Nintendo Switch not powering on - Repair attempt and mistakes to avoid

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[@LowBlancs]

You're not just repairing stuff, but you educate your viewers. nice job sir, always satisfied with your videos.

[@tschupbach]

Sorry to see you had so much trouble with this repair attempt. but it makes me realize I'm not the only one who goes down a rabbit hole from time to time!

[@repeekyraidcero]

I mean.. you are retracing steps of engineers here...

[@blueskin1978]

Although a no fix (for now) still super interesting! Not every fight has a knockout in round one

[@churcheil]

My repairing speed has upgraded highly just because of your videos.Thank you so much

[@210_bk2]

Yessss same

[@repeekyraidcero]

Hope the quality increased too :p

[@churcheil]

For sure

[@LtKeyser]

I was surprised you didn't inject voltage after the first chip no joy as you do so often for a result. It was odd enough from experience to be worth an overlook. Your hunger for understanding made you do it in the end anyway, good for you. How often do we get stuck with yesterday's prejudice and fail to apply basic practice? This job is as psychological as it is technical. What an everyday challenge.

[@imadb2933]

It's been a while since we saw you struggled repairing a device. I personally like these type of challenging repairs.

[@riverflyswatter]

Bet he doesn’t

[@robandsharonseddon-smith5216]

Oh. I so wanted that to work out for you. Thank you for these amazing videos - because you do all these brilliant repairs, I can sit back, think I know it and never have to prove it! Keep it up!

[@harleysofttailtx]

I'm really glad that you don't just show the victories... that you also show us the dark side of micro soldering, and that is the rabbit holes that seem to have no solution.

[@erosnemesis]

You always reaffirm me when my techniques lines up with yours. Thanks for the videos.

[@adrianhacker7972]

I love your videos. You gracefully show how mistakes can be a strength when we can admit them and learn from them. You sir demonstrate the soft skills of trouble shooting very well.

[@fletch3576]

Only recently found your channel...you make the diagnosis and repair look so easy and explained in such a straight forward way 👍👍💪💪

[@hightttech]

Respect to you for posting this video. I've tried shortcuts just to find myself at dead end. So, I get up, stretch legs, get coffee, reset and try again.

[@SauvikRoy]

Even though you're so skilled, you also could run into rabbit holes, but you can find your way out. That is perseverance and dedication even after skills and experience! I could trust any repair to you! Good work man!

[@andrasszabo7386]

Before watching these videos, I used a Weller solder sucker every time I wanted clean holes. Now I use wick instead very often. That is why every repairman should watch these videos. I learn a lot from them. Ever since I have learned from these videos, and practiced, I am changing charging connectors like socks in the morning.

[@zyxnull]

You know what's funny? These are the kind of jobs we get when opening a shop, the level of frustration is huge, thanks for sharing, seeing and expert like you struggle like us, mere mortals, give us some hope :D

[@elibello5306]

I started watching this guy, he's real and upfront. No editing. He shows it as it happens. He shows that he's professional, experienced, but not perfect. I learned a lot from him and ordered from his site, so I can do the basic and possibly the hard repairs. His videos are better than spending money for a school.

[@sblgamesinc]

He definitely edits. There's several videos where he talks about staying up late to finish editing. Great content though.

[@mohamedhussein120]

Thank you for of the honest that you give for the people who watching you👍🏾

[@naidol]

Thank you. Look forward to Part 2. Gosh it must take you much time to make these videos and publish. God bless you... From South Africa.

[@rcardona2001]

I kept asking myself through this video why not inject 1V and see what is getting hot with a thermal cam. I enjoy watching these videos even when you struggle. I think you probably know more about the switches than most

[@razvanzada8416]

Thx Alex for the hard job and for your time. Looking forward for the part 2, really curios what is wrong with the board. Cheers!!!

[@davidsenica8175]

This is a perfect video for people to understand why the price is not charged by the time. Even expirienced have difficulties trying to repair the bord sometimes when it seems easy.

[@philipmervin6967]

Alex, you put forward a lesson to learn from mistakes for the viewers 👍

[@benjamindee4859]

I enjoy these videos very much, as Krisna Bayu said, not only are you entertaining, you are also educating. I enjoy learning to repair electronics, and in 1 video, i realise that i am grossly underequipped and poorly educated on the matter. I dont repair for cash, just the experience

[@czerus2233]

I like long videos like this Boss 😁👌. This really put more details that there will always a bunch of different things how a device, console and or any electronics could go wrong and finding solutions and tackle the issue is what matters. "You'll never knew what comes knocking on that door" 👍😉

[@DanRing]

I love the honest down to earth videos

[@Southridgecustoms]

21:05 that mosfet has a hole in it

[@kewltune4683]

Talking about an eagle eye.

[@CrAzZyTheCodingBoss]

Nice catch

[@LtKeyser]

Whatever it is, is has to be checked. Now I don't see how to reconcile this with a hot CPU. We'll see tomorrow I guess.

[@bigdog8882]

When I read shorts in multiple circuits; I use a 5 or 6 thousand count multimeter, and the circuit or component that's reading the LOWEST resistance (in milli or micro ohms); I start with that circuit. Thus eliminating the very small resistance of the trace or other components in the circuit. Love the soldering skills.

[@MoTheBlackCat]

Thank you for showing the good AND the bad!

[@flrazvan]

If you manage to fix it, you are the champ of board repairs.

[@MirceaD28]

Free lessons from the one of the best.

[@polonavarro6177]

that soldering iron that You use is amazing. the tip always brilliant

[@melplishka5978]

People sometimes don’t understand that it probably took you a 100 hrs to get that experience. So it coast Alex in the beginning but now it’s starting too pay off. But this is exactly why experience is priceless.

[@davidefogagnolo]

Sometimes experience can throw you off. On the road, the moment you think you have mastered your car or bike, is the moment you are the most likely to crash. Always question yourself to improve even further

[@ewong1]

Thank you very much teaches us every time go from simple first. No problem at all, we all learn from mistakes.

[@jamesrhyangalera2639]

I like watching your videos because very educational and help me improve better its just like having a pro tip watching here in Philippines

[@stefanlechner]

Such a tricky switch. I hope you will get it done. Well you are also a human as we all, we all do mistakes or just don't have much patience. Try it on the next day. Good luck. Hope to see a second part. Thank your for that long video, greets

[@musikdoktor]

Knowledge is power.. Wise words!

[@typergaz82]

Awesome as always alex keep up the good work👍

[@amer6689]

انت اسطوره الصيانه، ربي يحفظك مُحبك من الاردن ⁦❤️⁩

[@jassen22]

I love watching in this channel.❣

[@polonavarro6177]

well love to see part 2

[@iTCXtreme]

Nice vids, I use low melt solder when solder this connector to prevent the plastic melting on the back of the usb. 🙂👍

[@daviddevillers6790]

Great video! Thank you.

[@cityhunter087]

Im always enjoy watching your every videos, great teaching and easy to learn. Assalamualaikum

[@Solder_it]

Nice video, each one should make a steps to be followed just like: 1-whenever you have a short you need to trace it with thermal cam to save time or else. 2-when removing a component measure if you still have the fault before replacing. 3-always work with your standard(if we have this we do this even if you have an experience, just double check no shame in that. Thx for the video

[@electrotech7]

I learnt more from you thanks sir

[@edgarvilmanyi3948]

Excellent video, thanks... How much degrees those thermal pads resist?

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

You are a wonderful role model, I hope you know that :)

[@AndrewLawrenceEasy-IT]

This is real thank you!

[@MrXmoda]

WE like longer videos thank you!

[@rfr653]

good job mate.

[@Dr-Asim]

Hey brother, Love the videos, and I'm not even a electronics nut, I'm a car nut. I have one request, could you please put some sort of measuring device next to the components you are soldering? So that we can get an idea of the size of the components? Thanks and cheers from Norway 🙂

[@fredrickrari9338]

I would love to see this this board repaired at any cost!

[@Cabeza492]

Seeing this repairing monsters fail on a fix attempt makes us rookies take a deep breath and think how much we got to go on studying and learning, and practicing. It's always inspirational. Not to give up, just stop to catch some air and let the brain work on background and come back later with a fresh idea.

[@Emogaminguk]

Another excellent video. Funny thing I had a switch in for repair the other day no charge no power rails found the port and m92 to be bad still no look after 3 hours somehow bad m92 killed the audio IC was a weird repair

[@tinojsachintha7885]

During the whole video I was thinking why you were doing things in wrong order. I have no knowledge in electronics repairing and anything I know is thanking your videos. I was always thinking it could be a bad cap itself so why don't we try voltage injecting. Anyway at the end of the video you mentioned about it too. We'll see if there'll be a second round.

[@bryanswaggbeast8194]

Yes round 2 please

[@chotuusian4127]

Good job

[@althuelectronics5158]

Amazing brother nice

[@TecNoobi]

hey heY good video :) do you have found the Problem of the 1 V at the BQ ?

[@ivanhomer6950]

You are the best👍

[@mohak7269]

nice Skills ,when i do usb-c it better to tine the pads usb-c connector side that way it will fix easier and faster

[@AceSolomon94]

Did you attempt the video/audio chip? (P13USB Chip) That can also prevent the switch from charging since it's also in the same circuitry as the power ic chip. It's worth swapping out before considering it a non-fixable board.

[@lucymc0191]

wow alex unusual for you to spend a lot of time on one unit but you gave it a good chance

[@Showstopper108]

Great job practice makes perfect 👌🏻 or in your case better than factory

[@pow9606]

With one exception. People making cups of tea. 😁

[@Insomniacs8]

Did you use correct replacing for BQ? It looked like it read PQ24 which isn't a chip I recognise. Assuming that is fine, I guess it could be the fuel gauge.

[@KNFIX-CUCHI]

good sir 👍👍👍

[@matijuarez]

Hello, you can try by changing the p13usb.. sometimes when you replace a port and m92 you have problems with it too

[@m3gAnac0nda]

I know the issue, common with dvd players too. Take a shoe, smash the board 2 or 3 times (gently of course), no more problem!

[@MrtechFIX254]

Best teacher

[@sebastian-yellowbunny2746]

I am new here. What I should do (what is indicator that state) if I have OL on capacitor when I measure on diode mode ?

[@taharmouz8864]

When you remove the ic I think it better to test the capacitor good job

[@Kiuvi583]

Love long videos. hope you can fix it.

[@arasus6107]

Well try bro keep rocking bro 👍👍👍

[@lightspeed5098]

Fixing is high level skill

[@skyhookphotography1546]

your chat about time spent on a job reminds me of this joke which I tell customers regularly. A ship engine failed and no one could fix it, so they brought in a guy with 40 years experience. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom. After looking things over, the guy reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine burst back into life. The engine was fixed! 7 Days later the owners got his bill for $10,000. "What?!" the owners said. "You hardly did anything. Send us an itemised bill." The reply simply said: Tapping with a hammer: $2 Knowing where to tap: $9,998 Don't ever underestimate experience.

[@bakachelera]

to protect nerbay components when using a heat gun could I use polyimide tape and aluminum foil or why is it better to use these silicon pads?

[@rolandkovalcsik8113]

Hello sir. Can you tell me what u use to remove Flux from pcb's? I use at work :3M novec Flux remover, electrolube flu400db and isopropyl alcohol, but I can't clear fully the panels and always sticky. I use Ersa F-sw32 Flux paste, and amtech 559. Thanks if you answer to me :)

[@marcradermacher6244]

What's the difference between low melt solder and leaded solder? I guess the low melt has an even lower melting point? Lacking low melt, using leaded solder would help removing connectors as well, right?

[@ShutUpNemoHoesPimpTV]

what solder tweezers do you use "resistance tweezers"

[@KonstantinosAngelis]

21:04 Most probably its gonna be nothing but there's a component (mosfet maybe ? ) near the charging port that appears to be damaged. I'm only a hobbyist that just starting so propably it's not the issue?

[@Rodox2k10]

I'd love to know what is your soldering iron brand of choice. Unfortunately, looking for soldering iron on the website returns nothing really useful.

[@freakbot1056]

It's from Weller ,the WX series model with the hot tweezers .

[@Mommotexx]

23:06 Is that a hole in the chip underneath the connector? Or is it flux? Maybe your problem lies here. Anyway, you did an amazing job by trying to fix this. Keep on going. Love your videos!

[@renantejosesiguiente1442]

Though a no mixed, but still i learned something

[@ammargazi8927]

عمل رائع من جانبك الكريم .. بس اليوم الوضع منحوس عليك شفت فديو كارت شاشة 3090 وهذا الفديو ماتم التصليح بالرغم من المجهود الكبير منك ياورد .. استمر 💛💛

[@AniDormi]

can someone explain how the 1.1 voltage drop vs 0.5 indicates a problem. I have recently been trying to use diode mode more but I am having trouble understanding how to interpret the readings

[@zachariepayant3864]

Awesome

[@rickykei2023]

Is it the problem is related to fuse or P3IUSB? seems you changed all the significant chips already

[@abdalothmab9632]

Nice 👍

[@user-jd8gv3dk5t]

Could you please add 2 camera for power supply and meletmiter

[@rockstar-kp2jy]

Big power ic? would be like the switch lite that powers the screen, or the lcd driver can be faulty

[@ivajensen]

Hi i try chance m92 chip but i Think i flow a filter away. Maby you know if im wrong. It is one of the 2 Black under the transistor on the right site of m92

[@melplishka5978]

I bet that chip was fried anyways Alex lol , the connector was shorted. It’s a good thing you found it before you powered it lol.

[@hoersalz]

Yeah.. I like longer videos - good for me - bad for you :D - keep on - great stuff here!

[@repeekyraidcero]

9:06 Selfreflectionnn!

[@alielbaz4928]

20:00 top left corner, the 2R2 chip Looks broken, can that be the issue?

[@alialshams1043]

nice Vedio ☮️👍

[@DiJAndy]

I have recently repaired powerbank USB connector. I had few problems with the "better than factory job". The solder was not very helpful to stick with the pins. Is it because poor quality of flux? Maybe wrong solder? Or possibly weak soldering iron? I left it with more damage than before 😐

[@chilly1661]

Could be all of those reason maybe buy a better soldering iron with replaceable tips

[@RickyD1968]

I know your really busy but where did you get your Video controller ???

[@eshirovlogs326]

sir alex base on my experience doing board level repair here in the Philippines .. if you do the job faster like under a min. custumer will insist to pay me a small amount of money just because i do the job realy quick ..