How your laptop firmware can get corrupted and kill your laptop board and battery

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[@Swenser]

I have a relative who works for Texas Instruments. He is currently finding out for me about obtaining ability to read chips. I hope there can be a viable option for all the many technicians without having to invest too much money. Of course I will report back with any advancement. I am a big fan of we all help each other.

[@worroSfOretsevraH]

I still dont understand how china did not reverse engineer this box already, and produce their own at a fraction of price...

[@Swenser]

@@worroSfOretsevraH the issue is with the password protection in the firmware. Somehow the creator of Sorins unit has been able to decrypt the passwords. Either by pure genius or inside info from TI.

[@Tribes11]

​@@worroSfOretsevraHYeah I agree with you, they can fake and copy almost anything but this one they can't, it would be better if not under subscription plan, or at least at lower prices.

[@Tribes11]

​@@SwenserIf someone was able to figure it out or reach someone to get these passwords, someone else is able to do this as well. I guess it's just a matter of how much they want to fix it instead of selling "new batteries"

[@mrblitz1798]

@@worroSfOretsevraH the NLBA device works only with internet to get the passwords from a special server, so the china can reverse engineer the box but not the server

[@riscom_38062]

Hello, Sometimes the battery is unlocked with a 20-cycle count, health at 20%, with PF STATUS 000000. Now perform battery clear errors....and health goes at 60% or more. Sometimes a battery reset is necessary when status is unlocked. The channel is great, it helped me a lot

[@transformateur9969]

What a pleasure to know you Sorin! Long life to you and your family! THANKS ! 💗

[@winlose3073]

I believe the fuse knew Sorin was going to solder it anyway so it decided to restore itself on it's own🤣

[@alessandrovirdis520]

No corruption allowed on this channel😜😜😜 great job as always👏🏻

[@g4z-kb7ct]

Not sure that's a battery firmware error.... sounds more like the manufacturer build in a detection in the software that if battery goes low and locks then it is charged manually the chip will try to kill the fuse quickly so owner has to buy a new battery or new laptop. Basically you triggered the battery suicide feature and the chip tried to defeat you with a Mortal Kombat Fatality move but failed because you are smarter than manufacturer ;-)

[@user-gf8xf9jx3w]

Your patience is amazing. A real pleasure watching you work.

[@LaptopDisassembly]

I wouldn't trust a CMOS battery under 3V.

[@mr__No]

A CRC2032 battery at 2.9V is considered depleted by industry standards. How does he not know this?

[@morphingsomething5203]

2.97volts its almost like new battery!!! -.-'

[@IliaKuznetsov-kf5yt]

Hitting something to make it work is an old Russian thing, because Soviet TVs used to be like that: you hit them, and they start displaying properly. However, that does not work with chargers :(

[@windowsxpprofessional]

It's Indian thing. We always slap stuff to make it work

[@Bankerzcomedy659]

Nice one sir

[@paolomonai9511]

😂 It Is AN Italian thing too...

[@incandescentwithrage]

It was common worldwide. Percussive maintenance

[@IliaKuznetsov-kf5yt]

@@incandescentwithrage Total bonkers

[@MattyEngland]

Nice work. Watching on the beach with a steak pasty and some herbal refreshments

[@EurekaRecycler]

Seems you'v done this a 1000 times but it always different. I always learn something new, Thank you

[@lezbriddon]

Once a cell has dropped below 2.5 its not safe and should be disposed of. its not worth the risk. (I build big battery packs for large ebikes, I know its a harsh world at 50-150a discharge rates so you need to be more careful but the low voltage damage happens at a chemical level, i'll admit I dont with laptops for the last 10+yrs but i'd spend the money on a new one for a good nights sleep

[@InfoDav]

There is so many failsafe mechanisms in a laptop battery, it's perfectly fine.

[@intrax2tv]

Total bs! The manufacturers just want to make more money so they lock the battery at low voltage. If youchargethe battery yourself they blow the fuse! Criminal practise...

[@AptivaXP]

The Sandisk SSD is the "Robson module" (The "archaïc way" to accelerate the hard drive).

[@GitXxxd]

this is great!! cheers for sharing :) I have a question..... do you have a video or have you ever repaired a laptop with bad USB ports.....??

[@mukisaarafat2282]

when their not responding

[@kblectronix]

Yeah it's still kind of debatable whether I'd want to spend that sort of money on that device vs. New (fake) batteries. A new battery is a new battery. No complaints so far.

[@Timpano_Francesco_Repairs]

Hi Sorin, good job...but very rarely both BIOS Fw and battery Fw corrupted together, i Learn a new One..i like much the NLBA Tool, i think Is very good and Imagine the huge work to build It...but too expencive for the few battery job i have in my Lab...maybe in futur if i start repairing drone... Bye Francesco Timpano from Florence Italy

[@maniche27]

Salut Sorin , sunt un urmaritor activ al video urilor postate de tn pe youtube , am o intrebare...in ceea ce priveste intamplarile din Liban cu exploziile pagerilor , din putina electronica , care o stiu si care ne ai aratato de alungul anilor, ar exista vreo sansa ca bateriile smartphonelor sa explodeze in mod programat? sunt multe sigurante si mosfeturi care ar impiedica ca asa ceva sa se intample, corect? Ai putea sa postezi un video in care sa ne explici de ce nu , sau de ce da, asa ne am mai linisti 😁

[@tarek3006]

That's just some master class repair 👍 thanks Sorin for sharing, even i don't do motherboard repair or battery repair but still very joyful for me to watch you work 👍

[@Simon-mz7sf]

Thankyou a very informative lesson and well done!!

[@bzfarbodjz]

you could've done this just without ripping out the battery ... the device could charge the cells that are over discharged ... this is what this device made for, to not tear apart the battery. this is another example why I told you those things...

[@abruptlyblunt]

the nlba is $450 then it another $270 per year for a reset license to use the nlba to fix batteries, yeah no scam there.....

[@orange11squares]

it's for businesses not for poor people.

[@hmartinlb]

Do you fix 2-3 batteries every month? No? Then not for you

[@testingtester6908]

@@orange11squares Even for a business the license price is too absurd, there are other "business/industry" standard things that are expensive like PC-3000 that have a single payment and its yours. If it was a permanent one it would be fine, but a $270 yearly fee that has been increasing every year for a product like this? Nope, it is a scam.

[@christoffer6527]

​@@testingtester6908 pc3000 starting price is like $8k and you need to pay for the training. Free support for one year then only 1600 per year. So much better than NLB 😂

[@christoffer6527]

​@@testingtester6908Seem yt removed my comment where I said starting price for pc3000 is around $8k and then pay for the training. The support is no-cost for the first year then it only cost 1600 a year

[@eazyzoey2561]

Amazing work!! saying hi from the Philippines!!👋

[@adasdiciunas8835]

The board got scared hahaha :D

[@janoscs.3647]

Thanks Sorin to sharing with us this video! Very educational! Keep up the good work! ❤

[@lezbriddon]

years ago I remember a family of laptops where no bios battery voltage equalled no boot... they were always AMD based laptops, I bought a few 'dead' 3-4yr old laptops to instantly fix them by just popping in a new battery.

[@JustInspiredKent]

I'd love to get one of these battery analyzers but I don't get many laptop battery problems in my workshop for it to make sense to buy at this point. :(

[@eyelon2216]

you're a great teacher. thanks

[@TEMPODEAPRENDERJairoGSilva]

Congratulations!!! You are the must!!!!

[@pihmusik]

Super robota!!! Dziekuje za cenna wiedze!!!!

[@KrissBartlett]

very good you did the same as before in one post while ago very good i trhink you had to replace the fuse last time

[@sequignysequigny9028]

Hello Sorin (from France), i learned a lot with you, many thanks for that! About this video, one question : how the main power rail 19V can be missing because a firmware (bios-EC) corrupted? Usually in this case the computer doesn't start but the main power rail is present. Am i wrong?

[@corel965]

I just want to mentiom that WINDOWS UPDATE pushing some BIOSes to laptops please check it if you are not sure better skip it or run registry edit to get only security updates...

[@tall-jv4wo]

Nice one Sorin...

[@pavelkratunkov2085]

Hello Sorin, I watched many of your videos and I know you always want to show how it is possible to get a battery working without the Advanced tools of NLBA. I admire that , but what I do not understand is why not going straight to see if there is an error code in the EPROM battery and diagnose from there. I mean in this case probably no "incision" would have been needed if you first unlocked the battery by cleaning the errors and then tried the NLBA charge menu. Would not that had worked ?

[@tim0steele]

That battery is ten years old, so it's doing very well for its age ;)

[@patriciaoudart1508]

❤ thanks Sorin. Did you listened about the thousand pagers (motorola) exploding in the same time (Lebanon), How can TNT being activated in a small device in the same time? What component can seems like a normal component but being explosive? Battery? Thanks if you can help worldwide to solve this big threat, that can be find also in computers and smartphones, in the future, why not, activated with a hack of national security message, why not, at this time everything is possible.😮

[@Aneesh.Asokan]

It's simple as they got hold of the devices before shipping & stuffed it with I think as miniscule amount of plastic explosives which's triggered by commands!

[@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse]

Its likely misdirection on the cause of the explosions so the real cause is not given away.

[@supernova1163]

Can you replace the bios battery in that plastic or you have to change the whole thing

[@orange11squares]

you can, you need a holder from an old MB or a battery with terminals.

[@amirmooti5719]

Perfect repair 👌👌

[@atoms1978]

DR.SORIN 💪💪👍👍

[@pihmusik]

[@geophilus.electricus]

Would you not say that fuse was faulty too? My understanding was that it should disconnect as soon as the solder melts. And that solder was melted for a long time...

[@Tribes11]

I don't think so, he tested the fuse after it melted, it has shown continuity, so it was fine. Remember a fuse is just a wire. In this case a "solder wire"

[@somewaresim]

I think you left the cover off the battery fuse. Don’t know if it matters.

[@ElectronicRepair.Serbia2023]

Sorin how much you pay for the license fore nlba if not a secret?

[@dirindirin3983]

Perfect

[@mihaioleniuc1642]

Very Nice! 😎

[@ferencszabo3504]

The BQ chip was inside of the battery?

[@orange11squares]

there are two of them, one in the battery and one on the motherboard.

[@ferencszabo3504]

@@orange11squares thx

[@migor777]

One thing i dont understand, how did you fix firmware in laptop ? Firmware is hardware code,.how did you replace faulty one ? Also firmware by definiton should not rely on battery ?!

[@vkp111]

I think he meant variables stored in battery backed up ram.

[@proevobig4623]

Is less expensive to buy new batteries then get that tool 😅😅😅

[@andriusBKI]

Why so many keys is missing?

[@ksenofobov]

Ass-us bs. Yesterday had to clone something like this from hdd to ssd. Also wanted to clean it. 1. Ocay, lets temove the battery fitst .. cant! Screw that holds the battery has to be placed before motherboard! Stupid M F s!

[@michaelmeux4137]

Not 100% but the fuse cap looked like it was still open

[@Misimpa]

Incredible battery device

[@miroslavstevic2036]

"What happens in battery stays in battery ..."

[@boardfix9374]

repair shop send laptop to sorin to repair!! lol weired. they need to change the business :)

[@aliemlek]

👍👍👌👌

[@AlexAlex-bh8fi]

Jesus is king

[@gabrieln5357]

under 3.1v all CR2032 are depleted cycle count 164.... "this battery is like new".... muhahaha !!!

[@user-kr8tp3ko8z]

yes it has 95% or more of its original capacity, these batteries can go 300-500 cycles until they reach 80% battery health

[@gabrieln5357]

man, you're so lucky u still got clients that don't have a clue about electronics or don't care much about quality and also, so many guys out there are blinded by low repair costs...

[@user-kr8tp3ko8z]

@@gabrieln5357 you know that if you go to make the "proper repair" - replace charging port/charger/battery(oem batteries often hard to buy/ crazy expensive)/cmos + labor, this laptop goes directly to the bin? you are so wasteful. you have to be flexible :) that's why he have jobs to repair, and you will be only replacing things :)

[@user-Nate-b33]

Nicee ❤😊

[@rudyschurmann6211]

you say we can write something of comment. But you don't respond to anything. what is the use of writing it then??

[@electronicsrepairschool]

not sure i understand, this is your only comment, i can;t see any other comments from you, can you please let me know where did you comment, thank you

[@Kiburici]

im old on this channel. I can assure you that Sorin responds to comments

[@rudyschurmann6211]

@@electronicsrepairschool I have already responded to a few. I will have to look for where I did it exactly.

[@g4z-kb7ct]

@@rudyschurmann6211 most comments are pure bs and waste of space. Sorin will respond if something is important and interesting but he's not going to respond to all bs comments because he has better things to do with his time. This comment is also waste of space it should not be necessary to explain basic internet usage to anyone born within the last 40 years.

[@Swatlord60]

@rudyschurmann6211 If we have allow to comment, it's not mean that Sorin 'MUST' responds all/everybody comment! If you don't understand that, please DO NOT COMMENT AT ALL! Simple?