Asus ROG Laptop Repair - Avoid Kapton Tape

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[@Fumbleknuckle]

One of the things I love about your channel is you're strictly business. No annoying intro videos/music/comedy acts etc... Thank you for that!

[@kote7su]

"I'm going to take a few minutes, a few hours, a few days to reassemble this." That escalated so fast all because Big Boss is not home. Lol

[@shorty808100]

taking apart laptops if you don't do it a lot is a pain in the well you know were i'm going with this, it's harder than it looks

[@angryman9333]

Its super Tidious

[@kote7su]

I've disassembled laptops before so I know the pain and I was only pointing out what he said because it's comical to me that he's in distress because his dad is needed is all. Which in result the time expectancy of putting the laptop back together grew exponentially in his sentence.

[@thingsgeek3801]

I've watched so many vids of these laptops on your channel that I feel like I can fix them too! Check the mosfet, inject voltage, check for a heat spot and replace the component generating the heat 😅 Except I don't understand anything about injecting voltage or have any of the necessary tools to even remotely begin this type of work. You sir are a technology micro surgeon! Love watching your vids!

[@mcblocked2]

I feel exactly the same after i watched tons of videos from this chanel, as soon as i started out with some boards either i get very hard ones with welded mosfets or ones with very weird faults 😅. But i make sure even if the fault is visible i act as if it is not and do all the measurements to insure that i can determine the fault even if it isn't visible and learn in the process :)

[@kotakajaib5963]

Another task: remove the mosfet replacement from the donor board.

[@maklogetrich2378]

that's what you do if you watch movies too, you can think easily beat bad guy 😂 but, of course not 😂

[@eyeopener1993]

there was a time when this guy didn't know anything about electrics, components etc. he took the time to learn may have took him years which it does to become as good as this guy at repairing electrics. practice makes perfect.

[@hellquistens]

Learn about Ohm's law and you will understand why injecting voltage generates heat :)

[@Professorke]

Finally someone else says that kapton tape is no good when desoldering. A colleague always uses this and he doesn't want to believe me, he says he has never had any problems with it. Now I will send him your video to him so he will hear it from someone else too :-)

[@tisme1105]

I am binge watching your videos mate. Very skilled, educational and also fun. Greetings from the UK - and I *know* you will be super pleased to see Big Boss when he gets back.

[@morawobolu1597]

When you said it didn't work but there was a smile on your face, I knew something was fishy. Keep being a legend!

[@rationalistfaith]

Plot twist at the end! Nice! Keep it coming habibi

[@Danbotics]

If I wasn’t on the other side of the planet I would happily volunteer to do all your disassembly and reassembly until Big Boss got back. Just access to your wisdom and teaching would be more than enough payment.

[@TimothyFish]

As busy as they are, I doubt there is an issue with paying someone to do it; it is more about finding someone who knows what they are doing.

[@TheKec789]

Haha, I'd do the same! I started my tech career being a bench monkey at a PC build/repair shop, and LOVED taking laptops apart for this, that, and the other. We didn't do power port repair, but would swap out a display and other items. I work for a much larger company now doing AV work, but still love to tinker and learn new things, and miss taking laptops apart.

[@1myfriendjohn]

I came for the repair, but I always love the nuggets of wisdom you drop as well. I will always be unique.

[@computerworksuk]

Nice job Alex. Also can definitely see the difference is camera quality. Keep up the amazing work.

[@mtnshadid]

As always fast and quick repair from experience الله يفتحا عليك بالمزيد ان شاء الله

[@richardbell6045]

Awesome job Alex .. Terrific work..

[@jc39110]

Love your videos! Inspires me to fix more broken items, it's addicting.

[@Tibbygames]

This is my new favorite channel. Alex is the Steve Irwin of electronic repair.

[@Mr.Bearded.Mechanic]

I think I can speak in many viewers' names, we would appreciate it if you could make a heat cam footage of how the heat spreads when you take off MOSFET from a board like this. Thank you for your hard work! It always makes me smile when you finish a job and you smile in joy at the end of the video.

[@ralphj4012]

In this scenario (and many others) kapton tape just creates a channel through which the hot air will be forced, thereby heating the components underneath the tape more than they would be without the tape.

[@brunorodrigues2060]

Awesome work again Alex.. Love your vids. Cheers.

[@gurhanbayr5080]

Alex, the new v2 scope has amazing image quality. Just AMAZING.

[@paulb4uk]

One thing i have learnt from your channel is to avoid asus laptops ,superb work another back up and running .

[@oluwabusayooyegunwa5764]

Great work and humor! Love ya

[@faymtips8112]

Amazing work Alex

[@cjh0751]

We love the big boss. I hope he's having a lovely relaxing time away ❤️

[@Tink-GB]

Wish you were in the UK...Great videos.

[@Jason-zh7wo]

The new scope is great 👍👍

[@shawnchalfant1595]

Love your vids, your a straight up dude!

[@savemelasttime5855]

I wish I have hands like yours. so steady.

[@TurkCkr]

You r doing great job..Im still learning things

[@albertlanger2339]

I love your subtle humour. My trouble in Australia is finding a good repair shop. I only want the 2x 2.0 and 1 x 3.0 USB females replaced.

[@crevusllohcin]

Like your honesty.

[@Mave-rick]

I'm really glad you raised expedited service, hopefully now you won't be so overwhelmed with only those orders and can focus overall on normal repairs. A lot of people took advantage on how inexpensive it was, now most will think twice.

[@FilipeRua]

1:31 This is called reaping the rewards of labor. Love your work

[@Chewligan1]

Alex is a magician !!

[@burnedik]

Nice shirt Alex.. Better than factory!!

[@kaydog2008]

Sounds like it's time to start getting college apprentices studying in this field rotating through the shop. To not only learn the repair side of it, but to also know how to run the in's and out's of a repair business. 💯% 😎👍👍Good time to go be a speaker at your closest tech or basic college.

[@wagnersantos291]

Muito bom! Experiência e excelência em reparo em Notebook Asus!!

[@musthaqmohammed8098]

Really nice speaking mr Alex

[@martinjjnoagenda5536]

Love watching your videos and I think you are great guy. Only watching you getting overwhelmed by your own success makes me think it probably calls for training a sidekick doing most of the repetitive basic soldering, so you free yourself for diagnosing devices. That's your best skill. Maybe likewise for all the other tasks around the shop. Plenty of youngsters around who can edit your videos also. I have no doubt you could double or triple your business quickly as you appear to have a lot more potential work than you all currently can handle. With the ever growing amount of different devices that will only become more. No doubt your customers also appreciate shorter return times. Think continuity. Another growth potential could be contracts with major brands for supply of often used parts. What's even better than factory? Just my two cents.

[@WickedStuntz]

best videos bro new sub but I watch everything you post!!!

[@markmorris6246]

That scope looks amazing

[@eldark2b]

merci pour la vidéo you are the best sir

[@edward20049]

Love the videos; I wish to purchase some stuff but the exchange rate here in Trinidad is a lot, anyway I'm thinking positive, thanks.

[@uccoskun]

Hello, Thank you for this educational, entertaining videos. I want to learn the temperature set on your hot air gun?

[@stefanlechner]

Veryyy good work, nice video. Good explainings. It is a good plan to set the expidate service up. I know that from my work too, every order should then be treated like this and nobody knows what should be done first. that is not the ulterior motive of this idea. Thank you for that video. Greets

[@salimolive2143]

Thank you ❤

[@iyadshwiky6712]

مبدع اخي كالعاده موفق

[@MrRawUK]

Great work, but if you did not have a doner board can you get those Mosfet chips elsewhere?

[@richardbell6045]

I want that shirt "Better than Factory" Alex.. hmm I'll check your sites if it's available.. last time I checked.. it's out of ordered so I just got Northridge Fix shirt which awesome I like it.. you should add up with Sweater hoodie with any colors goes with Better than Factory.. Northridge Fix as well.. sweater shirts and shorts or jogging pants. Will be awesome Alex. :)

[@fabiokingrex]

good job. as always...

[@lucymc0191]

great video big boss ......😉

[@abdallahharfoush9449]

Best teacher ❤️

[@mastershifu3812]

you have a perfect smile for Holywood :D

[@benzyblenaru9602]

What model was the computer and a photo from above to see the location of the shortening part thanks

[@UNOsi-sl4qz]

Thank you for this video. please sir I am a new repairer I want to know the tool you use to check the mosfet and the one for injecting of voltage. and how can I get them

[@fredericomacias5547]

You seem a cool guy!

[@afb9999]

Nice tshirt!

[@papapsych2746]

Faking me out with a no fix laptop was the second laugh you got out of me in this video.

[@Justin_80]

Are there any brands of gaming laptop you recommend or would avoid?

[@OluwajobaOdesanya]

Genius man

[@charlie12102]

Alex what is the gunk between the components

[@mohamedhussein120]

Very nice 👍🏾

[@strawman9410]

Why do the MOSFETs break ? Heat or build design ?

[@sausagefingers714]

would aluminium tape be a better option if kapton was really needed in this repair? thank you

[@jon18m]

Jon Stewart does it again!

[@gordonm2821]

Insert voltage, wait for magic smoke to be released, check board to see which component now has a sunroof

[@Notpoop906]

The only time I really use kapton tape is on plastic connectors. I find it just obscures my view if I put it over components and it makes them move likely to shift if the solder does melt because of the tension the tape applies.

[@recommendedforyou157]

sir what barlow lens did you use when removing parts on the motherboard?

[@oliverbenis]

We miss the Big Boss. He is the beginning and the end of the repair process.

[@danfromtechnesia]

Isn't that unfair for people who are not paying expedited service, who want to get their device fixed. Now they have to wait longer because they are paying less / not paying expedited service?

[@alialshams1043]

nice Vedio ☮️👍

[@TreyWait]

I always use kapton anyway because at least it holds things generally in the right position. If you've ever had your hot air gun accidentally blow a bunch of components off your board... it's a nightmare.

[@MrRahovart]

sería genial que la cámara que Álex está estrenando, tuviera capacidad de una cámara térmica... comodidad pero el precio sube...

[@MakemeSumMuffins]

What is the blue gunk around the replaced part and why it wasn't removed

[@bambangsetiawan9174]

Hi, i'm really need your help. My Acer ES1-420 problem is short on mosfet aon6552, but is hard to find the same part. Can you tell me what type of mosfet that equivalent with mosfet aon6552? Thankyou..

[@djspidey7235]

can i get your v1 microscope please? great work as always Alex. better than factory

[@beaconing7689]

LoL who are you? 😂

[@djspidey7235]

@@beaconing7689 I'm your Father....lol

[@ruliuxxx18]

why asus puts that blue paste so much everywhere. btw enjoying your videos.

[@Lans3r]

“The short circuit” channel ❤

[@Electrically-Electronic]

Hey Alex, I have a HP elitebook 2570p and I found that the cpu and chipset is getting hot. Could the chipset be the culprit or something else. ( Firstly, it never powered on. Because, the 19v rail is shorted to ground by a cap. So I replaced it. Now it will turn on but because of the over temperature it is shutting down.) Everything else is OK. It is booting into windows, too.

[@theunsheunis2266]

what about video's of Big Boss disassembling devices?

[@edups3307]

Is that thermal paste? I noticed it on other Asus laptops. Why do they cover them in paste and not a thermal pad like the usual?

[@noctojujef4837]

You got me in the end

[@alexluz7023]

kapton tape is for 300 degrees and is prefered as isolation tape heat resistant, is good for winding transformers and such. is better teflon tape (PTFE brown one) as does not deform is thicker and the glue is more stable with heat But just for you Master that uses max temp always the best is aluminium tape, good for 500 degrees really shields components as is heat reflective, and dirty cheap if you buy generic hvac aluminium tape and no glue leftovers to clean its my 50cents opinion "Pure Aluminum Foil: High density 99.4% aluminum foil , lighter and shiner, can reflect 95-97% Heat Radiant , it is the best heat insulation material. Thermal Reflective Insulation | Agarwal Pune Group."

[@WilliamDorrepaal]

Tap with a hammer $5 Knowing where to tap $95 :)

[@KevinHernandez-jg3ni]

I know this is a noob question for many but I am no expert just curious. Since in the video he mentions that kapton tape is not really recommended to use, then when is it a good idea or a good scenario to use it?

[@tjones261]

What was all that blue stuff around the mosfets?

[@AmadonFaul]

I don't see the link to the articulating arm stand on the microscope page on your site. Just advice to buy it from Amscope on ebay.

[@NorthridgeFix]

It's on the website. Read the microscope description. You didn't look hard enough. northridgefix.com/product/microscope-camera-bundle-1080-60fps-180x-lens-ring-adapter-2-barlow-lenses-0-5x-0-75x/

[@hallgrimurkhallgrimsson1200]

but if the kapton tape is secured on both ends it shouldint warp maybe?

[@musicforsoul3324]

you replaced mosfet with donor board (which may be faulty or fails after some time) and interrupted hard drive repair sequence. Great

[@michaelaltun]

U got me.

[@RestoreTechnique]

That ending 😄

[@mrizkic]

Id love to buy from you but the price of expedition was not make sense to purchase it from usa :( . Ill just do what i can have here. Anyway good job

[@HanCurunyr]

"Here we have an Asus laptop that came in for no power" If I was from the US, I would make you a shirt with this words

[@charlesjohnson6645]

When the heated air gun is running, does your room get hot? I know I hear ventilation systems running during your videos and you're not sweating so it must not be that bad.

[@richardbell6045]

Just kidding but yea good luck for that... dj Spidey... Yea I want those camera so badly. I may order one of those in his site someday. It's costly but worth it..good for repair etc.. Just like Alex said " Better than Factory". LoL. Alex is awesome teaching and perfect clear understand his explanation job on any device.. awesome job.

[@ACOnetwork]

You can use your smartphone as camera via droidcam obs, it is what I use 😁

[@ZedMobileWizards]

​@@ACOnetwork share link for app

[@djspidey7235]

Yeah i will also buy a v2 one day....the problem is I'm in South Africa and the ZAR to USD is so huge difference thatbi can pay my house bond for a month with the money.

[@richardbell6045]

@@djspidey7235 that's cool .. I'm from Alaska here :)

[@prathmeshpatil6425]

What's the reason behind all these Asus laptops short issue ?

[@ramyromeo9846]

We miss you big boss boss of all bosses be back well

[@allanmanley6340]

A board on a gadget I use broke down - I bought a new board for €25 (plus a few Euro postage). To repair the old board would have cost me more than double (and I may have been told it was unrepairable).

[@Je.Suis.Flaneur]

I don't like government telling anyone what to do, but the electronics industry has engineered products to be unrepairable. Government should legislate against such engineering.

[@PrashantKumar-rx5rn]

I see that you receive lots of Asus laptops in your channel. Is this make model is to avoid? or just people in states buy them more?

[@jboxberger]

Ist there a way to get the Items to Europe. I WOuld love to buy the V2 Cam but The Shipping + Tax + 19% German Tax + Customs Fee is just killing the whole purchase... Maybe you can have ship something from Europe? Kind Regards

[@Broenss]

too cool