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[@glbernini0]

Any interaction with customers that starts with "I tried to fix it myself...but", has to be scary.

[@kirawoxie]

Always

[@28KKaann]

Almost always it is...

[@Serin9X]

It's a major red flag.

[@Phyoomz]

Imagine how doctors feel. 😂

[@chronenojysk5107]

It’s always better to just state what have you done to “fix the problem” like “I tried unscrewing and use a dust can to check if there are any dust” or “Tried rebooting with no results”. Don’t just be vague about it.

[@smithies_jocks]

I left the computer repair business years ago, the public is 80% lovely, 20% evil. The 20% gave me PTSD.

[@forposterity4031]

It's like that in all service industries. I was a house painter for a long time and had a lot of great repeat clients. But 20% of people were just so hard to deal with I changed vocations. Now I am a mushroom farmer, I deal with a few buyers that don't give me a hard time and that's it, no stress from clients.

[@deovolente4622]

@@forposterity4031 you can probably grow a mean matsutake

[@itsgabo9401]

@@forposterity4031 how do you like mushroom farming?

[@TheKentanthony]

@@forposterity4031 yoo i heard theres a mushroom that tastes like a chicken

[@freedomofmotion]

@@TheKentanthony Chicken of the woods. It doesn't taste like chicken but it has a similar texture to processed chicken. So if you season it right and batter and deep fry it confuses your brain well enough 😂. It's one of my favourites I only was able to collect 1 kilo of it this year.

[@cicero2794]

I could see kids doing shit like that, but when you're 30, 40 years of age and older and doing some petty shit like that to a hard working man, that's low class.

[@zaxmaxlax]

Those "kids" will get older and still do it, that's how humans works.

[@dtiydr]

There is a LOT of low life ppl who just don't give a flying fuck.

[@gunnagunna8706]

I'm in plumbing and this happens all the time. Snake a drain and a 30 year old drain falls apart and I get the "well it wasn't leaking before". I get this primary from the 40-50 range.

[@thepenguin9]

@@zaxmaxlax nah you're assuming you somehow learned as you got older and nobody else did. They'll learn

[@kevinmccool3719]

You would be shocked by the age range and different people from all walks of life that pull this b.s. Rich and poor alike do this often. You can tell the ones that do this often by their behavior and games they play. They get all upset quick when they realize you know what they are doing.

[@PixelsWorkshopVideos]

That policy is epic!! I needed to know how to deal with this situation!!! Thank you so much for sharing your incomparable insight!

[@Giacr45]

Anyway, just so you know, in most jurisdictions you cannot sign away gross negligence and in certain circumstances even pain negligence. So you must adopt proper care when handling the items. It is usually better to follow industry databases standards instead of making up your protocols, because following those standards would protect you from negligence claims.

[@gastongl404]

dealing with human require lots caution

[@danielkrawczynski4832]

Can you post that ? Please 🙏

[@djnumonic]

"you touch it, you own it." This is how shady people try to take advantage of ANYBODY who works on repair. Good info

[@Denvermorgan2000]

My favorite is customers who brings a different phone than the one I repaired so I learned to take pictures and mark the device and write down the serial number.

[@dixsusu]

In Romania we have a saying: " Opportunities creates thieves ."!

[@forposterity4031]

And the best thieves create opportunities.

[@LeoInterVir]

Most crimes are crimes of opportunity. The concept is worldwide.

[@ElTitoXBASS]

Same saying here in Spain.

[@gastongl404]

in Tunisia we have some sayings like the thieve will defeat the screamer(the thief will run away anyway while the victim just keep screaming) .when a cow falls down, her knives will be everywhere(like spawning)

[@raidone7413]

More like opportunity REVEALS thrived

[@madmatt2024]

LOL at the customer supplied connector. I work on cars for a living and customers supplied parts are just about the same for us too. We had one earlier this year where some guy wanted us to install a snow plow mount that he supplied on his truck. The mount is a piece of junk, bent in multiple places and has had the mounting points cut off and home made ones welded on. It would have taken hours to fix it. Needless to say, we refused that job. Then there are the insurance companies that supply basically the cheapest parts known to mankind and then expect us to give them a warranty on our labor if the part they supply fails... Nope, not gonna happen.

[@exemida]

I think insurance companies are jokes. Theyll take your money and then when you need it most theyll deny yah. Or go with the cheapest option.

[@kevinmccool3719]

Car and home insurance is the biggest bunch of crooks out there. Especially All state insurance. Fuck All state insurance co.

[@jurecoric5118]

I work on cars too and we had customer who had a timing belt snap, we told him price for the parts and the job, he said he will supply all the parts and brought 1 intake valve and 1 exhaust valve and said we tries to rip him off on parts 😂 we said where are other 14 valves :D

[@CoolKoon]

"The mount is a piece of junk, bent in multiple places and has had the mounting points cut off and home made ones welded on." - Yeah, apparently these people have the same attitude in everything: if they'd know better than to try and use such shitty/badly worn/roughed up parts they could do the repairs/replacements themselves too.

[@CoolKoon]

@@jurecoric5118 "we said where are other 14 valves :D" - Jesus, on a V8 engine?! What was he thinking when he bought that thing....

[@shadowcloaksimulations1015]

I was a cellphone technician for 5 years in the late 90s-early 2ks. I would have at least 3 people a day try to slide one by me. I got good at calling them out real fast. My favorite thing to say was “next time you drop your phone in the toilet, just keep flushing, don’t try to hand it to me” :)

[@kevinmccool3719]

Yep, the old tiny Nokia and other little flip phones would and could be actually flushed down the toilet. Today's phones are mostly too wide to pass through the trap in the commode😅😅🤣

[@FixTechStuff]

This brings back memories from my repair shop. Some customers were straight up psychopaths. The Sony walkman, where just pressing the play button, the brittle plastic broke into pieces, I got threatened with violence over it. Another one a guy plugged an electric weed eater into a 300w inverter blowing it up, we repaired the inverter and he could not comprehend the fact we offered no warranty on that repair if he plugged it in again.

[@davidjones6218]

That's what we call "Better than factory job"! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@GadgetUK164]

I can totally relate to everything you said there about false claims on repairs. When I was in the trade we also had to get customers to sign something similar. Despite this people will always try and pull a fast one! One day we had a monitor come in that had a red tint fault - the issue was a single capacitor and after replacement it was perfect. They then tried to take legal action claiming the focus on the CRT wasn't as good as before the repair - LOL! The focus hadn't been touched, and to everyone that looked at it after the repair it was good as new...

[@PghGameFix]

This is all great advice. I had a Nintendo 3ds that was a simple home button repair. But when I opened it, there was soda, and had corroded several parts inside. Needless to say... me just opening it caused more problems. I wound up losing money because I didn't want to get a bad rep... but I'm thinking about making a waver of some kind. Thanks.

[@pochul]

you must ask tyhe people to open in front of you and sign paper , i do that 15 year ago in my shop

[@zachpfeif]

"It worked fine before I brought it to you" Then why did you bring it here if it worked?

[@kylletongol2526]

Go at the beginning of the vid

[@kickassguy211]

he wanted to replace the power pin onto a new location

[@FPVQatar]

I never realized my passion until I found your channel. I'm truly studying and learning from your experiences and your content. Thank you sir.

[@s0nofanarchy73]

I have only seen 2 videos on your channel but you come off as really knowlegable and professional. Nothing but respect!

[@jackdonovan5435]

Thankyou for the video and advice! Your expertise in how to deal with tricky customers such as this has been greatly appreciated; The video on customers who abandon their devices was also very helpful as this happens a lot.

[@blueridgerennsport]

I own an auto repair shop and this happens in my line of work as well. I protect myself and my employees by doing a walkaround inspection of the car with the customer before I accept the keys and work order. If the car is dropped off after hours myself and another employee do the walkaround and take a video and photos before we touch the car. I think I have prevented a few fraudulent claims this way, and a few times the customer discovered damage from a spouse or child driving the car. If we find other damage or shoddy repair work after getting the car on the lift we document it with video and photos and contact the customer before proceeding.

[@DriveandThrive]

Kudos for attempting this for someone. Usually stores will decline to even do this. Pretty awesome!

[@sharfazhameed6382]

Very good advice, even a working device can anticipate a problem due to life time elapse on a component. And random problems such restarts after few minutes can not be measured or the shop will be doing just one job for the whole week. This is the best channel that gives all kinds of advise. The reputation of this shop is on point so it’s hard to accept such blames like “you broke my device”. He is the best tech as far as I have known online. His work talks for his profession.

[@nosarcasm1]

In Germany we have a saying: "Opportunities makes thieves"! You have always be aware of it. Don't leave your car open, have always a eye on your stuff and so on. There is always somebody who don't share your way of lifestyle as a trustworthy person.

[@madmatt2024]

Some people use that to their advantage. There is a rather famous case where a man had some junk that he was having difficulty getting rid of. So he put it in a box, wrapped it up like a gift, and left it in the back seat of his unlocked car in a high crime area. Sure enough, someone took it.

[@salty1994]

Come to South African. Here they steal the sugar out your coffee.

[@LeoInterVir]

It's a common saying in most places. Most crimes are crimes of opportunity.

[@jojo-jj]

I had a very good lesson from this video, " Always make an advance precaution to avoid unnecessary afterward conflicts "

[@user-ew3hb9kj6c]

إن شاء الله دائماً وأبداً ( You do a GREAT JOB ) مع الشكر والتقدير والاحترام لشخصك الراقي والجميل

[@CameronTacklind]

Wow! Great trick with the low temp solder. Buying some now! It's not everyday that I learn a new trick for soldering work.

[@johnny4498]

Great Video as always! At 12:30 you just could have pushed the pin out the connector again to align it correctly, it slipped a little during desoldering. But your solution also works perfectly fine:)

[@optyqus]

Valuable lessons, thank you. Had a guy bringing me a lenovo laptop that was working but had no backlight; found a bad cap, changed it, then upon assembling everything back the laptop was just dead, no power. Then after some time it powered on, with working backlight, and then just dead again. Suspecting a bad bios chip, already reflashed it, but laptop still dead. It's just the way it goes with these repairs sometimes...

[@optyqus]

@@null643 no, it was an older model, B560 I think, I even got an RT809 chip programmer, desoldered the bios chip from MB to reprogram it to no avail. I've also heard about some Legion issues, which is sad because in general I find Lenovo laptops to be quite durable.

[@tavinfortavinfor8927]

probably what happens with the shortpins was, the guy that desolder from other grafic card overheat the pins and they slide inside because plastic started to melt. i hope when he connect the conector ,it goes all the way in.

[@fomori2]

When you look at the connector under the scope, 12:58, the material is clearly damaged between pins 2 and 3, or something took a bite from it.

[@steveschulte8696]

I noticed the connector fault at about 1:04 into the video. Policy should be "If you bring me parts, do not expect perfection".

[@EnzoFerenczyo]

That's exactly what happened, if in fact it was a customer's. I think he just took a junk card and soldered the right angle connector to do the vid and talk about scamming customers. The capacitor on the right of the connector at 6:06 is damaged from overheating too, don't think that board would work. He's staging videos which is natural he needs to get out content lol.

[@EnzoFerenczyo]

@@fomori2 It's from a soldering tip obviously, removed from another board and poorly at that.

[@blazetechstuff]

7:17 often you will find cards with places to put something. cause the gpu manufacture makes many skus of the same model(or different) card. some with more memory, some with less(empty spots on the board). same with the power connectors. it could in fact work, but the traces could just lead to empty spots.

[@majstealth]

though it shouldnt be too much work checking for continuity between the pads, they should allign, or they do not, done

[@blazetechstuff]

@@majstealth oh im sure they will. it is the fact that there will be missing components. might have no effect, might let your gpu sip 12v for about a second. the only real advantage to running 2 connectors on that card is to MAYBE help with a little voltage drop, talking .1v. a single 6/8(the are essentially the same) can deliver all the power that gpu would need.

[@TheQuentincc]

FYI, you can solder the connector on the empty one but you also need to move a resistor to sense the sense pin of the empty connector, it's located on the back side, near the connector

[@neildagasstrysome7216]

Good thing you`re taping the repair, sometimes things have a weird fault that shows up randomly, other times things that work good in the winters don`t work at all in the summers (overheating issues).

[@lexander9686]

8:04 that was smooth 👌 9:00 I don't know which is smoother, the way the connector fell off or the way the wick cleaned the solder pad. 🙂

[@d2rinaldi]

I loved that wick too 😘

[@calvinmientke3539]

The board is cleaned up so nice that it is a shame to solder something back

[@ben-bennian0-sherborne141]

You didnt need to bend that pin btw, they have like 2-3mm of lateral movement in the plug housing. They slide. As can be seen when you move that bottom 2nd pin. ✌😉

[@alreed2434]

I just had a issue with replacing a power mirror on a suv. When all back together his window would not roll up. Bad to explain how old is this vechile, everytime its driven window switch used at least 2x. He got the point sooner than later I think solder joints were cooked unplugging it did it in...

[@jacenkun2931]

So you know the vehicles really old.... you already know or telling me reasons why it's not rolling all the way up... so you diagnose the problem find out what it is and you honest with the customer going hey this is what's wrong...and this is how much to fix it.. this is an issue you should of told the customer right off the bat..or a possibly...

[@ilikethemapples5430]

What type of lead solder do you use to install the components Alex?

[@ngtkphonecaps]

My god dude. That was impresssive sodering. Beautiful work.

[@anuragsharma7335]

Hey... Hii... I am from India (Delhi) and I regular viewer of your videos... And want to say that Man... Your all work are amazing... You do your job with precision... And your thoughts are also very good... Any one can easily understand your motive.... Great working... Keep Growing. I also want to try your services but I am in india...😁

[@mindrover777]

Don't worry, ticket charges will come down soon

[@anuragsharma7335]

@@mindrover777 Yep!.... :-)

[@fvrrljr]

i am 100% convinced switch worked. even if the GTX 1080 failed. since only few days ago this was posted wonder if customer installed it and followed with feedback. in any case that's a nice job you did, you adapted a connector. hell i've soldered wires and used wire nuts. i Like, OLE' !

[@gametechbro4146]

Invaluable advice. Thanks

[@amirb715]

awesome job as always. Can I ask what soldering iron you use?

[@sevyrsonpc4736]

We have a similar disclaimer when we do solder repair. He’s also correct about people trying to find ways to weasel out of things. Wish you showed the other side when it was finished. Nice work though.

[@dominicschmetz2472]

The soldering looks so satisfying!!

[@RM-en9gk]

What temperature you set your heat gun when using low melt solder?

[@shadowmaster8122]

Once you had the low temp solder on the board, why did you remove it and apply different solder? Could you have just used the hot air and melt the solder while replacing the connector? Similar to how you took the old one out. Or would that connection not be good?

[@captainkeller2792]

Some relaxing pcb work to finish of the day with a nice topic to listen to. Thanks algorythm and thank you for the nice video. Edit: damn nice soder work. This looks sick.

[@stbagn]

Why not simply use a desoldering gun? Low melt solder + flux + heat gun + braid seems like a very round about way to do something that would be taken care of in one step with the right tool. Less heat too. I’m honestly curious here.

[@cloutgoblin]

man that is awesome!. very cool idea the customer had!. something that i always wanted is being able to connect the 8pins from the back instead of the top of the graphics card for the ultimate aesthetics with a PCIe bracket.. it would be so nice! hopefully we get this in the future from the factory!.

[@CreamyCornCob]

At the 12:30 mark, the pin is short because you can see someone prior got in there with an iron (plug removal) and melted the black molex in between the pins, and the short pin got hot and got pushed into the connector. 😉

[@HazeAnderson]

I was going to ask in comment if the pin was short because it was pushed back ...

[@dgholland6865]

it is soldered, therefore the plastic has melted. how do you prevent the platick from melting when you solder the pins

[@johnandrews9433]

@@dgholland6865 get better at soldering and it won’t be a melty mess

[@jsdpe1200]

Excellent soldering. Thanks for sharing 👍.

[@TheOccupants]

You have two types of low melt solder on your site. One is sold out, what are the differences?

[@madscientist057]

What wattage is your iron? Or is it variable wattage, and if so what is it set at?

[@ti0039a340]

why did the customer change the connector instead of ordering a 90 or 180 degree female to male angled adapter

[@jimwatson1013]

From the looks it's a water cooled card and I'd say they want it changed for aesthetic reasons mostly, or may be for a certain position for other parts for a "Clean" look in their system. So maybe the extra bulk of such would be too much for them in looks or space.

[@wnbdriver]

Is there a chance that the orientation of that connector is backwards? All 8 pins have a pattern that allows you to connect the power one way only but it looks like it can be soldered in two orientations. Hopefully the pins pointing out was the right orientation.

[@qwertyusen]

Well experienced repair man, kudos to u for making clear terms and conditions

[@alerey4363]

Even if you make customers (or patients in the case of medical care) sign a disclaimer there will be lawsuits if the device/patience gets worst than it was before the procedure; in your case, as you record in detail every job you do it's clear that you have experience and treat the devices properly, so in case of a "it was working before" the law is on your side (same as if surgeon provides footage of surgery) but you have to think there are unscrupulous service repairs that DO ruin customers hardware and in those cases customers needs to make them liable for a bad job

[@silent9pc]

Just out of curiosity, why are you using leaded solder on a RoHS board?

[@SedatedByLife]

When I worked at a Chrysler dealership, we had so many people bring their vehicles in for service with existing damage then tried to claim we damaged their cars. We took pictures with our ipads and had cameras installed in the service area for each lane recording the front and rear of vehicles to make sure they couldn't accuse us of damage. We'd catch people on security cameras going into the lot in the middle of the night and scratch their cars or dent them in areas that already had damage just to try to get around the picture taking we did. It's amazing what people will do to try to get a free fix

[@samiam4026]

what temperature you use for solder wick?

[@hemantmamgai7425]

I had an incident with a local shop in my area. The case is, I had my laptop's left hinge broken. Everything else working fine just a physical hinge problem and broken bezel. I took it there he checked it and said he had to change the AB panel as the bezel was damaged too (the housing in front of and back of the screen). Then after almost a week later I visit there to check if the work was done only to find that he damaged the power on button while attempting, I considered it as a small mistake n agreed to that as it can be resolved easily, so I wait a couple days and then finally visit to take my laptop only to know that he has damaged the touch pad/trackpad of the laptop. I asked him to replace that too but he refused saying it cannot be done. I wasn't informed of the risk in changing the housing. And personally I don't think that while changing the bezels and hinge the touch pad should have been damaged.

[@BugsNRoses_]

Hey, i have a question, why cant you use a desoldering pump instead of wasting wicks to remove blobs of solder? Sorry I'm just curious, and a big fan

[@griparian]

Beautiful Better Than Factory Job..!! A work of Art..

[@VideoServicesLI]

Always great to watch! Just curious - are you using low melt on the final soldering?

[@coyotex850]

you only use low melt as a means to desolder, he uses leaded solder for the final soldering

[@VideoServicesLI]

@@coyotex850 thanks...always thought so, just wanted to confirm.

[@ProcessedDigitally]

I learned a lot from your video. I do desktop n laptop repairs from time to time. I will definitely implement these types of policies.

[@aldoge7027]

I am learning a lot from your videos, mistakes I've made and could have been avoided, tricks and mindset. Please continue like that!! Do you shop ship overseas, to Italy?

[@0x0110]

What are you doing to get rid of the glare, It drives me crazy on my microscope!

[@hightttech]

VERY NICE. Love low melt solder 👍.

[@fullraph]

Which 1080 has the power connector sticking out vertically like that? I've never seen a GPU like that.

[@alejandromartinez7327]

What soldering iron are you using???

[@voonsengwai]

I'm curious, do you have a backup plan if later your hand stability is less or vision is worse or wtv reason and you can no longer do microsoldering anymore? Any plan to future proof yourself by hiring a few apprentices and give them shares/partnership to your business so they'll continue to work with you after you retire?

[@papac6831]

well done bud cracking job as allways. wonder what that cards out of ? could it be from a ex gpu box the type you can plug into a laptop i forget the right name for them.

[@papac6831]

@@andyk192 i have never seen a normal card or any gtx1080 with a power connection flat to the board for 20 years.

[@jebbmolina2074]

thank you for sharing experience i worked in a shop before and we encounter things like that as yousaid

[@RajA-tx5zr]

Is it useful to use HTC Mx1 infrared thermometer to diagnose heat on pcb components.. as I cannot afford a thermal camera. Watch ur videos, and now I feel a need for thermal camera. 😔

[@N1Zer0]

how does one outside of your region can acquire lead and flux that you are using? I'm from the Philippines.

[@pedb8206]

@ 7:05 You say the customer asked if the replacement power part could be soldered there. There's an easy way to check and that's with continuity. Simply check if those 8 pins match with the original 8 pins. If so then yes, if no then it wouldn't work.

[@NorthridgeFix]

That's Genius

[@True_Muslim_Momin]

@@NorthridgeFix 🤣

[@MrGeneralScar]

Interesting connector pins. The comment of looking like its not for this GPU makes me wonder if its actually a PCIe 8-pin Molex connector as they are keyed in the plastic in a specific way to stop people from connecting say a 12V EPS plug into the PCIe 8 Pin or vice versa. Although one can do such a thing if they apply the "If it doesnt fit, force it, if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway" logic. Great to know you have a good strong policy to weed out the dodgey people. You do great work, its always very interesting to watch you execute your trade. I'd only ever try to fix my own stuff if I know its 100% can be lost for good (IE: its already replaced and not needed)... But I'd probably raid the NF Store first to buy some equipment just to give myself at least a bit better chance.

[@Power-Wiesel]

May I ask why you don't use a desoldering gun for such big pads?

[@mustnotsleepmustwarnothers6463]

So you remove the bulk of the original solder and add low melt? Or was it more of a mixing process? Impressive skills man I'm about to binge a bunch of your videos lol.

[@twentythree7sevensix]

I love your work my man! Better than Factory!

[@michaeldavidsohn2805]

What microscope do you use thanks

[@scottb721]

That pin needs to be pulled out of the connector slightly so it's in line with the others. Are usually just friction fit

[@mimizdani8194]

He did just that afterwards

[@Jarmezrocks]

Push the pins back in from the front to re-align them to solder back on the board

[@Isthatchicken01]

the pins might not be long enough to do that, good idea though

[@RealButcher]

Wow, a job well done. I would have a Camera recording all this all the time. IF, it is possible to connect the microscope to a digital line out.

[@jasper-3338]

Hey Northridgefix, was this card okay? Did he end up using it? Or did he wanted that capacitor repaired aswell? Somehow im missing the final interaction part. Just wondering if that capacitor was actually broken or not.

[@LondonDoorman]

the quality of your work is amazing... i wish u had a branch in London UK 👍

[@gillsejusbates6938]

i know im replying to an old video, but why dont you use a soldersucker to desolder this connector? genuinly curious

[@masterSe7en77]

I suggest testing the card Alex, that way before you even touch it you see if it's working or not working

[@jimwatson1013]

He is taking a strong stance of "I do only this job and you pay for only this job" so he isn't testing it as time is money and so more time more money also as he explains at the start he dosnt want to be roped into "free" extra work. So hence the strong stance of "this is all we discussed. All other is another matter"

[@dominicm2175]

Are there shops that ‘do’ verify the functionality of a device before working on it and also are there shops that offer insurance ( given that there is risk) ?

[@brianjonesg8aso403]

I have watched a few of your videos as this was my job back in the days of Commodore 64s and Ataris etc. I have never tried that sold wick stuff, always use a solder sucker, that looks much easier. This customer rip off thing is something I came across in the 1980s, the best one I had was a customer who bought a computer and sent it back faulty for a refund, most places would just do a visual check and refund, but when I looked, he had changed the mother board with an older model! I went to a car audio repair shop about 20 years ago, they had a sign on the wall "Labour £20.00 per hour, £30.00 per hour if you want to watch, £40.00 per hour if you tried to fix it yourself and failed".

[@jtcustomknives]

I wonder if thy overheated that connector and the pins melted the plastic and thy slid inside further.

[@gordthor5351]

It looks like too much heat was used when that replacement jack was removed from the donor board, causing the case to melt and two pins moved inwards.

[@azmika85]

15:46 is a QC fail.

[@clydecare]

Looks good. Thanks for the reminder that low melt makes things easier. Sometimes I forget i have it and get into a headache.

[@himanshudj]

The most satisfying solder wick I had ever seen

[@Shubham-nl5vl]

Have u ever got electrocuted from charged capacitor on the circuit board?

[@MaxMustermann]

Bad people exist - that is correct and you also have to keep that in mind. Especially nowadays due to the shortage of GPU's you repair guys are doing a super important job. So thanks for your effort.

[@nikhilshah9060]

A little life hack here - when desoldering multilead connectors/components, if you do not plan to reuse the component, cut the plastic part of the component and remove the leads one/two at a time. Helps reduce risk of damage. Mainly useful for people who do not have access to hot-air stations/special solder/flux. Can do this using any regular soldering iron.

[@d2rinaldi]

You are an artist!

[@MegaLigament]

Why don't you start with the solder wick to desolder the connecter? Instead of adding low temp solder and using a heat gun. Just out of pure curiosity since i also dabble with soldering.

[@ottomatic8160]

is it possible for you guys to fix coil whine in a gpu? by replacing the part or something? i got a 6900 xt that has a good coil whine to it. just curious if you guys can possibly fix something like that

[@Kosmonooit]

Those two pins probably moved in towards the connector body with heat when it was desoldered