Asus GL504G Repair - Laptop Won't power On - Hidden Short circuit

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[@antoninoamato7413]

I've seen your video, because I've the same issue on this laptop, and I was lucky to find an competent and honest engineer as you have shown to be, who have searched the defective component, to fix the problem of this motherboard, which isn't cheap; congratulation for your professionalism.

[@stefanlechner]

Very nice job...it feels so great to see you happy when you succesfully fixed stuff. Thank you for the video. Greets

[@مؤيد-س6ع]

me too 😂😂❤️

[@sylvesteryaiuglig2470]

Well job done Alex. I've always felt happy seeing you smile knowing you've figured out the culprit.

[@loopdemack]

Woow, this is seriously great find. Finding that almost temperaturelly undisturbed heat spot and pinpoint it as a source of the problem, this is masterfully done

[@SyedMAli-333]

I have searching the internet for weeks and I found nothing, till I stumbled upon your video. I must say man, you're a life saver. Really worried about my laptop. Now I know what the issue might be. Thanks a lot man. Keep up the good work

[@hazzardpt]

I like how Alex gets happy to get laptops working again :D

[@jordvanlennep5811]

That happy face!! When he know he fixed the product! I love it!🔥🔥🔥

[@Alion.147]

I just adore fixing laptops videos. I have watched every signle one in the chanel. The smile in the end is priceless.

[@thegroove2000]

A jedi at work right there. Well done that man.

[@denisuya]

Even with Thermal Cam, it's still hard to pinpoint shorts... But your skill and experience are just outstanding. Great video.

[@thegroove2000]

Those thermal cams are utterly essentail.

[@fetus2280]

theyre great if you have the few grand to buy one .. back in the day, or being poor if you will, we had to use alcohol or a can of air sprayed upside down to freeze a spot . in this case i would have taken it outside or tossed into freezer for 5 mins to help find it with thermal cam . i couldnt see it till it was pointed out to me, he has better eyes lol

[@MultiIFixIt]

Wow Alex, what a dedication to your craft, working way pass your time to go home, am learning a lot from you, the way you go thru your process of elimination without even knowing what might be the bad component to triple confirming the bad component before replacing it, it does take time to get it fix, for me that's what I've learn, sometime it take me hours, but you are a great source of inperation, thank you so much, good job on this one.

[@henrikloiske8572]

It is always a treat to watch your videos...specially when you succed and smile after a good job..hello from Sweden :)

[@noobmobilerepairing7825]

after the work done . your smile ...... i am also a mobile repairing shop . n i have that smile too

[@TomsTechRepair]

Another victory for Alex. Good find. More amps would be more temperature but could do more damage. Good thermal camera is worth it's weight in gold.

[@navidazarshab]

I love that victory smirk after a fix

[@saydmarschany8321]

Good work, really like your method. I am a hobbyist and learning a lot from your videos.

[@museater8729]

Hey that's my laptop he's fixing! Very cool, very good service.

[@danielgrevan]

Besides the experience eyes for finding the slightly discolored area, the importance of a sensible camera to allow that. Nice.

[@j.lietka9406]

It's always great to watch you troubleshoot & repair laptops! Thank you & early happy holidays! 🤓

[@rdp8545]

Love your enthusiasm every time you repair a job whether simple or complex... Some of your techniques have been very helpful on trouble shooting some of my issues. Great work and on this laptop motherboard very good eye in finding that discoloration because I wouldn't have found it! I purchase 3 lots of the Amtech Flux but the code didn't work. All good though. I'd buy so much more from you but unfortunately the shipping costs are killing us in Australia. Hopefully customs here won't hold onto the flux for long. Thank you again for what you do.

[@rahulmechatronics]

Even with Thermal Cam, experience counts to identify weak heat spot. Superb 👍👍

[@Martin-ot7xj]

Hi there , for inject voltage how do we know to which side of the component we have to connect the red probe of Dc power supply ? does it matter ? or we can inject to any side of short component ? thankyou

[@therealb888]

@@kikihun9726 yes, also in case we have shorted rail, we can inject on any side. If not it shouldn't be hard to trace the polarity and inject.

[@therealb888]

Another point is you have to start low & no more than 1V because if there's a short to the CPU power rails you could do irrepairable damage.

[@worroSfOretsevraH]

Still waiting for some proper 1-2h long workflow videos. :)

[@alotl1kevegas860]

I'm thoroughly enjoying your videos, and have been learning alot from you. Keep up the great work 👍

[@Fuzzy-88]

Awesome repair! True fans will watch the video till the end, may the odds forever be in your favor. Shalom 🤙

[@craig2963]

Hmm...we need to make a mount for the Thermal camera that will allow it to attach to the microscope mount. So that it can attach to the left or right side of the microscope. That would free up a hand for you when looking for a hot spot. I guess the Thermal cam could have it's own arm to hold it as well, But I figure you do not use the thermal and the microscope to look in different places. You would be looking at the same area on the board with both I would think. And if you did need to move it to a different place the attachment can be made to easily release the Thermal cam from it.

[@bushnaqm]

I have a GL504GW which had 3 motherboard replacements, Asus really has terrible quality control. Luckily on the last replacement, I had zero issues and its been working for more than a year now

[@therealb888]

Definitely Asus has one of the worst quality controls, so many Asus laptops dying all around the world!.

[@thematrixian8710]

So odd, I have laptops from Asus working since 2012, another one I bought for my wife working and suffering in our toddler's hands as well as many asus desktop motherboards. I think it might be coincidence or some manufacturing plants might be doing a poor job.

[@maklogetrich2378]

I thought only in our country asus has terrible quality control

[@maklogetrich2378]

@@thematrixian8710 congratulation on getting "a good one" most asus laptop here just have any random issues, from keyboard, hdd/ssd, board, screen, battery etc

[@micarifamily1]

Another great indepth troubleshooting video! I do have a question, with such a low temp difference would it be visible using only alcohol?

[@evoxslaydiy7620]

Great job. Well done Alex! It was tricky one.

[@GardenLives]

Seems like satisfying work, fascinating to watch.

[@georgezanfir]

I always like the smile when you show that is working, it's the smile of pride :D i really love it! Keep up the good work man!

[@S2M78DP27VZ]

Awesome brother, i wish you were nearby,recently i got shorted my gl504 cpu fan wires while i was trying to mod the fan while it was on. When short happened it just went shutdown, and never got power nor showing charging 😢. Local repair guys gave up trying. I wish i could get someone who knows what to do ..😢😢😢😢

[@iiifardocheiiil.500]

Yep! That happy face. It really show's that you love ur work mate 👍😉

[@hao319]

Thanks for very good content, you are the best. 😁

[@kareemtawab]

The scratches on that mosfet. Was it by you or caused by a prior repair attempt?

[@sixxiom1142]

seems like a set up

[@mohammednabil9792]

Freshest flux in the market 🤣 feels like a fruit vegetable bazaar lol

[@NorthridgeFix]

Real technicians eat flux

[@therealb888]

@@NorthridgeFix Lol I love this quote 🤣😂

[@Leadweight2]

Could you have injected a higher voltage to create more heat, thereby showing a brighter heat spot?

[@XxTWMLxX]

I just bought my first cheap solder/hotair station from amazon. It's a fairly cheap Chinese one but seems to work only bad reviews say the air wand burns out quickly. Model says LRT 2018D+, bought it to try to fix a new 48v ebike charger that just always says "full" even when not. Will not charge. I seen some shorted caps among other issues on the board. Gonna take apart old boards of stuff i dont care about but work and try to reassemble to working again before moving the caps and stuff on the charger...

[@XxTWMLxX]

Only thing it didnt come with was flux. So wating on some to get here. Mg chemicals noclean flux paste is what I went with for now. As I dont have an ultrasonic or a local place to buy 99.9 ipa for board cleaning with swabs.

[@kevinconicelli846]

Awesome video! i have a question, why the resistance goes up between gate and source on powermosfet? Greetings from Argentina!

[@orion310591RS]

Because he is measuring while it is in circuit, connected with other components, if u take out and measure it will not change. He could also check all mosfets on board, then check all capacitors, then check all resistors... test it self lasts 5 seconds per component anyway and u can do it without having 1000-5000$ equipment, no need to use thermal camera and voltage injector but it can help...

[@calvinmientke3539]

@@orion310591RS It is nice to hear some troubleshooting knowledge. Those sneaky caps in the circuit will confuse testers. Schematics help to understand the readings but are very scarce in the microelectronics world.

[@martinjankovski680]

I started watching you recently, you are great, but I have one question: Is your boss assembling and dissasembling things you repair ??

[@ja.935g67]

Its a Happy day when THE JOB IS DONE!

[@LiviuPNZ]

I have the exact same laptop with the exact same problem. Thank you.

[@Jamaicanboi407]

When he says, look at this, loooooook at this..... it's about to go DOWN lol lol

[@ziadgasim5228]

قناتي المفضلة معجبيك من الاردن بس عندي سؤال بدي اشتري لابتوب Asus بس بشوفك بتصلح كثير لابتوبات من نفس النوع بتنصحني اشتري من شركة هاي او لأ😘

[@thedanfernando]

Where did you get the mosfet replacement from?

[@allaoui38]

Dead motherboard

[@MrTaoufikaouadi]

Good morning 🌹

[@rayirth.upside-down]

Captions: Meter in DIET mode Great youtube, a new beginner will find this helpful

[@re-fix9678]

wow nice

[@albertalvarez5901]

Good offer on the flux, went to go check it out right after watching the video to get a coupon and buy some and I didn't find the coupon, I still have some but can't pass that deal.

[@HighPoweExpress]

Hi Alex, on previous videos you normally removed the component, add flux, prepare putting fresh low melting solder, add the new component, press it down, and remove/smooth any extra soldering, then clean the excess flux with alcohol. This time was quick, took out the component and solder back the new one even without adding solder or pass the tip to re-solder well the connectors. I know we always change procedures as we keep learning in our life, what works yesterday not necessary will work tomorrow. Any special reason to change your previous procedure?

[@mrbmp09]

I thought that was very odd too, usually drowns it in flux before removing chip.

[@bartjuh2832]

Nice job Alex,i learn so much of your video’s.too bad i still don’t get anything working 🤣i’ve been working on a Sony Vaio laptop for about 2 weeks still can’t fix the Problem

[@stevedebeukelaer1424]

Well done Alex, nice fault finding.

[@TwoTall1988]

I wonder why you haven't mounted your thermal camera so you can do it hands free.

[@fouadhoblos3611]

Sir, thanks a lot for ur videos.. i have an awkward annoying question.. Since i got from a previous video that u originate from Lebanon, do u recommend anybody who does what u do in Lebanon?? I have a couple of cases that need someone of ur skill..

[@henry.c189]

Very nice repair...as usual.Can you explain a bit why you used 1 volt specifically?Any motives behind it?

[@jothigjk5941]

That's calls secondary short. It find very difficult good job

[@fatherloz2800]

Hello, Noob question: I assume that in order to remove the component one would pre-heating at +- 200 degrees Celsius the area with a big nozzle and in a circular motion with a low fan speed for 1min?...then raise the temperature to +-400 degrees Celsius to heat for +-20sec while still making circular motions? And then trying to remove it... I need to find old pcb boards to practice... thanks! :). [Nice job as usual :)]

[@basharhermas1862]

شكرا للكاميرا الحراريه...ابداع

[@arasus6107]

Awesome job bro keep rocking bro 👍👍👍

[@j.lietka9406]

Alex, have you ever repaired the power supply for an Asus ROG laptop?

[@sebastianrac6338]

Very well said.

[@rfr653]

good job mate.

[@rogamingz206]

@3:07 the mosfet it shorted, so you go to current sensing resistor to start there? or you just cant inject voltage there?

[@jeroenvtec]

If you take effort to take us into you’re journey then let us enjoy the first power on moment. Working or not I am in to it.

[@dirzz]

I really need to get myself a thermal cam

[@andrasszabo7386]

That board under the replaced mosfet does not look good. Looks just like it is not soldered on properly because it is damaged. Could be camera view issue, though, I don't know.

[@chanelkw1332]

Good job 👍

[@virgildeklerk]

Very nice fix again Alex keep it up

[@biomed2341]

How many Amps are you setting your voltage injection tool when you're injecting 1.2V on the motherboard?

[@danielgrevan]

You don't set a value, you set a max valeu for safety because you don't know how many amps the board will take. For example he maybe set a limit of 1.5 A and the board took 1.3. A.

[@hugovale8070]

Hi,,,He allready explain that.the amps with that tool Doesnt matter if we inject for à small period of time .i dont now in witch video . Sorry ✌🇲🇫

[@biomed2341]

I asked because i have a variable power supply with adjustable amps so that i will know what will i set in the amps when i also inject voltage on my repairs...

[@_ylg]

how great you are

[@ereal2]

to learn how to fix electronic for someone who just want to do it as a hobbie ? is there a shortcut or is it just time and trial and error?... ty and love your channel.

[@williamwong5627]

You can but burn a few boards up before you could repair anything.

[@Darren777Au]

As always, nicely done.

[@marvidazores]

Well done mate 🤜🤛

[@francismkanda7320]

Good job

[@JohnUsp]

Congrats.

[@anro_gaming]

well done, sir

[@nigelwright7557]

It always worries me with the mosfets the amount of solder on pad underneath doesn't spread out and short to other pins.

[@Jason-zh7wo]

Great job as always 👍👍

[@R1150rt]

Another great video. Thank you as always

[@thetravelernumber1]

Hi Alex my hp notebook light charging on but not light on keyboard or any other place Led Will be orange after battery charged turn solide white My issues is when m trying to turn on the charger light will blink one time and goes back white won't turn on Thank u if u read my comment and give me answer

[@jamesruz]

Hi alex. How do you know what mosfet you are going to use as replacment for the bad mosfet?

[@nelchan2421]

good job

[@alialshams1043]

nice Vedio ☮️👍

[@adiposerex5150]

Nice work.

[@bestbuildpc]

Nice!

[@shavkatganiev2486]

greetings, colleague, was it really so difficult to find a malfunction without a thermal imager?

[@allaoui38]

Yes but a good thermal cam

[@eduardomolinayourmac.repai614]

Yes but, you can use the isopropyl 99% technique as well... Works very good most of the cases

[@hugovale8070]

🇨🇵👍 fast easy and proper . Thanks i always enjoy yours vidéos,

[@ankurjadoun]

Greetings of the day!!! Sir, I'm looking for a keyboard for my *Samsung Note NP900X4C*. Can you check in your stock . is it available or not? And can you arrange for me?

[@kpakpatojournal1555]

0:49 we know we have a problem, this why we are here

[@Scop8116]

Nice job always

[@abdraheem2171]

Which bench power supply you use?

[@eolookcats]

비슷한 모델인데, 부품의 절반가량이 쇼트반응이라 찾아내기 어렵네요.

[@jamesnagib9141]

nice bravo

[@bryegante9089]

Sir i have a problem with the motherboard of my laptop with this same model? Where can i find replacement MOBO for my asus scar 2 sir? Tnx for the help

[@davidbulauski5475]

I have 2 Asus gx531gx and gs laptops that have shorted motherboards could you fix them if I send them to you ?

[@mohamedhussein120]

Nice ✌🏾

[@kobalt7893]

Seriously when you watch experts with experience with that kind of stuff it really look easy... but i know its not... I can build a pc with my eyes closed, tune it or do whatever but i simply can't do stuff like that iam to impatient for job that precise xD

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[@johannbiker8803]

👍👍👍