This Xbox Series X Got Obliterated! Can I Fix It (Full HDMI Rebuild)

[@NikMitchell]

this was a LONG repair, and a professional one, at that. Fantastic work. Love to see it indeed.

[@djscorpion1]

Love to see a professional at work 💪

[@craftbenmine]

The new shop looks so good, wow!! What a epic repair.

[@colinboneham7387]

I fell asleep watching the live stream with this repair the other day so nice to see the results of Phil fab work.

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers pal, I appreciate you watching the stream and coming back to watch the end result. This one went on for quite a while lol

[@Envy701]

Very impressive work there Phil. That board was in a horrendous state.

[@albal156]

The new workshop looks FANCY!

[@TheCod3r]

Thank you. It's been a long time coming:)

[@MattFixesStuff]

Well done :) First try on so many ripped traces must feel nice!

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks bud. Yeah it really does to be honest

[@dodgydruid]

Had a bit of a winner yesterday, I converted one of my Xbox One 1540's into a complete Forza edition with the petrol blue case and one of me mates came round and I pulled out £120 and had it off me there and then... Cost me £4 for the console, few quid for the casing, new hard drive and job was a good 'un as it has a 1tb SSD inside as well... so today just wired up my £4.99 Xbox One 1540 and going to find another limited edition shell hehehehe Still a lot of interest in the old 1540's which can run most games the S and X can but only in 1080p as opposed to the 4K the S and X can, 1080p does me fine, if I wants 4K I plays on me PC :D

[@virgildeklerk]

Hi Phil, i haven't commented much lately but i watch and like it all. Love the new workspace you created and the content is amazing. Keep up the great videos. 👍🏻

[@why_wait]

Impressive fix given the scale of the damage

[@handyman683]

Epic repair 😮

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks 😊

[@_mylastname]

Phil!! Most honestly, you're the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be!! That NOR Modifier just saved the day for me, and I've never used such a thing. NEVER thought I'd EVER reflash a BIOS chip... Dude, that thing was so fkn simple, even I did it!!! You FKN ROCK!!! and the moment I get some funds, I'm sending some donation your way!! Thank you for teaching us SO MUCH. 🙌

[@delboytrotter7902]

wow....really ??

[@TheCod3r]

Thank you pal. There are so many people better than me though. Honestly some of the repairs I see people pull off are insane. I don't even come close to their skill level. I do appreciate the kind words though buddy

[@_mylastname]

@@TheCod3r well, today, YOU came through in a big way for me. So ya. THANKS bud!

[@rdpeake]

question out of curiosity (mainly because i know the camera on the scope is only for us and it doesn't impact your view) is it possible to change any of the settings on it to drop the brightness, or contrast to try and reduce the glare to help with the flux or solder? It is still enjoyable to watch as it is, but if it can be done without making it worse for other sections it would elevate it higher for me at least. Love the videos!

[@meadowsirl]

Very impressive. I would have like to see the test.

[@TheCod3r]

Thank you. I don't generally do tests on screen apart from the basic confirmation but the customer was very happy with the end result

[@-ZERO-00000]

with the HDMI rebuilding of traces is it possible to use conformal coating to hold them in place then scrap down to the metal again sort of a reverse of the manufacturing or is that to much extra effort?

[@84leafclover]

i ripped off one of the circle pads trying to replace a potentiometer from ps5 controller joystick, do you have a video replacing it? thanks in advance

[@MrDadoudu76]

Bravo a toi un boulot très pro 😉

[@martinhammerton8157]

Getting spoilt with videos since the new workshop Phil as always loving the content

[@TheCod3r]

Haha cheers pal. Yep I'm back on the grind now

[@martinhammerton8157]

@@TheCod3r good to see pal

[@marksalot5035]

I have a question about this type of repair. The engineers that design those circuits add length to all those traces that why they look squiggly as to make each trace exactly the same length for timing , does adding your wire that’s not the same length affect the timing of these circuits ?

[@ifixorfreerepair3022]

If it does, it's not normally visually noticeable. Have done dozens and dozens of HDMI trace repairs and all worked perfectly normally and none have come back with customer complaints. So yes, you're absolutely correct the squiggles are there to maintain a certain length, but apparently it's not as necessary as the engineers believe, at least not in the real world.

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah, as ifixorfree says, the squiggles are there for timing reasons. Generally speaking, it shouldn't make a difference, but as you see in the video, I make sure to adjust my wires so they're all very close to each other. According to HDMI specifications, the traces must be no more than +/- 0.3mm in length different to the positive/negative counterpart on data lines. Generally, though, unless they're massively different, it'll work just fine

[@marksalot5035]

Thank you

[@marksalot5035]

@ifixorfreerepair3022 thank you

[@marksalot5035]

@ifixorfreerepair3022 thank you

[@mistermikeanson]

A very smart looking repair.

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks bud

[@luiz.aquino]

Hi Phill, I find this type of repair very frustrating! It takes so long to fix those traces. I'm wondering if it might be more practical to design a flexible PCB with all the HDMI traces, so we could simply place it on the board and solder the correct points. After that, we could solder the HDMI port onto the flexible PCB. Of course, each console would require a different flexible PCB, but it could reduce the repair time. Does that make sense? What do you think?

[@TheCod3r]

Hey bud. Yeah I've been considering designing one myself to be honest. It would make things easier long term

[@petermetro4686]

same thought, laser cut copper traces with an adhesive back ?

[@luiz.aquino]

@@petermetro4686 , that's another valid idea. I think the key feature is the ability to solder some kind of "patch" onto the board, so all the HDMI traces are fixed at once.

[@adamholloway4424]

how much do u charge to do a console service if u do them plz awesome content as always

[@TheCod3r]

For a full service I charge £35 on last generation consoles, £45 on current generation (they take longer to get into/reassemble) :)

[@froggydarren]

What a tune 🎉🎶🤟🤘🤟

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks. It's called "Better get it right" by Mama Zula :)

[@gregjarvis1232]

At 16.21 the hdmi made a sizzling noise like you where cooking 🥓 I love 🥓 and eggs

[@TheCod3r]

Haha 🤣

[@_mylastname]

This one reminds me of one I had last year...I had ALL 19 PADS, and 3 trace wires all the way up to to the retimer, new retimer... And it needed ESD bypass, crazy work is VERY satisfying at the end of the day... And again, without people like you, I wouldn't have been able to pull it off. Thank you

[@bufordmaddogtannen]

Th3Wank3r has better SEO as a domain name. Just saying... 😁

[@TheCod3r]

Haha you got a point there 🤣

[@gizmo1252000]

phil says ,that,ssss not good lol . i,ve seen head on crashes on the m6 that look better than hdmi port lol , this is what happens when stevie wonder decides to have a go at console repair .

[@TheCod3r]

Haha yep me too. I've been in worse too lol

[@gizmo1252000]

i know , thank god for zapain :) hahaa

[@TheCod3r]

@gizmo1252000 tell me about it lol. I literally woke up half hour ago from a nap and had to take 2

[@gizmo1252000]

@@TheCod3r 😂🤣👍👍

[@SteveOnTheRoadNH]

Don’t let Louis Rossmann hear you say too much flux. 😂

[@QsTechService1]

Nice job bro you need to charge more .. I charge no less than $180.00 Board Level repair trace repair $250 You should charge more then $60

[@ifixorfreerepair3022]

KZbinr's making most of their money off of their channel tend to price lower. Which is fine except for those of us that actually have to pay our mortgages, car insurance, car payments, health insurance ( health ins is currently close to $16,000/yr for my family). Just to cover me health insurance at Phil's rates would be 266 repairs going to just that. The few customers that mention KZbin channel pricing to me I tell them to go ahead and mail it to the KZbinr....lol. Also must say, those that have taken my advice and mailed to a popular channel repair facility, 100% no fixes, all charged almost $100 plus mailing (5 and counting).....

[@TheCod3r]

While I agree with ifixorrepair (and you) people won't pay that in the UK. There's a repair shop on every corner. £60 ish is the average price here and I'd hate to charge more just because I'm well known on KZbin

[@QsTechService1]

@@ifixorfreerepair3022 everybody has to pay bills living nowadays is not cheap that’s for sure but in the same sense, you can’t work for free nothing free in this world 🌎

[@QsTechService1]

@@TheCod3r yeah, I agree people in your area if they’re charging that amount then you have to stay close to that amount … I basically set the prices in my area everybody copies me lol On the older council charge less but the newer ones you can’t buy them cheap so why fix them cheap until they drop down in price

[@0errab0]

I can't get over how down to earth Phil is!

[@gam85191]

Bro you are beastly

[@tankzilla6785]

What is wrong with the Brit’s and consoles? They seem to break so many consoles!

[@TheCod3r]

People are stupid... No nice way to say that 🤣

[@gilbertlo1989]

I buy motherboards ps5 disc

[@RBKing80]

Looks like one of Joey's 'repairs'

[@TheCod3r]

Lol nah, Joey can change a HDMI port :)

[@RBKing80]

@@TheCod3r Barely lol.

[@matthewbain2408]

pea soup port😁

[@theday2164]

Yay 2nd

[@guardianbeardizer6361]

Yay 1st

[@waifuowner911]

some people need to know when to give up and send it to you earlier before they mess it up and send it to you after because their work looked terrible