How not to replace an SMC chip on Macbook logic board.

[@pldaniels]

Commenting again in March 2021 because I youtube reminded me that this excellent source of tech humour still exists.

[@Queenskid19]

I thought i had patience dude. Been doing all kind of electrical troubleshooting for a long time now. But holy crap man, i would of took a hammer and smashed everything on that desk about 12X over by now. Your pure hate for shitty apple drove you to whole new levels of patience i cant even understand. lol

[@thatsnotthepoint-__-2666]

This might be a slightly older video, but I seriously want to thank you for taking your time and placing these videos up. I really find this field of work interesting. Furthermore, they are very educational as well. It seems as if there are certain procedures that can be followed with multiple boards, methodically. In turn the board is repaired. But there are also instances in which that procedure won't cut it and further repair might be required. I like the thought of that. Nonetheless I'm very grateful for your effort in making these videos. The fact that you don't have to upload these, yet, you do. Makes them very special. Best wishes

[@emmanuelnava6582]

I just ran into your videos. I've been an Electronics Tech since I joined the Marine Corps. Needless to say I am addicted to these videos. Thank you for the entertaining, and educational of course, content.

[@joshuacooch4789]

Hi Louis my name is Josh i love your channel I have cerebral palsy I was thinking about how you shake a lot when you are soldering mb and chips. I use a sling with a counter weights on it to help me steady my hand when eating and i thought something like that might help you take care and have great day

[@pirataga]

Hello Josh, I want to wish you a great day, I hope you get to read this! Take care!

[@KnowledgePerformance7]

That's a great idea! Especially under the heavy magnification of the microscope that could be super useful

[@dougster576]

I also have that problem when under the scope , will try that out, sounds like a great idea.

[@user-fs2zt4tk6q]

I use xans and diazepam

[@L0j1k]

Damn that's a great idea. I have steady hands right up until I start concentrating on having steady hands. Then I have trouble keeping steady. This is a great idea, and I'm going to use it. Thanks!

[@TheCod3r]

These are the videos I know and love. We need stuff like this back in 2024

[@rossmanngroup]

You mean me failing for 2 hours :p

[@TheCod3r]

@@rossmanngroup yep lol. These are the videos which taught me everything I know lol

[@nineball039]

I did electronic repair for years as a hobby. Being twice Louis' age, I worked with circuits with more discrete components and fewer on board (SMD) components. But as the components got smaller (and difficult to obtain) and my eyes got worse, I stopped. I did most work without schematics which would be very difficult doing board work like Louis. Thanks for the video. I never attempted reballing nor had the proper equipment for it so watching a pro was quite entertaining. Thanks Louis!

[@ruthlessadmin]

You're kind of like the Bob Ross of fixing electronics...love it :D

[@snarkbaited]

"So the first reason this process is a complete pile of horse shit"

[@SamnissArandeen]

A slightly more profane Bob Ross, but not an insane comparison to make.

[@Ranivus]

Bob: Lets make a happy little tree... Louis: Fuck Apple in the ass 4rlz doe. This is BS. LMAO

[@ruthlessadmin]

@@Ranivus Yes there are some subtle differences lol

[@davisfranco7692]

Rediscovered youtube with this guy. Best commentator in the world. Good shit man, love it.

[@rossmanngroup]

+Davis Franco thanks for watching!

[@Kdefthogbg]

Why don't you put on the back side of that piece of metal with holes some guidance brackets, like the ones you have on a CPU socket? Instead of aligning each time that chip with those holes you just put the chip in those brackets, press and hold, use the tape and that's it. Every time it will be centered, just put the 2 brackets diagonally.

[@meldenke]

my name is Mel Denke I started repairs on tube tvs in 1973 I sold my repair shop in 1996 and became an electrician, still doing that, but love to repair macs for friends and on the side. Your seat of the pants techniques are amazing.Keep up the good work!! An old dog can learn new tricks. Im 60 years old you think your hands shake. Thanks LOUIS

[@marc6340]

You are far more patient than I am! I DO like the way you said over and over again that you should just stop and go home, but you just kept at it! Great job! Great learning experience for me!

[@rossmanngroup]

+Mark Woodworth When the CPU was dead that was it for me. Probably the pathway from CPU to RAM through the ISL6259 area.. either way, F that!

[@jimle22]

Louis, I really appreciate you being real and human and showing us how you do what you do. You do not mince words or try to sugarcoat anything that doesn't work like it should. I learn so much watching you work. Thank you for taking time to show us not only what to do, but what not to do and being humble about it. Thanks, and Thanks again.

[@thanxx]

you sir are a very clever man :) i suffer from insomnia(please dont take this the wrong way)and watch your videos on a night and they make me sleepy. not because they are boring,on the contrary-i find them highly addictive and have to watch more in return and they give me thought process to work through then i fall asleep. hope this makes sense lol.

[@MicroageHD]

You sir suffer from good music taste ;)

[@electricanimation3379]

I have also have insomnia and I recently started doing the same thing, it’s nice to see I’m not the only one

[@BradySzabo]

@@electricanimation3379 Keeping your wi-fi on at night is proven to interrupt your sleep. It seems silly, but it's true. Try shutting off your router and powering off your cell phone and see if it makes a difference. Also, I looked up this video for you, that I had saved. This covers some of the health problems caused by RF signals. I think it is very useful knowledge to have and put to practice. I have insomnia, ever since working night shift about 20 years. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnrCqpxjn6ajh6c

[@jasonz62]

Yes,I'm a fan. Took a while to get your accent and keep up with the speed of your diagnostics but the more I watch the easier it gets. Love how you show the process as it happens 'warts and all'. I feel blessed to have found this channel and be exposed to your tutoring.

[@tenforce]

your work is somehow very satisfying to watch

[@ricknash3055]

Life is too short. Amazing tedious patience.

[@Sky2I]

Life isn't short It's the longest thing you do

[@smokeshow1984]

you could not pay me enough too do that, props to your patience.

[@rossmanngroup]

+mike r It's easier and quicker to do if you don't screw it up as many times.

[@smokeshow1984]

Ya, I find most things are like that. But still mad props to handling it like a boss. Doing all that work to have one little ball jump out on you and do it all over, I would definitely have too practice my deep breaths.

[@rossmanngroup]

mike r You can't let other things or people make you angry, only yourself!

[@no_dissasemble]

+Louis Rossmann Words to live by.

[@smokeshow1984]

Spoken like someone who never started their own business. Owning and operating a small business is incredibly difficult, 80 percent of them fail in the first 3 years, even more so in new York where a hole in the ground cost more in rent then most mortgages.

[@stevev3664]

There comes a point where it becomes a personal challenge and the business side of it goes out the window. I know how Louis felt when he said he felt inclined to continue with it. I was a service technician on photocopiers and I had many such times myself. But as he said. It was time to resist the urge to continue and go home. Otherwise he would have been there all night!

[@conga205]

I really admire the fact that you're so good at what you do, you don't feel the need to bogart your knowledge. You share virtually EVERY aspect of what you're doing, and provide expertise technique, AND integrity. And (my opinion) you do it because you know that A: Few can do what you do, even given every detail of the process, 'cause you need the brain to go with the hands, and B: You're just a badass technician, period. Much respect, and thanks for all the videos.

[@dedskin1]

3:00 that ones good , "you cant even find an SMC replacement video with techno music in background "

[@ThomasGabrielsen]

I like that you publish videos even though it's not a successful repair. I learn from them, and it shows people who are early in their career professionals 'fails' too.

[@moscowremix]

Hey Louis. Want to thank you for the great content you had in your and Jessa's class. I learned a lot and have already fixed 3 MacBooks that were total piles of shit. This process is truly a total pain in the ass. Hope you are getting caught up in your work and wish you the best.

[@chrochtislavchrochtov1169]

hello, yes sometimes things screw up, not every repair goes without problems, you have right, your videos are REAL so i can RECOMMAND to everybody for inspiration

[@42mohawks6]

I know nothing about computers and I just watched an hour and a half video on replacing an "SMC chip" just because it was so damn interesting.

[@rossmanngroup]

That's something I don't hear every day

[@42mohawks6]

I challenge everyone to repeat 1:36:00-1:36:10 ten times fast.

[@rossmanngroup]

42Mohawks I would fail

[@Sweer_Treat]

Ma and pa kettle

[@hanorabrennan8846]

Me 2! Ireland can officially swear without going to jail!

[@jamesroggy1546]

I love the conversation he has with the inanimate objects.. It make me feel like maybe im not as crazy as i seem when i do it.

[@Frostmork]

This is one of the most frustrating videos I've ever seen, kudos to that patience.

[@BigBadWolf1st]

Why? Why did I just watch this entire thing? Why was I on the edge of my seat waiting to see how it turned out? Why did I get visually upset when the second try failed? Why did I laugh as he cursed out the little solder ball that refused to stay put? Why was I sad when it didn't work in the end? Sheesh... I put off being productive and I don't regret it. :-o

[@rossmanngroup]

It's fun to watch me fail. If I was outside of me, I would be laughing too...

[@BigBadWolf1st]

The fact that you have the balls to post your failures says a lot about who you are. If I owed any Crapple devices anymore and had it break, you'd be the man to fix it. Keep on keepin on... You earned another subscriber.

[@jeffwells641]

The video actually has all the elements of a classic adventure story. There is our plucky hero (Louise), a kingdom to be saved (the motherboard), evildoers attempting to destroy the kingdom (all the board problems), and a dragon to be slain (the SMC). Our hero leaves the kingdom to slay the dragon, going through many trials and tribulations in the process, until finally the dragon is dead. He brings back the dragon's head and drives out the lesser evildoers, and attempts to restore the kingdom to its former glory. Unfortunately this story has a tragic ending: the king had already been slain and the kingdom fell into ruin (dead CPU). But for the most part it's a classic adventure story via an unconventional medium. That's why it's so damn entertaining.

[@g.s777]

@@rossmanngroup I got angry at the little solder ball lol I was like that little son of a bitch. I can say you have patience my friend that's great.

[@hanorabrennan8846]

@@rossmanngroup You are such fun.

[@wayneashby5030]

Great video! I admire your tenacity! I'm an Electrical Engineer of 36 years with a lot of computer board design experience as well as board repair experience both professionally and as a hobby. I always get pleasure in repairing circuit boards with SMC parts and small components under a stereo microscope and making them come alive again. I enjoyed watching and learned some new techniques from your video -- thanks! Some suggestions you might want to try: -- Use a clean soft-bristle toothbrush for removing unwanted fibers and crud instead of a paper towel and/or tweezers. A soft-bristle toothbrush can be used to apply and spread a better controlled amount of solder flux more evenly; it would be lint free. -- With a sharp pin, lightly scratch some package alignments marks onto the board before removing the old part so they can be a guide when placing the new part. -- Instead of using tape to hold the stencil to the package for re-balling, on the stencil, perhaps some silicone rubber (the kind used to make gaskets on cars; good up to 500 deg. F) could be used to create a permanent and snug package holder and alignment perimeter, which would be bonded to the metal stencil that the package would fit into and be held firmly. -- For help in the initial leveling and for the removal of excess solder paste from the stencil, try using a single-edge razor blade to act as a squeegee.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

I LOL'd at the 'can't even find a video with techno music'...

[@Nocholas]

without*

[@DreamTheory1994]

no he said with. he meant he couldnt even find one of those sped up edm covered vids he hates of someone doing that chip.

[@dacoolsoundman]

Louis, you are the MAN. As an ex consumer electronic repairman who worked through the entire evolution of color TV I respect you for taking on this awesome task. The corporate dictatorship must end. Keep it up bro.

[@FaisalAlmalki223]

The new mic is perfect, keep up the good work!

[@magavsschwaga7834]

+Faisal Almalki Mr. Almalki, would You recommend this gentleman to fix a Macbook Pro?

[@luiscipher4855]

Man, your comments make me laugh. It so reminds me time I used to work as a tech. I'm so glad that you are doing this. I'm certified apple tech and used to run an apple dealership. No one believed the horror stories about apple products I was telling. what made me quit it was the day I got an answer from our reagional rep after I asked him why do they screw their own customers. The answer was "Because Apple is in business selling computers, not fixing them"... This was after a lady cried in my store because her MBP keyboard was F'd up.. after a liquid spill. No matter she had apple care, she sent it off and got it back completely not working. It took me several hours to get it back to the original state when everything worked except the keyboard. Back with the MBP came a letter that said that the repair cost would exceed the price of a new MBP (her's was 6 months old). So I ordered the top case with the keyboard for $140 and everything was fixed... she was not happy with apple and to shut her up afte she was screaming at them over the phone she got an ipod out of it... this is about 7 years back. Anyway, thanks again, keep it up. You are doing a great job and it matters ;)

[@Crcl]

that paste turning into balls, very satisfying

[@amessman]

+Crcl ikr

[@sxyjimbo]

+Crcl probably my favourite part of the video

[@Jokestur]

Since everyone likes it so much it's good that he had to redo it 3 times over, lol

[@benwrong6855]

is molten solder fixation a real thing?? Even if it isn't, I definitely have it ;-)

[@jimday666]

timestamp?

[@CharlesMartel676]

Louis, I could never do what you do,but I really enjoy watching your videos! Boy, I'd love to know just HALF of the stuff you've forgotten!!!!

[@GrooveFederation]

the innuendo game is strong with this one, great video btw, very relaxing in a hypnotic & o.c.d kind of way

[@savagegiraffe1]

Man when I watch you challenge yourself it makes me realize its ok when I work a 12 to 16 hour day troubleshooting something, I'm an industrial electrician and instrumentation technician so I perfectly undertand when your brains telling you to go home but your heart says keep going. You truely do rock

[@IrreverentSOB]

Your videos are great, they've been very helpful, your are sort of like a Howard Stern for techies, irreverent, zero bullshit type of guy !

[@rossmanngroup]

+Victor Orozco thank you!

[@ET_Don]

I think Victor is right, you are the Howard Stern of the ET world, and I appreciate that. I appreciate learning from people who don't edit out the failures, who tell it like it is. I agree you can learn as much, perhaps more, from failures as you can from successes. Thank you for your videos. You earned a subscriber.

[@rossmanngroup]

DonnieBass66 Thank you!

[@brendanwood1540]

That ultrasonic sound rattled my cage so hard; I was just connecting a battery terminal when I hear this hissing noise. Two days ago I tried a new product where someone had left a protective film on the bottom of the heat sink and it melted causing a short and immediately burst into a flame that became a blow torch through the spinning fan. So that noise probably raised my heart rate about 40 bpm. THANKS LOUIS!

[@rossmanngroup]

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[@ernststavroblofeld1961]

What a cringe-fest.

[@Tony29103]

Louis, I know this video is years old, but it is probably one of the best videos you've done. I am curious you mention at the end around like 1:47:03 about how if you know what those wires do why you're intrigued that the board can recognize the battery and charge it, why did you say that? Are the wires related to the one wire circuit?

[@benjaminbrewer2154]

Louis Rossmann was this pregloves?

[@justin21002002]

Louis Rossmann Would putting the stencil in the clamp Bow the stencil and create a gap in between the chip and the stencil

[@justin21002002]

Dammit you answered my question right after I posted

[@jerry77539]

Thank you Louis, I appreciate that you are willing to show what can go wrong with our technique. Again, I like the way you show things can go wrong. Rarely, in life, do things work as easily as shown on some programs. It's nice to know that it's not just us that have problems.

[@NathanDavis2]

HOLY SH*T, I never would have thought you could do this level of repair.

[@mbunds]

42:06 - I've always appreciated show hosts who don't edit out mistakes. As Louis said, it's encouraging for new people to see that errors are sometimes part of the process, but it can be an even better learning experience to see how the problems are handled. And when you are familiar enough with the subject matter, sometimes it's simply fun to observe an error being made, and then to see how and when the host catches the error and solves it.

[@rossmanngroup]

+Mark Bunds This entire video was an error. :)

[@mbunds]

+Louis Rossmann Perhaps, but I learned a lot despite the procedure not being a total success. The steps taken for reconditioning the BGA, for example, was very helpful, thanks for taking the time to shoot and edit these!

[@rossmanngroup]

I'm glad this helped you!

[@TheUniversalEyes]

Thanks for reminding why I hate Apple.

[@Snyper20]

Louis, I have watched 50+ hours of your videos; never have I seen someone turn failure into success quite like you do. It must be fun to be a wizard...

[@rossmanngroup]

+ᅚᅚᅚ ᅚᅚᅚᅚᅚᅚ It doesn't always feel like that's what I'm doing. Thank you!

[@xmeda]

Looking how you are removing those old balls.. I wonder what huge thermal stress the package has to survive even though the support takes some heat out. Btw. don't worry so much about alignment, if you are using SnPb solder paste, it will quite nicely go to pad when being reflowed later on board. And one more tip.. storing soldering paste in siringe is not wery good, because paste is supposed to be mixed before any printing as those solder particles inside are still moving in flux, which is around. And don't worry about lead too much :D Lead is still less toxic than fluxes in lead-free solder paste :))

[@Najpi]

Well, the thing I learned from this video is to stay away from Apple products and take good care of my Acer Aspire laptop. I really admire your patient and efforts to try fix these things, so hats of in front of you.

[@rossmanngroup]

+Najpi Thanks for watching!

[@ttykv]

27:07 "With a different sizes u trading different types of pains in the ass"

[@RyogaXvX]

+ttyk he has an amazing way of making things easy for people to understand xD

+ttyk Literally.

[@IshTheDarkLord]

Louis is the Bob Ross of technology. I will probably never use this, but I will still end up watching the whole thing.

[@simoninkin9090]

Dude, what you are doing is amazing. You ARE doing something meaningful in this world! Not that many people can be proud of that. Here you go, catch that good karma++ =)

[@rossmanngroup]

+Simon Inkin Thank you!

[@carlkeywood9584]

shame you can not get small ball bearings and some how get them to solder in the holes

[@donaldbolton84]

Your channel blew my mind. I always thought that if there was a problem with a component it was trash time. you have shown me that with the proper knowledge, skill set, and technique some computer components can be salvaged. Subscribe for sure.

[@tapartacus]

The comedy show starts at 1:11:40. With all due respect though great vid thanks! "Nice try little ball" hilarious!

[@perpetualjon]

I can't exactly say why but this was a captivating video for me. Although I understand electronics and soldering, this is waaay above my experience level. Towards the end I was rooting for you to bring the board alive!! This was a very informative show of skill and expertise. Thanks so much for putting it together and sharing it with the world.

[@KoolBreeze420]

I didn't think people still repaired boards, I trained for this but the pc repair business here dropped to cleaning malware and board replacement. Many years ago you would get up to $80.00 per hour and then boards got so cheep and changed so fast no one fixed them they simply replaced them out.

[@southjerseysound7340]

+KoolBreeze420 Have you priced out a Apple replacement board lately?

[@nosaint01]

Your videos are like a crime scene, not sure what im looking at but cant look away! Very entertaining and informative. LOVE IT! Keep'em coming!!!

[@kainhall]

"their are many things that make this bullshit.... and were gonna go over them" great stuff. lol

[@geyza0711]

+kain hall *there

[@jagsrule99]

+Róbert Németh Grammar police at it again. Helping when no one asks

[@someoneyoudontknow106]

+kain hall hahahahahahaha! lmao!

[@ZeusLT]

I was screaming internally for it

[@INFINITEMODIFICATIONS]

*douchebag

[@Electricworld-1]

You are a proper microelectronics surgeon , thank you doctor. serious , you are a master at art

[@AMalas]

did the customer see this video? I would love to know his/her reaction

[@oceanbytez847]

Louis, you keeping your mistakes for learning purposes is very cool. Little things like that are why i subscribed.

[@Tastyburger]

I'm proud of you man. Great Channel. Second video I have watched. I find this very interesting and inspiring.

[@FreekSharkHD]

New favorite tech channel for sure. You remind me a lot of me which is a good thing. "Use your brain" in music, recording tech, computers and IT, skateboards and every other hobby I have I feel like is always understated. Thanks for a great channel. Keep posting.

[@rossmanngroup]

+FreekSharkHD Thank you for the comment!

[@ignatiusjreilly1287]

It's aligned! IT'S ALIGNED!

[@pedrofellipe8028]

-- Dr. Rossmannstein

[@wyhiobcarlile4879]

I am watching a video about repairing a part on a computer that I don't own, This is one of the more entertaining videos I've seen today. It's a pretty good video.

[@Arsonist42]

some of the things you say would make steve jobs roll over in his grave, and I really enjoy it :D

[@OopsieGoopsie]

rlly?

[@infinidominion]

yep

[@CB3ROB-CyberBunker]

if they simply went along their chosen path people would have apple IIgs systems running at 4ghz now instead of pcs. but noooo steve jobs had to go in and screw up their entire existing customer base and come up with inferior, broken by design crap. and new, even more broken versions of that every month or so. (until they rightfully kicked him out - that pepsi guy may not have understood a crap about computers but at least he realized that steve jobs is bad news ;)

[@CB3ROB-CyberBunker]

literally every product steve jobs interfered with either melted on the spot or caught fire (mac classic mainboards, apple III PSU, the apple cube definately burned down an office or 2 during it's short existence, jobs touched it? it's crap. guaranteed ;)

[@andrew_koala2974]

Steve Jobs is screaming in his grave and has been since he was placed there with 4-$ tonnes of soil on top of him. It is rewarding to know that no one can Hear his screams ... JOB WELL DONE.

[@Rime_Di_Michelangelo]

KZbin brought me in March 2022 and hey, always ready to spend some time with one of my favourite youtubers!

[@Beemergirl89]

I like your channel because you are very informative!

[@catbehaviourchannel]

There's no chance I will ever attempt anything along these lines, but I'm a nerd, and your presenting style was so amazing, I was interested for the whole 1hour47! Thanks!

[@rossmanngroup]

+The Cat Behaviour Channel Thanks for watching!

[@stefflus08]

Are these chips Read protected? If so, wouldn't it pay to have a functioning motherboard sitting around to just test donor chips with? I mean, you obiously decided it wasn't worthwhile, even though this adds an unknown in an ongoing repair, so why?

[@Grinder-one]

This was a fantastic video and when you got the orange light and briefly considered changing the CPU/PCH, I was saying yes. I understand it was lost financially but, I just wanted a happy ending for that board that had gone through so much, yet still showed a glimmer of fight. Great viewing.

[@tracyr5594]

aww, i really wanted it to work. dont give up the fight.

[@mferna645]

Good job done., Louis you had so much of problems in the stencil alignment. By put tape & all this stuff, it does not make life easier. Buddy I will just give you my experience, before soldering balls on any BGA chip, no doubt you cleaned the chip well. Now before adding the stencil on the chip, just solder TWO balls on both ends diagonally, once the balls are soldered, add flux to the entire chip & place the stencil on the soldered balls on both end, this is it, the stencil is aligned & no need of any tape of any stuff of this. Now you add all the ball & solder with hot air. No doubt you are great but sometimes minor things like this are forgotten or not know of.. Cheer up & we all keep learning for you. Thanks

[@weisu1427]

All this work for something that may or may not work. SMC replacement truly is a nightmare!

[@rossmanngroup]

it sure is

[@55418und]

Very much worth my time to listen to you. I'm going into business this month. Best of success to you and your business.

[@SirDamned]

I love you man, stay salty

[@Bontebok]

I just discovered your channel this evening, and I must say I am thoroughly entertained. Thank you!

[@Durrdalus]

Wouldn't it be a bit healthier to get someone to machine a template with walls, pop the chip in and it's aligned? Just a random thought I had while watching.

[@Magicman8508]

+WKDworks same thought. cncing a stencil with chipholder shouldn't cost that much. BTW I'm still wondering what needs to happen to a board to do that amount of damage. Is someone dancing on it?

[@gtforrest1]

WKDworks couldn't the template be made in two parts? A second one the same size but with a hole the size of the chip that you can pop it into. Then you just align the two templates perhaps in a clamp rather than having to align by eye. If this second template was same thickness as chip you could use another one with no cutout to support it.Basically suggesting a series of templates you could use for different chips etc...

[@frankySinn]

You could probably get away with 3D printing it even

[@oceanbytez847]

33:42 is fn cool. you can see the paste turn into molten solder balls as it melts. I'm trying to get soldering as a skill so that i can put at least basics of soldering into my resume. Thank Rossman for any jobs it gets me.

[@BlackBullPistol]

Holy sh*t I wouldn't touch that peace of crap, I've repaired crap but not a such big one... I can tell you that replacing an eMMC on a phone mainboard is also a pain in the butt :P

[@rossmanngroup]

+BlackBullPistol I can imagine.

[@leadermega2905]

+Louis Rossmann Oh ive just subscribed thats second video i find in youtube of you which you seem to be more effective than just a fan boy hahah 1st was why you don't use apple products haha :D

[@Alan_Skywalker]

1. Slowly heat the whole stencil to prevent it from bulging. Also push down on the stencil with tweezers. 2. Fill each hole firmly with paste so each ball is the exact same size. Having a little excess solder will not be a problem. 3. Lift the stencil AFTER everything cooled down, or the balls will stick to the stencil 4. Don't worry about balls being too big. Flex the stencil a bit to get it out if need too. The balls will always be smaller than the hole, they just need to get the right angle to get out. Unless some balls merge together then you need to redo it. 5. Choose the paste with high viscosity. In most situations if you see some improper balls it's due to the paste flowing to other holes when heated. Freeze the paste before use to increase viscosity. Then you will have at least 90% success rate.

[@DigitalYojimbo]

Gonna use this video for a drinking game, every time he says ball/balls take a shot.

[@FreeStuffPlease]

RIP from alcohol poisoning :(

[@pluto762]

Respect for taking the time to do all that.

[@intgir]

Your videos are awesome. I get stuck watching for hours and I don't even have a working soldering iron. I just sent you my broken laptop, I hope I'll see it on your channel. I love what you're doing. Hard work, integrity, professionalism, transparency, and humor... I hope to see more businesses following your model.

[@Harlequin314159]

1:15:50 You forgot.

[@androkon6920]

Darn it

[@John-jp9dz]

You are a rock star Sir. I could never do this work. As the harder I try more my hands shake. Thanks for the video. It was like watching magic and you kept so cool.

[@boynextdoor1]

you can hear his soul dying every time he has to deal with apple products

[@subbmissionfront]

Hey Louis, First - huge THANK YOU for your content, You are INCOMPARABLE second - my thoughts on excited balls problem: my guess is that any kind of impurity in the solder paste, any particle of dirt, or sweat has a chance to burst into a small vapor bubble thus forcing the ball out, or not to adhere properly. So, now - cleaning the chip is obvious but I think You shall cleanse the stencil also. Going further I reckon that the quality of the stencil is crucial here: the material its made of, the way its machined, the shape and smoothness of the cell walls. ... I know Im crazy.

[@BixbyConsequence]

10 PRINT "YOU NEED A WEBSITE!" 20 GOTO 10

[@normandoty6133]

this is only the second vid of yours that i have seen, however it's the most educational i have seen on you tube. i am happy that i got to see how its really done not how a god would do it. please keep up the good work these are very educational for me

[@burgsenior]

you sound like me at work.. hate my life lol

[@rossmanngroup]

+burgsenior What do you do? Hopefully something better than putting 96 individual balls into their respective places

[@burgsenior]

+Louis Rossmann I service alarms and cctv.. But fixed MacBooks for a long time previously .. Nothin like the stuff you do tho

[@vonzellable]

I just replaced the domed SMD capacitor on my LED driver board for my monitor and ripped one of the pads. Lucky for me it was a ground pad and now my monitor is working again. I don't think I will ever do what you just did. But thank you for showing and unedited 1hr 40 min of hell. I will just stick to re-flowing once and done. Working = great not = toss.

[@00boognish00]

this guy is fucking amazing

[@rossmanngroup]

Thanks for watching!

[@00boognish00]

Louis Rossmann No, thank you for your dedication, keep doing the good work man!

[@ItsDaPlumber]

Louis, is this something you do all the time? I think you should find a machinist and have him mill a small jig so you can just drop the chip in and then mill a recess for the stencil. Maybe have hime CNC a new stencil with indicator tabs or something. I just wanted to give you a shout out and tell you your a great person. nice work!

[@S.ASmith]

I've seen some shit PCBs in my time but fuck me....I can't believe you're even attempting to repair that, especially a Crapple CrapBook. There are a tonne of screwed SMD parts on there. I wonder how many resistors, capacitors, diodes and BGTs you had to replace as well.

[@rossmanngroup]

+Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington A lot. See the wires at the end of the video. :(

[@S.ASmith]

Louis Rossmann +Louis Rossmann I know your pain. I stick to rewiring houses and doing commercial and domestic stuff these days as electronics drives me insane. Even then, it comes with it's own set of problems. Armoured cable is a bitch to work with, plasterers do not clean out back box spaces & terminations can be a pain at times. That said, working with 2.5mm² cable is a lot better than working with something microscopic. I refused to touch apple products due to having to self teach & find out all the problems before you find the correct solution. It's a good way to learn but it's one that tests your patience. Proprietary stuff will always end up reverse engineered, so why Apple care so much about it I don't know. PCs can mount much more powerful stuff in them anyways.

[@RuiMartins]

Old video, but here is a tip: make a stencil (like a picture frame) do align the ball stencil over the chip on the clamp, that gets glued to the clamp. you aligned it once correctly, and that's it. Then re-use as many times as you want, since it will always be aligned from that point on. Alternatively, you can create/manufacture or order a clamp with 2 steps like a stairway, so that it works to clamp the chip and the ball stencil, in one operation.

[@NURSEBOBBY]

Only a techie can talk about "tiny little balls" and get away with it.

[@DJignyte]

Wow what a great watch that was! Initially, I thought "screw watching almost 2 hours of this" and assumed I'd skip a bunch of talking or what-not. But then the video ended. Needless to say, I wouldn't have watched the whole thing if it wasn't full of interesting and useful information, so great work!

[@rossmanngroup]

Thanks for watching!

[@phalanx66Satan]

I always hated Apple, if only the Amiga hadn't gone down.

[@Waccoon]

Alas, Commodore's intention was to use WinNT for their post-AAA system, and the Amiga community had too much of a boner for PowerPC to see the writing on the wall. All the people outside the engineering department had no vision. At least I can still enjoy my A1200 hooked up downstairs. Even today, it's the most fun computer I own.

[@phalanx66Satan]

I let another Amiga enthusiast keep both my Amiga computers, I was transferred to the East Coast and lost track. I watched a recent movie about the Amiga and am still not sure how the Commodore owner who did well in the beginning with things ultimately dropped the ball. I remember it taking years for the PC to catch up to the Amiga, and the turmoil around the "California Amiga" that never was. That was back when a year seemed like a long time in electronics, now the years pass by like seconds.

[@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline]

I used. an Amiga with a SCSI hard drive. Very cutting edge back then. The GUI was very nice, I still have the stereo video monitor and will put it on eBay soon.

[@mpowersmedia3219]

Watched from start to finish, just had to hang in there with you through the struggle man. Great video. Even had me laughing out loud.

[@GogogoFolowMe]

And after all this work, you realize you put the chip the wrong way...

[@theLuigiFan0007Productions]

+GogogoFollowMe That would absolutely suck.

[@smokeshow1984]

or that the chip doesn't work

[@GogogoFolowMe]

Or the wrong chip on the wrong motherboard '^^

[@theLuigiFan0007Productions]

GogogoFollowMe Oh god. I can imagine the horrorful anger of discovering you replaced the wrong chip. I'd just be so done at that point, at least temporally.

[@taekim6819]

Just started to watch Rossmann's videos. Extremely entertaining and appreciate the straight shooting that Mr Rossmann exhibits. Do not personally use Apple products, unlike my relatives. Seems too expensive for the product, and seems to constantly be upgraded (preference than system capabilities)/repaired. Had iPhone 6 plus that was told needed a board replacement after it would not turn in the morning. Apple representative told me that a replacement was the only logical option. Had an independent repair service location confirm that the board has damage (not sure if actually diagnosed or accepted the diagnosis from Apple) and that it was extremely expensive. Did not help that the independent repair service tech stated it was a common problem (at least locally). Do not need any service with lack of Apple or other damaged products. However, what does Mr Rossmann mean by the 20 minute rule? Estimated time it would require to repair? Surcharge option for repairs that will take longer, or flat refusal for repairs? Not financially viable or generally too much of a headache with a busy business? Just curious.

[@jasonpatowsky6929]

These videos are oddly saitisfying to watch. Not sure why ;--;

[@asusservertek131]

Mad props brother! That's dedication for sure! I could feel your pain and aggravation throughout the whole process 🍻