Asus ROG Laptop No power Repair - Got my head spinning.

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[@diaboloavocado]

That's the thing customers don't always understand. They aren't paying you for only the time you spend on the repair, they are also paying for the hundreds and thousands of hours of experience you had to undergo to get to this point.

[@insquirrel]

Not to mention the thousands of dollars in equipment!

[@ckw6157]

"we do not need to be better than factory..." then proceed to add flux and touch up.... Golden

[@Kaze_Horosha]

Need to. No. Are often on principle? Yes.

[@slagdemon]

That second laptop you showed that you fixed earlier in the morning is mine. Can't wait to get it back for my son to use for college again. Thank you!!

[@progsam]

Hhhhhhh good for you. I see how much you missed it 🤣

[@matthewdev]

You're very good, I was impressed with how you managed it even without schematics, I hope they pass right to repair so you can keep doing your amazing job with even more quality and speed!

[@BytesAndBoats]

I believe it's a combination of 4 factors that makes this guy good. 1) Basic knowledge of electronic components. 2) Correct diagnostic equipment and basic use of. 3) Critical, logical thinking. 4) Experience.

[@trollmeister69]

@@BytesAndBoats no1 to be honest

[@viper33802]

Wouldn't it be nice if customers would tell you the whole story. So much harder having to reverse engineer the series of events. Seems like, unless the DC jack was also getting bad, that the customer did nothing but added a second issue. Great job Alex! I appreciate your videos and explanations.

[@jasonb9629]

I cant even describe how much I have learned from this channel! I have always been into electronics but now I can repair almost anything. I will be upgrading to a better thermal cam soon and then I am done!

[@mohsentabouna6401]

π Filter ! !first time school helped with something! it's even shaped the same ( 2 Caps and a coil in the middle ) and the coil was missing. the problem in this instance is that it's better to replace with wire because as an RTX gaming laptop the 0 Ohm resistor/Fuse is gonna be under serious load ( 200W give or take )

[@gamerpaddy]

looks like a ferrite bead to block rf interference from or to the dc jack. not really needed, a piece of wire will do just fine.

[@stanimir4197]

he measured 0.4ohm - that's way too high for the bead or any coil (over 6W at 4amps) - I guess he should have zero'd the ohm meter 1st. There are 2 caps on both ends, I'd guess any choke would do.

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

You’ve taught me so much. I’ve been applying these skills to my job as a field engineer working on analytical lab instruments.

[@michaelcignarella8159]

I love that even when something causes you to scratch your head..... You refocus and perserviere ... You are truly magnificent ! Thanks for excellent content !! Perhaps one of these days my Asus G703GX will end up as one of these video's

[@stuart777RX]

The one thumb down on this video is from the guy that tried to sue you lol

[@robertpage2023]

HA! Good one!!

[@sargeue]

I have the same problem with my ROG laptop, no power! Watch all your vids and greatly appreciate your knowledge. I will be sending in my motherboard to you guys for sure!

[@br_pereira]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I'm learning a lot from your repairs and I'm still training English, thank you so much 🙏

[@megaraitei]

This man's a genius. I just paid 55$ at my local repair shop to replace a blown capacitor on my Dell. It was tiny, tiny like a grain of sugar, and even after soldering a new one - it didn't work. So I had to go to another shop about 2 hrs drive away and spend another 75$ plus 3 days to get it fixed (coz they didn't know where the prev shop had screwed up). Alex here does it so easily, I wonder why other shops are unable to do the same.

[@tejaspadhye]

most repair shops do more damage than fix the given problem, same is with cars, mechanics/ repair techs have their heads up their asses.

[@ppcasm_1278]

He is correct when he says it doesn't matter how long it takes, and that you're paying for experience. I do a lot of computer programming and hardware repair and hacks and I can't tell you how many times I have explained things that I've accomplished to other people, and I paint the picture in such a simple way that those people think they can just go out and recreate like "oh, so all you have to do is..." but without them realizing real life isn't so cut and dry and by the time they realize how complex coming to those simple solutions actually is, they're completely dumbfounded.

[@TheThore]

I don't know if I had the guts to place a 0 ohm resistor instead of an unknown component. This experience is what makes you special. Thumbs up.

[@lucasdias2006]

Congratulations Alex. This looks like a pi filter formed by the two caps under the missing component, that it is an inductor. This topology is used to filter noise from the power supply.

[@bassamxp]

good yo spot the missing component. I dot to admit it is extremely hard to notice.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

The fact you spotted that without any schematics is amazing 😂😂 Great job :)

[@Stevew443]

I cannot believe how much things have changed. I was repairing boards for a manufacturer back in 1985 to 1991 and all I had was a soldering iron, a solder sucker, o-scope and voltmeter. They also provided a magnifying light. I got into network admin after 91 and never picked up a soldering iron again.

[@alinasar6192]

I can't imagine how things would change 10 years from now given the exponential advance of tech.

[@sandiledlamini3374]

Òne day I will visit usa 🇺🇸 and I will make sure I come by ur shop .God bless for ur lesson and I've learn alot from u sir.

[@Y0deler]

I love that mindset... it doesn't matter how long it took to fix. Your experience is not a commodity that the customer gets a discount because of.

[@grahamnichols1416]

If I were Alex I would photograph working motherboards and keep a library of those images for future visual reference. Time well spent instead of hoping that you have the same board 'somewhere'.

[@protoTYPElab44]

Your videos are awesome, you inspired me to learn micro soldering. I do tinker stuff but not with this high level pro soldering stuff. Greetings from philippines!!

[@duplicitousdemocracy2246]

You would have made an great Police Detective. Another excellent repair video and congratulations on the well deserved court success described in the previous video. Your video's are the first thing I look for when I open KZbin and your viewers clearly have a lot of respect for your professionalism, expertise and ethical personality.

[@virgildeklerk]

Very nice fix, also great to see how you analyse the problem and following paths of current to find the source. Missing components are really hard to see... very nicely done mastro

[@HazeAnderson]

I was so happy about the verdict being in your favor I forgot to leave a message! 😅👍

[@Roblstar]

Fascinating! My laptop is almost the same model. It is in for repair right now... You do very good vids. I hope the guys I left it with know what they are doing? Though I am worried.... Cheers good vid!

[@idowebwork]

Another amazing fix by Alex. Yes, customers are paying for the expertise, not how long it takes you to fix the issue.

[@northfixtz]

Always Expect missing component on previous repair attempt...very happy the board is fixed

[@garethlloyd48]

That was a nice fix! Do you sell any of the chips from your spare boards? I have a asus gl703v that needs a chip and I can't find it anywhere.

[@chrisbeargeron8552]

I wondered if that spot was a missing a component at 9:00 when it was in the frame! I’m no expert at electronics by any stretch but this made me feel good. I definitely wouldn’t have thought of replacing it with a resistor, that’s genius. What an entertaining and well executed fix. Well done

[@tomodiero7524]

A 0 ohm resistor is basically a wire, with burnout protection

[@LagartoPT]

That coil just filters the ripple from the DC adapter , just look for a similar one near the power jack of any other board and you are good to go.

[@chrisbowring4298]

Another Win for detective Alex. 💯👍 Good job!

[@empithree]

when i was in computer repairing business, i always heard them saying "oh, it was working fine before", or "i didn't do anything"... i mean come on. i know you did something, please be honest so i can fix it fast and not wondering into the rabbit hole trying to figure it out

[@lukastevic4373]

I think you can extract coil u needed in video from similar donor board 13:00 and place it on customer's :)

[@pietervanderweg1157]

You are totally right. That inductor will fit in perfectly.

[@mellebrown363]

I have seen the solder Bridge used before as a weak link. I can remember this was, the case when I replaced a PLL chip in a radio transceiver. Maybe it's used to protect the lcd

[@Norrisxhuck]

I felt so happy noticing that missing part, earlier in the video

[@maxop_91]

Nice repair once again... it is great that you have found a problem... great work as always...

[@ankitgupta.]

Your repairs are amazing! Love from India 🇮🇳

[@melplishka5978]

It’s amazing how you try to help people out and the thanks is a bailiff subpoena ya the next day.

[@ahmedsiddiqui4658]

Always great to watch your videos . Learning , troubleshooting skills are just an exceptional. Superb . Thank you

[@robertpage2023]

Went back and monitored a couple of earlier videos where you couldn't fix the computer boards even after replacing components that either looked bad or showed up "hot" on the thermal cam. Your reason for the "no fix" on these was always deduced to be a CPU problem. I still wonder why you don't replace the CPU's on these boards. I know that there is a lot of intense soldering on these but I've seen you do that kind of soldering before with ease. Just looking for your answer to this question Sir. Thank you for all your great work!

[@stanimir4197]

>I still wonder why you don't replace the CPU's on these boards. CPUs are expensive and hard to come by - you can't really buy them, so the only way to harvest is from boards for parts that are not guaranteed to have working cpus; He'd need the same family CPU at the very least - even then the bios might not support it, unless the cpu is exactly the same. Then the replacement of the cpu is a proper bga rework, which is time consuming and done on bga rework station. Before putting a working CPU he must be sure the board will not blow it up again. So overall - expensive, time consuming and not guaranteed to work and may blow up an expensive component, i.e. the CPU.

[@royaltechworld5359]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge sir Love from India🇮🇳 ❤

[@balmesvlogs]

i was waiting for you to check the charging ic.. the acdet acok ac_in, the 25v on the gates of the blocking ang swtiching mosfets.. but luckily it was a missing component..

[@FACT_299]

Super 👍 I have learned a lot from your video

[@josearrasola7236]

Hello sir , always seem to amaze me with something I will have never looked at ! That’s why your better then factory you and big boss are the repair team

[@aamiddel8646]

Working with a thermal camera makes me think about troubleshooting a radio or so in the past with vacuum tubes (or valves!). The first thing you did was looking if the tubes heated (lighted) up..

[@mavelite]

Where do you get all your donor boards? Having what seems like an endless supply of parts and board to compare to seems like it's a lifesaver

[@FearThePegasus]

As a repair shop they accumulate over time. People will recycle the device with you when it’s no fix commonly.

[@sk22ng]

You're a genius, Alex.

[@sertacpamukcu]

Good to see you.

[@Darren777Au]

Nice catch. Good work and keep these coming when you can.

[@kulibo1]

I'm just hooked on your videos. So informative. I'm just a beginer but I learned a lot from your videos. I want to thank you for sharing all these beautiful information..

[@computerrepair8142]

I like you are using thermal camera for finding shorted components.

[@MrFixiit]

Another great fix alex i realy enjoy seeing your thought process.

[@pablonunez194]

Excelent job Alex !!! Like always. HI from Uruguay

[@ArminAkhlagh]

you should messure coil using H symble on multimeter. i have Victor 88C for measuring these.

[@TheMrjogas]

Yes and yes 👍 doesn't matter how long it takes.

[@stefanpariyski3709]

There was a clue on the first donor board, that you looked at, a coil went from the DC+ input to another big copper pad.

[@kellyherald1390]

I went back and looked and yes, at 13:00 in the video you see the inductor.

[@TomsTechRepair]

Good find. Shame customers causes more issues than needed. Well I will fix it myself to keep costs down, o wait it not working now. See it too often.

[@YogSothoth1969]

Eagle-Eye-Alex found the missing component.. very cool!!

[@mgthorgamers3150]

Awesome watching KSA from Cebu Philippines

[@Matlockization]

Probably one your best repair videos.

[@tango57]

Great videos as always! The day my laptop won't power on, I know where I'll be sending it to!

[@CGTGPFan]

Excellent job as always

[@rashidardhah83]

ما شاء الله... خبره واسعه... حتى بلا مخطط

[@infi2723]

finally yt recommends a good channel, i subbed immediately

[@JacobLara]

Absolutely amazing. Great job 👌

[@m-itechfixsolution4337]

I saw the missing components the reason why b+ rail is misding 19v supply. Beside of dc connectoe, it looks like a fuse or conductor 😊

[@jamalelaamraoui9575]

nice and easy job

[@StarlightStream]

So cool to see another one fixed.

[@ziyadhameed7936]

‏‪16:21‬‏ well done

[@johnpro2847]

6.35 Some of my late father's customers use to complain the job did not take him long. He said you are paying for my knowledge, not how long I spend.

[@maffsterify]

Salut Marcel! Componenta lipsa, de pe placa este o bobina de inductie, ca de obicei, are roulul de a taia spike-urile de tensiune can iti pica sursa de alimentare.

[@chateaumedia]

it's an inductor filter. Any similar size will do fine.

[@johnpro2847]

6:35 Lawyers still charge by the hour in Australia..this just encourages inefficiency and dragging the job out..

[@nisaytechdz8489]

اليوم قمت باصلاح أول حسوب و هاذا بفضلك شكرا على كل شيء 3>

[@ezzeldin101]

ربنا يكرمه الواحد بيستفيد منه جدا

[@RanggaSaidBahri]

Nice to find problem. Keep it up and God bless you Sir.

[@KrissBartlett]

very good and good spare replacement that was hard when you didn't know

[@messaoudi_karim]

Always waiting for a new video 😁

[@iyadshwiky6712]

انت رائع شكرا لك اخي مميز دائما حفظك الله ورعاك

[@computerrepair8142]

check dc jack to mosfet fusing resistor is missing

[@sharifabdul4237]

Some maison replaced that port, and knocked off a fuse brick, which he thought is not necessary.😂😂😂

[@koolkiwikat]

You should do bed time story's, I can't help but listen to you

[@youssefahourri3245]

You need to set a pedal switch to turn the room light on/off it would make handling the thermal cam much easy

[@DrakeOola]

Why would you need to fiddle with the lights to use a thermal cam? 🤦‍♂

[@petervasquez8429]

good job

[@rfr653]

good job mate.

[@ghislainriou9560]

Well done again Alex you found the missing golden nugget ;)

[@morep5466]

What a keen observation! 👏 👏👏👏👏

[@mixme8655]

I rely on your repair video thanks for sharing

[@pvp1589]

good job homme

[@Alion.147]

I just adore fixing laptops videos I wish I could send you mine to see you working on it unfortunately am too far (morocco)

[@tsbeech]

Great fix Alex!

[@gpredragbib4691]

Great job!

[@ferchelixdlz993]

how do you find the value of the caps or any other component without schematics and where do you buy them ?

[@rifatahmed4659]

I gussed that a filter is missing the first time i saw an square mark around those pads.. eagle eye 👽👽👀

[@Sanjay-ic7de]

Is that a GU502 LU MODEL ( Zephyrus M15) ? Mine's display went bad just this morning It's been only 5 months hopefully they will replace it as it is still in warranty

[@kdilac8879]

What happens to the screen?

[@Sanjay-ic7de]

@@kdilac8879 I was using normally then all of a sudden it started flickering and some weird lines appeared then it went blank .No water damage no fall damage. It still displays on an external monitor though which means the GPUs still ok I'm just shocked that it's just been 5 months and already display died.

[@kdilac8879]

@@Sanjay-ic7de or it's the screen cable. shorted cable. you need multimeter if you want to check the cable for short. but don't do it, if you still have warranty

[@Sanjay-ic7de]

@@kdilac8879 exactly Iam not touching it they are sending a technician tomorrow

[@milandjukic88]

great job Alex!

[@evoxslaydiy7620]

Nice Alex! Good eye!

[@hamideddaifi5615]

good find

[@omarbakr7445]

الله ينور عليك