Newer Macbooks are failing everyday. 15" Touchbar dead. No Power Repair.

[@Yoshimetzen]

“The board wanna play games? We can play games too” some of your sayings are legendary bro.

[@khronlk]

"That guy is short tempered, you do not wanna bother him". This had me dying LOL.

[@thewelder9492]

Scarface talk!

[@jcgo130]

Apple would have said it's irreparable and the customer needs to buy a new device or they would replace the motherboard and charge the customer 2/3 the price of the product. But remember, it's only because they care for their customers 😊

[@paolomonai9511]

...and do not forget enviroment care! I can' t believe how some people can be so hypocrit.

[@emersonbiggens1502]

As they should. They are in business to sell products.

[@fpsfun7954]

ofc they will tell you that, nobody will give you warranty when component is water damaged....

[@strangermaniacos686]

It's only business my friend !

[@-Jakob-]

@@strangermaniacos686 It's more than only business. It's greedy business.

[@drelephanttube]

One 10c capacitor replaced, and Apple would have sold you a $1k motherboard and lost all your data.

[@urbanastronomy4899]

Your knowlege and skill is superb, it's a pleasure to watch you doing the repairs on such a wide diverse selection of equipment.

[@AnthonyBarry-q1i]

What a team, big boss and yourself good to see methodical diagnosis of the board and the hot thermal camera such a valuable tool in your arsenal of equipment. Great work guys.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

It would be great to have the thermal camera on a stand so that viewers would get less shaky image and possible better focus in these KZbin videos.

[@25myma]

Also macbook SSDs failing in droves are the result of their 8GB=16gb "genius design"; that is what happens if you lean heavily on your ssd to make up for the lack of RAM.

[@britneyfreek]

the ssd design, having the efi on it, is outright idiotic. if not designed by idiots, it’s outright criminal.

[@dcasteaux9181]

Skills of a surgeon.

[@RizzyWow]

I'm so glad I sold my 2017 MacBook Pro 15inch a few months ago to upgrade to the M3 Max. The laptop had a failed Touch Bars in its time. Thankfully I had it fixed for free and sold it to a refurbisher before anymore problems came up. Definitely would recommend people sell theirs in that can.

[@stevesweb]

I guess I won't be upgrading my 3070TI for a 4090 anytime soon. Between connectors melting and board layers separating, just not worth it.

[@BK-zy6lw]

Just wait for the 11090

[@BK-zy6lw]

Ti super

[@logos4294]

My Asus strix 4090 works fine.

[@shibiwowsawesomegaming4783]

Or buy a 90 degree 12v adapter and a anti-sag bracket. I think if you can afford a 4090, you can afford 2 cheap adapters to keep your card from burning or snapping.

[@user-wc3tz3be1j]

My gigabyte 4090 gaming oc has been great since the release date.

[@wiiinston17]

When he is desoldering, I fully expect to smell the fumes for some reason

[@toml.9937]

I do the same thing! Must be that we are fully invested when watching him work.

[@thadofalltrades]

It's always crazy to me how a little cap like that can take down the whole device.

[@rowanballinger3690]

Electricity takes the easiest route back to ground so instead of going where it’s supposed to and powering stuff it just goes straight to ground

[@JerryRecords]

You summed it up just well

[@eclecticaro]

Thats in short Tim Apple strategy.

[@zulgadams5837]

Who cares if it was pre-probe or not ,what dose it even matter? Alex still shows the issue(s) and how to make the repair or repairs, I learn something ever single time, or maybe it can take awhile to find issues and No one wants to sit here for long times watching something like that!👍

[@Suresh_Pillai]

Excellent diagnosis.. shows heaps of experience to do that .. to the point. Keep up the good work Alex!

[@halitics]

That is friggin' amazing work. You could have been a surgeon for sure.

[@pau13zbak]

You start to understand the smile on Alex's face when you realise he spent 10 minutes fixing something and is earning $xxx from it. Not judging of course, you need to remember that some products he might work on for 2-3 times as long and not be able to fix, and he needs to cover the cost of the shop, pay his wife, "the" big boss, etc. Well done mate :)

[@kedendukhedin7254]

That's true teamwork, big boss may come across the problem and that would now minimize the time for the repair! Time= money 😅

[@5argetech56]

Schematics Matter - Well said!

[@V_Diesel]

I have never seen anything like this. This is insane expertise.

[@jayc2469]

Built-in Obsolescence is par for the course in this day and age! I made 21" Television Tubes for Philips for 15+ years to know all about 'BIO' :) One thing I always had concerns about was the scale of the components becoming so Small, that _'Usually'_ innocuous things such as 'Dust', Insects and other small 'Particles' can become Huge issues over time, depending on how cooling & ventilation is done. I've always held Apple in high regard for their standards but it reached a point where Scale can work adversely

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Hmm, I had planned on getting a 4090, I’m definitely reconsidering it.

[@zonavarbondagoo4074]

You could make a full business just fixing those 4090 cards!

[@TheRealBleach]

Basically is half of his business at this point lol

[@HNedel]

He has already 😅 the laptops and consoles are just a side hustle 🤭

[@andrejins]

Touchbars were problem, therefore apple dropped touchbars from 2022 but 2018 was really crap year for touchbar macbook pros, changed 3 laptops in warranty

[@geepeso84]

My late 2015 16 gb ram MacBook Pro still going strong. It’s awesome.

[@MoggingMewer]

2015 Air still working well. I will keep it till it’s dead.

[@kleanthisgroutides7100]

Apple machines are black listed in many industries… this is one of many reasons. The Macpro 2019 desktop was the final nail in the coffin and that was after the T2 chip fiasco where engineers lied about the functionality or didn’t know what was happening…

[@Z-add]

Atleast they provide schematic and board diagram for easy repair. Something no one else does.

[@irwandi03]

@@Z-add i think that is not from apple.

[@Z-add]

@@irwandi03 if it is third party. Then why don't they provide schematics for other brands?

[@neiliewheeliebin]

@@Z-add They do theres thousands of them

[@Tsaks1978]

@@Z-add Yeah, I think the east slavik font (Azbuka) on the SW he uses to inspect the board diagram clearly indicates it´s an official Apple SW. 😉

[@leorickpccenter]

that is one disgusting corner of the board. It would be so nice to work there at NRF. Wish i was a local.

[@davidshanlay]

I received 3 on the same day and the machine stuck with 5V. Opened up and checked the SSD power TPS62180. Shorted to ground and the NAND chips fried. No liquid damage on two and one seems to have a little corrosion from moisture on the 5V supply.

[@nycdude450]

Great job. Omg. The amount of repairs you do on the 4090s is crazy. What a crap design

[@girmawickham7416]

The green monster 😂 Cappy , great as always

[@kpelectronics]

Always good to wacht your videos man!

[@vuyimaya6340]

Salute!!! Great job as always. Watching from South Africa ❤

[@abhijitghosh9224]

i have changed display and battery of a macbook pro A1706. without battery it works normal, but after connecting battery sometime it doesn't on. But most of the time it works normally. charging and discharging ok.

[@jasonbrogdon1]

I have the same MacBook with the same issue, but I am in Texas. Wish you were here so I could bring it by.

[@Enjoymentboy]

These are not failures. This is part of a feature set that Apple has included to help users minimize overuse.

[@timop6340]

Imagine the earning potential: apple can quote almost anything for this kind of repair (it needs spare part made from unobtainium or any excuse) and it is just "pure coincidence" that it is a couple hundred bucks less than a new one. Too bad that that kind of shit will destroy the whole world in the long run but stock owners will have couple good quartal earnings while waiting

[@timop6340]

Imagine how much pollution was averted because of this repair. I have no idea about the emission calculations of electronics but it probably is a lot...

[@nicktw8688]

Damn. You make a great point. People have no idea how ewaste is made do they?

[@ForrestLambert.2022]

Alex, where do you find schematics and the board view at? You basically answered my question on how to find the value of caps. I'm trying to learn all this and micro soldering.

[@devakritbagchi2787]

Damn, you look so happy.

[@phylliswillis717]

Oh no! I just bought a MacBook Air! I bought it yesterday from Best Buy. Best Buy just downloaded all my pictures from my iPad onto it and I was planning to have tec guy from work add office 365 on it with all my lesson plans and power points from 23 years of teaching art. I’m retiring in June and I didn’t want to lose all my files and power points. I plan on teaching private lessons and workshops with them. It would really mess me up because when I turn in my work computer, they wipe out all my files. I’m not sure if I should try to get my money back or what. Ahhh!

[@kootenaymacguyboardrepair146]

Glad it wasnt the SSD buck converter that failed. Common issue on this model resulting in in a dead SSD. 12V being sent to 2.5V SSD line, frying the NANDs

[@geraldwesley]

I think you should educate the viewers on how to prevent their laptops from shortcircuiting

[@RKZX2]

Im still using my 2009 17" Toshiba laptop.i installed a Samsung SSD in it 2 years ago. Still running Windows 7. Beat that Apple.

[@gzoechi]

On my 2017 MBP the keyboard never worked properly. I only used it stationary with an external keyboard so it didn't matter too much. After I replaced it with a more powerful Linux desktop, I intended to use it on the couch a bit, but it turned out half of the touchpad doesn't work even though I have never used it before. I then installed it as a GitHub worker node, but after a while it died completely and can't even be turned on anymore. Life is just better without Apple

[@naso_g]

My goodness, how many 4090s do you fix a day, it's crazy.

[@filips7158]

Always positioning voltage rails at the edges where humidity is most likely... you know what, I think I'll start coating all my electronics with waterproof resin or epoxy. If the manufacturer is too lazy (cheap) to do it, so be it.

[@MetaModern87]

Authorize less people to fix your product, refuse to fix, tell you to buy a new one! The Apple model of business.

[@IlBiggo]

"No capacitor, no broken capacitor" :D

[@maklogetrich2378]

wrong channel 😂

[@strangermaniacos686]

Salam Malekum, Ali !

[@SzTz100]

This is amazing, I can only dream of your abilities.

[@vmcfmvct2352]

I must say, it is an awesome IOs, but lets be honest, it became a pain in the ass with that hardware design. I still have my macbook white from 2009, Im still using it fully upgraded(it is slow but works great) even with some compatibility issues, NEVER DIED NEVEEER. Now with a 2018 a1989, died and was suffering from slow actions....cant use macbooks no more.

[@michaels8607]

motto...Do not buy overpriced nonsense...

[@db4423]

14:16 that's the 2 trillion company .... new cards with the "perfect" connector .. where some nexus guy will say that it's the user's fault .. there's no point in buying

[@TatsuZZmage]

They didn't get rich giving refunds. First rule. Once you have their money, never give it back.

[@montahd7530]

well he said just a dust i see! no problem! well it is the problem! visual inspection always wins!

[@albertlarddyson819]

Hello sir, can you please notify hot air degree and airflow same as iron temperature in your videos so learners like me can know the reasonable adjustment to do. Thank you 🙏

[@TatsuZZmage]

I love watching repair techs cost Apple a replacement sale. Frack apple.

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

It's always crazy to me how they still find so many dumb people to buy their overpriced crap... 🤦‍♂

[@vubobanh]

Workplace had same issue on same generation. Bought it new and sat around for 1 or 2 years. Wont turn on now

[@Bomb_Ace_Supra]

Where do you got those diagrams/schematics?

[@spelunkerd]

What's the best infrared camera for doing this kind of close work, that won't break the bank?

[@jemijona]

Go to his shop. Virtually everything Alex uses is in his shop.

[@larrybud]

What's the root cause on these failures? Design problem? Poor ratings on the components? Any idea? I'd replace the other caps in parallel. This one failed for a reason.

[@rikimiki12]

Can be anything. Can be bad design, not enough testing, can be cheap components or planned steps to make sure it won't last too long, like they do with the display cable. Doesn't even matter, their customer will buy another one anyway, even those who repair them, it's only for the moment.

[@johnmorgans7919]

As always work smarter than harder nice job

[@VegabyOmer]

Mac laptops have gone down hill fast. “Rotten Apple Don’t Care” took three weeks to replace keyboard. Parts were shipped from the U.S. and got lost by FEDEX. Apple would not send another keyboard until shipment “confirmed” lost. Sonoma is a work in process with major issues. Try to down load and it keeps freezing up. They do not care any more. Call Apple Care and they are never truthful. You get the “Sargent Schultz” response …. I see nothing …. I hear nothing!😂

[@ryanmorgan5644]

where do you find board diagrams at? is there software that can be downloaded somewhere that has a bunch of different motherboard, graphic cards and such that you are able to look up by going into the software?

[@charlesballman5670]

I would like to know the same thing. This is a great resource to have.

[@osamaalkassem5676]

Useful , Good as always

[@sunilkhajuria9018]

Alex job done freat dear 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@ThejasonJaw5442]

Alex super Great fix

[@ScottsGuitar]

Is this as much of a problem on Apples own silicon? Considering an M2 Pro. Most of these videos just focus on Intel based macs.

[@demelxd]

Somebody's watching at the same time with me i saw like count went up 😅

[@p9pine]

i have macbook pro 2019 15" A1990 its powers off screen on battery when i plugin charger it works normal and unplugged the charger it works fine but i dont know why its doing like that is there any board issue or battey issue

[@or123and]

Touchbar MacBooks are one of the biggest mistakes Apple did over the past years. Other vendors failed miserably, Apple repeated it.

[@FarelUm]

Well, i had problem for my laptop, and i didn't know, how many value of capacitor/resistor for replace or knowing component name

[@andreus4266]

"Components... American components, Russian components... all made in Taiwan!", great vid my friend.

[@torsion89]

What is the pcb viewer program?

[@davidlguerr]

There it goes the belief that Apple stuff does not break. Many consumers chose Apple because they think they are paying for more reliable products. Apple cuts costs were it can by using the cheapest components, in order to maximize profit.

[@kirishima638]

Who ever believed that? Whoever claimed it?

[@rogerpoole1862]

I heard elsewhere that the newer Macbooks dont have an SMC, so if someone plugs in an unpowered USB hub there is a danger of blowing the board due to overload on the USB bus It that true?

[@margingalaxy9826]

Great video

[@TheAndymuns]

that is 5-6 year old machine not a new machine

[@JohnPool-vx2px]

What is the best config to buy macbook nowadays for office work?

[@TheDrumLife2]

"WE did it". When do I get my paycheck😆

[@DominionGaming-YT]

My MacBook touchbar version went out and it won’t do anything I literally had it one year

[@toddt6730]

What was that little bubble next to the cap that he didn't want to disturb

[@malachipalafox6456]

Does anyone know what software he uses for the schematics? Thanks in advance!

[@crazyedo9979]

Better than factory, as usual.😁

[@obsidiansands]

crApple hasn't learned when they were called out on intentionally making their products "slowly self-destruct" with that last Class Action lawsuit on their mac keypads that were literally disintegrating after a few weeks/months of use a few years back.

[@shadowarez1337]

More proof alex has more 4090 stock then anyone else its just sad they are all broken. 3000 Series began the Scalpocaplyse 4000 to brocopalypse where more gpus are in repair shops then store shelves 🤣 I dont know what handicap the 5000 series will have but at this rate it aint looking good.

[@dracolnyte]

nvidia's screw up is low key making alex wealthy

[@jemijona]

Did the corrosion come from the electrolytic just next to it?

[@drewlomite]

How much would a service like this cost? I have a Dell XPS 15 and the Nvida 1050 no longer shows up even in Bios and Not showing up in the Dual Boot Linux . I would want to send it in if reasonable

[@Not123Or]

Are the new M-series apple silicon also affected ?

[@valuetraveler2026]

how do you train to be able to do a job like this? Cannot only be experience. What sort of people do you hire?

[@MrBojangles901]

How do you figure out the value of the cap to replace without schematics?

[@ranjitmandal1612]

Nice

[@ThejasonJaw5442]

Visual inspection is key - Alex, great work

[@izzzzzz6]

I'll stick with a 2015 retina thank you. Screw flexgate display cables! Anyone buying a "used" newer macbook is entering a world of pain $$$$

[@joseph_donovan]

Board games can be a great deal of fun...sometimes. :)

[@missoss]

What was the pcb software at the beginning?

[@safetycrocs5069]

How did you start doing repairs? Did you go to school or do you have some sort of degree or did you break a few motherboard and logic boards before you figure out how to make them work again? I would love to get in this field and learn how to do this type of stuff. Where would I start?

[@valuetraveler2026]

yeh I am wondering the same. Great satisfying job and there are few where I live if any doing this rn

[@Kokopellli]

Newer macbooks don’t have a touchbar😂

[@cuekumber3292]

Please can you add the option to ship to south africa?

[@fredmugisha]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@Djvids-k6b]

Are they intel Macs?

[@glavonja76]

Michael Jordan of solving problems 😂

[@DJ_Bola]

Is big boss also an electrical engineer?