Nintendo Switch Came in for repair in this condition

[@mmowoa]

Trying to fix a donor board is the ultimate savageness

[@richardhead8264]

_I enjoy the No-Fix videos because it shows the struggle of chasing an unknown issue, while demonstrating great micro-soldering techniques._ 👍

[@tsbeech]

Thank you for what you teach us. Your time is worth alot to us.

[@Druid_Plow]

Agreed. I love the hot tweezer and snip of desolder braid trick that he showed. I don't have a very steady hand and often get bridges, with that little kernel of knowledge i save myself a lot of headaches.

[@mahmoodhawwa8029]

اي والله

[@petergriffin8084]

Imposter detected. Brian go catch him.

[@raincloud54]

It was my experience in the automotive field that when you developed a reputation of tenacity and effective results that you would be challenged more and more with others failed repair attempts.

[@westsenkovec]

Maybe someone bought a donor listed as "not working" and sent it to you in hope you could fix it. Next time fix your donor board. It would be easier 😂😂

[@mrBDeye]

I was thinking the same. The donor board had more parts and more of a chance to be fixed than the customer's board.

[@me_bee_ste_1355]

Well no 💩 isn't that what he said while working on it 🤦‍♂️

[@westsenkovec]

I wrote it before watching the whole video.

[@fcallum77]

@@mrBDeye It may have had a bad CPU though which is a no fix for definite.

[@xtreme_alza]

it is not 'a waste of time' sir. you teach us, the viewer, an experience that is valuable. thanks you sir

[@slackstax2854]

I love watching these videos, I haven’t got a clue what you’re doing but it’s great watching an expert at work and the amazing tools and gadgets 👍🏽

[@BlazenWinchester]

Even from my standpoint, he switches tools and parts so quick, its hard for the average viewer to tag along. The videos are edited, so some things are edited out for a clearer understanding of the fundamental repair. Alex is very capable with his tools.

[@hazzardpt]

BTW This person has done more for the environment than anybody I can think of.

[@albertalvarez5901]

Unbelievable how they send a parts board so you can put it back together and fix it.

[@xlwirelesselectronicrepair]

That's what it looks like a parts board 😄.

[@ManicMender]

@albert alvarez thats exactly my thought too. He sent it in so Northridge would repopulate his parts board.

[@albertalvarez5901]

I know Alex does an outstanding job but he's not a magician specially when the CPU is damaged, this board was very suspicious from the get-go.

[@unnamedchannel1237]

@@ManicMender maybe he wanted the parts for another repair and was willing to pay the no fix fee cause it was cheeper than getting the actual parts for sale

[@pashko90]

@@unnamedchannel1237 Alex might remove them afterwards.

[@batman8589]

Fun to see a man who enjoys his work. The big grin after a fix or no is pretty kool.

[@StarlightStream]

Thanks for the video. I cant imagine the amount of devices, orders and work gets put into this. But for each of those no fixes you get 5 that are a fix that makes someone happy.

[@jryngki5094]

You are the best engineering, From the beginning you already confirmed that device is unfixable. And honestly you spend time to prove that unfixable. Love to watch your video great.

[@wilgo45]

You missed placing a resistor at 3:35. You needed to do 4 in that group

[@64bittz93]

17:10 he did point out what you said and it was a no fix anyway

[@cclumist]

I really enjoy the way you try your best to troubleshoot the board and you have showed your greatest patient and talent in this trade. Thanks for the video.

[@rp5029]

I am impressed by the steadiness of your hands. Amazing!

[@LouSalamone]

I could watch your videos all day. Keep um coming.

[@Enjoymentboy]

I have to wonder how many of these were put in this condition by the owner who watched a few videos and then tried the repair themselves and after making things worse they blamed "the shop they went to" for the damage.

[@starlight55971]

I've got a couple I'm working on that I still need to replace a component or two...but I'd never send that off to someone without them knowing the status beforehand. That's just silly to expect you to take the time to find every single thing blown off the board. At least not without you knowing what you're getting in to. Wow.

[@starlight55971]

Also, so glad to see you had to fight with the solder blob next to the M92, heh. Bad for you, but good for my self-worth. I have fought a couple of those in that area that were really frustrating and I'm a novice comparatively. Thanks for keeping it real.

[@moonmonkey9701]

The only thing I've seen that no one has mentioned is there looks to be some corrosion on some empty pads at 1:03 between two connectors. I doubt it would fix it but there u go.

[@Muslim_011]

Yes and probably two pads have discontinuity

[@johny1220]

@@Muslim_011 happened to me on an Xbox One S the other day, chip had a pad that wasn’t making a connection, ran a jumper wire and that fixed it 😄

[@Muslim_011]

@@johny1220 That's good. Glade you figure it out 👍

[@dezh6083]

I am always curious when ever I watch ur content on how people end up with damaged boards and missing components? How does that happen. In 30 years of owning tech I have never had any issues. Like the series x damaged Hdmi port Connectors how the....... Great Channel btw I find it relaxing.

[@xagnusdei]

My Xbox One X died just outside of warranty likely due to the HDMI relay chip / possibly port. Another great product.

[@lucsiscom]

Thanks for your time. I learned so much

[@sebastian52173]

If you look closely, isnt there still a missing Filter at 13:01 ? You replaced the 2 on the top, but you missed the Filter a little lower to the left. Maybe IT is Not waking up for that reason. The component is present on the donor Board at 0:27

[@silent9pc]

I saw the same thing

[@th3R0b0t]

yea, at 17:03 he noted that it was missed, he replaced it, still no fix.

[@silent9pc]

@@th3R0b0t yeah I saw that at the end lol

[@japc4326]

I enjoy your videos and you show people the step by step trouble shooting.

[@Dylan-bn6uc]

Less work if you just gave him your donor board and take a few missing components from his board to yours, much easier and faster.

[@pashko90]

Donor board is a donor board for a reason.

[@beto12345]

Toooo many missing componets, is an automatic "return to the customer" (at least for me)... That board looks more like a donor than a working one. You are very good and have a lot of patience

[@HazeAnderson]

That is the first thing I thought too ...

[@fanfan-tz2tk]

Me too !

[@g-wolf9445]

Hindsight with these things is always 20/20. At least you gave it a decent try to get it back up and running. It’s nice to see people take on a challenge once in a while versus only posting things they know they can fix. Thanks for the video!👍👍👍

[@me_bee_ste_1355]

👊🏻🔥

[@olDirdey]

Nice work. You missed a component. At 3:30 the capacitor/resistor next to the part you placed on the board to fix.

[@OhioLiving]

See 17:03

[@L3ttuc3]

Has to be a donor bought off eBay or something in the hopes it could be salvaged. The balls to even attempt that lol. Unless they got it for a few dollars it doesn't even almost seem worth the risk. I've just started the video but I can't imagine that thing will live again. This really will be a miracle repair and a testament to skill if you get this thing going.

[@凛たる光]

Thanks for teaching me. I would have never gotten this knowledge myself.

[@joesaiditstrue]

So customer bought a known bad/broken switch, and tries to save money by getting you to fix it instead of them buying a working switch I'd raise my repair rates to dissuade people from doing this

[@Mountainmonths]

having tried to work on micro components before im mesmerized by this guy working

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

Fair play for not only showing the successful repairs. I was actually expecting that "magic" part at the end where you suddenly get it working 🙄. 👍

[@loosemouthcowboy4790]

Cool channel dude. You have shown lots of skill and I respect that.

[@hightttech]

Thanks for another wonderful video. Very good tutorial for soldering various packages. Definitely a donor board from another shop; the missing components too random. Perhaps owner let you keep in for donor board in lieu of repair attempt fee. Cheers.

[@lloyddawson8807]

Always amazing to me how you do all this with just your instinct !!

[@JemicoTX]

You are an amazing artist with soldering.

[@thegreathitsstation]

I think it would be easier to repair the donor board :))

[@JamieRyan92]

Title should've been "Nintendo switch donor board came in for repair" lol

[@panzerveps]

When you've watched one of Rossman's board repair videos, and think you can as well.

[@blaze3495]

You are a true legend!

[@UnseenMenace]

What a hatchet job by whoever mucked around with it before!

[@ntek2709]

Maybe it would've been quicker to donate from the customer board to the donor board ;) I know tenacity is a good thing but this is just a Nintendo switch, not like its something important. You're a patient man, good on you!

[@P4s70r]

Thank you for you time and knowledge

[@tecnopolis337]

well, at least we can give a like and a comment for the effort. good job m8

[@khatharrmalkavian3306]

When I watch repair videos I'm always amazed at how well you cats get the solder to behave.

[@jeffo881]

solder whisperer.

[@MobileDecay]

You should've just fixed the donor board and gave it to him. God! 🤣🤣🤣

[@tracyjayne9926]

You forgot to replace a missing resistor near the first two you replaced.

[@r4dius]

It's at the end of the video

[@keremardicli4013]

I would have said no instantly after seeing such amount of missing components.

[@YasirKhan-sj6fg]

Great and watching repairs at micro level. leaning alot of stuff. There was 3 resistors missing in a area and you have only put back 2 resistors 1 was still missing which can be reason we are not getting 9 volts.

[@marcianzero_yt]

Genius at work.

[@TechHug]

"What should we do?" You should call Nintendo and tell them that a hate crime has been committed against them.

[@markbelluk]

I have never seen anyone do better soldering work than you.

[@HylianOverlord]

Really?

[@CreeplessOfficial]

@@HylianOverlord who?

[@HylianOverlord]

@@CreeplessOfficial what?

[@steveng5503]

If we find anymore I can send them on to you if you like? Someone testing your skills do you think? Either way interesting content. Grand effort. 👍🇬🇧

[@janetreilepenn6094]

Excellent learning exp and revisits

[@klak1212]

the right tools make the work so much easier. wow

[@hillie47]

For this reason I overspent on a nice soldering station. Got myself a Pace ADS200 and I'm a hobbyist (with some disposable income, OK :)). I shake my head if I think how much I spent. I smile every time I fire it up and put solder on a PCB. Buy once, cry once.

[@petejackson7976]

He probably got that from ebay. I had same issue when I bought a faulty sony xz premiium from ebay. The seller was not honest enough to tell me he removed some of the parts. Now I do check the name of the seller before buying.

[@TroySkirchak]

Your videos are good even when you are not able to fix the device. I just can’t believe the how bad the switch was.

[@missile0079]

I have the same setup for the microscope but I get a lot of glare. Any idea how to get rid of that to get a clear picture like yours ? Any idea ? Thanks

[@goom1001]

Wonderful, i am sure you didn't miss it, but could it be the solder blob that was shorting that cap with another component?

[@giovannimarino4464]

thanks for sharing!!!

[@LordHonkInc]

The balls on somebody to bring this to a renown repair shop in this state. Like, sure, you might be able to fool the Genius Bar™ with "oh gee, I dunno what's wrong with this, just no power I guess"... but Northridge? That's like bringing a half-eaten McDouble to Gordon Ramsay and complaining that it's cold.

[@wgn567]

Thanks for sharing this Mission Impossible, I would state on your website only to accept boards that are not previously worked on and are complete.

[@ufopulse]

that board got cannibalized by a shark lol

[@garyr7027]

Still a heck of a lot better than many of us could have done. Sometimes all you can do is try the simplest fixes, then go from there if it's worth more hasle or not. In this case it's a gonner.

[@fpgaguy]

To repair this nintendo switch, the price is 350$. Please note you will receive also a new joycon controller and a brand new package from amazon with this item. It is not necessary to send the old board in.

[@deon6045]

My guess would be that the person bought it off of the internet, and brought it to you after finding out it doesn't work. That or maybe they took it to a different repair shop and they scuffed it up something awful.

[@evergreengamer5767]

always a better feeling when can fix a device but great video either way

[@maryjaneevadiamond6359]

I admire your dedication to the challenge, and I'm sure you could STILL fix it, but it's more of an issue of time and parts not being worth it. Myself, I never would have delve into that, and honestly said the CPU was bad as you were first realizing all the parts taken from it. Basically someone used that board as a donor board knowing that the CPU was bad, and it was my guess right off the batt.

[@ques1134]

that’s was amazing how fast he took the donor parts off and soldered them on the replacement switch

[@federicophidiascorsucci2445]

Hello, I follow your video with great interest. It's amazing to see your knowledge and precision on every reparation you do. I hope that one day I'll be able to fix things like you! 👏👏👏

[@BlazenWinchester]

lots of practice first

[@shkelqimloki683]

I don't know is it too late but at the first area that you were working there was another missing component (small black rectangle) that was missing 2:53 to 3:43. maybe for that it isn't working. Sorry for judging you. I enjoy watching your videos so much so i cant miss details.

[@rodhester2166]

looks like someone was practicing and parts fell into the 9th dimension.

[@ErickBuildsStuff]

I bought a used Logitech g pro keyboard off eBay (€30 for a market price of €110 used). When I opened it instead of a single MCU I was shocked to see someone solder another MCU on top of original one. He is an SMD master to do such trick (ask pins were properly soldered on top of original one. He should have used his brain first. Luckily i had a donor board so used that MCU and removed the prior repair attempt.

[@ariewijaya1679]

Probably lazy to cut the dead component first

[@TYRASSA]

That's sombody elses donor board. 😀 😃 😄 😁 😆 😅 😂 🤣

[@bishalscreation]

You are awesome 🎊🎊🙏🏻

[@manfredcastroramirez2827]

You forgot to replace a resistor next to the BQ ic maybe that's the problem

[@joshuabest100]

3:42 you missed a resistor on the left

[@JustinAdie]

Yup. Looks like the ground leg of a voltage divider. Perhaps salient for checking charge voltage?

[@crazyworldoutthere4379]

He pointed that out at 17:02

[@joshuabest100]

@@crazyworldoutthere4379 oh shit yeh didn't see that

[@griffwilson5932]

I would’ve said ‘go buy another switch.’ Seriously, how can one have a switch that’s in such terrible condition?!

[@MJPilote]

Did you just get sombody elses doner board? Very weirdly missing so many components.

[@pajon82]

Great video! I have build my own computers since a baby... but never any experiences of fixing boards. You are great and also making my knowledge grow! Thx, and you have a new subscriber! :)

[@drpantreas4069]

Hi!im from Cyprus and watch all your videos!i start to do mobile repair at home and i learn from you!please share more videos mobile repair...Thanks!

[@linxkarino2348]

TY ☺️

[@raedhosny8828]

Thank u for ur valiable tips, u did amazing tracing

[@barrybondz4483]

I love this channel. Your repairs are a work of art. If I ever have an issue with an electronic im 100% sending it here. Also at the end you showed a component you missed, did the switch end up working?

[@k1ng0fhartford28]

Thanks for trying. Good informative video, I enjoyed watching this one more

[@shastrichandoo817]

Thanks Alex for that repair attempt. Much appreciated.

[@ronlevin2339]

Any reason why you use hot tweezers for resistors and hot air for capacitors ?

[@jaycee1980]

capacitors are much more sensitive to thermal fracture than resistors are.. so they should be heated evenly, which hot tweezers would not do

[@youtube4fun_894]

120% maximum effort.. thumbs up for that

[@kevinm3751]

I had a board like this come in and it ended up that it was the customers brother that removed them because he was mad at him.

[@jfkastner]

Great work anyways, super professional!

[@toddjohnson5692]

Yeah someone from another shop sent you a donor board they had used. I would have just sent it back.

[@chasefournier]

Yup I deem so many no fix for the same reason. Not all are fixable, and there is never a garuntee it can be fixed.

[@robertpage2023]

A "No Fix" is always time well spent...............for us. I do wonder if there is a way to firstly test the CPU.

[@viniciusvbf22]

Sometimes I think the donor boards would be easier to repair 🤣

[@trilexfix]

I like the optimism I probably would have said it was a no fix for the motherboard but I would see if the customer would be ok paying for a replacement one since you did take it out of the housing.

[@mrBDeye]

I hate ebay. People sell their used junk.

[@ztvztv1]

I wonder how much you got paid for this

[@ztvztv1]

Do you even get pait on things that you cant fix

[@mohdzuhair90]

Now I know why you were saying I wouldn't waste my time fixing this and you just return it to the customer without trying to fix it. 🤯🥵

[@ianruan7706]

thank you for this video..