HP laptop shorted board, liquid damage on the board - Using water to fix it

[@peterlethbridge7859]

I just love your humour. Your videos are as informative as they are entertaining. You have a natural ability to present and educate. A rare set of qualities indeed. Thank you.

[@escheytt9326]

Sorin, Your videos are the favorite way of spending my day. When you get to be my age your wit and knowledge are most appreciated. Regards

[@joseph_donovan]

Short but sweet! The sweetness not caused by sugar but by your entertaining banter and bathos! Thank you for sharing the repair with us today.

[@pirelli77]

8:06 the best moment in all videos. My heart is so joyful 💞☺

[@SomeGuyInSandy]

You make repairs like this look too easy!

[@IFIXCASTLES]

That fabric would probably impede air flow too much to cover the complete grill.

[@frankmormando3917]

The evil mad, scientist, laugh, OMG you’re killing me Sorin 😂😂😂

[@fredericomacias5547]

Nice to see you joking around at the end of the video.

[@ameenalyaghshy4463]

Mr.Sorin I am so Greatful for your videos i learned a lot of things from you. thank you very much and i like your personalty and your way of thinking .your style of discovering faults and fixing is very intersting thank you agin and sorry for my bad english.

[@MrNcimino]

When " Tshirt with Sorin´s phrase "WE HAVE PICTURE"

[@phillipsvanderwesthuizen800]

Something that also works is Vodka, 40% Alcohol and 60% water. Dissolve sticky stuff, some oils and a capacitor. 🙂

[@bintangsatrya]

and temporary dissolve life "problem" too

[@CarlosGarcia-d3e]

@@bintangsatrya; lol. Yeah.

[@ssikhcnerf]

I've used vodka on a few occasions to clean CD players lenses...

[@CarlosGarcia-d3e]

@@ssikhcnerf : Tequila also works very well but until the next day (hangover is gone)

[@davidlguerr]

If you use water, you should use distilled water at least. No minerals, less chance of corrosion and shorting something out. Even after you dry out the board with hot air, you can't be totally sure if there is no water under a chip.

[@KGSales-g5i]

Flux off also works well to clean these things

[@Trustsimo07]

I agree, those minerals on the board will fix the humidity and accelerate corrosion

[@Trustsimo07]

and the rosin can avoid that ..

[@gio0042]

I literally hosed down boards that were too nasty to even look at and 10 years later are still working right now, you just need to dry them the right way

[@justinspiredfallout]

Agreed. Here in the SE of England (where Sorin is too) the tap water is very hard. I always use distilled water for stuff like this. Perhaps he has a water softener/filter.

[@ShR33k]

That's interesting about the alcohol and water - totally makes sense when you think about it, but extremely interesting at the same time! Good job Sorin !

[@gayanindikap]

You are the best teacher i ever seen. You are doing all the things in practical way. But always im thinking What wrong if clean the cooling fan when you disassemble the laptop for the customer ?? This is not a complain. What's is behind it?

[@zacky5315]

Nice video, Sorin. Thanks. Always learning from you. A question: why didn't you clean the fan, full of dust ?🤔

[@ognjenjakovljevic494]

There is something called ocd and something called good practice, dont fix whats not broken and the job was not in for bad cooling issue i hope you understand

[@Dracula.25]

​@@ognjenjakovljevic494 You're right , but it's a nice thing to do with cleaning the fan 👍

[@daveunbranded]

​@@Dracula.25if you clean the fan you have to take it apart take it apart you might cause more damage. Right now he has a working laptop that might be dirty but it's a working laptop his job is done. Same reason why he doesn't clean screens anymore. Although he could just use a blower blowing out but what ever

[@Alobster1]

@@daveunbranded No you don't. It just needs air blown in it. I do it with every device I fix. 30 seconds and some canned air and it's done. Totally worth it

[@Doman2000]

Yes, it really bothers to see that often. How you can ignore a fan full of dust? Just take a moment to remove (at least most of it) the dust from the fan.

[@goodelectronics4170]

Always watching sir...from Philippines

[@argee99]

Thanks for the video. No matter what you do you always seem to get 'critics'. Real life is different from what some imagine...

[@fu1r4]

10:00 Because people don't clean it from dust and when it get full of dust it won't get enough air to cool the laptop. You can already see how much dust there is in the fan. That fan have never been cleaned. I have fixed so many computers/consoles only by removing dust from the heat sink.

[@geeksinfortech7814]

nice work from kenya africa

[@ilanbinkovitch6054]

They did put the black shroud because it hinders cooling - the fan is under

[@MarlonITRepair]

We have picture❤❤thank you for sharing sorin

[@nakipelivan4007]

Nice job easy to fox for mr sorin for another i dont now for me sorin is the best thank you

[@rfr653]

Good job mate 👍

[@_ImZenic_]

Need a T shirt with " We Have Picture" Please

[@Popeyes66]

"I can't believe ! "

[@t_Gecko]

We Have Picture! and I Can't Believe!

[@maklogetrich2378]

We Fix It I Can't Believe

[@_ImZenic_]

@@Popeyes66 yep

[@MindYourBusiness1970]

If you watch older videos “what a waste of time “

[@IFIXCASTLES]

Maybe you should have cleaned the sticky from the fabric. I would think that the liquid residue will now impeded air flow.

[@cetecco]

Sorin is very professional on fixing all these failures. I do not have any clue on these electronics and am very impressed about his confidence. But as a customer I would like to receive a notebook with a complete cleaned mainbord, also the fan needed a good cleaning. Maybe the termal paste renewed would have completed the service.

[@Hejazi1365]

Nice job as always. You don't clean the fan or replace the thermal paste in such jobs?

[@Alobster1]

While your in there you aught to blow out the fan if it is that full of dust. I always clean the fan and heatsink if I do any work inside a laptop.

[@miajonekem]

Happy you like working for free. Others may not. If you go to a densltist to get your tooth filled, they aren't gonna do a whitening as well "while you're in there". Different job, different price.

[@Dracula.25]

​@@miajonekemYou're right , but cleaning the fan wouldn't be too much problem , easy and fast thing to do

[@davidlguerr]

@@Dracula.25Takes time, and time is money.

[@Alobster1]

@@miajonekemHow lazy are you? It takes literally 30 seconds and prevents a customer from returning with the same laptop. 30 seconds for more customer satisfaction is worth it. If you took your car in to the tire shop to get your tires rotated and had a low tire how would you feel if they didn't top the air off? Similar scenario

[@laerticomputers]

No capacitor, no shorted capacitors😀

[@kennybruce2597]

Do you have or can you make a video of a run down of the equipment you use and what it does or why it's used?

[@killmore75]

Can you vacuum the dust on that fan? I guess you do want to see your customer back! : )

[@stephanc9466]

Awesome video . Enjoyed the cutomer jokes😂

[@alistarvalentin]

e tare faza cu:vrem sa vedem clientul din nou

[@ammunir6]

nice video thanks

[@KGSales-g5i]

Here we have a sweet HP laptop :)

[@kosxer]

Very sweet laptop...

[@mohammedihssan154]

Your mood is very good today 😂

[@mrkakaonu]

Such a good video. Love the jokes to.

[@allinclusive5762]

Are you really leaving the fan as filthy as it is? Also no refreshing of the thermal paste? 🤔

[@davidlguerr]

Maybe the customer is a cheapskate and wants to pay as little as possible, so Sorin won't work for free.

[@allinclusive5762]

That's the problem! It is too cheap - that's why it can't deliver any ( necessary ) additional performance.@@davidlguerr

[@MindYourBusiness1970]

More airflow ( bigger holes let pass more air)

[@aechtabayer5434]

you cleaned the fan too? Whats the empty left plug near the battery? Love your videos

[@ludodreesen1917]

Shouldn't you clean the fan too, it seems completely clogged up

[@davidlguerr]

Then the customer won't come back 😂It depends how much he will charge for the job.

[@radio-ged4626]

I'm the same. Do a dodgy repair cos you want to see the customer again 😂😂😂

[@theroguetomato5362]

Water is called the universal solvent. I used to think alcohol was the universal solvent, but I was wrong. It's water.

[@chumatez]

Nice one

[@maklogetrich2378]

battery still connected, wow

[@TheFurrry]

One question....do you fully check the funtionality of the laptop after you get power to it ?, because no doubt the keyboard is also liquid damaged.

[@daffyduk77]

prob. not, looked like the liquid gunge came up through the bottom, rather than the usual "punter drooling over the keyboard" problem

[@daffyduk77]

Mfr didn't use additional "protection" from liquid as it would further impede flow of air to & from fan. Fan needs a quick blast of air to clean

[@lablackzed]

Nice simple job pity when you put it together you didn't give the fan a quick clean.🤔🍻

[@Dragunov1111]

Sorin what kind of software do you use for jobs management tickets contacts etc.?

[@jurijsshramkovs3820]

Nice repair video! Jokes aswell funny)))😁

[@Popeyes66]

We know you were joking Sorin. Greetings from North London .

[@OpenYourMind80]

You should use distilled water as it doesn't conduct electricity, its pure h2o

[@daffyduk77]

de-ionised would likely do just as well

[@OpenYourMind80]

@@daffyduk77 i distill water for one of my businesses, it's very adsorbant. Not sure on de-ionised. Some IC's are Moisture sensative, hence why they are packing with silica gel packets

[@sumuduasiri]

You didn't replace the new cap?

[@tarek3006]

No sorin believes its not a must.. Trust his experience more my friend.. He can see the board and sometimes he do replace and sometimes don't

[@davidlguerr]

Because it works without that cap. It will put additional stress on the other ones, and another one may fail sooner than expected, but my guess is that computer is not going to be used that long.

[@Mwapaca]

He made the design more efficient, some engineers like to add useless cap to justify their work.

[@bai-hoi]

Hey Sorin, what thermo camera you use? Is it the UNI-T UTI260B?

[@jaym5938]

When you set 'some current' do you match the rating of the charger? And how much current when injecting 0.9-1.3v? Thanks

[@djtongi]

you should remove the battery before putting more water on it and removing caps...

[@svetlinkunchev4818]

Hello, very good video but I have one critic's, the fan was full of dust why you didn't clean it is a one minute job.

[@071Rishi]

see customer back again 😂😂😂😂😂

[@gower1973]

They didn’t cover the entire back because that’s where the fan is, they should use a material like goretex, it allows air to flow through but blocks liquids

[@englishrupe01]

That's exactly what that black material is.

[@danielgould6288]

Short and sweet! hahaha Coca cola anyone? Or a new capacitor? hahaha. Good video I love the humour! 👍

[@habulembe]

Oh man, the jokes!😂😂😂

[@miroslavstevic2036]

6:24 Its the second capacitor. Hm? No, one second, it's not second. LOL

[@tarek3006]

I have to disconnect the battery if i want to clean with water right?

[@yishakkibru6444]

bios battery too

[@maklogetrich2378]

he's lucky because the battery is very discharged

[@peterg3r3c57]

Maybe he used destilled water (non-conductive)

[@tarek3006]

@@peterg3r3c57 he always warn us about the battery and power when removing the screen connector.. I think he did remove it but we didn't see.. I trust his experience more than the video 🤣

[@nightangel6192]

the fan ...

[@stephenhookings1985]

Anyone got any idea on how to trace fault where the NVMe isn't detected? I know Windows 10/11 doesn't routinely have the Intel RST drivers installed. But when you look into the BIOS there is a RST for the HP 14s series. The NVMe works in a caddy. So it isn't the drive. Also I get the Amber battery charging light that eventually goes white BUT pressing power leads to a 1 second power on light then nothing. Seems a common fault but no clear stepwise solution

[@camarasberta9498]

hi mr sorin, i wonder if you always clean the fan and heatsink and even replace thermal paste on every job, those hairs dust and whaterver got stuck on the ventilation are nasty, i like to call it mustache, lol, so i refer to that job to shave the laptop, lol, cheers man

[@MrRvdbeek]

Lol 😂we want to see the customer back

[@cliffkeananol]

Sir, I have a HP250 G7 but the battery is not charging anymore. I tried replaced the battery and charger but it says 0% available (plugged in). Please help

[@StechAnfo]

i put my lenovo in water put it still working

[@pinomula8113]

Water just enter my laptop and what’s the consequence Sir ?

[@jarnovilen5259]

They did not put the cover on the area of the fan most probably because the laptop would not get enough air.

[@johannbiker8803]

👍👍👌👌

[@atozee4098]

my hp840 g4 on but no display 4 light is still on no disply

[@paulandrew6456]

Lol...its so funny.....we always want to see the customer back with more jobs....that's why we're here. ..lol

[@windycl111]

💗

[@vitaliwilhelm7654]

Because you need airflow for cooling the cpu, even this holes are actually to small...

[@panda7766]

Bro is laptop jesus.

[@glenngarcesa8216]

better not replace, if the capacitor is parallel and you replace only one surely it will come back,caus the capacitor you replace will handle all the stress, cause other capacitor might be open,. about the screen maybe it is heat exhaust,.

[@jcb208]

Sorin you should at least spend another 10 mins cleaning the fan and the back case of sticky residue, we know you don't replace the capacitors and used to that

[@scottstewart5425]

Of course we want the customers back after 6 months lol...

[@lucataszarek8782]

Hello🤝👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👋👋👋👋

[@sniper5406]

lol iam here for the jokes

[@burakozc3079]

Closing laptop with that dirty fan. 🤦🏻

[@lazarevicc]

sorry-n capacitor 😆

[@GlishaSo]

clean that fan its so nasty :(

[@daveunbranded]

I replaced a motherboard the other day and started it up. Screen comes on and i say. "It's working, I can't believe"

[@daffyduk77]

I bet the customer insisted there had been no liquid spill

[@Marijan1987]

Ok you fix it, but why you did NOT clean the fan,it is so dirty and full of dust....????👎

[@worroSfOretsevraH]

I don't like short videos! :(

[@joeyjustin6895]

YOU NEVER CLEAN THE FAN. EVER. THAT FANS JUNKY AT BEST AND YOU SHOULD CLEAN IT. YPU NEVER CLEAN FAN

[@davidlguerr]

I do not think the manufacturer has to be concerned about protecting that laptop against liquid, unless it was a rugged one, which is not. Laptops are not supposed to handle liquid inside, manufacturers do not have to protect their devices against users that spill liquid on their laptops.

[@kevinbarrett5396]

lol

[@sylwesterirla9246]

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[@jeffreybower5959]

using liquid will destroy your pc,, just buy another pc

[@jarnovilen5259]

Shameful. Did you look at the fan?!? It is almost totally blocked by dust and you did not clean it???!? You really want the customer back because of overheated and with a little bad luck totally destroyed laptop. And additionally you really should clean the bottom cover before putting it back. It is sticky and the vent holes will be blocked with dust sticking to that sticky sugary liquid. I give you 2 out of five of this job. I would not let you do the job in my shop.

[@aliemlek]

👍👍👌👌