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[@thercworkshop86]

Hey it is my gpu I sent in nwr thanks for repairing and not giving up on it. Short story on the card I got it used on ebay as untested. I try to repair with the newbie stupid method of reflowing with heat gun. Of course it didn't work so I sent it in to northridgefix for repair. They sent it back to me as a no fix so yeah they didn't even do anything to the card because I found some rusted components. I wasted 100 bucks and I try to fix that component and used Kester flux that why there a mess on the card. To sum it up I got the cards as a broken card did some stupid stuff and finally after 2 repair places it alive and well. I use the card when I not using stable diffusion. It still working to this day.

[@AyataHiragi]

Wait really, NRF really didnt do anything? I dont know them but looking at their youtube presence youd think they would, but then again LTT is very similar.

[@mrovi789]

northridgefix is shit, they repair only easy stuff

[@umbratherios5614]

@@AyataHiragi NRF are just humans like the rest of us. it would be wise to see them as such and expect disappointment from everyone at some point. It's just human nature to get lazy at some point. Unless you're apple. then you're just pure evil :)

[@micobugija6284]

@@AyataHiragi NRF is a bit too full of himself. He refuses anything that doesnt make him the most $$$ per hour. LTT repairs stuff? Didn't know that.

[@Frankyyodi]

100 bucks worthy of knowledge... amazing documentary...

[@drinkintea1572]

"people from analog era" That hits harder than house prices inflation

[@northwestrepair]

lol

[@simonchoudhury7576]

@@northwestrepair I swear to god these youtube emojis ruined my life!

[@Fan-lq6uv]

Analog era? The film projector displaying game with 320x200 resolution on a 400 feet screen?

[@jeremywilcox]

@@Fan-lq6uv I still say a 70mm print projected on to 50ft can not yet been bettered.

[@darrenmurphy6251]

not necessarily a critique , more like a very true observation electronics is a massive field with countless specialisations i cannot do what this guy does but i can fix a surge damaged body control module from a 2017 ford fiesta or rebuild a blown analog 1000w pa amp from the 2000,s ,we all struggle to learn new tech and techniques as we get older, most of your electronics learning is when you are a teen so you stick close to your comfort zone

[@firzen0000]

Cat guitar solo was the best thing I've ever seen

[@guesschannel341]

agreed, cool right

[@arenomusic]

The frame by frame is actually flawless, not surprising for such detail-oriented content but still impressive

[@hugosequeira2997]

Actually, what was that song? It's none of the 3 referenced....I was thinking Satriani or Yngwie....

[@user2C47]

​@@hugosequeira2997Jazzcat - Electric City (Remix by Rock & JLD)

[@FullThrottleMonty]

He was going hard!

[@avi8r66]

Something that separates a good diagnostician from a typical repair person is the willingness to question your own ideas, to check and recheck things you might normally take for granted. Well done.

[@RANDOMNATION907]

And a Wicked Kiteh Guitar Solo

[@northwestrepair]

When will i stop making spelling errors by accodent ?

[@ksenchy]

when AMD stops hating you

[@KaRuNaRuGa]

When you finally get a new riser 😂😂

[@BozesanVlad]

Never

[@Psyden5757]

accodents happen,,, is what makes us humann

[@deinehoellesebastian9374]

This are the accidents that can drive you crasy

[@controlfreak1963]

As someone that repaired computers in the 1980's, I'm astounded that these devices can be repaired at all due to the incredibly small sizes of everything. I was replacing TTL chips which was a piece of cake.

[@MagiconIce]

Anything that can be built by humans can also be repaired by them.

[@argh1989]

​@@MagiconIce No, not necessarily. If it's built by a multi-billion dollar corporation it doesn't necessarily mean some guy in a workshop can repair it.

[@donovan6320]

Funny you think these things are built by humans and not by machines​@@MagiconIce

[@asriellaoverwatch6264]

@@donovan6320 well someone had to build the machine that built the card, get reverse engineered

[@chuckholmes2075]

nostalgia

[@ronaldschawo8971]

Tony, this is why I send all my work to you. #1 you refuse to give up #2 you own up to your mistakes and share them(no matter how silly they are) with us. Keep up the good work and the great videos!

[@Veganarchy-Zetetic]

Yh, this dude is amazing. I really felt his pain on this one, poor guy.

[@oliverbenis]

Another great video.

[@Lonewanderer30]

That kitten is jamming hard!

[@elissaidjer1784]

lol yee

[@nelsonfigueroa3198]

That cat had me rolling hard lol 🤣😆

[@sarahdaviscc]

So epic! 🐈 🎸

[@allgrainbrewer10]

And a lefty like Hendrix!

[@CaelThunderwing]

any idea what song was playing?

[@paulforsythe2325]

The somber music at the end of the video tells me you need a vacation.

[@voltflake]

ahhahahshahha

[@MagikGimp]

He needs a PCBWay sponsorship.

[@williebrort]

The workhours put into this card are more expensive than the card itself.

[@northwestrepair]

Yes

[@jeffm8895]

But it would still be fun.

[@Malinkadink]

@@jeffm8895 Did the video show the face of a man that was having fun? LOL

[@cokesandwich1668]

Exactly. Few things these days are worth the cost of repair.

[@Eddiea2024]

You fixed my 3090 GPU and I can't thank you enough.

[@elissaidjer1784]

me too ! for a girl i have no idea what he is doing or fixing lmao ! but he is a hero for me :)

[@Astroverted.]

​@@elissaidjer1784 oh that's cool asf what GPU did he fix of yours

[@Z0MBUSTER]

how much did you pay for the repair?

[@bhluschrean]

@@elissaidjer1784 It's simple but hard. The basic theory is to just fix the cracks on the road that electrons go.

[@Perkeletricksterservantofrher]

@@elissaidjer1784 girls can understand how sexist. Its very simple

[@ancalagonyt]

Kitten with guitar says, "Don't use bad flux, and remember to seat your connectors properly!"

[@Commander_HK47]

Being honest enough to admit to and show your mistakes says a lot about your integrity. Also the cat jam solo was a laugh.

[@JKGaming1414]

Not admitting unhinged bias against AMD though.

[@manuelcornelio4348]

the riser cable strikes again 😄

[@SevScout]

For all those who are wondering what the guitar-kitty's song was: "Electric City by Jazzcat, remixed by Rock & JLD" Good music.

[@reddishradish7590]

Good music. Thank you.

[@lmwlmw4468]

Indeed, great music.

[@TechLevelUpOfficial]

The cat shredding the guitar was the best thing i've seen today lol

[@NonLegitNation2]

that guitar playing cat though

[@gabrielgundulf7139]

some premium content for sure!

[@amperemam5713]

🤣😂🤣

[@tonycrabtree3416]

Kitty Van Feline. 😂

[@OleksiiMyloslavskyi]

You need more context to understand the issue. AMD 5700 launch was not a disaster, but a failure. Majority of issues were on the software side. But, adding to the injury, some "partners", like XFX, delivered a HORRIBLE card design. XFX were by far the biggest offender. The person who sent it to you should've returned or RMA'd this atrocity. The XFX THICC I and II were really bad, with low build quality, overheating and lots of other issues. After that, they released the 3rd revision. It had 3 fans and performed WAY BETTER than the other models. I know this, because when I made a GPU upgrade the THICC III was priced great and had good reviews and was my GPU for the next 5 years. But when researching the topic I read a lot of sht about the previous revisions

[@ruxandy]

Don't bother, this guy does not understand the difference between a chip manufacturer, and an AIB...

[@GodSEndOMG]

Have a 6800 XT from XFX 2021 very good cooling. They made good cooling solution after bad designs.

[@lookitsrain9552]

Yea, rdna 1 xfx cards are hilariously bad, then rdna 2 they are arguably the 2nd best designs on the market.

[@Emoziga]

Пиши на мове, милославский.

[@NurdRage777]

XFX always sucked.

[@SkateClipsAndTips]

My favorite part of this video is the cat rocking out on the electric guitar, lol

[@310_Latchkey_kid]

The fact that you didn't gave up shows character and how good you are!!

[@bobbypatton422]

This is some seriously kick a$$ work you do here man. So detailed and interesting. Nothing like seeing someone spend hours if not days working on something that most people would throw away and buy something else. Keep on keepin on man.

[@jamiepaulduncan]

that cat when the guitar kicked in 🤩

[@avi8r66]

What I am always surprised by is how the heating needed to remove and replace the GPU doesn't desolder anything within the GPU or external elements like those smd chips on the top of the GPU.

[@onlythrupixels173]

It does, but the components don’t just fly away as soon as they’re desoldered. Just be careful not to hit other things and it’s fine, it’ll just harden when it cools down back to how it was.

[@avi8r66]

@@onlythrupixels173 Would an IR heater above the GPU be preferable for this kind of work? Something that lacks the wind of a hotair gun?

[@miguelfontenele221]

@@avi8r66 They don't fly away because of something called "suface tension". Everytime you solder a component, if the solder flows nicely you see the component kinda moves by itself to it's place, that's what surface tension does and if you go ahead and "poke" that same component to the side while the solder is still melted you see it returns back to it's place. That's why they don't fly away, because surface tension holds them into place. Now obviously, that force is not strong enough to hold them into place against everything, so if your hot air has too much air flow it's going to blow components off the board when the solder melts.

[@alfredodian9040]

i came for the repair stuff but stayed for the comedy, and the plot twist at the end made me laugh my aus a lot. its 4am here, thanks for the laugh before bed.

[@MDFGamingVideo]

I love that you put your bloopers out there as well as the video content. Would still 100% go with you if I needed a repair. You clearly know your stuff and I cannot think of anyone better.

[@gabrielex]

Started watching because I thought it was interesting, stayed for the cat playing the guitar. I admire your persistence!

[@Falantone]

It's always the strangest problems, the easiest to solve. Good one 👍👍

[@skyoreece9805]

Omg I'm hooked on this music and that cat

[@Leoooonnnn]

great content and very informative also love the cat guitar solos epic editing

[@H33t3Speaks]

Hats off to you! I've done similar board level repairs on my own equipment and it's such a hassle. You've got a real gift to be able to be this diagnostic with these systems. Luckily when my R9 290X started giving me some really peculiar instability issues in 2021, simply cleaning and re-timming (repasting) the chip and regreasing the fan bearings dropped temps by 22C. The card will now likely live on for years to come. Assuming PCIE maintains legacy hardware beyond PCIE6.

[@mohammedaghz1518]

The guitarist cat was the key to this repair

[@Cpt_Adama]

What I learned from this video, you have more patience and tenacity than 99.99% of the people on this planet.

[@DougguoD]

6:07 Well done on kitty Slash 🎸🎩👏🏽

[@Demonwicked]

I once tried to replace a switch on a mechanical keyboard, 30 minutes later the keyboard flew in the garbage, you sir are a Wizard!

[@x_warhog_x8701]

Eddie Van Kitten was shredding hard....................+1

[@marcosavila8215]

THE GUITAR CAT JUST BROUGHT ME TO MY KNEES

[@MerolaC]

Tony, PLEASE, tell us the song you used in the timelapse!

[@ZadakLeader]

Agreed

[@beardedchimp]

I did a shocked double-take as I thought I saw my own reflection, alas it was only the face of failure. Brilliant repair as always, love the editing.

[@UrokLizard]

thanks for not leaving us on cliffhanger for pcie x4. always check your pcie slot connections!

[@SaoPauloNX]

you had more patience with this repair than i had it in my entire life... good stuff

[@ChristopherBurtraw]

Do you think thst loose ribbon cauaed the other issues (no display, memory test fail, display out of range, driver issues, etc) after the memory reball?

[@greganson3627]

The troubleshooting process and refusing to give up is pretty dang admirable.

[@thercworkshop86]

5:11 the kitten guitar 🎸 solo starts

[@user-uk2cu6dl4f]

Dude just nonchalantly drops the hardest background music for a GPU repair

[@xnx304]

the cat guitarist made my day

[@TechManZ]

Omg. The amount of patience and persistence you exhibited here is quite impressive and to be admired. You are truly a wiz! Amazing!

[@jelleszoon]

What song is the kitty shredding!?! It's unshazammable. Awesome work by the way.

[@artratengo]

i tried too lmk if someone finds it

[@SevScout]

yeah. unshazammable.

[@FreeFireFull]

The original song is Electric City by Jazzcat. I can't find the specific cover used in this video.

[@AtoMeha]

@@FreeFireFull Electric City (Remixed by Rock & JLD) is the variant playing in this video, I think.

[@Lonerprime]

@@AtoMeha You are indeed the true source captain. Fly away now.

[@OcularPerceptions]

I love how you came back and pointed out details you missed. You earned a fan!

[@ChrisFaulkner]

4:05 feels like an amiga demo from the 90s..

[@bismuth7730]

When you focus on micros so much you miss the macro. Just discovered this channel, i love it!

[@deckercane]

What is that electric guitar song? It made my kitty purr!

[@CaelThunderwing]

same gotta know!

[@cristiannicolae6309]

It's a cover of Electric City by Jazzcat. Don't know exactly what it is.

[@MandoMTL]

There's no way you put less labor into the card than its value. Props to you for not giving up.

[@GadgetUK164]

That cat with the electric guitar 🤣🤣🤣

[@mbosschaart]

There is nothing more mesmerising than seeing the cascading wave of solder balls melting onto a chip's pads..... . You should do some fancy slowmotion solderporn videos ;)

[@3D-PC]

I love Polar Bears, Todays Music was the best so far. I rocked out with the cat.

[@carcharhinus_555]

Honestly, subscribing to your channel not because I think I'll watch every repair video, but of the sheer awe and respect I have for what you're capable of. I've worked on electronics, but compared to your stuff, I'd rather call it "dabbled in". Also, I have zero idea how you can live off this, honestly. Which demands even more respect - thanks a lot for providing this service. Maybe you can strike some deal with a "environmentalist organization", so they support you? Because I think you're doing the world a huge favor by basically creating high end video cards from "trash". A truly magic feat.

[@MrSamadolfo]

I never heard of a Gold Guard Pen, i found it on Amazon so i wishlisted it just in case

[@teddp]

One of the funniest and one of the best videos that you ever made Tony. High production values, great music, love the guitar Kitty but you're right, you do need vacations pronto. Get out of there, away from your workbench even if it's just for a week, you need it and you deserve it 😉

[@BigDrewski1000]

I'm sorry, i was born in the Analog era of electronics and even *I* think something like "no clean flux" is a stupid idea.

[@DustinKnustin]

My man you do amazing work, i just randomly clicked on this vid to satisfy my eating boredom and now im hooked. This kind of work always interested me, but i am just way to shaky, so my hobby repairs are limited to bigger electronics (fridges, microwaves, etc.). Keep up the great work

[@imglidinhere]

Wow, clickbait titles now? Didn't think you needed to insinuate that we _believed_ AMD didn't hate us... 😢

[@BozesanVlad]

AMD could have a better qc, and remove Lil solder balls from GPUs tho

[@FakkaHee]

@@BozesanVlad That's not AMDs job, but XFX.

[@ruxandy]

@@FakkaHee Don't bother, this guy and his followers trully don't understand the difference between the chip manufacturer and the AIBs.

[@imglidinhere]

@@ruxandy Yeah I was about to respond to him myself and even then the 5700XT came out in like... 2018/2019? It's going on 5-6 years old, it's entirely normal for a GPU to start having problems after 3-4 years much less five or six... >.>

[@BozesanVlad]

@@ruxandy And you don't understand that AIB can be controlled by AMD, just like NVIDIA controls its. But hey, at least you're all fan boys and don't care about quality :)

[@johntet]

I liked how he demonstrated heat gun/reflow failure with ram. Oven reflow is probably the best way to reflow but the joint is bound to get rekt sometime down the line. Which is why reflow is a no no compared to reballing . Although there are success stories they are mostly used on less operated , 2nd systems. Example, my cheap one that had obvious vram issues but was unworthy of any repair is on a 2nd system for 2 years now after 4 conservative and 1 aggressive (the last one) bakes.

[@Isshin007]

2:11 as an AMD owner with the RX 6600, its the first time ive ever heard of this lol

[@rrekki9320]

Dont bother with this guy, hes a massive Nvidia shill. He constantly complains about AMD while Nvidia still comes in constantly for failures. 😂😂😂

[@eliadbu]

​@@rrekki9320 nvidia cards are more popular, and it seems like he has less issues when fixing nvidia cards.

[@lordwolffurry582]

@@rrekki9320 because amd is trash when it comes to QC? Almost all RX cards end up failing due to manufacture.

[@LorikQuinn]

U don't know about it cuz AMD smothered BIOS modding. It's still doable but the drivers get kinda funky nowadays. Owning a Radeon HD was so much fun and really easy to mod.

[@DTronicsUK]

@@lordwolffurry582 i would like to point out that AMD didnt make this card. They made the board spec but its the OEMs that make the cards. so in this case its XFX's fault and not AMD. Nvidia is the same.

[@BrianG61UK]

Anyone who has the patience and steady hands necessary to reball chips that size is a superhero to me.

[@ScottGrammer]

I'm one of those guys who (to this day) services gear from the "ANALOG era of electronics." You know, the stuff that only needs service once every 25-50 years, doesn't need updates, can't be hacked, and never needs a subscription. While you're correct that I would not have known what flux to use on a GPU PCB, you may not know that those of us with real electronics experience would have looked up what to use before using anything, or (as I would have done), sent my GPU to a professional like yourself. I would hope that if you ever had say, a Marantz 2385 in need of repair, you would not try to fix it yourself, but would instead send it to a professional in such matters, like me. Love your videos, subscribed quite a while ago, but just felt this needed to be said.

[@Dr.Geek-ZA]

Incredible work, wish we had folks with your talent here in South Africa.

[@FrankCastle072]

5:08 Kitty Van Halen!!! -Deuces!

[@zane383]

the level of patients i admire u and still enjoy your videos i do learn alot man

[@LinguisticMirage]

this proofs that we need a open source gpu

[@LinguisticMirage]

@@baronvonslambert wat are you ok?

[@adadu7627]

You made my day, Kitty guitar solo, owning your mistakes and your unforgettable face when facing failure. Thanks man, keep up the good work!

[@ahmedabdolghani8879]

When will AMD just lock in so I can stop paying money to the green ghoul?

[@82_930]

They have, there's CUDA translation layers that work seamlessly on AMD now and FSR 3.1 is arguably better than DLSS, however you could argue that their RT performance is lackluster

[@corombb]

They have, their reference cards have been plenty fine for a while and Sapphire has always been a top tier AIB. This is just AIB being a pain in the ass.

[@lunaraura2828]

big like for that last part, we've all been there!

[@DamirUlovec]

3:05 Song?

[@mahdi8572]

I'm leaving this reply here to get notified if someone comes up with an answer!

[@arthurscotchfir7167]

Don't mind me, I just hope that some good soul can help us all here with song title 👍

[@NormalsOverrated1987]

shazam is useless, i think this is some keygen 8bit song

[@SevScout]

Yup. UNshazammable

[@Elven_Red]

Found the song at: Electric City (Remixed by Rock & JLD) (channel = JLD) Random people also found it here and there but as expected the comment section is a mess

[@alincocos7076]

You need to do a tutorial on how to fix x4 issue. Or even better, a seminar and sell tickets. I love your videos, and I'm always amazed by your determination and willingness to work until you fix the issue or at least try any possibility to fix it. Good job.

[@tuna5748]

i dont get why the title.

[@DFFans]

Not the first time he's put this kind of title for AMD, wonder if he's spreading hate

[@309electronics5]

​@@DFFansMaybe he is a bit biased... Amd nowadays is not bad but rdna1 actually was

[@Obsidian369]

i was starting to think that inside the structure of the chips is bad....but wow...what a job that was. most guys would have sent it back saying get a new one....great job man!

[@KB-rn3in]

So it's you not AMD? Lol

[@JaySilva88]

Loved the editing on this video. That repair looked painful though, you're a tough person to endure re-baling the core TWICE!

[@dofbeer]

I recognise that face! Richard a brit living on one of the Spanish islands. 'fixed' my rx 5500, took 3 months, charged €60 + shipping. Card came back, booted once then never ran again. Give your business to Tony!!

[@Numfuddle]

I’ve been trying to watch this re-ball for a few times now but I always get distracted by the shredding kitty. Not complaining, that cat has got the moves

[@tfoutfou21000]

this is just pure magic , i am a DIY eletronic enthusiast , and this is insane how you manage to fix thoose cards , and have tools and special schematics for so many things

[@wtfedeli]

This is so awesome to watch. 14:12 has to be my favorite part. I've known this tone.

[@joakimbergendahl1546]

i've been watching a lot of your videos by now and I love to watch you repair all these GPU's. I have NO IDEA what your doing but I like it :D

[@argh1989]

Same here! I mean I know what soldering is, but god damn... all these fluids, the seemingly random electric measurements, soldering a bunch of cables to the card to check certain values... 😵‍💫

[@joakimbergendahl1546]

Yeah man, dude is a master at what he's doing :)

[@johnelectric933]

Dude, I was a QE for a while at one of the largest electronics contract manufacturer. I got there from the job of hand solder, wire add and rework trainer. I am also a retired EE. You rock. That was an incredible amount of skilled work WITH major diagnostic skills to boot. I thought yours was a lost skill set. I am glad I was wrong.

[@Nick-L4D2-Z3n]

Despite the setbacks you are a true artist of repairs.

[@addygreen8919]

I think it is XFX that manufactured this card and not AMD. Only the Chip comes from AMD as far as I know. So it is like: "Here is the proof that AMD hates you", when having problems with an Asus Mainboard.

[@ignazachenbach5406]

The first montage goes unbelievably hard with the background music

[@aqib2000]

Great content. I did BGA reballing for 11 years and totally quit that aspect for the last 7 years, doing electronic repairs and moved into automotive. Your videos inspire me to get back into it, I still have my rework king equipment I spent like £4k on.

[@ciriusn]

This type of work is insane to me, the level of laborious detail is out of this world.

[@Ichi.Capeta]

Damn that's entertaining. When he said he's going to call it a day, I was like; NoOOo!!! When he is not giving up, I was like; Yay!!!!! Then a no again. Then a yay again. What a ride.

[@gulskjegglive]

A man that goes to superhuman lengths to save a card that can be picked up on eBay for $150. Truly dedicated.

[@1pcfred]

That's where this card came from and that's why it didn't work.

[@kcidmil]

I work fleet maintenance, there's just some vehicles that don't want to leave the shop. You finish one repair, everything is working fine so you go to put it on the ready line and.... something stopped working that didn't have any issue before.

[@jurivjerdha2467]

7:35 didnt expect the ds3 sound effect xd and the cat was hilarious

[@ianemery2925]

I feel for you, we all do stupid shit and keep failing to notice. My worst mistake; an (at the time), £1.5 Million industrial computer in a HUGE control panel; backstory, I had built 8 of these, one after the other, but we only had TWO of the step down transformers in stock, so after each one went through the testing station for 2 weeks of tests, the transformer was dropped out for use in the next build - until the delayed order of transformers finally turned up; then I quickly wired in all the new transformers and they went back to the testing bay for final tests before shipping. One panel had an issue, everything was working correctly, but it would randomly trip out; the test tech and I spent days going over everything, but couldnt see any issues with the build or components; then one day he called me over and asked me to look VERY carefully at the transformer. This transformer took 2 phases from an industrial 3 phase supply (440volts) and dropped it to 110v (+/-55volts) for the control panel and industrial computer. It was the wrong way around. The guy who had fitted it had it reversed, and because the markings were very small, and quite difficult to read, neither of us had noticed; this panel had been running at around 1,600 volts for weeks.

[@Tisrok]

The quality of work is insane. I've tried my hand at soldering for near twenty years. My hands shake too much for such fine work, dealing with wires around 28 gauge it's almost impossible for me to get a clean solder without burning something I shouldn't lol.

[@CallumRepairs]

Gosh, what a tedious repair this was. You've got some incredible patience!

[@myuzu_]

Some (or most?) no clean flux are designed to inactivate after first reflow and cooling. They wont properly reflow again until you remove the layer of inactivated flux. They're meant for processes with no cleaning step (either technically impossible to clean or to skip cleaning for dubious profit.) Kester has other formulas that allow rework, but the residue isnt as inert, which the engineer designing the process should be considering. As a technician or hobbyist, just use regular flux and clean it off. You'll save yourself a lot of headache.

[@lonesomewalker]

Your videos are REALLY funny but also accurate. Thx for your work to not waste old stuff!

[@tourist6290]

Love this video. The guitar cat was an amazing start into the day for me! What an entertaining repair video. Thanks for that!

[@ldgilman]

Most entertaining repair video, the cat solo during repair was outstanding and excellent job of hanging in there