Trying to FIX a Faulty BRICKED Nintendo Switch

Hi, this 'trying to fix' video shows me attempting to repair a 'BRICKED' Nintendo Switch donated to me by Will in America. Will has informed me that this Switch was bricked by using a 3rd party dock after the 5.0 update.
Big thanks to Will for the Switch and the extra 'goodies'. Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things.
I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series.
Many thanks, Vince.

[@wmichaelis]

Howdy All...I'm the Will mentioned in the video. Having read through the comments, I wanted to put a few things out there. 1. I didn't ask for the Switch back - I made it clear that Vince should do whatever he liked with it, whether it was harvesting it for parts, or fixing it. I'm thrilled he made a video about it - because I think his videos are both informative and entertaining. This was the very best outcome for me - not only another video, but it's fixed and will be used and appreciated, as opposed to sitting in a landfill. Huge win. 2. I bricked it in the first place by using an unsupported third party dock when Nintendo rolled out the 5.0 update. Rather than fighting with Nintendo or FastSnail to replace it, I just put it in the drawer, as I had given up on the platform all together. I changed my mind a few months later and picked up a new one to replace it. The bricked on sat and collected dust in a desk drawer for almost a year, and I came across it, thought of Vince's other videos and reached out to see if he'd be interested. In fairness to him, he didn't want to take it, and insisted on paying for shipping. He was beyond fair and honorable, and that's *exactly* why I wanted to send it to him in the first place. 3. American chocolate is definitely inferior to English chocolate - I sent it along as a sampling of something different. Beware, though, as Cadbury is now owned by Hershey. I really can't be happier at the outcome here. It was incredible to see Vince bring it back to life, I'm thrilled it's not just more e-waste in some landfill somewhere, and the world gets a very informative video with a positive result. Everybody wins here. Great job, Vince, and keep up the excellent work!

[@Horus9339]

What a great thing to do, good on you Sir. A most entertaining video, he a Made Nintendo Great Again!

[@Mymatevince]

Hi Will, thanks for the lovely comments, the Switch and the candy. Thanks for the opportunity to try and fixed a bricked Switch. I had read that the charge chip was the faulty component on bricked Switches, but it is nice to actually get my hands on one to see first-hand for myself. You are a star :-)

[@Pocol0c0s]

Will you're an awesome person!

[@fat4ll]

Very nice :)

[@thereborne5219]

thats a hella long comment

[@DEmma1972]

Great fix and dont worry if soldering takes 30 seconds or 30 days, the end result is what counts. A long time ago in a house far far away A man named Darth Vince killed switches Vince learned the ways of the soldering and turned to the good side He is now called Vince the switch fixer Faster than a snail Cheaper than an electronic technician His fee? 1 x snickers and Hershey bar

[@Mymatevince]

Haha :-)

[@dr.saltyballsack69]

@@Mymatevince sweet

[@justexisting8457]

E p i c

[@BeamNGBMTV]

Nintendo Switch: Turns back into Wii

[@irulane990]

I don't believe anyone after watching this will tell that you did a bad job, Vince! Unless they never held a soldering iron in their life. It's hot. It's uncomfortable. Hands are shaking. They are sweaty, etc. Excellent work! I solder staff for over 10 years now and I wouldn't even attempt to try and fix something as tiny and complicated as that chip. Cheers

[@Operational117]

Just another reason why Vince is on a whole different stage than the rest!

[@therealtrip9723]

I totally agree but "Holded" don't think thats a word (Correct me if i'm wrong but I don't think it is)

[@irulane990]

@@therealtrip9723 Yes, sorry, english is not my first language. So I kinda brain-farted there for a moment. :D

[@Operational117]

@@therealtrip9723 I checked Wiktionary, and it _is_ there, but it's labeled as a "non-standard" _simple past tense and past participle_ of *hold.* While "held" is the _standard_ variant, "holded" seems to be a real (but rarely used) alternative. As for the validity of its existence, I do not have a definite answer...

[@chris25801]

@@irulane990 I don't think soldering staff is allowed these days ;)

[@UnitedSpotlight]

Hey vince i fixed my boys fire hd tablet after watching your videos and learning about traces and continuity. the charge port was ripped out and i manged to trace the pins and solder it all up, not a chance i would of had a go at it with the broken traces without watching your videos, so its much appreciated and keep fixing things

[@danielhenderson7050]

nice :)

[@drd5455]

Well done

[@Operational117]

You just became a pioneer toward unbricking Switches all around the world! A confirmed bricked Switch, unbricked with a procedure that was theorized to work! Soon, the whole world will remember Our Mate Vince for confirming *AND* fixing a bricked Switch! All praising aside, one suggestion when dealing with whether to use a big tip or a small tip: Use the small tip for tiny pads, and the big tip for the bigger "ground" pads. The tiny pads probably don't draw as much heat as the big "ground" pad. Not from experience, just a logic-based theory. EDIT: Added a couple extra words on last sentence. :)

[@pds8475]

Well done replacing the chip. It's the best soldering I've seen you do.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks pds :-)

[@020progamer]

ya good job Vince

[@FlaccidGnome]

You should know by now most of us cheer you on and are excited when you're able to do something. Especially with the harder fixes. I don't think there's too many people that watch that thinks the work you do is ugly.

[@stephencrowe4855]

When soldering QFP or other chips with solder under them, wait until its floating as you usually do, then give it a good push flat with the tweezers. The excess will squeeze out (as balls between the pins normally), let the solder set, then you can then touch up the pins with the iron. Also, don't always assume the centre is a gnd, sometimes its just a heatsink.

[@MatthewMichalsky]

I’m pretty sure it was a heatsink this time

[@SandrineMarquis]

True the center isn't necessarily grounded in the chip itself.

[@xaradyik]

It's exactly as Stephen said, you should have pushed IC so pins are as close as possible with board contacts. Reason for that is solder shouldn't be used as a conductor, only as joiner of two metal connectors with possibly highest common connection area between them. Especially in presence of high currents, which in case of this IC can occur, solder-only connection might break more easily by temperature or/and board bending. It's similar (not same) to reason why there shouldn't be much thermal paste between chip and heatsink - in perfect scenario, both surfaces should be flat and nothing should be between them so heat exchange would be optimal. However in real world there are some gaps which have to be filled, as air left between surfaces acts as insulator.

[@egamephonegameparts9210]

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[@marcojansen3965]

Almost most of the time is the heatsink connected to GND at the PCB so its more efficient

[@iamthetinkerman]

I wouldn't listen to what other people say, they are nothing but control freaks, you're doing a great job!

[@drcarrot415]

The evolution: Switch killer -> pro switch modder -> unofficially certified switch repair guru

[@bangcrashtinkle6718]

Hi Vince - great video. Quick comment on ribbons - I repair laptops and have found that when releasing a ribbon cable using a plastic implement rather than a metal one adds a little more assurance and reduces my wincing moments

[@fabiangarcia7025]

You've gone from Switch Killer to Switch Healer! Great job Vince

[@nghtrdr]

I don't own a switch but i do love watching and fixing electronics. a bit of advice when cleaning old solder from boards. use a short piece of braid with a set of ceramic tweezers. this will prevent heat soaking all the other components around the area and also help heat just a small section of braid at a time. the braid is copper and as we all know, copper is a great heat conductor. your iron is trying to heat the whole roll of braid as well as the area around it. Some Amtech Syntech solder paste SN63/PB37 or simular along with the hot air station will greatly help you re-chip these boards with ease. Turn your heat down as well. The fact your burning the paste means your way too high! great vid!

[@metroid031993]

Nice fix! It's amazing how far you've come on these consoles. Excellent job! Notes: - nice job on the screen connector! - the reason you weren't getting any shorts when testing from the middle pad on the bad chip is because the middle pad is not always connected to ground. Given that the solder connections are very small, they don't provide much mechanical stability, so this center pad is added to help add some rigidity, and is also often used as a heatsink. Do not assume it is connected to ground inside the chip! - once you switched to the bigger tip, it was way too hot. You can tell because the flux turned such a dark color... It didn't hurt anything, but it can in some cases. In general, the bigger the tip, the lower the temp you'll need, to an extent obviously. You can also always raise it if it isn't working, but lowering it after you've done damage won't help. Seriously, those are some minor nitpicks. You did awesome, keep at it!

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you for the tips. It turns out that the pad is definitely not ground. When I tested the faulty chip earlier today it was testing faulty when I used one of the smaller ground pins, these pins are not connected to the middle pad. On the board though the pad is connected to ground so it looks like it is for stability/heatsink. I wrongly thought the big pad was ground. Thanks for sharing the info :-)

[@aleksandersats9577]

19:37 congrats you have a table now!

[@dend1853]

I haven't actually watched this video yet but I'll finish it up a little bit later.I think not just cause Will sent you the unworking switch to see if you might have some luck with fixing it. That was cool.The fact is that he through in just a little extra with the candy bars for just pretty much just a kind of respectful type jester on his part and you did the same by showing your appreciation for being thoughtful just to throw them in.I think we have alot of bad people in the world but it's nice to see that actually the good well always out way the bad.Thats awesome

[@OscopeWizard]

My son's switch died just this week, and I'm going to try this very fix. I really love your channel and have watched lots of your repair videos. Thank you so much for the help!

[@zombifiednluvit]

Your videos always leave me feeling like I can accomplish similar projects. Since I started watching your videos I have started taking on things I had thought above my abilities and I am accomplishing more than I thought possible. Thanks for helping me with the courage to take on projects I never would have tried. I now have more successes than failures. Watching your videos make a person feel comfortable instead of feeling confused. Thanks Vince

[@Mymatevince]

Excellent :-)

[@jacobvanmetre9283]

Me, sees diamond plate : Oh yea , the tool boxes in pickup trucks. Memories. Vince: Fire Escapes

[@rays7437]

Lol me too!

[@littlebitofeverything585]

Same

[@DavidSmith12345]

Floors in playgrounds!

[@RockyFoxxowo]

I thought of elevators

[@jewellymon1979]

I for one am very pleased that you showed in length your trials, errors and corrections. Too many people show it going perfectly every time, and yes, I'm sure with plenty of practice, you will be able to do it first time also. But many people do not know what to do when these things don't go as hoped and expected. So you will have helped so many more people by showing the job in it's entirety. Thanks :)

[@Cunhamixx]

You are amazing Vince, you never give up... I like that.. Love your videos.. Don't change nothing.. All the best

[@Zardox-The-Heretic-Slayer]

you could try and fix the snickers bar by crossing the name out and putting "marathon" over it

[@matthewhopkins1168]

Walkers crisps used to be blue for salt n' vinegar, and green for cheese n' onion :)

[@Operational117]

Nah, that would be far too simple of a fix. Also, it wouldn't look too neat. PS: Not fact, just opinion.

[@heatedgamer2931]

@@matthewhopkins1168 Walkers crisps have always been Green(S&V) and Blue(C'n'O) just other brands have been the other way round. Google it and you will see walkers response on the matter.

[@matthewhopkins1168]

@@heatedgamer2931 Wow that's some Mandela effect level stuff right there. Could have sworn that was the case. Hmmm.

[@matthewhopkins1168]

@@Aggrobiscuit Thanks. It would interesting to see a nation wide survey on the matter, as most from my generation and/or area seem to remember it being that way.

[@SubsonicsBeatboxTutorials]

Well done Vince!! You amazed me and I managed to replace the top screen on a 3ds bcoz of your help in your videos :) took five hours like it said on the ifixit guide and was rated very difficult, I can confirm it was difficult but I did it! Such an amazing feeling when your turn it on and your repair works :D

[@theacematt2]

Your presentation is top notch, as it has been for a good long while. ❤️ Thank you for the quality uploads.

[@shanesoule3774]

You're the coolest guy on KZbin. Especially the R/C Cars you did awhile back ago. You really brought back a lot of memories. You're one of the best!!!

[@talinross]

U did really good some ppl dont understand how hard sodering can be especially with not the perfect tools

[@chris25801]

I've been soldering for 20 odd years but i doubt i'd be able to do what you just did.Respect :)

[@my1chris]

Normal guy doing extraordinary repairs! Great job Vince, it gives us other normal guys hope.

[@justcallmetere3435]

Vince, love it when you do Nintendo switch fixes.

[@samanthaswitch]

The joy in your voice and talkiung about your kids loving those candies is so goddamn cute, i cant even...

[@StromboliKicks]

Will is one of the good ones! Cheers WIll.

[@tdriggers3]

Another great video Vince! Two things, use leaded solder and cut your temp on your iron and air. I learned the temperature lesson when bits fell off the back of a PCB from a Samsung tablet I was repairing.

[@oboebuddy15]

I know absolutely nothing about this type of work, but your videos are so relaxing!

[@danielhenderson7050]

Great job Vince! Delighted you've fixed another one :D I'm waiting on some faulty Ps4's with HDMI (hopefully) defects which shouldn't be too hard, and a Switch that doesn't turn on (not so confident here!). Watching you fixing stuff as inspired me lol. Keep it up with the channel I think its cool.

[@GinandTronics]

I picked up 5 switches and one has this fault. The same capacitor were shorting as this one. I was fairly certain it was this chip. But your video has confirmed it to me so thanks. Just need to wait for delivery of the chip.

[@andymann1231]

I like the way you tackle your repairs using logic and common sense thats the correct way to do it in in my opinion

[@misshobbity]

I'm barely a gamer, have not got much interest in technology yet your videos are a real relaxing, entertaining and informative watch. I love seeing things fixed up and the whole atmosphere of this is like a really chilled class in school with your favourite teacher xD

[@akminds52]

Vince, you mention quite early in the video about the audio levels of the beeping, there is a very easy way of doing this which is free, mostly simple and not very time consuming. If you have Audacity (the free audio software) you can get an extension for importing the audio from video files, there is a tool called Noise Reduction (usually used for getting rid of microphone hiss) you select a sample of the audio you want to fix, in this case the beeping sound and set the sliders to lower the volume, apply this setting to the entire audio and it's an easy fix, probably a 20 minute job at most depending on the length of your video and how quick your computer can process the reduction. Hope this can help you somewhere down the line. :)

[@CharaChocolateButtercup]

Good tip gets a like so it goes up, I hope he sees it

[@petea1918]

You’ve done a great job. You’ve fixed the Switch and that’s all that matters...well done. I put a new fan in my switch but don’t think I could do what you’ve done renewing the chip

[@matthewjones9733]

Well done on this fix .I could tell you got a lot of satisfaction from this one . Keep up the good work and fantastic content.

[@Gamma2Tech]

It's so much fun to sit through and watch your videos all the way through. You gain a real connection with the struggle you're having to get these consoles/devices working and it's a great feeling when it works! You're literally the whole reason why I'm pushing myself to get into micro-soldering sooner. Just need to clean a bunch of junk out of my room and pick up the station for it. My first fix is going to be my analog sticks on an Xbox One controller. (Don't twist any thumb sticks ever... I was curious...)

[@KB1UIF]

Nice job Vince !! Don't assume tho that the pad under the chip is ground, you could have a design there where its not. There has to be some manufacturer out there that is different from what you might think is the norm !! Better to check the actual ground pin or pins too, if possible, when checking for that short and comparing chips. That large pad underneath may be isolated for some reason. I found this remark on another site "The center pad is not connected to chip ground, nor to any other electrical point, however, it is close to the chip substrate and should be grounded for best noise immunity. It is a mainly a thermal pad."

[@Christopher_T_Paul]

Nice video Vince, I am no guru at soldering myself, but if my iron is struggling, I find it best to heat up the board a little with my hot air station, it helps a lot. Also when reworking chips, it is good practice to get that chip cool as quick as possible. A thermal pad can help disperse the heat.

[@Adrian_Finn]

57:33 At least you're honest with yourself and you kind of knew where you had gone wrong and how you could of done it better, it's all part of the learning process and like with most things practice makes perfect. Love your videos and your honest and humble approach.

[@621ELECTRONICS]

A cheap jeweler loupe is sometimes handy for inspecting small solder joints and such. I have a couple of the small chrome ones I use. Nice repair as well!

[@boquafeus]

I’ve recently gotten a switch and I love watching your videos on the console! It’s really cool to take a look inside and also learn some tricks!! Thankyou

[@Christopher_T_Paul]

When you wicked the board and retinned the pads, you didnt put hardly any solder on the east and west pads and I think that is why you struggled later on.

[@Soooperspeed]

great video man .. its good seeing how far you have come in the time you have been doing this .. that center square not all chips have that as a ground some just use it for heat dissapation so no reference too ground .. you can start buying bricked switches fix them sell them now .. a good side job for you

[@psychoadam3089]

Hey Vince just to let you know you absolutely right about leaded solder being better. Initially Un leaded seems better for environment but after repeated hot and cold (off/on) cycles the solder that's unleaded cracks and becomes brittle over time where as leaded solder lasts approximately twice the life span and is much more reliable. There could be other reasons but I'm pretty sure that's the main one

[@mrbussey]

Way too hard on yourself, Vince! You do excellent work and you're getting better over time! Keep it up, bud!

[@stefanpoulin1593]

Good work. I enjoy the humility, it gives credibility to your efforts.

[@bubbadoodah]

Please consider sending the repaired Switch back to Will. Charge him the cost of the chip and returned shipping:-) I enjoy your videos and the nothing ventured, nothing gained attitude. Keep making the fix it videos.

[@ELY3M]

I agree with this. he would need to change back shell again to green one. for some reason Will remind of my old co-worker.

[@wmichaelis]

Nope, I have no need for it - I grabbed a new one when I bricked that one with a FastSnail dock last year when the 5.0 update was released. It'd been sitting in my desk for almost a year, and I wanted to see it go to someone who'd put together something for everyone to enjoy and learn from. The fact that Vince fixed it is a total bonus, and is absolutely amazing to me - and now it has a new home where it will be enjoyed, instead of ending up in a landfill. I couldn't have asked for a better outcome. :-)

[@emilianorodriguez3534]

The most wholesome KZbinr.

[@yeysbaws]

Damn, I first watched the XboxOne restoration, and that looks a lot like a Mini PC without GPU and now this Switch looks a lot like a mini laptop. Damn, the technology these days!

[@MadManMcGirt]

Well done. You are becoming an expert on the switch.

[@delta_4209]

Very nice fix vince! I really enjoy your videos and watching you learn and it be real it makes the videos worth watching keep up the great work and videos!

[@shamusmcwright2640]

Man oh man, I haven't had a mounds or an almond Joy in ages. They are amazing.

[@AdriaticTokoru]

Vince and the Broken Switch (Movie)

[@BloodyClash]

:D Indiana Vince and the curse of the broken Switch (just extended yours a bit)

[@AcornElectron]

Rapidly approaching half a million subs!

[@matteofo]

Amazing video Vince! I once had the same problem where the console seemed bricked, but I just disassembled it and unplugged the battery, and that did it for me.

[@vovin87]

Also, another tip. The reason that your pins did not attach on the chip was that there was too much solder underneath that chip and on the pad, so it caused separation when soldering the pins on the side.

[@mikrot-rex747]

Great vid Vince!! Thoroughly enjoyed it.. as with your other videos. Spot on on the chip job as well.. always looks easy when watching other people do stuff.. until you try it out. Learned a lot.. thanks Vince.

[@Yourdaywillcome]

Great job again Vince 👍

[@GadgetUK164]

Another great repair Vince! It clearly wasn't "bricked" though, as the bricking process involves the flash ROM having some type of corruption or failure. Unless Nintendo did an update that can break hardware when using a 3rd party dock? I would imagine a law suit if they did that?!? You will find it easier to clean pads on the board using that chip qwik flux rather than Amtec etc - it helps absorb solder from pads way easier imo. I suspect that the short disappearing from that chip might have been flux or something interfering with the probe connections! Meter sensitivity isn't anything to do with it, either the probes were not making a good connection or the short vanished as a result of removing it (possible I guess).

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Chris, unfortunately I tested it wrong in the video. I was told on the comments after the video that the ground pad wasn't actually a ground pad but a heatsink instead. So I checked it this morning, and the big pad under the chip does go to ground on the board, but the actual chip itself when removed from the board is not ground on that big pad. It is isolated from all the surrounding pins, so to test it I had to use a small ground pin and then it tested faulty on the same pins what were grounded before I removed it from the board (the ones that were short on the caps). The chip is 100% faulty I just tested it wrong. So the 2 ground pins on the chip are not connected to the big heatsink pad in the middle of it. I will know for next time :-)

[@GadgetUK164]

Great job anyway! BTW - please don't feel I am trying to pick holes or find problems etc, just purely trying to give you a little advice where I think it might help! You've come on leaps and bounds over the last few months and you can fix these with your eyes closed now lol

[@Mymatevince]

@@GadgetUK164Not at all Chris, I want all the advice you give. You know I value it hugely :-)

[@linagee]

"Unless Nintendo did an update that can break hardware when using a 3rd party dock?" This chip supports USB-PD policy updates. I'd imagine a policy that changes the voltage messages or something similar could actually fry the chip in the way it fried. (Internal LDO cap outputs going to ground.) The only way to know for sure might be to use another known good third party dock in a similar way and see if it kills another switch in the same way. Also, I don't think this would lead to lawsuits. Nintendo could just say "we never told you to buy unauthorized equipment, and that invalidates the warranty".

[@piynkone]

1 hour 5 minutes and 44 seconds well spent. Keep up the good work

[@DazeAftersAndNeets]

I find you so fascinating. Thanks for the entertainment.

[@snowdogg106]

great job Vince really enjoyed watching this video as much as you did making it

[@Owainnn]

Just love watching this guy while playing my switch. Keep it up Vince!

[@krzi-o5619]

I genuinely enjoyed this video mostly because of the chocolate candy. I love watching your videos , I’ve never been brave enough to venture into a console or hand held system or even a cell phone for that fact , but you make it look so easy although you say in earlier videos you are a novice at repairing them. Can’t say that now can you ? LOL. Anyway , keep doing the awesome videos . 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️✌️✌️✌️

[@adiposerex5150]

I think these videos are the best on KZbin. I love fix it videos. Those Nintendo switches sure are nice, but I just don’t like the games.

[@marcixmaj1326]

What music did you use when you speed things up in this video? This piano playing?

[@eswing2153]

I enjoy seeing you learn just like the rest of us.

[@garysweetland32]

Not sure if you worked out why the short wasn't present when you took the chip off, as I skimmed through a bit. But I think you'll find the square of solder on the back of the chip isn't a ground plain. It's just a mounting tab and won't connect to the chip electrically. You should have checked between pins for the short. Neat job and nice soldering BTW.

[@zartiz]

I really enjoyed this video, it's very cool that you were able to fix it. It makes me wanna try it out myself. I've only changed controller shells so far. I've got to the point to where I can do a pair of Joycons in like 40 min or so, Left joycon is a breeze, Righ one, not so much. I also watch another channel from a guy that does component level board repair like this, but on apple computers. Look for Louis Rossman, If you watch a few of his videos I'm pretty sure it will improve your soldering skills. Keep up the good work

[@dregenius]

Perhaps that center pad on the QFP was for heatsinking only and not grounded, but for future reference if you find yourself doing a lot of diagnostic drag-and-beep with your meter (as I do), invest in a Fluke meter - even an entry level 11x series. Fluke meters have a latching continuity beeper (among tons of other small things that just make them a pleasure to use), which means that unlike simple continuity beepers that just pass the beep current through the circuit under test, with a Fluke, as little as 25ns (or something like that) is enough to elicit a standard, easily audible beep. You can zip down all sides and be confident that if one of those pins was below 75Ω you’ll get a beep. 👍

[@OfficialThree7]

Great work Vince, love watching your videos and has given me so much insight into switch disassembly/repairs. Thanks.

[@YusakuGod]

yeah you can even "float" in small bgas if your initial alignment is good! Man this brings back memories of doing electronic repair work. Also,yeah you can expect to have to touch up the pads on a qfp afterwards i touched up all leads when i did a part like this.

[@matthewhapp8688]

Hi Vince just a tip the arrow pointing at the dot on the chip is orientation Good work keep it up

[@hedonisticzen]

Louis Rossmann would be proud of your diagnostic skills!

[@masterlemonlime4916]

Australian guy goes up to something like a burger van and asks do you have snickers and you look at his feet was the last marathon advert I saw

[@sebmaziu9677]

Nice fix Vince, congrats!!

[@deggy92]

Also, we were also trained (which I think may make it easier) that when you're putting the new chip on, keep the pads dry, just solder the centre piece. Place your chip and set it with your heat gun (ours was called a danothem if I remember rightly?) get the chip in place, and let it cool. Then flux your pins and solder one by one. There's approx 40 pins there so wouldn't take long but means your chip will definately be flush against the pads. The solder will Easiely flow to pins pins once it's fluxed. It looked like not all the pins were ready and that's why your chip sat funny at first. Good job though, I could never fault find!!!

[@cliffordgallagher4531]

Brother You Are a Artist with Soder! Lol,Thank you for sharing this!

[@tusharmothe39]

After removing smd components, I think before wicking off solder, you should first mix unleaded with leaded solder it will be easy to wick off old solder then you can tin it with leaded solder.

[@sam_millen]

Vince be careful with the heat of your iron. Around 37.30 onwards it was way too hot, as the solder was instantly smoking off.

[@boliberto2949]

little tip, take apart the multimetter, and put some tape on the speaker, so the sound is lover ;) any questions just ask. i like youre videos, keep the good work

[@dnwheeler]

The pad on the bottom of the chip is just for heat dissipation and isn't connected to ground. Also, when using hot air to solder this type of chip, you should push it down with the tweezers once the solder melts and hold it there after removing the heat until the solder hardens again. It's OK if some solder squeezes out around the edges, just run a soldering iron around and it will wick up the excess solder (make sure you have enough flux).

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Doug :-)

[@etmoimeme]

About the faulty qfn chip: it might be that the central pad is not connected to the other ground pins of the chip. You have to check the continuity between a peripheral ground pin (not the central pad) and the suspected shorted pins (I had a similar case the other day for a dc/dc boost converter). It seems that in the routing process of the board that the router connects the central pad and the ground pins of the chip to a pcb ground plane.

[@DasOrakelspricht]

Good job, Vince! Maybe you should use way less solder. The solderblob in the middle of the chip looked huge, doesn't he? Then the chip would not swim on the liquid solder.

[@FrostysTunes]

what an interesting fix it video, really enjoyed it :)

[@GetboostedVR]

Dunno how I found your channel but I'm glad I did, Love learning how to fix electronics. Subscribed

[@liveuk]

A lot of people in the US don't realise Smarties for example are British. Choccy for a fix top man

[@robertthrelfall2650]

Ummm, American Smarties are completely different from Brittish Smarties. Most Americans could care less about Brittish cadies.

[@nxtfighter7425]

If I would do this, I would do it exactly like you did it. I don't really know how to do these thing right eather, but it makes fun.

[@justinwillismusic]

As a hobbyist your work is great. The most interesting parts of your videos is your excellent explanation of what your doing. Really enjoyable stuff. Shows even with low budget equipment the jobs can’t still be carried out. SMD soldering is a pain but the techniques come with time. Taken many many years myself to get to a level where chips, connectors and caps come off cleanly and go on almost first time. I would 100% recommend a stereo microscope thou. Much much easier. So enjoyed your video. Subbed and liked. 👍👍👍

[@jimmygoodson]

Your videos are phenomenal, I love them. Such a great learning experience, it's fun and interesting to watch, and you have a great personality. Thank you for the great videos and great job man getting this to work. I really didn't expect it to work but wow, great job!

[@bruwin]

So Mounds and Almond Joy used to be advertised in one commercial, with the jingle, "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't!"

[@thomasvlaskampiii6850]

Almond Joy has nuts. Mounds don't. Also explains why I like mounds *wink wink nudge nudge*

[@kinggashi2352]

Nice Video Buddy greetings from Albania🇦🇱

[@snowdogg106]

Great Job Vince really enjoyed the video

[@bridgendesar]

Well, you now know to give the chip a little press down or put on less solder! Kudos for the rock steady hands as well. Only thing I wasn't sure on, is weather that center pad was a ground, or just to hold the chip?

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks, turns out it was just to hold the chip. I tested it wrong in the video as I thought it was a ground pad. When I test the chip with one of the small ground pins then it is testing faulty :-)

[@skonkfactory]

Looks like the body pad isn't grounded on that chip.

[@GregMcCarthyUK]

Was going to say, the pad on the chip is not ground.