Toshiba Tecra Z40-8-18R dead, water damage, let's fix it

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[@MeFixingEverything]

Mr. Sorin , you are a honest man , be strong and keep working. Don't worry for the last one , we all learn something new every day.

[@vincepirozzi9603]

You are an honest man and devoted to your profession. Not too many people like you these days. Keep up the good work. Thanks, Vince

[@electronicsrepairschool]

I appreciate that!

[@sweetmemories4448]

We love your videos no matter what, because every video has something for us to learn. Please keep your spirit high. All of us are proud of your honesty.

[@shastrichandoo817]

A job well done and your comments at the end is very noble. Since I have been looking and learning from you, I have been able to repair a couple of laptops well. Thank you Sir.

[@smokingsolder39]

When you press the on/off button, it brings the ground to the 3.3volt line. The resistor you shorted out was there to limit current (pull up). So while it sort of fixed the issue. I think it makes more sense to replace that resistor. It's probably like 2.20K or so. Just me I guess. But I do so enjoy your videos as they are more down to earth of what the real repair world looks like! Thank you!

[@Humilityismyaim]

No worries Sorin, we all know you want to share the best content. But troubleshooting is just that, sometimes easy breezy and sometimes it's like trying to catch a greased pig. Keep up the good work my friend!

[@shiftctrlhack]

Sorin keep your head up. You're a great guy and you do great work. We all make mistakes sometimes. You live and you learn. I can tell you are upset about it. We care about you and I dont like seeing you upset. Sometimes you go through some bad times to get to the good. Keep making the great videos that you do!

[@electronicengineer]

I completely agree with you.

[@badonrani4059]

Thank you Sorin each and every videos have new lesson to learn great job i like the way you enjoyed your work and keep uploading more videos for us🙏🙏

[@evilspeech9697]

Saludos desde Argentina, te admiro gracias por compartir tus conocimientos con las demas generaciones.

[@JohnClulow]

Great example of troubleshooting. Thanks for all your wonderful videos !

[@andreilucian10]

I learn a lot from you, and even if you can not to apologize and you do tell about you that you have a great character.Thanks for the videos!!Take care!

[@Yoritomo3800]

Hello Sorin, you are not in fault on what you are doing on the last Video, the bad one is the customer requesting it to you, you just execute, .... Good for your viewers to know it is the reality of a shop.

[@MorDreadful]

I am grateful for your honesty. It should be a good lesson for anyone. ANYTHING stored on a laptop or pc directly will just be the BIOS on the CMOS chip in any sense of software. This means there can be several reasons to destroy something like that, pure malice, scam etc. The fact that you are honest is something we are seeing less of today, we can see this lack of honesty being reflected in the news. Mistakes are mistakes and are forgiveable. I am sure there are many watching this to the end who will agree when I say, mistakes are mistakes and there is nothing wrong with that. It also is down to your morals and ethicsa as you were paid to do that job, no questions asked and it is NOT obligatory for the owner to disclose why. You were NOT paid to ask why, just to do it if you could. It would be however for anyone to explain to a customer or anyone that NOTHING is stored on a laptop in that way and can be removed, i.e. the SSD or HDD etc. and so is a waste of time, and if asking, it raises suspicions of some form of criminal activity. This then negates not needing to know as you can discern what the intention is. A lesson learned is a lesson shared, as they say. What to discern and that honesty goes a long way. Do not be disheartened by it but rather use it as a lesson that can identify potential malice or dishonesty on the part of the owner. Even the best can make mistakes. So remember, there is some good in that video also.

[@juanchizabaleta2405]

Welcome, Master, we miss your classes, greetings, from South America.

[@calvinchance5444]

"hello, so we are back..." missed that :)

[@parthapratimmanna2071]

yah i miss this quote too

[@Keythong]

why not jumper the track connecting the two resistors instead? they must be there for a good reason surely?

[@popandrei6225]

nice video and work as always.... ( " a proper calibrated fuse "....and " i need more amps ! " the legendary expressions that i like from other videos ....you should make some t-shirts...).....keep up the good work....see you on the discord server ....te salut !

[@ghhrcc9739]

Hey Sorin. The solder does not bridge because there is probably too much flux (colophan). When I use a soldering iron on SMD without flux, I guarantee a bridge .... ;-)

[@fluffyblue4006]

Instead of trying to build a bridge from solder, it would have been much easier to just use that deleted resistor as your bridge. But yea, when your boss gives you bad solder, then it's good to use it up as fast as possible. Maybe he'll realize that quality solder will enable you to work faster while using less.

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

Can tell you Sorin why the solder ran away from your tip. Twas not because of your tip but because of the power being on. You thought the power was off, but because the solder moved away from itself I was pretty certain that the miniscus of the surface tension was removed in the solder blob once it was melted so it moved apart. LOUIS Rossman in New Yawk would have had 3 wires attached in the length of time you puttered mit dat vun. You see I did not understand your hesitancy to use a tiny wire. I could not grok that.

[@ohmware2020]

wow niceto see u again doing laptop motherboard repair... more repair to come.... god bless u sorin

[@northpoint1039]

Well, I didnt watch the last video. Ive been way too busy with work. This was a great video and glad to see your back to repairs instead of killing em :) . Why did you not just run a wire and used solder instead?

[@xtechmikex]

Thanks for your video repair upload, Teacher Sorin your Student from Philippines! 😁🤓

[@andyturner1727]

Thanks Sorin , another entertaining & informative video. :- )

[@MrAM-ek8pg]

Thank you sir

[@Code_the_pavan]

You are may ideal and i start may own repairing business from India

[@indrarendezvous1965]

I have the same laptop...when i plugged in the charger power led blinking but it won't turn on if i push the power botton...any suggestion please...thanks.

[@zidaniabdallah3741]

you'd omited the resistor the startup chip will get burn soon /dodgy as usual so what's wrong if you 'd leave the resistor there

[@Customer22374]

if you think he's dodgy why are you still watching ? the answer is cause you are stupid who doesn't appreciate his master .

[@dorfschmidt4833]

You and I would not omit the resistor.

[@zx8401ztv]

That solder looked mucky, get some fresh lead based solder, not that crap lead free. Don't worry about the laptop that had to be disabled, it's just a laptop, you did your job as requested. You seemed a bit down today or maybe just tired :-(

[@comando7285]

Bine Sorine pacat ca nu muncesti in Romania

[@joaoc_PT]

I think the same about the stupidity of car breaker industry. Many times, some cars are in impeccable state, its only done for political and greedy reasons. They waste energy to destroy something that took a lot of energy and resources to build, and that could be used much longer and prevent new ones from being built. And now with electrics it will be even worse. We could have a much cleaner and honest society if goods were well maintained as long as possible and not comply to stupid politics and planned obsolescence. Thanks for the vids, Sorin.

[@CheGuSyaifulOfficial]

hi brother, i need your help. my laptop toshiba tecra z50c DC IN led blink white and laptop can not turn on. what is the problem. thank you

[@kintag4459]

A thousand thanks engineering

[@Samuel-qj6hv]

La mía enviénde los lets de encendido y se calienta pero no da imagen ni el teclado prende que puedo hacer

[@isamyt5883]

Any one knows what is the size of charger port for toshiba satelite a300-20a?

[@lasanthacaldera1000]

Thanks for sharing!

[@jimdavis6833]

I have a Toshiba Tecra Z50 A among others. When I plug it in or try to start if off the battery, I get a blinking power light and that's all. It blinks 5 shorts-one long and then two shorts. Nothing happens when I push the power button. It's been doing this for 3 months and it took me til yesterday to figure out how to by-pass it. If I hold the power button down till the light stops blinking, wait one minute then push power it will boot up. Sometimes I have to do it a couple or three times to get it to boot. Once booted up it works perfect. I have tested both the main battery and the RTC battery. Both are fine. I had tried similar tactics before by disconnecting the RTC battery and holding the power button down for one minute. That never worked after numerous attempts. Any idea what may be going bad?

[@lets_just_say_im_innocent]

have you tried to soft restarted the computer after you by-passed it?

[@jimdavis6833]

@@lets_just_say_im_innocent Yes, I did.As before it will work fine for a few days or weeks then suddenly won't start and get the blinking light. I has never shut down randomly. As long as it is on it's fine. It has no apps on it, only a clean install of Windows Pro. It originally had Win 8.1 Pro. I did the upgrade when it was free. Later, I erased the SSD and installed a clean Windoes 10. Every time it won't boot, it gets the same flashing light as before.

[@daved299]

When one is carefully trying to NOT make a bridge, one inevitably appears. When you WANT to make a bridge...ROHS compliant solder? Lead is still the best.

[@johnbos4637]

Actually lead-free (i.e. rohs-compliant) will make a bridge easier because it needs more heat to melt it so it will solidify faster so easier to make a bridge. But that was silly, he should have just added a wire, 5 second job took 6 minutes 30 seconds LOL

[@elphazshiferaw6189]

Hello Sir, The other video about destroying the laptop was very useful. Please put it up online. Your videos are always useful.

[@sulzata89]

What was the video about?

[@elphazshiferaw6189]

@@sulzata89 Destroying a laptop as per the request of a client

[@joaoc_PT]

I disagree, although "a" service, destroying stuff is not the right thing to do. There's no good end reason for doing it. Probably it was what he said, someone wanted a new machine, thats wrong, someone will end up paying for it.

[@elphazshiferaw6189]

@@joaoc_PT I am a civil engineering prospective graduate, and in our discipline demolition by itself is a specialization.

[@elphazshiferaw6189]

Therefore, I saw it as a lesson. At one point he said putting voltage into the VGA is dangerous and will kill it, such knowlege is good for preemptive measures for amateurs like me.

[@sodiumtechnologiesug366]

Have liked its simplicity

[@dichosonaljon5273]

Hello sir.im your new subscriber and i like all ur videos. May i ask sir how to find the mosfet in a laptop motherboard?coz my laptop right now has no power.but has battery light on.

[@cjmendoza8599]

Electronics repair school sir can i ask what PC SOFTWARE/APPLICATION you use to integrate all your video for multimeter,USB tester reader,power supply,microscope etc?thanks in advance

[@hiz-n-lowz1577]

hey, who makes them and where can I get one of those electric screwdrivers? they're neato

[@fuorman4872]

👍

[@fuorman4872]

@How Not To 🤔

[@tonict2302]

Hi, Sorin. Why do you use Zippo fuel and not alcohol??

[@metaylhead9413]

7:47 whats the liquid he is using to brush the board?

[@johnbos4637]

lighter fluid. but don't use that, use isopropyl alcohol (IPA).

[@Mecano.r]

God bless you

[@zeldasharpe131]

Can anyone tell me what Sorin uses around the chips before heating please? At the moment I use foil but I am new to this.

[@andreilucian10]

Amtek flux...rma223 is very good.

[@johnbos4637]

@@andreilucian10 I think he means to protect from heat because he says 'foil'. The normal way to shield from hot air is use Kapton tape.

[@mikedw6748]

High quality laptop right here...

[@johnbos4637]

Tecra series is high end business laptop and can also use docking station. So yes, it's a nice laptop.

[@mahlapropyzm9180]

Phew! I thought you'd been taken out to the woodshed for your 'paid to kill' video.

[@norfizamdnor8356]

Such handy tool you have to remove the screws. Do you happen to know where I could get like that ONLINE?

[@johnbos4637]

look on ebay search "rechargeable usb screwdriver"

[@atoms1978]

SORINE PUNO POZDRAVA IZ KOMSISKE SRBIJE. ZELIM TI SVU SRECU. ULEPSAS MI SVAKI DAN.

[@bucuk8671]

Brate jel ovaj iz Rumunije? Pozdrav i tebi kume iz komsijske Bosne!

[@atoms1978]

@@bucuk8671 jeste Rumun, VELIKI POZDRAV ZA KOMSIJE IZ BOSNE!!!

[@gile849]

Pozdrav ljudi! Izgleda Sorin malo umoran danas. Umesto da je nalemio licnu na onaj most, one se jebe pola sata sa lem zicom :D

[@atoms1978]

@@gile849 ali skroz je interesantan

[@trlababalan1586]

Ne znam da li je ijedan vlasnik ovih kompa ikada gledao ovoga coveka na delu. Ja znam samo jednu stvar. Moj kompjuter ne bi nikada zavrsio u njegovim rukama. Razvlaci ribbon cable do pucanja....Ne vidi pola sarafa koji treba da se odsarafe...Baterija mu padne na nos onako sasvim slucajno....Mislim komsija je brate ali sto je puno puno je. Nijednom ga nisam video da je ocistio dlake od macke, tone nagomilane prasine itd. mogao bih pricati do zore ovako. Meni deluje kao da je u nekoj komi konstantno LOL Pozdrav Balkanu!!!

[@shakeelshano]

nice job .sir im a big find

[@Knebebelmeyer]

SORIN!!....YOU need your proper 1A Fuse....and not Solder!! PS:....i know this problem....make sure you dont get the massage with Bios battery!! cause without charger you laptop cant save the RTC!! i guess there is a still a problem!

[@electronicengineer]

It needs to be a "properly calibrated" fuse... :-)

[@norvinsakiral4450]

For me it's ok to damage a working things as long as its for educational purposes.

[@vishatall5204]

Sir plz tell about lenovo e40 -80 the motherboard comes with processor or not if yes then tell me plz if my processor is short then can I put a new processor

[@yousifjjjj]

i dont know why and how you make the problem easy

[@Ed31003]

i too was sad from every video of yours i've watched and i've watch 99% of them was first time i gave a thumbs down, only because as you said it was not who you are, you repair not destroy, but is now past

[@rvvlog2470]

Sir please tell me electronic screws driver model

[@dhfixlaptopaffairs]

I love u sir, concerning electronics, ur 1

[@bestbuildpc]

Most of the time u need to replace battery to get BIOS back again.

[@dulalsarkar8073]

v good

[@rokasbravo9714]

what video you took it out can i see it?

[@KNFIX-CUCHI]

good sr 👍👍👍

[@danielsaturnino5715]

Why you dont want a proper calibrated fuse as a bridge?

[@andreilucian10]

Because those bridges are Sorin`s trademark :))

[@jakemanlupig9287]

Hello, Good day everyone. I have a problem with my HP Pavillion laptop. Some keys are not working so we replaced it with a new keyboard. The problem is that its not working but the dxdiag detects it. How can i fix this? Is it the compatability of the new keyboard to the laptop?

[@dingo8812]

Win 10 right? .. try start then run, type "ksetup" then enter , or go to c:\windows\system32 , find ksetup.exe i think or mabye .com and double click it .. worked for me after replaceing a keyboard

[@dingo8812]

You can enable on screen keyboard in settings

[@jakemanlupig9287]

@@dingo8812 Hello, thank you for the help. I just realized the problem, its the cable of the keyboard to the motherboard. It is upside down. It seems the keyboard that was ordered by the owner was not the right one. I had my doubts when i saw it at first but now my hunch was right. Anyway thank you for the help and maybe it can help me in the future. Take care. :D

[@dingo8812]

@@jakemanlupig9287 no problem.. yes my keyboard ribbon cable had to be folded over from new so the contacts was not upside down and for the position to be right.. take care :))

[@rhudson6487]

Just curious do you wipe down the repairs with wipes to protect yourself from nasties lurking on keyboards and other gadgets hate to see you or others get sick .

[@niteshnaik2946]

When a person apologizes to the audience he never met before U get to know he is the good man in this bad world #lovefromINDIAsir

[@FlorinUrzica]

Sorine , se poate un link cu site-ul de unde ai luat acea surubelnita electrica ? Multumesc !

[@gabrielsandrinmunteanu1331]

Salut. Cauta pe Banggood WOW Stick. Eu de acolo am luat

[@FlorinUrzica]

@@gabrielsandrinmunteanu1331 Multumesc frumos !

[@user-kl8bk5qt5n]

good

[@akramnazeir5505]

👍👍👍👍

[@tariqmahmood7026]

Cool 👍🧨

[@parthapratimmanna2071]

yah this kind of solder wire is too bad its just ruin my child hood. it not get melt quickly probably cause manufacture's are not put the sufficient flux on it

[@brucebratschi4300]

Your powered screwdriver? Name or model

[@ricardoavelar6270]

People asking always the same thing! GOOGLE is your 2nd best friend! Search Wowstick from Xiaomi. I don't like the bits... They rust easily because is raw iron. I prefer chromed bits.

[@fahadahmed5294]

Pls tell me usb meter name

[@ciprianpeica85]

Where is my rosin? 🤬🤬🤬

[@Knebebelmeyer]

with you last Video, i know what would happends!! and i know of course, you will put it down!

[@jaago1969]

But next will

[@weerobot]

More Cool...

[@arjunkharel6216]

send me your screw opening tool you using thank you

[@Redpilldown]

Looks like a wowstick, they are very good. Had my one for a year now, use it every day. £30

[@HaiderAli-vd5uk]

I need some help with fixing my laptop please

[@Customer22374]

what's the problem ?

[@HaiderAli-vd5uk]

@@Customer22374 water damage:(

[@HaiderAli-vd5uk]

Paid like £800 for it now i don't have money to buy another one

[@HaiderAli-vd5uk]

That didn't help joines the discord server then you gotta follow some rules as if its a religious cult and the "staff" tell you what to do.. apparently they can't tell you where his shop is

[@itzzjok3rzz208]

@@HaiderAli-vd5uk well, telling you his shop location... bit obvious as loads of people will go in. i managed to track it down but im not going to tell u the location. all im saying is that its in the southern area of england.....

[@meherhjb7170]

A propre calibrated fuse hhh

[@zok4e]

the russian keyboards are cheaper on aliexpress :)

[@FreeFrag777]

откуда там русская клава взялась? ))))

[@tinkmarshino]

I do not accept your apology. Because I saw nothing in your video to apologize for. You were hired to do a job.. you accepted this man's money to do for him what he wanted done. So what if you had to break instead of fix.. it was what you were paid for.. would these folks get all misty eyed if they saw a car being crushed just to get it out of the way? who about that old blender they never used thrown into the dump.. People are to soft today.. you want to be outraged then get outraged over the chicken you just or the beef or pork.. these were living things that were grown just to kill.. a laptop is just plastic and metal.. never be ashamed of having to do your job Sorin.. you are not killing anything.. although I did think it was kind of stupid when they could have just destroyed the hard drive and given you the parts.. But it is not yours to do with as you please.. at any rate this is just my opinion and isn't worth a rock in a gravel pit.. Carry on Sorin.. you do a hell of a job ..

[@electronicengineer]

I think that your opinion is worth quite a bit. That is my unsolicited opinion....

[@tinkmarshino]

@@electronicengineer Fred.. that was a real nice thing to say.. I appreciate it my brother.. My view on life is not always met with understanding.. But then it is just how I see things.. thanks again!

[@WasabiWarlord75]

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5th 😁

[@onetimelifebigcamera1607]

1st

[@danielbayugar4856]

Win a millon dollars

[@user.fedorman]

Russian keyboard! 👀 It may be Putin's laptop, be careful, it may be poisoned 😂