Dead MSI GS 66 Laptop repair - Digikey refused my order again

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[@Oleqdie]

I've learned a lot about laptop repairs from your videos, but I've also picked up a ton of life lessons from you. Great sharing!

[@ademgdk6573]

Hi Alex. There are 1.1k videos on the channel. I recommend you create playlists on the channel. For example: graphics card repairs, laptop repairs, storage product repairs, fob repairs etc. The videos contain a huge wealth of information. Grouping the videos under lists will make it easier to access the videos.

[@J7-Steny]

It's amazing how these people can work together as a family, my culture is different, hard to work together as family or with people who are closely related

[@dennislloyd1227]

Nice story about your uncle. Thanks for sharing.

[@naz2501]

Always love the life advices that comes free while watching you fix things. Wished my dad was this engaging. Thanks from all the way of the side of the globe. Pbuy brother alhamdulillah

[@rongray8934]

You are absolutely correct. Very few things are made here in the USA anymore. I do try to order US made things. I also try to order from brick and mortar stores. Generally I don't order China made stuff from companies here in the US. Present company excluded. I support you as a thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@mincraftgeek123]

Same thing happened with me when I tried to order from Texas Instruments. My name is of middle eastern origin, and they refused to sell to me, unless I sent them my passport for verification... what a joke haha

[@melstead7937]

Prejudice is an evil thing.

[@ATAG-yn5pd]

This is not prejudice, but discrimination. All such companies should be banned :D

[@AshtonCoolman]

I'm 43. I grew up watching Bruce Lee movies and ALL of those random kung-fu and ninja movies. We watched them on TV and rented them on VHS. Those were great times to be a kid! It was nice hearing some of your family lore in this video.

[@nategrey9900]

Highly educational life lessons from a tech vid .Thanks for sharing

[@seansmith908]

Love the family business story, good stuff, God Bless America! Love all your videos!

[@Kazwell96]

I just gotta say. The skills. The commentary. The king koopa shirt ❤️ thank you for all the education!

[@rchltmedia]

he is a technician, but also a motivator.

[@DARKVRS]

أحلى أستاذ حسين ❤مبدع و اتعلم منك❤👍

[@nickpaul3207]

I am a field repair tech for several major laptop brands, and I have replaced many display panels in GS66 Stealth, for MSI as warranty repair, and you must use a heating pad or heat gun to get the display panel out, the adhesive is VERY strong. And MSI does not reuse this adhesive. This customer either used heat or otherwise simply destroyed the old panel to get it out. If MSI replaces a display in GS66 Stealth under warranty, they will send a new display panel, lid, vga cable, and bezel and the field tech must remove the failed panel from lid and harvest the camera/mic and associated cable. The new lid will have new adhesive for the new panel because the adhesive cannot be reused once it has been heated and panel separated. My reasonable conclusion is that you should not attempt to replace just the display panel as the old lid/panel adhesive will not be sufficient and the adhesive on the front bezel will also not be sufficient. You need to replace the lid and bezel, which have new adhesive strips. I don't recommend reusing the video cable, but you could if it is not damaged or suspected to be faulty, and I also don't recommend reusing the camera/mic and their cables because the adhesive on them will also not be adequate but, MSI reuses them cause it's cheaper. So, the customer's self-replaced display panel was never going to hold anyway.

[@patricktracy4371]

Maternal Uncle, great work both of you.

[@spannercrab4120]

A friend of mine works for a company in Spain re-ewaste and her team has to identify and document every bit of electronic item to ensure it does not go to sancioned countries

[@zenzazenza7724]

I have been following you for a long time, you are a legend, you are perfect brother.

[@dzoks-e7n]

Thanks,Alex.

[@gpredd1]

Being honest, that's why I love watching your channel. ❤

[@CTCTraining1]

Real life includes waiting for parts 😀👍 building the excitement.

[@mazen4233]

أحلى أستاذ حسين ❤

[@dgk42]

I've never used DigiKey. Thanks for giving me an incentive to never use them in the future.

[@rickflare6893]

Why did they refuse him?

[@dgk42]

@rickflare6893 he explains it on his video.

[@petejackson7976]

8:55 You just described someone I thought he was a friend of mine who kept coming to me for money. He found out a training course I would have benefited from it but chose not to inform me. I eventually found out about it from someone else , but it was too late for me to register. In short , this fool never wanted to see me prosper.

[@majidyazdani8565]

Nice 👍

[@walidmohamed9729]

حياك الله وبياك ياصديقي 🌹

[@MasterJediSean]

Love your shirt Alex!

[@HylanderSB]

I used to watch martial arts movies on saturday afternoons for sure! Thanks for the Big Boss explanation!

[@85rx7se]

Did you ever create an account on Digikey ? If not you should and maybe contact the government about export clearances, even though you do not send the parts you buy out of the country.

[@hanstandt9587]

About China, you are 1000% right. Most of my tools are from Chine. Very good tools !

[@kingkeros]

Bon travail comme toujours ...👍🏾

[@twx8626]

Don't worry, GeForce takes great care of you so that you will always have a job :)) Their new RTX 5090 cards also have the same power connectors.))

[@gregory6488]

Try Mouser. Great service.

[@roberttherrien352]

I so want to see a 5090 connector repair. 600 watts of pure power :)

[@Joesme1]

Dear Alex, Have you thought of making a live work? I mean that some of us might like to follow you in your direct show (while it wouldn’t cost you much more - maybe nothing), instead of getting boared by searching something else on youtube or TV. You continue uploading videos as usual. But you can also let us enjoy watching you live continuously.

[@simonbago]

great video! thanks

[@معكتاب]

You are the best and the BIG BOSS film was the greatest movie for whom born in 70s

[@MrMemesAndChill]

Awesome shirt 🔥🐢

[@Gaety83]

Ciao capo ti seguo sempre e ti ringrazio per i video che fai,volevo chiederti visto che sono in italia e tu in 2 video hai inserito la traccia audio in italiano,come posso avere questa traccia audio italiana su tutti i tuoi video?Grazie.

[@JordynBaby63]

Saw the 1225 chip on the Msi board you were scanning

[@JMDangler]

BOWSER SHIRT

[@scorcher617]

We had same problem with a vender they took money said order was good then they would cancel and refund so we bought what we needed off Ebay it was cheaper and when we got order it was from that vender, so sale from them no but ok to buy from them on Ebay

[@Mike.Kachar]

Around 8 min or so in, I started wondering...did I stumble onto the "Life Lessons w/Alex" channel, or am I still on the NorthridgeFix channel? 😆 BTW - I probably check out some "Life Lessons w/Alex" videos 😉

[@fredrikbergquist5734]

Funny that you use a driving metaphor, the vid had an Audi A6 EV commercial!

[@timohartong]

Horrible that discrimination 😢

[@GavinFreedomLover]

you said "I always tell Big Boss", and then you didn't actually tell us what you always tell him :)

[@ahmettay2382]

Saving people, Hunting faults; Family Business!

[@s51588]

Sir what do you think which brand of laptop have best build quality from inside

[@t4rif4ri]

Whats happening here :D Why i get a german description.

[@MarvUSA]

Have you ever thought about expanding to other cities ?

[@daniel_trang]

Good to know that DigiKey is racist.

[@greatdrd]

تحياتي للخال

[@earlbond2929]

Big Boss is the character in young sheldon series! 😅

[@vtncu]

Awesome 😎

[@devinhales]

Did you get those TPS reports?

[@marekreznicek6075]

like Your open mindedness, good for U:) greets

[@sheriff-larue7770]

You better jump on electronics that keep you running before things might accidentally go crazy

[@formhubfar]

I am pulling my hair out trying to find a calibration board for my LCR tweezers and my multi meter, I just want to familiarize myself the tweezers and Ohms of known components, do you sell any such board or point me in the direction before I smash my multi meter with my rework station and stick the LCR tweezers through my left eyeball.

[@rmoby]

Cool story about Big Boss

[@Bluestreak589]

Amazing DigiKey would keep refusing orders not only from a verifiable professional shop but from a shop that's got a fairly high profile thanks to KZbin. Not good. Their PR/marketing team ought to get to work flagging your account for VIP-level service.

[@grantm902]

DigiKey are a lot more aggressive with their warnings at checkout than Mouser, IME. Almost like they've done something stupid, been penalised for it and are now taking it out on other buyers.

[@eazyzoey2561]

Word of the day "Without China We Are Doomed" 😁

[@K9PT]

About the RTX 4090...did you see that Nvidia said that they resolve the problem of the cables for the new RTX 5090?!

[@KempCanThrust]

90s kids represent the 3 ninjas movies but we all know of the other stuff 😁

[@11111111111111111844]

🫡 если снять шим, то ключи открываются, потому что затвор имеет ёмкость. И 19v поступает прямиком на низковольтную часть

[@AC_Milan1899]

The S in MSI strikes again

[@gth042]

Independent of when you were born, if you're not a Bruce Lee fan, there is a hole in your life. Like a 4090, you may have a ton of potential, but there is still something wong.

[@FuhadBoss]

Bro pls reply to my comment When I put my ear close to left side of gaming laptop a big sound is coming is that normal

[@izakcoco8810]

Ic compatible i think tps 1225c ti

[@panax9335]

Alex I can buy some for you and send them to you 😁

[@UNCLEBGA]

Lol I must be that scientist.

[@you166mhz]

that's right ....

[@ajh21313]

I'm 58... I made a wrong turn in the 80's. What happened? Marriage.

[@ghph2880]

AMEN

[@christospashalis6684]

Good work

[@JoelBergmark]

12:30 China can bechepa but usually the company paying the production cheap out and China just produce, that's not china's fault that's the orderers fault.

[@jcbritobr]

Totally agree. Tools from china are cheaper, and they have tools for any kind of problem.

[@Shoken253]

MSI - More Serious Issues

[@GaetanoCostanza]

It's always racist. Try phoning them ask what the issue is

[@michelangelodrawcars5778]

We got a Based laptop before gta6

[@2009numan]

can an electronic component just fail without a cause then ?

[@hismikeness4840]

Yes of course. Anywhere especially where's heat involved...or insufficient cooling if you say so

[@Momchil0]

Not without a cause. But the initial fault could be inside this component. A particle inside the silicon, broken bonding wire, electromigration or whatever. Every fault has a reason. But sometimes it would take forever, you would need to have very expensive tools or the schematics to find the root cause.

[@dav1dbone]

Me too, Bruce Lee? I know where you're coming from, in the UK, television content was not that great, compared to what is available today younger viewers would be mortified to live in the 80s as a teenager, fuzzy/not even 360P and square box picture, when dad comes home it gets changed to current affairs. Anyway, I'm thinking that one chip for 5v regulation (probably 3.3v too in some variants), is feeble, why not design in a proper boost/buck or buck/boost "beefy" module instead of relying on a wafer thin package? We all know though, why go to the bother when you can save 10c plus guarantee another sale from that customer 😢

[@Pares7594]

If chip does not work. it's deamed a no fix

[@j.lietka9406]

Digikey treated you that way?!?!

[@TermitesRGood1]

I came across many companys that make Made in usa..Just like Building Materials Because my home is 100% made in usa everything. You just have to look

[@josearrasola7236]

Hello sir , from a small business point of view I will and if not about the money it’s about the respect! And use the money to give those in need their are so many way you can go about that lawsuit! And you can do so many go things with it , I had almost the same problem with them but mines was I entered the wrong license number but then they wanted the same thing proof address and ID I I didn’t mind because I know it was my fault but didn’t have to do that

[@BkzFlyBoy18]

can I stop by tomorrow please !!! I beg of u.

[@kcinplatinumgaming2598]

Always wondered why you called him big boss, yeh giving your name and digikey declined the order looks like they gone woke!

[@dmiz2280]

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[@AlphaMachina]

Don't know what the deal is, but I come back to watch the new video, and suddenly I'm no longer subscribed. KZbin has become a complete and total mess over the last several years.

[@_zoid]

Google has been screwing up KZbin since the moment they bought it

[@gerrymichaud3851]

If you like martial arts movies checkout the Thai film called "Chocolate". JeeJa Yanin plays Zen, an autistic girl living next to a Thai boxing gym and watches martial arts movies. Zen gains strength and copies Bruce Lee moves and mannerisms. Great fight scenes. JeeJa Yanin is a great actress and a real martial artist. It's not a kids movie though.

[@ndebele100]

real customers or good entreprenors are kicked using middle east names but the dangerous one ? they don't see them on purpose or what ? great video :)

[@ArcticENG]

Giving advice to not fix root problems? LOL, of course the guy that has to repair the end result for $$ says this.

[@ucupi]

Bruce lee movies

[@psychodad1961]

We need a "Big Boss" channel!

[@balik.electroservice]

saya ijin belajar pak

[@braveterasu]

kirain sy doang org indo yg belajar disini

[@yummy_blueberry]

Love from Pakistan.

[@sandeepyadav1602]

Ohhh racism happens there in america also. I thought it is a task for less fortune countries😢

[@MrLentiscais]

Got out the wrong side of the bed this morning?

[@sertacpamukcu]

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