! Your component level repair is awesome, keep up, I wish there were much more people like you!

[@B0D0W]

How do you know the correct capacitance of the replacement capacitor? Good job nevertheless

[@peer1337]

Probably from a donor board.

[@avinadadmendez4019]

I've designed boards and i can tell you: the capacitance doesn't really matter. It's mostly to reduce parasitic inductance, place any capacitor, none at all can also work

[@philipchong3098]

How do u know what is the value of that faulty capacitor?

[@entertainmentdudes]

Love your videos! You always have great tips for electronics hobbyists! What brand/model earpiece/mic do you use? It sounds great!

[@limebulls]

What is this "scraping tool" which you used at 3:18?

[@NorthridgeFix]

northridgefix.com/product/mechanic-imax9-20-in-1-multi-function-tool-for-removing-ic-chips-edge-glue-cutter/

[@tabuhuso1]

Hi dear, what's your tweezer soldering iron ?

[@motti9000]

Great job!!! I have the same problem with asus 27 inch aio than not power on!!! any suggestion or tips that can you give me ? THANKS

[@claytonbivens4941]

Why does your multi-meter beep in diode mode? My multi-meter will only beep when in continuity mode.

[@xxafthabxx9346]

It blows my mind that Asus and other companies would force you to change the entire motherboad while you can just swap a capacitor..

[@StephenGachara]

Hi did big boss do a diploma in engineering? What about you sir? What course did you undertake?

[@S--bm2yz]

Hello dear NorthridgeFix , can i have the model of your multimeter used on this video, it hase a very useful option , on continuity mode it gives a log bip if there is a short and a small bip if there is a value, thanks

[@davepost7675]

I love your sense of humor. "i've never seen a short on an ASUS motherboard".. classic

[@repairtactics]

I love these videos!!! Watching and making! 😊 I need to move to your area!

[@LowBlancs]

Can i know the capacitance of the capacitor you replaced it? Thankyou and good job sir

[@hightttech]

Measure one of the parallel caps in that section

[@cetoxim]

generally 10uf, alex says.

[@FilipeNeto616]

I'm no expert on the subject, but my guess is that those caps are there for decoupling purposes. The precise value should not make much difference. I also bet that skipping one of those doesn't even make much difference

[@avinadadmendez4019]

The capacitor value isn't important, what's really important is reducing parasitic inductance, which is the main reason multiple capacitors are placed in parallel

[@TechInventorAman]

In your opinion which laptop company makes the most reliable company , the ones which you see the least and are most easily repairable .

[@mikanikolic1976]

You set professional standards from the start and when people see a small deviation they react immediately. don't think about comments because then you can easily make mistakes

[@MrRawUK]

Wow quick fix and super quick at removing in installing there. Wowzer!

[@Marwarluigi]

What causes these laptops to poop out so much? Did Asus just cheap out on the capacitors?

[@steinekend.5965]

im wondering what is this brown sludge everywhere first of all...it doesnt seems to help in general because there is probably minerals in this.

[@DiJAndy]

It's not like that. I have in my country a youtuber who also is doing Alex job. Fixing laptops is easy when you have good knowledge. Asus makes simple circuits with available components. They are not like Apple when everything has to be "recover from corpses" with small exceptions. Alex did mention that about month ago when two Asus laptops in a row has same not fixable issue. It not mean that Asus cheap out, oh no! Asus can provide high quality parts which can be buyed. But because they make thousands of many other things they have think of costs and value of their product. When you put everything on one brand you may simply end in dead end specifically in pandemic shortages. Even Infineon Technologies has their limits producing mosfets.

[@tellolite]

Because of games or cpu intensive app loads, I guess. Owner of ROG don't use it for office purpose

[@sixcoregamer9221]

My guess is young gamers buy expensive gaming laptops and run the cpu/gpu at 100C with no undervolting, no laptop cooler, and original thermal paste/pads. The fact that Asus sells laptops with liquid metal means they are targeting extreme gamers. Teens, young adults will overclock their hardware, and then run extreme benchmarks for hours to "test stability" or simply to get the highest score possible in a benchmark for bragging rights.

[@radiotests]

@@tellolite correct, the GPUs alone draw 100s of watts. It's almost too much for SMD components. They really should be 50v electrolytic.

[@JonJonChannel]

Big Boss should have his own youtube channel too!

[@nbctcp3450]

how big boss know this screw belong to this hole. Does he drew on paper

[@Sryofcrv1]

Good stuff man, love watching you work. I just bought a used asus ROG that I'm assuming is suffering from the same problem as this one. I'm a drone guy and less of a computer whiz, what is the clear liquid you put on the cap before you removed it? Also, where can I order or buy replacement caps for this laptop? Do you stock them? Not even sure which one I need yet.

[@xxx27987]

How do you know the value of replaced capacitor? The broken one is not readable... And thanks for awesome vid. Liked it.

[@computergamesandtech4669]

from another same but faulty motherboard

[@ferfer2725]

take a look boardviewer

[@razaraj7573]

Does This method to find faulty component is working for any electronic board.?

[@abdalothmab9632]

Good morning & good job 👍

[@fayazharoon]

May I know your microscope 🔬 model

[@stefanlechner]

Nice video, very good fix. I wonder why some many asus laptops gone bad. Or is it just because you upload some videos last time? Thank you for that video. Greets

[@rmorteza21]

How you inject voltage in board?

[@LawrenceMacMacster]

I bought 2018 a Asus ROG to replace my older Razer (blade still works fine), died on warranty so I got a 2019 ROG with upgraded specs. I didn't use it for awhile when I opened the box the charger was blown, got a replacement 5 weeks later and not long after the laptop died, no power, when I tried to claim warranty Asus said that it died because I charged it with a universal charger, the same that powered my Thinkpad p51 and blade for years, anyway I got a gigabyte (made by clevo) passed the Asus, I think I'll take a decade long break from Asus lol Too bad the specs are fine and looks on par with the bests, just pls Asus get QC & reliability on the agenda!

[@nazdhillon994]

which ROG series did you use ? Im planning on buying a ROG G15

[@salmoo97]

What breaks more, Dell or Asus or HP or lenovo? Love your content

[@iihamed711]

اخر فيديو حاله فال انه لابتوبات ASUS هن اكثر لابتوبات يختربن و لابتوبات Lenovo اقل شي

[@eremeskayron]

what could cause a short on the laptop ?

[@UnCoolDad]

Perhaps you could to mount your thermal cam overhead, with an external screen displaying the output in front of you so you don't need to grow an extra hand.

[@miguel9375]

My Favorite channel! 👍

[@fixfymobile]

How much voltage do you inject?

[@davidut55]

What do you do when one of the apparent fixed laptops it starts to blue screen? Replaced gpu driver/mosfet on a lenovo but crashes when i install intel hd driver. Gpu core is 0.6v, and rise to 0.7 when driver installs before laptop crashes, and start only in safemode without video driver. So gpu/cpu is gone, right?

[@scamchan]

Have one of those ROG laptops where the keyboard is suddenly unresponsive no matter what I do. why would it suddenly die?

[@smilemore209]

Great Job Alex!

[@garybalanesi610]

Ive got a icon 756 pro that's not powering up. Uses chip caps..

[@chasefournier]

Voltage Injection with a thermal cam is king!

[@chandramohannandanpawar2617]

Lovely. The tips received on email for cleaning up of soldering iron tip were very much helpful and wonderful. My problem is over now. Thanks

[@NorthridgeFix]

You mean we answered you on the forum and not Email. Don't give people ideas. We don't respond to tips and how to's via email. Post on the Forum. Here's the link to the topic you mentioned. northridgefix.com/forum/topic/how-to-clean-soldering-iron-tips/

[@michaelblack5011]

like always capacitor is turn to resistor , great job 👍👍

[@shadowarez1337]

So Asus ROG is just HP Specter in disguise I see which notebook to avoid in future as the fail rates are similar. Is it due to just shoddy design like HP Specter or to many corners cut?

[@Taras-Nabad]

Nice work brother. Keep it up.

[@archie6702]

Big Boss works like a Boss 🙂 Very cool, and hey Alex apt name = Big Boss

[@computersrepaircotesaint-l7407]

I have same one here with shorted 2nd mosfet, but after replacing the mosfet I'm getting blue screens and sometimes the laptop turn off. Im not lucky like you

[@lorenzooliveira2137]

Big Boss disassemble and assemble course!!!

[@shehardisanayaka1489]

Why it’s happen? My one is rog g15, I replaced the power iC and now something keys are not working?😢

[@BlackKraya]

So clearly, ASUS laptops are not recommended, but which laptops do you get in the least?

[@fallinguy007]

Got a storefront? Lol my Zephy just went down last night because no power

[@kcordiustechnology]

I think you need an upgrade, you need 2 more arms and hands, 😂 , as always amazing work and quality, thanks for sharing with us

[@Purpleteardrops]

My Rog Zephyrus G14 does not turn on, can you please help

[@jwilko7998]

Another great repair "I bet Big Boss re-assembles all devices better than factory!"

[@nauticalpirate]

Well that was easy.. You sort it out quick...

[@Openurmind9]

I was buying a used rog strix g16 for 1,327 from 2,000 and i decided to cancell the order because i have seen lots of lots of videos of asus and i decided to go with lenovo legion pro 5i which has the same aspects as the g16 and i hope dont give me problems

[@kundanshahare1530]

Sir I have issues with my Asus Tuf F15. It works on power plug and not working on battery. Battery is not charging. Also charged battery also not able to run it.

[@rfr653]

good job mate.

[@genetic187]

I have a broken asus gaming laptop I sent to asus to be repaired. They told me the motherboard was fried and wanted 1,800 bucks to replace the board. Is this something you would be able to look at? The laptop literally lasted 2 weeks past the warranty then broke.

[@nazdhillon994]

what were your cpu temperatures while placing ?

[@hussiny14]

u forgot to make ur visual inspection man! in that case u could fix it without ur thermal :D

[@karanpratapsingh90]

sir i also using Asus rog series and im facing many blue screen error and sudden black screen - windows replaced,ram changed still no improvement pls sir any suggestions 🙏🙏

[@2005saadcomputer]

الله يسهل امرك 😇

[@Overclocker4]

..... not even 2 hours ago my gl502vm died, powered off and wont even charge. Then this comes up on my phone...... wtf..

[@NorthridgeFix]

Everyone's Asus laptop will fall sooner or later. Guaranteed.. just know I had nothing to do with it.

[@Overclocker4]

@@NorthridgeFix Why don't I beleive you!! Ugh, gotta go and get it fixed now, not even sure how much It's going to cost me yet

[@phazonclash]

Are Asus laptops super unreliable and poorly made or super popular (resulting in so many coming in for repair)? That's the question...

[@em0_tion]

Or is it just more profitable to repair expensive tech? We'll never know.

[@radiotests]

A ROG is a cult following for gamers. ASUS is actually an innovator with AI and Raspberry Pi competitor. They have a great AI and Tinkerer board to teach programming and robotics.

[@steinekend.5965]

Hi sir, nice video btw, you are inspiring :) can you please show how to inject power on a motherboard? thank you sir.

[@hightttech]

He has many videos demonstrating the process. Watch a few and you'll see. He even sells the tools to inject voltage, and a affordable thermal imaging camera.

[@alialshams1043]

nice Vedio ☮️👍

[@randypeddycoart5786]

Awesome Video! Paste on fingers doubles the price? :) jk

[@valmontdraconus]

You fix so many Asus laptops you should be an official Asus repair provider lol I love Asus motherboards and have not had an issue with them yet, but i certainly will never buy an Asus laptop. They just don't seem to have the same quality control on laptops.

[@d0qtrx]

Asus: Keeping repair shops in business

[@ado7098]

Big Boss is the best !

[@SSJR0S3]

u make it look like its simple to repair things XD

[@xDB8x]

"I've never seen a short on an Asus motherboard!" 😂

[@hardkore360]

Alex, the scientists in the comments have probably never even touched a solder iron in their life :P

[@Sadistic46]

"Never seen a short on a Asus motherboard." Lmao!

[@jbvtechnologies]

I need to come and work with you Alex, i know you need best technician like me to assist you and take your company beyond... Give me a shout ill pack my bags and leave my country asap ,,,Anyway hello everyone , I love you all guys

[@kommandokodiak6025]

finally somebody calling out Asus. avoid them like the plague

[@DIYBill]

Shit. I just bought an M16

[@iihamed711]

@@DIYBill it’s a good laptop

[@DIYBill]

@@iihamed711 does it breakdown like the other Asus laptops :)

[@suryavanshib]

Awesome ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

[@EvilSlothsTony]

"Never seen an Asus motherboard with a short" 😂😂

[@thecon_quererarbitraryname6286]

Yes Asus laptops fail a lot, i can personally attest that. But sometimes they are (likely for this reason) good value for money with decent specs for the price...

[@Electronicsautomotive]

Good job my regards to big boss

[@blackartista]

"For All The Scientists Out There" is 🔥

[@ikativan2110]

"And nephew." 😄😄👍

[@MrEp5]

Ugh that board could use a good clean. Yuck!