DASH CAM - No Display Fault - Can I Fix it? + NES Revisit

[@masterbrown2002]

That’s my new favourite Vince quote “it wasn’t working, it’s just that it’s not working even more now” 😂😂😂

[@bparker86]

I got a laugh out of it too lol

[@MrMikenIkes]

Vince, your videos inspired me to fix a computer keyboard that was faulty. Normally I would have tossed it in the garbage and spent $20 on a new one but you gave me the confidence to take it apart and see what I could do. Well, I fixed it! The problem was a faulty connection with the zebra connector between the circuit board and the keyboard receptor thing. I cleaned it up with IPA and wedged a piece of cardboard in to increase the amount of pressure on the connector and it works like a charm! Thanks for the entertainment and the inspiration! You’re a legend!

[@patrickjmorgan]

I took on my sons 512w cam on as it kept shutting down (after covid lockdown ) I bought him a new one as he was traveling 160 miles a day and needed a dash cam for the M25. Anyway, 2 years on, new LiPo battery and the old 512 still works. I guess a good few Nextbase dashcams were binned due to the battieries going zero as our cars sat idle.

[@davidmelbourne5480]

Knowing (or just guessing) what regulated voltage the camera expected to see would be the clue here. The dropout voltage down to the 1V would have been a red flag. When I suspect a regulator, I vary the load & temperature to see if it partially works and/or post inject a bench supply to see if the load works/or is drawing excessive current (regulators often have fold over circuits built in) Funny how my soldering irons are so much smaller than yours....you have great skill with that one! Great fix Vince!

[@John-zd8tq]

I am Taiwanese, and there are indeed many experts in precision electronic maintenance abroad!So cool!

[@jochenwuerfel]

Oh yeah.. starting the day with a new video 🥰 Very hyped about the NES revisit 👍 PS: As you except things via your PO box, please be careful. I already had a few other channels talking about getting tracking devices from some creaps sent to them.

[@StezStixFix]

Great video, Vince! Really enjoyed this one 👍

[@Mymatevince]

Nice one Steve, thank you 👍

[@Cra1gst]

i watched you very early on , i knew alot about repairs at general repairs, well now you know more than me , been a amazing journey seeing you learn !!! now i learn from you :)

[@cr4zyshotz211]

Love ur videos been watching for years back wen u we’re doing phone sockets faceplates not that I know how to fix stuff but interesting to watch 💙

[@a.j.haverkamp4023]

I always think about the people/machines that put these tiny things together in the factory. Not my type of work. I hate those small connectors. Once I unplugged the keyboard in one of my laptops and had to watch KZbin videos on how to put it back together. At first I had the cable upside down. But I regretted it so much that I took it apart (to try and repast the old CPU). I managed to get it al working, but it was a one time only action for me. Much respect to everybody who handles the connectors with so little effort.

[@oldguy8177able]

i think people are far too hard on you i mean you are not an expert you an average joe haviing a go,personally i admire your curiousity and hard work and never say die attitude.i actually love fixing things,recent repair was dehumidifier 6 months working on it finally fixed it,it was a earth wire to fan lose,the thing that confused was sometimes it was fine,obviously sometimes wire had good connection.

[@Marcel1984nl]

Hi Vince, I don't have much experience with a voltage regulator myself, but I do have experience with a voltage boost circuit that doesn't work, sometimes when you apply heat to the chip it suddenly seems to work and later it doesn't so I would replace that faulty voltage regulator because it will stop working again in the future. Nice video btw dashcam and Nintendo in one! (sorry i had not watched the very end of the video) Note: With a booster chip you always have to be very careful with heat supply to it, because otherwise it will break quickly, I have many that have broken and they give variable voltages, due to the overheating. Cheers ;)

[@professormoriarty703]

Another great video. Your troubleshooting skills and intuition are amazing. You won’t toot your own horn but you have fixed everything from watches to dash cams to reel to reels to tv consoles to monitors and everything in between and around. Your do an amazing job sir. What’s next Deloreans, Teslas or stargates 😂. Love you videos

[@dodgydruid]

I'm still working on a review on one of them HDMI retro game sticks, came with two excellent wireless SNES type controllers that are above the normal Chinese quality and this thing has 900+ games already included but you can dump as many roms in as the 32gb SD card can hold. The controllers are very similar to the 8bitdo ones and no creaking plastics or tappity buttons.

[@GadgetUK164]

Great job Vince =D That low melting solder sure makes a mess lol - but it works so well and was a good idea to protect the CCD on the other side (and plastic parts).

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Chris, lol it gets everywhere!!!!!

[@GothGuy885]

tackling those tiny surface mount components, you are braver then I gunge-din! I picture you standing on top of a building somewhere, with your cape billowing in the wind 👍😀

[@astralmir1]

great videos Vince , learning a lot from your work, i really love the fact that you dont give up, buying a new canera just to finish the video is epic. good work thank you.

[@radius.indrawan]

For the low melt solder clean up, maybe you could mix it with leaded solder first before wicking it with the braid, hopefully that would make it less messy to clean.

[@MrBrainFear]

I was getting so stressed with that solder mess. But you did great! Well done!

[@markmurphy3578]

I think I would buy another soldering iron tip and file it down to make it easier to work on these smaller items. When soldering was a large part of my job I used to have 2 soldering irons of different sizes and at least 2 tips for each. Good work though!

[@mrjsv4935]

Nice fixes, both the dashcam and Nintendo :) About ten years ago or so I was inspired to buy some mini "spy" videocameras, after watching some reviews from Techmoan's channel. Had to do quite a lot of fixes and adjustments to some of them, before they were even somewhat usable. For example few cameras had fuzzy image, needed to adjust the focus, one camera showed black screen, because the lens assembly had detached from it's case, pressed it back together and it was fine. One dashcam didn't even have threads for the suction cup part, so had to "MacGyver" there another solution, etc. :D Stopped bying them really quickly. I still have almost all of them, but haven't used them in many years anymore.

[@daz41262010]

really cool mix up of video repairs shame the NES didn't work and the dash cam stopped working in the end but good to know the fault and cheap one to fix nice one :)

[@anthonyhenryhoover9278]

Didn’t even know you had a P.O. Box, next time an item of mine breaks I’ll be sure to send it your way.

[@zhapodbreebrelbox]

Vince, great video. But did you check a stucked reset button? Just a hunch.

[@zyspan]

snipping off the used end of the solder wick more often will help

[@technixbul]

Without swapping parts, you check the integrity of the parts, that is why you'll have to know how different parts work. Those chips wrapped in plastic nylon may be very well killed by static electricity, that is not how you pack and send bare electronic parts, especially CMOS chips will die like that, they must be in anti-static bag, not wrapped in anything to prevent electrostatic discharge on their sensitive capacitive MOSFET inputs. The caps are not always connected to ground, you should proper measure them for short between their two legs.

[@supercomputing942]

Yes capacitors are not always connected to ground, often they are connected in series with other components also. Must always check between the 2 points of the cap.

[@Fifury161]

20:55 - that's what separates the hobbyist from the professional...

[@ValuedTeamMember]

I'm ready for my closeup Mr.DeMille.. 🎥🦁

[@we-are-electric1445]

The shutdown pin at 41:53 is active low so shutdown would happen if it were at 0 volts. A bad or intermittent voltage level on this pin could cause the camera not to work reliably.

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

Two Items. One fixed. One almost fixed. Great entertainment.

[@watchmedraw4340]

Awesome again. Its like an Agatha Christie or Sherlock Holmes book where we are all guessing in our head until the end.

[@baggiesjoe1608]

You have better saves than Ben Foster lol, great video as always 👏

[@toxichank6960]

Vince, you need to use flux. Flux is your friend, per Northridge Fix. Will make a major difference in solder flow. Apologies if I'm repeating something already said.

[@invalidcactus76]

This guy needs more subscribers! Great video.

[@davey6024]

Been watching you for a few years now Vince and you are getting better and better! I would love to know what your day job is? I'm an electrician based in NW UK. I used to have a dable fixing spares repairs ebay job lots but due to work and family commitments I haven't for a while now.

[@mineshpatel1420]

I think it could be a firmware issue. Download the firmware from next base website. Load it on the card and give it a couple of minutes while it flashes. Good luck

[@KorAllRBare]

🐨 Not sure but @ 35:19 I observed what may seem and I stress "SEEM" to be a fault if one is not aware of Power protection IC's and what triggers them "see pin 3 SHDN", Anyway when yo pulled out the SD Card while the Unit was operating I am pretty sure the entire unit's Power rails were momentarily grounded "A reason why it's recommended to have the Unit off "Unless prompted it is safe to insert an SD card while it's put into a safe mode", Which BTW such insertion at the wrong time can trigger that replacement chip into protection mode, by one of the IC pins going out of a specific voltage range ergo the IC will shut down the power and as long as power is fed to the rails that IC's pin will be held in a shutdown state "This state can also be possible with a bad or low battery", only way to reinstate normal operation is if ALL power is removed Eg: both the USB and battery, mind you I am only doing an educated guess here prompted by the IC's 3rd pin which is a "SHDN" Pin, of course it may just be a fault in the SD card slot. Only way to get to that seemingly faulty state is to Insert a SD card into both units and then power both the Units on and then remove the SD Cards while they are on, Pretty sure both should shut down and remain shut down until both the battery and the USB power supply has been removed, if you test this and I am wrong then I would like to know, of course if I am right this ole Aspie would like to know as will many many other people who are ignorant as to why it's good practice to ensure there is no power in a unit while removing and inserting Media Cards.. APU I dropped a 👉👍👈

[@Drew-Dastardly]

Vince, you should ask Farnell for a trade account even if without credit. You don't have to pay shipping and handling fees for ANY order big or small.

[@RandomTorok]

I was about 11 years old and my parent had an old clock radie that stopped working. I asked if I could take it apart. I was probing around inside it with a welding rod, however, I neglected to disconnect the radio from mains power. Well I scared myself when I shorted something out. I put the radio back together and low and behold the radio started working. I don't recall how long after that my parents continued using the radio.

[@ekens6344]

I think that low melt solder hasn't got a flux core in it so using it with separate flux might help stop it going everywhere!

[@Mymatevince]

Maybe, cheers ekens 👍👍👍

[@jaccoonderdijk1777]

For sure it creates a frikkin mess, defenately food for shorts!

[@coctailrob]

I bought a bar of low melt on eBay. (A lot cheaper than in a wire form) Using flux with it makes a world of difference

[@gamerX-wk7ct]

@@coctailrob sometimes there are some that won't no matter what you do until it becomes so mixed it's not really low melt anymore

[@pow9606]

I think adding flux and some leaded solder prior to clean up will help. The leaded solder will also help with the smearing.

[@bparker86]

Definitely got some enjoyment for this liked and DEFINITELY subscribed!!

[@troyharwood3225]

Hey Vince about the NES when I watched the first video you done on it I noticed just under to the right by the jumper wire you added there is some through hole solder joints that where cracked or cold joint. Sorry if you already had messages to that I didn’t read them all. Hope that is it. I’m pretty sure it is. It was on the same circuit.

[@unitedfools3493]

I've fixed two things so far, one of them involved soldering. I don't own any equipment but I managed to fix the cracked solder on an Nvidia Shield Tablet with an old knife heated up on the gas stove!

[@Jdbye]

I love your channel. There are few things more unique, have a look at the dev logs for Hyperbolica for example, it's very interesting. I loved it since the first time I read it.

[@kraiker1]

Didn't know you had one. Would love to send you my broken stuff to fix!

[@anxiousheart2429]

You dont give yourself enough credit for how good you are at fixing things man

[@kennethbarker852]

1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth

[@surrealfx]

Hi, Vince. Great video! I’m a bit late to the party and only recently discovered your channel. Currently working my way through it 😀 I had the exact same garbled image on my nes which was fixed by replacing the connector. Have you tried replacing the 72 pin connector that the game cartridge plugs in to? Even though the pins rang out fine on the original 72 pin connector. A new one fixed it. EBay £12 or so. Like you, I changed the RAM chips etc but ended up with the same garbled image upon game load. You may have already sorted it by now. If so, I haven’t gotten as far as that through your videos just yet so forgive me. Thought it was worth a mention just in case. Again, great video! I’ve picked up some good tips from your content 👍

[@MalcolmCrabbe]

Vince, you really need to use flux to aid your solder reflowing....makes life a lot easier

[@ovalwingnut]

Don't bet against Vince... :O) BTW: I'd recommend snipping that wick down (regularly). You have to fight the urge to use %110 of it. Dabbing flux onto the wick will get you bonus points. Fresh, Quality(fine braid), Fluxed wick is King! Think Hoover Vacuum. BTW, if we had a "fixing contest" --- You would win my friend. Cheers MMV

[@RK-kn1ud]

Add a quality tacky flux to your solder wick...it will probably aid in desoldering. Solder will want to flow where there is heat and flux.

[@gamerX-wk7ct]

not the low melt solder some brands won't stick

[@DigitalJunior2003]

Love your videos but I love that song more at the end. It’s called on and on.

[@electrickal1]

VINCE!!!!!! That voltage regulator soldering was painful to watch. You obviously have watched Alex from Northridgefix because you do and say some of the thing he says and does, but you didn't use flux! The most important thing when soldering/desoldering. For FLUX safe man you have to use flux and plenty of it.

[@PunkNDisorderlyGamer]

I believe the video ram and work ram are the same chip you can flip them around.

[@vwgolffancarreviews7111]

The dash cam is very nice

[@Ohem1]

Nice repair, but do you recall a few years ago on the Wii U I suggested the issue you had "could" be the power management ICs? This is one such case where everything else seems to be working, but still isn't.

[@jaredl2239]

Vince, sometimes I have similar symptoms on my nes. The trick I use is to insert the cartridge only just enough to push it down. Clearly my issue is dirty contracts in the system and not a chip, but I thought I'd share in case your issue is the same.

[@johnhealy3671]

I have 2 NES, both are exactly the same as yours, they have both been stripped and thoroughly cleaned but will only load a game if the cartridge is only just in enough to push down, basically scraping as they go down, tried bending the contacts and everything but nothing helps, I think at this point the blinking light win mod may be my only option.

[@woolfy02]

Would love to see some videos on software related repairs.

[@tsbeech]

Vince you have come a long way. You're getting very good at this and it's very exciting to see you repair these. Well done!

[@ericrichardson3332]

Need a smaller tipped soldering iron for more accurate pin soldering

[@andythomas7931]

Fun video thank you very much indeed

[@Cra1gst]

also the tape i believe is meant to lower rf interference , try plugging the next dash cam in to computer see what shows up , maybe bad boot ? should have flash new firmware

[@PlanetRuncorn]

OMG ... 48m into the video before the IPA came out ... i was getting withdrawals :-)

[@jamiemason9548]

Hi Vince good job done all the best to you 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@rebug5614]

I'd do away with the PO Box & do this, if someone wants to send you something they send you an email with what there sending & the tracking information & send it to your local shop to collect. You can then see when it's arrived to go pick it up & you still don't give away your address & save all that PO Box money 👍🏻

[@fabianfarina2208]

Magic Vince

[@MrFujack103]

I found it strange how it worked with the sd card in then you took it out and it went back to having the fault. I was thinking bent or snapped pin in sd slot dragging the voltage down or showing a fault and shutting down, hence the sd error. Did it get fixed in the end? Don’t remember seeing it?

[@TheAziz145p]

Chase McBride - Hello Ramona

[@rfr653]

good job mate.

[@thabenzAMG]

es this is another great video from vince i'm still asking if you could help me with a camera named fujifilm finepix hs10 i know that you have one and i think that it's suitable for my faulty one with a ribbon cable broken inside the lens and i found it so hard to fix keep your vids mate

[@harrynorton8573]

Hi Vince could you make a video testing if a plane sim controller works on cloud gaming on a Xbox one

[@mahdiexo]

Love your work from iran

[@lgchannel-h2l]

i had the same ting happen the other week with a snonos playbase, just tested around on the board then it started working , been using it on my tv for 3 weeks with no problems, i love and hate the items that fix themselves.

[@AnotherDud3]

From my experience with NES garble graphics always tends to be that slot loader, the pins become misaligned and dirty or bent out of shape.

[@bparker86]

I LOVE chip quik it's the best best thing for removing pill style transistors with the cheesy tabs. I can remove finals wothout getting them over 70 centigrade which is pretty amazing PS you NEED a fine tip iron. I have half a mind to order one and send it to you

[@MrAverageGamer87]

Love the channel and content gave you a sub. weird question i really liked the music any way you could shout out what the songs were?

[@laibra]

PRO AM! what a GAME!

[@bparker86]

I saw that toolkit and had to have it. The Ifixit toolkit you have. 75 usd looks like a great kit

[@dDoOyYoOuUtTuUbBeE]

Maybe include diodes in the capacitor checking routine?

[@Manu-Official]

Nextbase is such a dreadful brand. I have spoken with a guy who installs dashcams (and mine), he pretty much said about 50% of Nextbase cameras fail within guarantee and are returned to the manufacturer. From that point, who knows if they refurb and resell old new gear...

[@TheGhost0339]

What's the end song?!! It's amazing! OK shazam is amazing. Its on and on by Lars Eriksson

[@brycehenson4345]

Check the video pin on the nes connecter and dirty pins in game slot can make the screen do that I remember that my nes did that Bryce

[@dragon8102]

T12x cheap soldering station

[@CS-rk6fu]

That view though !

[@andrasszabo7386]

My father had the same camera in his car with the same issue. Software upgrade was necessary. It never showed the error again.

[@FixDaily]

Man you are awesome but that soldering iron hurts my feelings, it really sucks :(

[@zyspan]

tolerance stacking

[@marksmith-ew7ir]

hi vince i have the same problem i bought two together and with in five minutes the secound one stopped working on the camera mind you only paid 15.00 with shipping .

[@davidhughes7251]

How do I send something to you. I’ve got a dead ryobi battery I could send you

[@OfficerSkull]

I have a dash cam and at one point the screen went black but it was on and couldn't figure it out till I swapped the memory card and it started working again.

[@dodgydruid]

I got a parcel here for you you might enjoy, a Fossil smart watch with its charger pad, works fine then for some reason just crashes and has to be restarted... you can fix that to oblivion if you want something interesting.

[@dodgydruid]

Umm why don't you pop into RS Components down Colonial Way in your town? I always wander into one when I am travelling like the one in Glasgow or if I am on my own turd in Bermondsey but there is a branch in Watford.

[@dodgydruid]

91p part of a pack of 5, matches all the spec tech dets.

[@SidneyCritic]

If you put the time(min:sec) in the description, it marks the timeline so people can quickly jump to the next chapter, ie, 2nd dashcam section.

[@marxman00]

If it aint broke ,fix it till it is !

[@wisher21uk]

I will put a “W” on the working one so they don’t get mixed up one is black in colour one is copper in colour 🤔

[@Cha-chingWV]

Vince you might need a new 72 pin connector on the NES. They go bad and need to be replaced. You can get one for $10 or less.

[@calvo131]

You hardly ever need to buy a new one. 99% of the ones I've had, just need a good clean, and the pins tightened. Never had an issue after that

[@jrumiano]

Tip for you. Please clean that soldering Iron tip! It looks like an only cigar butt...

[@meekrodriguez6438]

Dope video

[@rashira9610]

What are the songs?

[@theawfulgambler]

Tell me you got the other one the part to get it going?! For my ocd!!