Dell 15r No Power, Charger Turns Off - LFC

Board repair time! Spoilers down below. Sorry about the clipping audio again, mic has been adjusted for future videos!
Shorted capacitor on Battery Charger, found with power injection and replaced.
Funnily enough, I worked on this model of motherboard four years ago when I first started learning board repair (LFC#112), and it was exactly the same capacitor. Back then, I found it through trial and error, this time, I've got the equipment and knowledge to pinpoint the fault.
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Mate, don't be afraid of making long videos like this one.. the amount of information per minute you share is unbelievable... Just the "V, I, A" clarification is something I (not native english speaker) have been struggling to understand since forever (not sure why it's not pronounced via). Amazing stuff! Keep up the good work, cheers!

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[@escapetime161803]

Maybe you already know this but you didn't make a point of it. For those not old enough to remember, the meaning of "B Plus" comes from the era when electronics used thermionic valves, which have cathodes that need heating to emit electrons. Circuitry would require two batteries, the "A" battery to power the heaters or filaments in the valves (usually a lead/acid accumulator like one or more of the cells in a modern car battery) and the "B" battery to provide the HT or High Tension supply (typically 120V or more) that would power the main circuitry and do the actual amplifying. Even after the advent of transistors which don't have heaters and so don't require an "A" battery, the main power supply is still often called the "B" supply. It's history, or tradition, or something.

[@ExtremeBogom]

Thanks for the clarification.

[@Adamant_IT]

Interesting!

[@devonwilson5776]

Greetings. Interesting. I have studied electronics. However, I honestly didn't know that. I came into electronics when vacuum tubes were almost completely phased out. I did not have anything to do with with vacuum equipment. It was always B+ and or VCC for me. Thanks for sharing. That information does not help in fixing anything, but it helps for conversation.

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Awesome! Thanks for taking the time for a thorough explanation and going through the logic as well as showing it on the diagram. One more option to find hot spots that I like is the upside down can of compressed air to put a layer of frost on the suspected parts. Apply a bit of current and the frost melts off.

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[@jamesmuking]

Just gonna leave a comment, fixed my dead laptop thanks to this tutorial. Could imagine going to a service center and they'll call it a dead motherboard and have me replacement. Worth a burnt finger for this, hail the touchy feely method

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The quality of your videos continues to improve. This is a very good video for the standard shorted cap fix, well explained and short enough (in time) to be digestible. Well done.

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Props on the video. I've already fixed my Dell Inspiron 15r SE 7520 with the help of your previous videos. Thanks!

[@ThePopolou]

I too was wondering why it booted but then remembered that it was the onboard 32GB ssd that was a feature of the Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) designed for the times. When the RST drivers were installed, it'd use the onboard ssd as a cache. In this case, it seemed to have stored the boot manager. It likely then crashed on handover to the OS.

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Well done repair video. I'm very impressed with your style of teaching, and methodical diagnostics. I'll be back for more videos.

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I like the reasoning behind a longer than normal vid, maybe a "teaching" series. Tbf I just enjoy the content for entertainment with occasional pearls of wisdom & maybe as in videos before, a shorter version of the same vid. I do however, appreciate that this idea would take up a lot of extra time and energy. That thermal imager is a god send.

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I think they way you talk through every step, explaining as you go like it's the first video you ever made, is actually very useful. It might be seen as being regurgitating information already known (from other videos), but the repetition is actually useful for banking the information in to memory. Well done on your channel, you're doing a really great job.

[@tiagoalvesdossantos1185]

This video saved my life. I had the same issue, but when i tried to inject voltage, nothing happens (problably my power source is not so good), so i used an atomizer pen and a charger without safe disarming, than i found the blowed capacitor, just like yours, at same location. Ty so mutch!

[@elsenorvananas]

You are like a regular laptop Louis Rossmann with cheaper tools, great job mate.

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This video is pure gold, particularly 08:00: multimeter on Gnd and the current sense resistor "We've got a short in B+ or main power rail, which tends to be fixable. (...) Resistance is 0 ohms which means a dead short circuit; 1 or 3 ohms would mean via the PCH, or the CPU, or the GPU."

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Just fantastic. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and the step by step approach to fault diagnosis. Very generous use of your time. Have a great Christmas break..

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i was able to really understand the search for the bad part and the repair -- THANK YOU Graham

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With explanations like these, i think i might try to repair a samsung laptop that is in the corner, doesn't charge or power up, already tried to find schematincs and was not able to, so with this kind of detailed videos i think will be easier to find the problem and understand how it works. Keep up with the good work

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As always brilliant and very clear explanation. Truly enjoy watching your videos and learning as you explain. Fantastic....

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[@robertsneddon731]

It might be worth your time to make up a custom set of voltage-injection cables for diagnostics. The end of the ground wire would be a ring terminal which can be bolted on to a ground hole on the board with a nut and bolt rather than having to solder the wire on to the PCB and then desolder it later and clean it up once you start reassembling the machine. I have used a thermocouple probe connected to a digital thermometer to identify hot components in crowded PCBs in the past, it saves on burned fingers and it's less messy than alcohol or other workarounds. Some quite low-cost multimeters accept K-type thermocouples (the yellow two-pin connectors) and will do temperature measurements but the individual thermometers are cheap enough from the Usual Suspects (I think mine cost me less than a tenner including a thermocouple).

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[@tonymontana897]

I have a Dell Latitude E5450 with the same issue. I'd love to be able to fault find it as you have done, but I don't have the time just yet. I'll keep it on the back burner for now as I've yet to purchase a hot air station and some spare SMD components. Thanks for a very excellent and methodical tutorial.

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Really enjoyed the schematic explanation, more please :)

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Very nice repair. I've watched several of your videos and they are excellent!. Thanks

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[@Adamant_IT]

Yea, expensive tools are good and have their advantages - and there are some jobs in repair where the cheap tools just won't cut it... but plenty of common board repairs like this can be done with < $100 worth of tools. You need to spend some money on tools, and buying more than basic tools helps a lot, but when people say you need a $400 hot air station, $300 soldering iron, $500 microscope to get started... no, you don't.

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Very nice explained,the cap is cracked as you mentioned...Thank you for another nice video!

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[@techroom6830]

nice simple repair, last time i worked on a 15r the thing was a complete rabbit hole, i ended up deeming it a no fix for the sake of my sanity. that thermal cam you have is working out pretty nice, that mxs technology is somn else, i got a seek and it looks terrible in comparison

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I prefer these long videos. Great job

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[@grumss9248]

My first attempt at board level faultfinding advice (for those of you that understand) is to check Voltages and capacitors... There are "in circuit" capacitor testers available that are amazing (with a small learning curve)... From my experience of repairing other peoples PC's, if its not a windows thing- its most likely a capacitor LOL (i suppose i could throw in hard drive/ memory somewhere in here too- BUT thats for u guys to work out)

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That magnificent beard dude.Appreciate the time and effort behind these videos. They take you step by step from diagnosting to the actual repair.I do have a question though about the thermal camera used. Any video available about that tool?

[@Adamant_IT]

Not yet. Using a thermal camera for short detection has changed my world, so so so much faster and easier than other short detection methods. However, I've not been hugely impressed with my Flir One as a product, partly due to its limited features, and partly due to compatibility issues with my phone. I'm keeping my eye out for an affordable alternative which I hope will wow me enough to make a review video comparing and contrasting with the Flir One.

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[@kailasingle460]

Nicely repaired.

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Thank you very much indeed that was awesome

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love the jumper you got on good vid as all ways thanks :)

[@tonyedwards5782]

Thanks for the tips. Now for a flur or something like it.

[@kztech1319]

I've noticed that the Blue and white LED's that Dell uses on their newer laptops just don't last as long as their old green ones, and the longer it illuminates, the dimmer it gets. And the charger on these Dell laptops shut off when it detects an overcurrent, not by the sense pin. If you short the charger with your tweezers, you get the same effect, and you most likely won't damage the charger (unless it's a fake one of course)

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Good job. Thanks for sharing

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Nice , please do more uncut content like this.💙