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[@gedodonnell3964]

I’m not a technician……but this channel is so addictive ….like watch a detective on 48 hours … I Cannot stop watching till he discovers why it will not work ….and then fixes it …superb. 10/10 Thanks for a brill channel

[@onestechsolution8497]

yeah men i have watched every single video here

[@Salfke]

Hi, you're right, editing the video's to keep them short and interesting is the reason why people come back to your channel. I watched several repair channels, but with a lot of them i don't see the end of the video's because they are too long . I think you're doing a great job!

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

As someone who works many 13 - 14 hour days, I can appreciate all the hard work you do. I’m a field engineer, and I’m away from home Monday through Friday, so your videos keep me entertained at the hotels.

[@harleysofttailtx]

I'm one of your fans that appreciates the quick, and straight to the point videos. Always a learning experience. I love Jessa's videos too, but some of those go on and on for hours. I don't have that much time to sit and watch.

[@crnlbwlawson]

I felt your pain on this one. I thought you had it. So much effort for a no fix. For anyone still wondering, this is why there is a repair attempt fee. Excellent video. I was laughing out loud over the "what's 2 among friends comment" 😂

[@AhmedAymanM]

You still arguing about repair fee.. Oh my god.. But atleast right here as I client I can see time spent (20 minute is alot) and then I can pay you 10 or 20 bucks for good time and trial, Or wait for a full fix then.

[@emptyone2054]

We appreciate the time and effort you expend with editing your videos

[@MasterJediSean]

I love it when you repeat yourself, you do it almost every time. e.g. "The Short is Gone, The Short is Gone". or "The job is done, The job is done". I love it. Puts a smile on my face. Keep on rocking my friend!

[@vi683a]

Very good habit to have when communicating. Airlines do this often transmitting and repeat as a copy verification.

[@KaleOrton]

I didn't acknowledge the power of this until you pointed it out! Thank you, thank you. 😉👍

[@n0v4]

Thanks to you, I learned a lot about replace components, in fact today made my first HDMI replacement for a Laptop Dell and works perfectly, Greetings from Guatemala

[@keno2048]

I did board level repair a LOTTA years ago, before they got this complicated. Respect dude. Doing this work WHILE keeping up with what's being video'd and describing everything has to be quite a challenge.

[@dangriggs617]

thank you Alex for sacrificing your time, that could very easily be spent with your family or others loved ones, to entertain and teach all of us. you are much appreciated

[@amrdaking1]

Just to clear things up, he is not "sacrificing to entertain us", yes his channel is educational and informative, but it also acts like a secondary source of income to him.

[@supersilverhazeroker]

@@amrdaking1 not only that.. 90+% of his business he probably has because of his youtube channel.

[@x8jason8x]

@@amrdaking1 Does that somehow mean he isn't sacrificing time he could be doing anything else with?

[@Macabri_2k10]

Z340 is slightly different from Z342, the Z342 is symmetrical, Channel 1 and 2 are identical, on the Z340 the Channel 2 supports higher drain. in general the Z342 has lower values (the weaker component compared to Z340) both are Vishay components SiZ340DT /SiZ342DT

[@aethersx2-samsunggalaxys206]

I am an amateur and watch a lot of repair videos, yours are among the best. plus I like how you keep it clean, good informative videos which deliver exactly what I came to see, repair work

[@64bittz93]

Just to note about the different digit on the Z340: the TL431 and the TL432 are the same thing with swapped pins and only 1 digit changes. There are countless examples of this and assuming the chip is the same because of a similar part number is very risky. Since this is a mosfet it shouldn’t be catastrophic, but it’s important to keep in mind

[@ziadfawzi]

I like your way to find and fix issues. Thank you so much.

[@dmartinnj]

Love the work you do... Very professional and knowledgeable.

[@vi683a]

If could go back in time i would become a scholar like you! 55yrs old learning electronics.

[@stefanlechner]

Goog video. Your explainings are so amazing. On the last few minutes i hold my breath cause it looked like it was done. More luck on the next device. Greets

[@greatthings23]

Thanks so much for this learning videos. I wish you could put together an online course that can centred around THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED IN MOTHERBOARD/LOGIC BOARD REPAIR. Your video has been of a great help for me. From South Africa.

[@nussysnake9933]

I always get a kick out of when you make comments about the 9th Dimension xD Keep up the great work!

[@mulatiechekol4513]

We know that you posted videos after suffering a lot and we must say thank you for that.

[@cubinn149]

Thankyou for the good videos love your work and learning stuff

[@kinnymonster]

Absolutely, editing vids is work. Love ur content. Keep up the good work.

[@arigvi101]

9:34 "Wow that was short. I hope that fixes the problem" me seeing the videos is not even halfway finished: *morgan freeman voice* "It was, in fact, not finished."

[@tomasmolina8617]

Great video Alex, after all that work your did to this board at the end of the "no fix" video, will good to take the voltage measurements and confirm if you have the 3.3v at the power button...... never mind I realized you showed the thermocam shows power activity when you press the button. 😂😁

[@zonavarbondagoo4074]

Happy New Year!

[@geovani60624]

it's crazy how many dead mosfets you get while my notebooks usually are almost impossible to fix

[@zockerbude2585]

What's the most common thing to fail on the laptops you get to repair?

[@ortegafresn]

Probably just have to get more experience before you work on it then.

[@geovani60624]

@@zockerbude2585 dead caps and dead chipset

[@geovani60624]

@@ortegafresn I do have quite a bit of experience, but people usually bring me the ones who have already been messed with quite a bit

[@zockerbude2585]

@@geovani60624 Thanks for your answer. :)

[@asankasanjayadesilva9628]

Thank you for your service❤❤

[@ELBoomerTV]

Thanks brother for the entertaining content.

[@MT4ZETA]

Hi! Alex, thanks to all your videos i could fix my 1070 by my self, i buy my own solder station and micro. Thank you so much.

[@godfreycarino2808]

thats a disaster waiting to happen🙂

[@maklogetrich2378]

@@godfreycarino2808 he said he fix it

[@godfreycarino2808]

if you're a repair guy you know what I mean

[@maklogetrich2378]

@@godfreycarino2808 I know, but when he said "i could fix my 1070" doesn't that mean he already fix it?

[@billyjames9861]

These vids have saved me a lot of trouble - I’ve been looking at gaming laptops with the Ryzen chips and now if I get one I think it’s going to be a Legion or cheap Acer Nitro as the only other choices would have been Sony or Samsung which are not yet fitted with Ryzen processors.

[@TheAmazingAhmed]

Great attempt! You Almost had it. I'd expect you to go back to that area where work was done around that resistor in the beginning of the video. I'd also ask the customer what chip did you think was fried.

[@dogu6294]

This is the only KZbinr that made me excited when he posted a video! I hope one day I can visit your office. Greetings from Qatar

[@ckmalcokm3699]

Great Educational video for Everyone Thanks Brother 🙏

[@omnicode]

Had quite a few mystery PCH problems when I worked a tech. Off to the scrap bin with those boards

[@robertpage2023]

Mr; Alex, your "video making" skills are the BEST!! We are all awaiting NORTHRIDGE FIX...................The Movie!!!!! I think Ben Afleck should play your part and Tom Hanks plays "Big Boss". Of course, you'll have to work in a car chase, aliens (The outer space kind) and some romance to make it complete. Ok!! Great Show!!!

[@DanielMolina1982]

Thumbs up for Lenovo laptops reliability. I have 3 at home, 2 for personal use (9 and 6 years old) and still in good condition. The third one is my work laptop and, at 4 years old, and 12+ hours being powered on each day... stilt as good as new. (Ok, batteries of course have declined, but the oldest one still holds charge for 20-30 minuts)

[@frankreiserm.s.8039]

Great videos! I love it when you can't fix something because with all of my education and eighteen years of repairing electronics I lack success usually. Frank Frank Reiser Video/Audio Service

[@user-jb5yc2ec5w]

love you alex and thenk you for etch and evry video you upload .

[@Zbucket]

I would say Med/long videos, for me are absolutely fine. More details, more things to watch and learn. No preffs. Just "content".

[@re-fix9678]

good job👍👍👍

[@packetcreeper]

This channel is mesmerizing. Say hello to "big boss".

[@euroclassicsnation]

Fun to watch. What equipment do you use to record on microscope wide view and thermal cam? Do you have some kind of switch device between the devices, an interesting setup

[@twitch54304]

Lonovo yoga 3 lasted 13 months. Just long enough to be out of warranty. It blew an inducer right off the board.

[@psi23k]

Diode at 14:46 looks cooked, but you moved so quick it's hard to see.

[@nicolasbrenta357]

that's a capacitor, unless you are refering to something that it's not pcp24 (the one with 330 marking)

[@supercomputing942]

thats a 330uf tantalum smd capacitor...

[@psi23k]

Yea that one. I slowed down playback, may just be dirty.

[@waleedrehman5665]

Hi, really appreciate your videos I really like it they are very knowledgeable. I request you to make a video on how to use multimeter to check the shotcircut.

[@ricardoferreira2811]

Hello Northbridgefix, why did you use the Flir thermal camera instead of the Uni-t? Thx

[@RafalScrapper]

interesting one cheers 👍

[@andrasszabo7386]

3 years of life for a laptop? I have one that was designed in Hungary, made in 1987 and still working flawlessly :) Even its SLA battery runs for 20 minutes.

[@LatitudeSky]

My daily use laptop is an i7 from 2015. Works like new. Backup i5 laptop is from 2012. Backup backup Core 2 Duo laptop is so old, I don't know how old it is. All three have memory maxed out, SSDs, and recent batteries. All three work like new or better. Just have to take care of them and not abuse.

[@erock.steady]

razer products are engineered to fail as soon as possible after the service plan expires. when a repair is warranted, they've been known to return the repair to the opposite side of the country and blame it entirely on fed ex. i strongly discourage everybody from purchasing anything they offer.

[@Matrixas]

Thanks for the info..I am not sure I can trust you , but it's always good to have that in mind..(But I trust you)

[@zeddyfreitas]

Trust him..

[@NamelessPassenger]

That’s weird, mine blade stealth 13 still working fine…from 2018 ish…(i bought it second hand in 2019 early and seller said he used it for couple of months) been heavy use it till today. Not like it all fluent, i had replace battery one in 2021. But other than that no, i never counter any problem. And i thought razer only bad for value and customer service. Because their hardware seem very legit… to the point i bought new entry razer blade pro 17 2021 model. I couldn’t say my impression on them are all good, their peripherals i own in the past and the present seem worn out very fast. Include my stealth…the cheekrest all fade out color. Your comment kinda concern me about my blade pro 17. I paid quite a lot for that baby, hope that isn’t as bad as you said.

[@nadtiu8812]

💯✅

[@the1observer]

This applies for Acer brand too. Worst customer service in all the major brands, and will use every single cheap parts they can to make it work just for the warranty time and break after. If it breaks before the warranty ends ? Mehh each components cost them pennies so they will change them, once you send them back your laptop for over 9 weeks, and will return it to you fixed. But it will break again and it won't be under warranty anymore. Companies are scums abusing idiots. And idiots are buying anything scums does just because of marketing. Slap a banner saying FASTER THAN LIGHT and boom you just sold 10k units. People are dumb. Companies know that.

[@Mommotexx]

Does this laptop have its own battery for the BIOS chip? If not, maybe the problem is the battery is too drained from the ISL being shorted. If you had another Razer laptop from the same guy, try the other battery in the machine, and see if that works. Anyways, great video as usual! It's a bummer that this didn't work out for you after spending so much time, but you always learn something new 😁

[@martincerny3294]

Isn't the battery there just to keep time?

[@markherring3513]

Is the "drain" you refer to the voltage side of a chip or the grounded side of a chip?

[@orozcocris93]

Awesome video man! Quick question, wouldn't thermal camera show you if there was a short by plugging in the power connector? Would it be reasonable to start with the thermal camera when a short is suspected and you plug in the power supply? Or would resistors impede the short from being obvious?

[@electronicengineer]

Most laptop power supplies will crowbar (protect mode - no DC output) as soon as too much current flows into the load (laptop), making them useless in providing continuous power during an impossible load (short circuit). Fred

[@joshuaolsen8844]

Do you have a recommendation for best quality laptops?

[@barcaking17]

before u use ur thermo cam u can find if 5valw and 3.3valw is there in board often it's the main problem in dead laptop thank you for ur videos

[@CognacKidd]

what does alw stand for?

[@abdelhakimaamran8000]

Alw stand for always voltages which are present on the board.

[@bornagain2641]

Good morning from me in Mineola NY

[@Hilasterion_gaming]

Where do you get your circuit diagrams? :)

[@blugoose86]

I got tired of stuff falling off my bench and going the way of the meatball. 9th dimension? I don't know. But if you have room, I always keep a couple empty prescription bottles on my bench where I deposit small items I don't want to lose. Just a suggestion. As always, thanks for your time you give us.

[@KarhamPaints]

I got a suggestion even tho you probably already thought on it. Maybe could be useful to bring the "stream" switch station closer to you since I see you always have to stretch to reach it for us to see microscope input and so on, maybe if it is closer you do not have to move that much, but I don't know if you got enough space near you (maybe just under the desk with a simple support? idk) :)

[@dephekt_]

Mounted under the desk seems like a solid idea, despite not being able to always see the button you're hitting. I'd guess you'd get used to doing it by feel though.

[@wagnersantos291]

Bom dia! Moro no Brasil, na cidade de Assis no Estado de São Paulo, curto demais seus vídeos, Sou Técnico também !!! Parabéns

[@bornagain2641]

Would a magnet dish mess up the chips?

[@Tim-Shows]

Which hot tweezers do you use? Don't see them in your store.

[@mantenimientorincon1459]

i am a fan of your videos, could i ask what kind of microscope is it?

[@anthonydenn4345]

I wonder did the bios get corrupted with the sudden shut down

[@audiomade]

Penso a reflash the bios x last chance

[@krisztiandeak]

Is that a JBC soldering station ? If so what do you think of it? Will you be selling that as well ?

[@New777World]

iam curious to know what is beeping sound when installing the chips with the hot airgun

[@EzazCODM]

Very nice sir✌

[@JerryRecords]

What is a PCH chip? Are these not available or hard to find?

[@cemsengul16]

Maybe someone can help answer this question. A friend of mine unlocked the bios of his 2021 Razer Blade Advanced with a programmer and he lost a lot of trackpad function afterwards. He tried flashing back stock bios but it did not fix his problem. What could he do to fix this? I unlocked the bios of my 2021 Blade Advanced from Windows and I have zero issues.

[@furqannayyar3097]

Please explain how to use multi meter and how to test components in brief

[@mellowwords]

So if its pCh problem. Is it resonable to use bga machine and replace pch.

[@desmondpkandemiri1971]

@ 18:08 ...and the joke was a good one 🤣🤣🤣

[@rehandrone7146]

Awesome Big fan...

[@silassmedley5456]

Hey I need help. I have a board with 4 bad smd capacitors and I don't know how to find ones that can replace them. They're those little cream colored ones I think but they're all black now so it was hard to tell

[@Solder_it]

Why you dont add flux when removing a component???

[@kevinm3751]

Curious, is the flux you use conductive? I have heard some are hygroscopic and can become conductive or slightly conductive within a few hours after soldering.

[@henry.c189]

No its not,the flux isnt conductive

[@YLTLYY]

Hi, Can I use this fuse 15PF or 18PF for 16PF? Razer laptop

[@SonicOrbStudios]

Why is your hot air station beeping?

[@antreatgaming]

What series microskop you have mr

[@naeemn45]

Hi Alex, Great content. No one like your knowledge here in UK. Special around are I live. Got a question about cintiq companion 2. External screen shows device booting. But screen on device is blank. No backlight flash during boot up. What could it be or where should I start? Thanks

[@maklogetrich2378]

check your display connector, either motherboard or the lcd itselft, check if 19V present

[@lucymc0191]

naeem youre not looking properly i know of a couple of people here in the uk with just as much knowledge as alex ...alex is excellent i grant you that my friend

[@prairiefinish]

Yes please in regards to the 'short,simple and straight to the point' lol To many channels nowadays to be wading through opening graphics and needless lame comedy skits 😂

[@Wingedmechanic]

So the possible cause is - The controller chip shorted internally and kept the high side MOSFET on passing high current and voltage down the choke, heating both the MOSFET and the choke. This would have fried the PCH.

[@xyp6549]

You said it might be cpu did you try to power it on with another cpu?

[@5kplamse]

how much budget should i set aside if i want to learn by following your videos? is USD500 a realistic budget ?

[@domobject]

What a strange effect that is occurring around 7:42. There is some image stabilization going on that makes the text on the chip lag behind the rest of the image. Is this the microscope optimizing text legibility, or is this a compression artifact?

[@wannabemgtow2540]

Fantastic fault finding techniques, even though is a no fix is still educational.

[@CL-yp1bs]

good attempt

[@MartinMasor]

Suprisingly i have one asus laptup it works for more than 10 years for the work i need it its enough and still in good condition i only did repasting once.

[@xDanielFernandez]

jooo que pena que no lo lograrás, me encanta tus vídeos. Tan malos son los Asus? miedo me mi fx505dt

[@rinkudugariya787]

Sir which company does your camera belong to?

[@andresnunez43]

THE SHORT IS GONE! make some t-shirts with this fraze, I LOVE THAT FRAZE!!, I just have repair a Nintendo Switch with a bad capacitor when i remove the capacitor and i measure i could not help to say: THE SHORT IS GONE LOL.

[@SuddenlyPineapple]

That's interesting fact that Asus is laptop that you see the most in your workshop, I'm from Europe and Lenovo is the most unreliable here (often overheats or case is breaking), and Asus is one that I see very rare on my workbench.

[@spajderman9101]

You didnt mention acer so my predator is safe ?

[@aaronrepairs9516]

why didnt you check USB data lines? if they are have low resistance it means PCH is dead, you do not even have to disassemble the laptop.

[@daaudiome]

Excellemt , so aside from havng this verified on thermal, what would be a normal resistance or diode mode (voltage drop) on usb2.0 or 3.1 lines

[@blocky3664]

Best subscriber

[@dharc6982]

Did you ever pin point exactly what the problem was and repair.

[@Mandrag0ras]

Maybe the reason why you get a lot more Asus than Lenovo is because Asus sell more in America than Lenovo. Or another reason could be that Asus sells more powerful models and Lenovo sells more basic models.

[@byronwatkins2565]

The average number of products you see is how many are in use times the probability of failure. Consumers should only concern themselves with the probability of failure. So, valid advice would require that you divide the number you see by the number in use.

[@bbogdanmircea]

What I got from this video is that Asus, Hp are number one then Dell but Lenovo, RAZR not so much. What about Acer or Huawei or you don't have that yet for repairs?

[@vikaskarthik9559]

Hello nrdfx. From your working experience which gaming laptop brand is more prone to failure?

[@kevinmagsy0312]

Asus at the top base on his all repairs, 2nd was hp particular on spectres, then dell then th least most was alienware, lenovo and razers..

[@gamersanditparadise]

@@kevinmagsy0312 Why Asus tho? What is it that they do which causes failures?

[@kkgt6591]

@@gamersanditparadise in my guess they might not be sourcing their components from good suppliers. It could be also that their thermal management is not good.

[@avinadadmendez4019]

I've had my 600$ Asus Laptop completely dead for over a year now. I have never experienced this with any other brnd

[@tonymantinelli6747]

these razer machines are near impossible to fix..no block diagrams, no repair guides available and hard to find replacement parts!