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[@Ryan_DeWitt]

When you say you have a diagnostic fee to eliminate "garbage" that video card is what is being referred to.

[@freelander1794]

Every time I'm talking to anyone with an interest in electronics or soldering I ask them if they have seen this guys work. It's amazing. Everyone who checks it out agrees. Please keep up the great work. You are an excellent instructor and this video was an excellent example.

[@entertainmentdudes]

Alex, Thanks for your dedication to your work and uploading regularly. It is truly a joy to see your passion and joy when you have a successful fix. Congrats on you and your family for growing such a successful business. Advertise your products all you want...IT'S YOUR CHANNEL!!!! Your videos are filled with knowledge and humor and have given me the confidence to expand my electronics hobby into the smd world. BTW, please let me know if you ever find the 9th dimension. I'm missing a few chips 😂

[@CooLDEaFY4204Me]

Awesome work Alex, Big Boss... I wish I join your shop and do repair like your work daily basis which is my motivation.. Awesome video... Better than Factory

[@joseph_donovan]

Big Boss may be a man of few words, but he is an ineluctable giant when it comes to reassembling laptops and restoring them to life after your masterful and memorable repairs! Bravo!

[@paschalokeke3216]

Oh my God i cant get enough of your videos... The way u thought me how i can get precision when resolderìng a chip i will never forget...its a major experience i appreciate so much in you thank you so much

[@griparian]

Thank you for your educational style Alex. It helps me to learn what you are doing and why. The finished products are always a 'work-of-art' as well as a 'work-of-science'. You put the 'Art' and the 'Craftsmanship' back into science. It's great to witness.

[@chrismckoy3533]

Another great video, which includes it all... great technical skills on display and some education chucked in. Really top notch! That anti glare light is really blimmin good.

[@AeiKei]

Nice fix! Indeed having so much experience is very helpful in finding issues and fixing them fast.

[@hoyschelsilversteinberg4521]

So awesome. I am getting into computer PCB repair starting from a knowledge base of almost nothing electrically. Your videos are making all of this puzzle work make sense!

[@cinlung]

I love how you try to make your video educational. I learnt to wick properly from your video, by applying leaded solder to make the wicking easier.

[@mwaurandungu5163]

Wow! I admire the experience and expertise,well done

[@davejohnson7152]

Love Watching you work learn a lot from your videos , Fixed my ICharger DUO by myself It wasn't easy got a shorted MODFET brand new used voltage injection and IR camera as you do to find bad MOSFET, Tested and Works Like New $390.00 charger fixed for $60 dollars THANKS keep videos coming !!!

[@faghihimohammad]

Dear Alex, I watch your videos from time to time, since I miss you and your personality. Good job!

[@TrataTas]

Please make a video explaining the diagnostic procedure. Oms , volts, Mosfets etc... how , how do you know which one is which, and how to figure out how to test. Please 🙏

[@sebastianbort8512]

Impossible

[@SerhatCokZorlu]

That would be great 🎉

[@LordofWar545]

l think you get this kind of experience after countless hours of practicing, readings and fails, I love this man Alex he is a legend

[@rodrigomedina7849]

I always enjoy watching you work bro, greetings from Chile.

[@mikoldeon]

The information, that when one USB-C controller chip gets bad on a PC laptop with two USB-C (therefore - two such chips), you have to replace both chips - that's really important one - thanks!

[@bblod4896]

Absolutely enjoyed the video. Thank you for producing the video.

[@ksenchy]

Good job. It's nice to see non Asus laptops being fixed as well

[@IT10T]

They just sell more laptops than HP or Lenovo I think; but also they do kinda suck sometimes.

[@ksenchy]

@@IT10T they kind of all suck. Literally every non MacBook laptop sucks. Even MacBooks before they started using arm chips. Since they started using ARM they are silent. Other laptops sound like jet planes taking off when you start doing serious work on them. Rubbish

[@MrKillswitch88]

@@ksenchy I don't mind the fans but I do very much mind things getting hot and despise hotplate laptops that people want because they are thin and weigh less than a couple of magazines.

[@IT10T]

@@ksenchy That, in essence, is the problem with modern high-end devices. They have hardware that draws heat under load. Apple was smart to disband their relationship with Intel and focus on making their Macbooks more efficient. Intel's hybrid cores could be more performant, yet people wouldn't care. Arm is forcing the industry to wake up and innovate (somewhat). Like Intel making it possible to put the E-cores on standby when gaming.

[@nycdude450]

awesome job Alex

[@ThriftyToolShed]

Awesome work Alex and Big Boss!

[@_CryptoNoob_]

Drops are detrimental to bga chips... One cracked ball and she's goobered. Always fun to watch you work.

[@muzmalek]

I loved what you mentioned from 1:45 onwards I had a similar case where a customer came to me saying that a device’s USB port wasn’t working & visually I already saw the connector was damaged & the pins were making contact. I replaced the connector but the device still couldn’t be detected by the PC. I suspected that the shorted pins may have damaged one of the 2 PCBs in there. I replaced the motherboard(which was a separate board from the connector) & it worked! The PC could detect device. I told the customer that we had to not just change the connector but the motherboard as well but he didn’t believe me. I didn’t have equipment to test exactly which component was faulty in that PCB so I just summarized that we couldn’t detect the fault as the components were micro-sized. But I did make it layman for him saying that the motherboard was faulty in general and changing to a new one resolved the issue. After exchanging emails for about 10 times, he decided not to go for the repair and paid up the diagnostic fee. It was a long arguement. hahah

[@ksdls2002]

I always like you saying "Yes, yes; right there" Hi to BIG BOSS.

[@the_blue_gamer]

That graphics cardboard in my opinion was worse than what you would call a hiroshima on a board. Keep up the good work. I love your videos.

[@NBMSCH]

Best word of that video was: Bismillah from the boss ❤

[@rayoscroft3775]

Unbelievable skill my friend 😊

[@user-sy1wk7se1d]

دائما مبدع تحيه الك ولاخالك❤❤❤❤

[@lantheman3858]

I would love to see some projector repairs. I have a couple non-working laser projectors and would love to learn how to start diagnosing the problems.

[@ps5gamepl4ys]

Alex all your videos are master piece, i have one question, every time you put a BGA Chips is necesary to touch the chips and this move?

[@muhammadabrar6230]

Assalamualaikum dear brother, May Allah bring barakah in your halal efforts..Ameen After you started using the Anti-glare light, everything started becoming way clearer to understand .. :)

[@adamgrant1787]

HP laptops are so much fun to work on I mean to take a part, getting the bottom cover off can be a bear of a job I should know I just upgraded my new HP gaming laptop when I got it fun times lol.

[@doggishsolution4595]

I would like to know where I can get that hot tweezers from? Or is it a tool i will have to make myself. if you have a video on it i will like to know more about how the hot tweezer works. thanks and great work very good video...

[@user-iv4js9fw2e]

You are good teacher

[@kenelsbernd276]

Nice!👍

[@danielmelanson4211]

that gold stuff is gold danny lol

[@elijahjags8949]

Thanks Sir' Alex for this.

[@terrymax5340]

Great fix . Now that's what I say is perfect

[@ulamss5]

What temperatures do you usually set for the hot plate, hot air, and iron?

[@F5pcLA]

Where do you buy those BGA Chips from? - Couldn't find them on NF site.

[@NT-yx1os]

great work!

[@_CryptoNoob_]

Just curious, how often do you have to get a new soldering mat? Mine get goobery and sticky and I don't do a ton of soldering, I imagine yours get slimy fast.

[@christopher3098]

Awesome stuff, haven't missed a video and my wife complains that i watch too much

[@ammarahmed5981]

Love it when he placed USB chip.

[@rikbloemers43]

wow I wonder what happened to that video card you showed us half way through your video? Fire?

[@rfr653]

Good job mate 👍

[@Hejazi1365]

The magic of experience

[@althuelectronics5158]

Powerful

[@EvilLabsSolutions]

Thanks

[@stephenfsands]

Thanks!

[@sigmagammalabs]

at which temperature you are applying hot air to the BGA USB controller chips?

[@yummy_blueberry]

Mashallah.... Love from Pakistan

[@aydinbalcioglu7400]

Thanks bro

[@MrMojolinux]

Questions: Did you necessarily have to use "Donor Board" USB-C Connectors as replacement connectors because they needed to be MB make and model specific connectors? OR: Could new (generic) USB-C Connectors have been used on any MB's replacement connectors?

[@3012paul]

No those are not generic, there are so many variants with different specs, diamention.

[@SerhatCokZorlu]

You're the angel on earth 😇😇

[@zachariepayant3864]

Awesome

[@aliyuabba4575]

I thought you was gonna clean the low melt solder from the legs. Nonetheless, great video

[@robertbartram5632]

A+

[@blackrifle6736]

*Precision*

[@GardenLives]

Very nice work. Also, don't throw stones at birds

[@henryD9363]

At about 5:28 you discuss something that sounds to me like "aluminum powder," or aluminum solder. I can't quite make out what it is you're referring to. You inform us that it's very helpful for this kind of fix. Also, KZbin is not putting up any closed captions that could help me. So I went to your web page shop and could not find any thing that refers to aluminum. I'm really mistified by what it is you're referring to. Thank you

[@aliyuabba4575]

Low melt solder

[@henryD9363]

​@@aliyuabba4575 thank you!

[@suryavanshib]

Awesome ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

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[@user-ym3zy9gc2p]

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[@MrDemonKing21]

8:20 That video card... the first words out of my mouth were simply "What the Flower... just... HOW?!"

[@marcog2737]

Water damage maybe?

[@leeroberts1192]

Massive power surge killed that card to have caused that extreme damage?

[@MrDemonKing21]

@@leeroberts1192 Looked like water damage caused corrosion, which caused a short to ground on that component and fried it. I just have no idea how it got that much corrosion in just certain spots. Like someone tossed water on it.

[@leeroberts1192]

@@MrDemonKing21 Think that chip is just a little more than fried, it looks as if it exploded

[@marcog2737]

@@MrDemonKing21 Maybe he had a water cooler

[@KaptanDerya]

The subtitle icon is active but it doesn't translate....can you check if it does too?

[@j.lietka9406]

Are the two ports truly the same? Aaiiigghhh!! That GPU!!! Scary!! 😮

[@robertpage2023]

I'm going to bet that that video card was lacking proper cooling. A malady that seems to affect most cards like that. Today was my shut down my 6 year old DELL XPS 9560 for its yearly cleaning and thermal paste change out. The fans were quite "fuzzy" and there was a lot of hair all around. Disconnected the battery first and then removed the two fans. Removed the heat sink and then alcohol/Q-tip removed the old thermal paste. A good vacuuming of the rest of the mother board, back vents and under the battery and all was good. I use a very small spray bottle filled with 99% iso so that I can spray the fan blades without getting it on the motors. After a lot of Q-tipping it was clean.................. Dashed on the TP and sealed the heat sink. Attached the clean fans and then plugged in the battery (Still using the same battery but it has dropped in time use from 6 hours to 2 but it is not showing any signs of "pregnancy". This is my main stock day trading computer so it's on 24/7 but plugged in. If I'm out for the day on a stock trade day, that's when I rely on the battery. I'm looking at new Dell XPS versions of the one I still have as a back up. 8 years ago I was a Lenovo fan but they started building them too cheap. Screens would go black for no reason or it would get really hot. I kept it always on an "air flow mat" so as not to block the holes but it didn't help much. Also too many Bios alerts for weird stuff.

[@satcomhdtv]

nice denim tshirt🤘

[@mikev.1034]

👍👍

[@s3RIOU5]

Mashallah

[@fraenkiboii]

08:34: NFC - Northridge Fried Chicken :D

[@privatebenfallsprivat8428]

have 1:1 the same problem with same notebook. What did it ended up costing for the customer if I may ask please?

[@northotagogolf]

It would be inappropriate for them to divulge that.

[@blackrifle6736]

@@northotagogolf *So right!*

[@BLACK_SEXY007]

We did it 😊

[@shamsalfaisal]

Came in for repair.

[@bennyyeung2172]

How much is this fix?

[@juanhidgo]

Big Boss is the biggest of all bosses because he will challenge you to fix a broken laptop and then he will assemble it...if the laptop doesn´t work it´s Game Over

[@akariakaza1646]

the laptop responded to physical trauma

[@MrRamones01]

It is a pity that you dont work for Europe. I have an ASUS Prime B530 board that died.

[@NorthridgeFix]

How did you come to that conclusion that we don't' work on devices from Europe. Why would you want to fix an 9B530 or spend any money on shipping if you can buy another one for $70.

[@rodhester2166]

That graphics board looks like a zombie form The Last of Us..

[@stefanopucci6313]

ask the customer if you can send that graphicard to Jay2cent to play with soldering LOL

[@vrvretro]

Ha ha ha. I was eating, man. haha

[@jglg7238]

i didn't know arnold schwarzenegger fixed electronics?

[@iam555tothe666777]

That card is the definition of Hiroshima

[@johnkennethlimbaring6329]

I hope also my laptop fix... 😢how can i send my laptop to your shop please

[@wesleyschwartz8873]

Hii there i have a hp probook 4740s i5 with an amd gpu but its not showing on device and i did do all updates... Please help

[@user-bs1lr8nx1h]

is the only running in microsoft basic adapter problem even thou windows see the amd card in device manager or even with all updates and radeon drivers, there are videos on that issue - mine is such i wont change amd drivers and let it run on old ones since 4 year old drivers worked - i assume its some windows newer update - so good luck

[@icebox9093]

8:31 proper definition of Hiroshima 🤣😂🤣

[@danamd2780]

Hello Bro, i am from Indonesia, i want buy something from your shop, but can't find shipping address to Indonesia country, can you help me?

[@MrKevin920]

That graphics card though yikes what a chared mess

[@flip_flap22]

Why is there a mouse cursor in the left top corner of the screen 😂🤭

[@daveunbranded]

You think that was a 300 dollar fix, or more? I have a issue with an hp x360 that i am not sure it is worth fixing.

[@Cool_mist]

That gpu is probably a Bitcoin mining card and possibly somebody hosed it with water for resale.

[@onlymeok]

I was thinking along the lines of water cooling loop leak.

[@blackrifle6736]

@@onlymeok *Logical conclusion*

[@richardwestmacott1433]

Oh wow what a mess on the graphics card. What was on the help ticket. I think you should give that a go just for a video and the challenge. I bet many will watch you give it a go....

[@djjoel1]

Who in the world sent that GPU in for repair? Surely they didn't take a look at it before they sent it? Maybe they are not a viewer!

[@elektrokinesis4150]

I have a 13" Spectre that fell off the top of an arcade machine and landed on a concrete floor and impacted the corner with only minor scratches. WTF happened to this one

[@rabbi619]

Is it ok is it working

[@elektrokinesis4150]

@@rabbi619 yes i use it everyday

[@rabbi619]

@@elektrokinesis4150 That is good i have an asus flow x13 which has magnesium body i was thinking how much damage can it take.

[@ajayaYtube]

🙏👏👏👏🙏

[@robertpage2023]

I find it hard to believe that the two USB ports were damaged from a "FALL". They are well up inside the cabinet frame. To me it looks like "drunk" USB upside down forced plugging. I can just hear the loud cursing going on when that poor computer was being "raped" by the user with inverted USB's and possibly even an errant HDMI cable. Now, after reconstruction surgery by the "surgeon" Mr. Alex, it will go back into that hellish relationship and suffer even more. A serious home welfare check needs to placed on that owner and his interacting with his computer. Maybe have the computer removed and put in a good foster home. Great Show!!!

[@Cord_uRoy]

USB-C connectors can’t be put in the wrong way.

[@robertpage2023]

@@Cord_uRoy Yes, you are right that a USB cannot be "plugged" in wrong but when the USB plug is up-side down and forced, you must agree that certain damage can be done to the receptacle damaging it.

[@shuvalassaf]

Does your low melt solder complient with RoHS 3 (lead free)

[@gordonm2821]

Bit of IPA and that graphics card will buff out fine

[@AhmedRamadan-vv1oe]

hello hello

[@goldenfox334]

Ahhah there is a big boss lmao