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[@evieblackburn7287]

My xbox is the first one in the video and was fixed perfectly. Really recommend these guys!

[@0101Virus]

I think my Xbox 1X has the same issue, how much does this kind of repair cost? If you don't mind.. He deff knows his stuff xd

[@El-Fartomatic]

0101Virus 140 as long as you havent opened it up.

[@tobiasmangoma9566]

Thanks for appreciating his hard work.

[@evieblackburn7287]

@@0101Virus it was about 125 i believe

[@Ruthless9o7]

how do u know what one was urs? no offence but do u know what the board in ur xbox one x looks like compared to the other one X xbox boards?

[@darkgrey1790]

You inspired me to pull my soldering iron out and for the first time in four years I repaired a charging port. Thanks man.

[@darkgrey1790]

@@shoban With old electronics. Try removing caps and other components. Then put them back. That's a good start.

[@jaydee3681]

@@shoban get an old xbox360

[@richardstone8615]

I started with a x box 360 fat

[@sharfazhameed6382]

This guy is the best from vehicle key logic boards, smart phones to dental software access key usb. Total respect on his knowledge n gratefulness towards his knowledge offloaded to us

[@chrisconaway2334]

I respect you fixing the pissed on motherboard. At every single place I've worked though, we would send those back in biohazard bags and tell them we aren't touching bodily waste of any kind from any species. You don't have to fix that. Microsoft does the same thing. They refuse to fix anything with bugs, rodents, piss, etc.

[@teleboyyuson8987]

Finally after months of watching, I get to see BIGBOSS! What an amazing team! Thank you for all the videos I learned a lot. Including patience in dealing with things.

[@ciprian4760]

I respect you work! We learn a lot from you Salut from Romania!

[@0101Virus]

Mad respect for attempting that second console, you did more than most would have..

[@estebanquito356]

11:36 Man i can smell that disgusting smell, i fell like i'm contaminating my desk just by watching the video. Deciding not to continue with that repair was in my opinion the right thing to do, value yourself and your place. Really liking your repair videos

[@nexxusty]

If he valued himself or his place properly, he'd have told that customer to piss off. Literally. Anytime I have a customer bring me something that can literally be considered a fucking biohazard, I first off, get angry at them for thinking they can just bring something to someone without telling them what actually happened. Every time I tell them that doing this is BS and they shouldn't do it. I then tell them there is no way in hell id work on something so disgusting and dirty. As you should too.

[@fhunter1test]

@@nexxusty It is just electronics. Wash it and properly and dry it.

[@frehesh.4386]

@@fhunter1test lmaooo

[@DenverStarkey]

@@fhunter1test if it were me i'd have dunked that board in a vat of alcohol first , scrubbed it down , dried it then dunked it in vat of lavender scented baby oil, dried it off good , then , and only then would i tried to work on it even the first time.

[@fhunter1test]

@@DenverStarkey washing off baby oil from electronics (or working with it after) would be hard. Also - water first, alcohol second (to pull water out and wash what could not be washed with water), unless there are sensitive components.

[@teamextreme86]

youre videos are so calming lol ! i love watching them and relaxing haha

[@emmojo3428]

You're face at 11:42 when you're smelling the cat pee heat up is hilarious. I can't imagine how awful it smelled!

[@robp4616]

"Hello, I just wanted to check on the Xbox." "Which one is it?" "The Xbox" ".........-_-"

[@em0_tion]

And those are called "Functional retards" xD

[@Trip4man]

@@em0_tion Not really. As a costumer you're not responsible for triage or logistics. How does someone know what's going on in there if he doesn't work in the building?!? If the guy doesn't give a ticket they can have 1 or 1000 Xboxes. The costumer doesn't know. So yeah he's going to say "the xbox that I just gave to you". Unless you want costumers to memorize every serial number they have on their appliances... He's not a retard, you just have the 'f you' mentality

[@AntonioWengratt]

@@Trip4man I got your point, but, I have shop also, and do not harm if the customer came in and say "I want to know about my Xbox, my name is..."

[@AmadonFaul]

I would have just hosed it down in warm water and maybe soapy water if it was that or throw it in the trash, then immediately spray with 99% IPA from a spray bottle and let it dry standing on edge. I saved a buddies laptop while stationed in Baghdad for the military by doing this. He spilled a coke in his keyboard. I completely disassembled the laptop and bathed it in a tub. Put it back together with fresh thermal compound. Worked like a champ! The IPA absorbs the water still on the board and makes it evaporate really fast. I also let it dry overnight before reassembly.

[@zeroskill990]

One question: don't you have an ultrasonic cleaner in your store? if yes, then just putting it in there should get rid of any smell/dirt

[@TopherToke]

Wow are you serious, pee, blood, bugs, are all Biohazards and can make you sick coming in contact with even the air around it in the case of bugs. I’m really surprised they even worked on it as most places would return as bio hazard non-repair.

[@anglosaxon1622]

"animal contamination" . Now I understand why you guys wear the black gloves! Maybe HAZMAT suits needed too. Danger pay ?

[@therealmotherphuck]

@@TopherToke pee is Sterile

[@AmadonFaul]

I would have just hosed it down in warm water, then immediately with 99% IPA from a spray bottle and let it dry standing on edge. I saved a buddies laptop while stationed in Baghdad for the war by doing this. He spilled a coke in his keyboard. Worked like a champ! The IPA absorbs the water still on the board and makes it evaporate really fast. I also let it dry overnight before reassembly.

[@gary00832]

@@therealmotherphuck lmao what are you talking about?

[@stevelaminack1516]

What was that little plugin blower you used to clean the fan on the first X-box?

[@JesusChrist-sx1lf]

Just wipe the board with alcohol like when removing flux, that should take care of at least some of the stain and smell? At least making it easier for you to work on it.

[@dexsters5643]

To clean the PCB get some breakcleaner from a hardware store or wherever and spray the board down. That seems to get the smell mostly out and cleans the board

[@tamburino70]

I tuoi lavori sono di una classe molto superiore, i tuoi video mi ipnotizzano, li guardo ogni giorno complimenti davvero.

[@jasontrewin123]

Honestly, not a electrial guy/components but he seems to take his time. Area is clean afterwards. I enjoy watching this even if i have limited understanding of what he really doing.

[@MrMeskiokas]

I recently bought Xbox x off eBay with exactly the same problem. It reacts to the controller as I imagine it should, just no image. I managed to remove the old retainer chip using el cheapo WEP hot air station. The process was indeed very difficult in terms of time and power I had to use in order to remove the chip. Installed a new chip and the result was the same as no work done. I figured I’ve used too much heat (or the chip I got was faulty) so ordered the Quick 861DW station. My question would be what temperature and air speed are you using to solder a new chip back? BTW, Greetings from Lithuania ;)

[@steveng5503]

Well done my friend. Your determination to fix for customers is undisputed. A very BIG 👍 from me. 🇬🇧

[@melplishka5978]

You can tell that that is awsome flux. It doesn’t blow away or evaporate when heats applied .

[@keithmatthews1673]

I guess that in the repair business you have to take the 'woof' with the smooth!

[@deathtrap1976]

Why not to cleanse the board with alcohol b4 start working ?

[@JustMe-sq1vh]

@@waynetaylor2784 i agree

[@xxycom8963]

You don’t want to clean “ the scene of the crime”, before visual analysis.

[@nilomyki]

@@xxycom8963 Very true as numerous components (could come loose that could unnecessarily exacerbate and lengthen a repair before being discovered (obviously that's dependant on the level of experience - so that potential issue is a sliding-scale).

[@BTBAB-yj1cn]

Hi and thanks for all of your faithful hard work and dedication to provide instruction and education for us! May I please ask where you purchased your high power blower that is shown at 8:58 ? Thanks

[@Snecho]

Search Google for "canless air"

[@marksmith5156]

Big boss is talented to sometimes the taking apart is harder than the repair like watching your video's there very educational

[@0101Virus]

The one X is by far the easiest to take apart, there's no clips, and the top and bottom are only two screws each, so, so much easier. Not to say he doesn't know his stuff tho, I'm just speaking of the console..

[@tunaonwhitenocrusts]

Ah, the limited edition XBox One-pisS. Urine trouble if it turns off and on like that. It sure takes a tech Wizz like you to fix it. Your repairs are sure Number 1.

[@zanequillarts9050]

"You don't play with me anymore!" - some dog with an empty bladder.

[@nam666-n8k]

I like how you work to fix things. Thanks for a great video. take care

[@ctecrwp]

Agree with Bullet Bullet....IPA best thing you already have....and charge for a full sanitizing bath....😁😁

[@NeutronX101]

Can you wash it in 91% isopropyl alcohol?

[@lycanlycans7548]

Why you don't clean up with Ultrasonic cleaner and alcohol 99.99% then you don't have that smell ! Or do it only with 99.99% alcohol and put the circuit board in a plastic bowl for one Hour and no smell anymore ! Thank you for your very beautiful and informative videos ! Best regards,

[@skothiyal2358]

Stay safe..you should use a face mask with a respirator while opening a package...

[@faruqqaderzade2432]

The best youtube channel I have ever seen I have learned alot from you thanks ❤️

[@garybenoit3220]

Hi, just a suggestion as whenever I do a repair on a board, I have encountered them with all sorts of liquid spills as well as those unbearable smelly ones, I have always used 91% isopropyl alcohol with a toothbrush and that worked for me, hope that helps

[@neddy1287]

That power on and power off symptom is the around the cpu vrm had a similar problem before it was cause by rain getting inside the xbox one not the s or x model

[@cutterbacon]

A dab under each nostril with vics vapo rub is meant to work well vs decaying bodies.

[@shirts2003]

Whoever sent that 2nd XBOX with the animal urine, what is your problem. You had to have known, you could have at least told the shop about the smell.

[@lordseph]

Watching the wicking is always so satisfying.

[@Swenser]

Have you replaced any high pin count chips such as PCH or GPU chips lately. What do you think success rate is. It looks too difficult to bother with considering the parts are expensive and big chance of poor solder connections. Do you recommend I go ahead and try PCH replacement with standard hot air equipment?

[@Swenser]

Daniel Satko what about baking in oven trick. I've baked a TV main board to fix it. Would that be the better Butcher option. Or if small station is hot enough to get chip off, reasoning says it should go back on, right?

[@nexxusty]

No, somebody doesn't HAVE to do it. Absolutely no way would I ever touch a board like that. Disgusting.

[@oscarmartinez8435]

Where did you buy that blower?

[@perfectpixelselectronics]

What is that bent tool you are using with the flux? I am new to microsoldering and I am having a hard time finding all of the proper tools. I have some amtech flux just like the one you linked in the description. Do temperatures matter when it comes to soldering? I've had quite a few successful jobs done without even thinking about temperature. But I want to be able to do a job like this. I also ordered the 0.1mm copper enameled wire. What is the difference between enameled and non-enameled wire? All I have right now is a weller WES51 iron with a ETS 1/64 Long conical soldering iron tip. I will order whatever I need to do the job correctly.

[@arsenicjones9125]

The bent tool you are seeing, depending on the shot, is either the tweezers or the hook shaped soldering iron tip. Temperatures do matter but so does the size and shape of the tip you’re using. There’s more to explain on this topic than can be covered in a comment reply. Hopefully you will seek out more answers in some of the other videos on this channel. Enameled wire has a thin coating of enamel around the wire which insulates it. Hope I helped some and you’re still learning and having fun

[@perfectpixelselectronics]

@@arsenicjones9125 @Chad Rector This definately does help and thru many attempts to repair small joints I've realized it takes a lot of patience and practice lol. The console I mentioned before got a little better after I was able to repair some of the traces but I am still not skilled enough to fix it. He makes his repairs looks easy in this video. I also dont have a microscope which would be super helpful. just a magnifying glass with a light but yea still having fun and learning more and more each repair I encounter. Ty for the reply

[@arsenicjones9125]

@@perfectpixelselectronics I don’t have a microscope either but the skill set applies the same to older thru hole stuff like stereos so I fool around w those for fun. I bet I could solder as good as him if I had as much time practicing at the bench lol. It’s certainly a skill he has to make his repairs look so easy

[@amal999yohannan]

Could you pls tell me what type of blower used in this. I am looking for a small battery/cord operated blower. Purpose is to carry with me in my field works. Thanks.

[@MAKVIPER]

How much for the blower looks nice man..

[@romaine-ricardofrancis4690]

What's the hand blower you used ?

[@kevinansell9341]

That's a nice little Blower you used on the Fan, What make please :)

[@bigbudtld4595]

You are doing the lords work. freely giving such priceless knowledge, as well as providing easy access to the tools and components needed to achieve these things. I simply would not have the confidence to do many of the things I have done recently if I had never found this channel. This is easily the best out of all of them- making complex things easy to understand, very relaxing, and entertaining on top of that. Huge thanks!

[@ronnierobinson1502]

No such thing as the lord....

[@NatureQuest2024]

I think you made the right choice of not working on it, I wouldn’t, won’t be able to increase repair price to justify it. New/used unit would be cheaper.

[@albarsenger3139]

You're great, man. Nice work.

[@Vindix007]

Hard work (11:37)...😆 I don't know what it worst: dog piss or Coronavirus.

[@snapgod1451]

Great Job my friend like your work.. Brilliant.

[@GENERALCHAOS13]

That PCB with Piss I have used None Coronated Brake cleaner and a Toothbrush

[@Finditfixitphilipit]

that would have been a bad mosfet causing the power issue . its common with liquid damage that one of them 3 phases blows usually number 2

[@Anibal_avila74]

Isopropanol cleaning inside the ultrasound tub, not eficient?

[@maxxbrowning6161]

Hey northridgefix, I have a xbox one fat , when I turn it on after 2-3 sec it turns of again, I teared it down and the fan was wiggling while turning on I checked the fan cable then the fan worked but still it turns off, I took everything inc. heat sink and ran it the cpu went too hot in seconds, I can't even touch it, can you plz help out!?

[@heretic5552]

So what do you tell the customer? Also why didn't you clean the board or something

[@grproteus]

you could say they did a piss-poor job of fixing it, but I don't blame them :P

[@kennbmondo]

If it smells that bad, chances are it was a cat.

[@ro63rto]

I once had a customer bring in TV remote. It was a Sony and was an expensive learning version (roughly 20 years ago) She said it had stopped responding to any of the buttons being pushed. Normally the ones with rubber buttons get moisture build up if used by remote hogs. You know the type. They hold it in their greedy little fist the entire time. Anyway, started opening it and the amount of liquid inside was not what I expected. I asked her what happened to it. She blushed and admitted she dropped it into the toilet.🤢 I immediately pushed it over the desk towards her and told her I'm not working on it. 😷 Had she warned me, I could have worn gloves and a mask then dropped it into a vat of isopropyl then into the ultrasonic. Nope, charged her £220 for a new remote.

[@em0_tion]

And the most disgusting part of it all is the LIE itself.

[@AIexanderHartdegen]

what next? Grandma vomit? HAhah

[@audiogear474]

When I worked a TV shop years ago the TV guys would take TV's boards that had pee or roaches and clean with plain warm water with small amount of dish soap and let it dry a day or two before working on it.

[@leso204]

have you used your rosin solution on a repair like this instead of flux paste ?

[@robertpage2023]

I'm sure that Mr. Alex has a "hazard" charge or such cases as the dog pee board. Perhaps a dip into a vat of Mr. Clean? or Alcohol? THEN, go to work on it. When you send that board back, pack it in Potpourri.

[@staffordshirebullterrierli7411]

Ffs, dog got so pissed off not going for walks it pissed on his Xbox 😂😂😂

[@edmarreyes292]

Thanks Buddy, now i know where to go on the board of xbox one for no display if the hdmi port is goo, thanks a lot, more repairs to com for u, GB

[@antoniskonstantakis5474]

Hey we finally seen bigboss hahaha. greetings from Athens Greece

[@nigeriaemploymentopportuni7942]

great vedio, please which microscope do u use?

[@arsenicjones9125]

The microscope is sold in the northridge fix shop linked in the description

[@sypher0101]

I know the feeling. We have cats, and one of them pees on our electric cooktop. Wouldn't know until you turn it on and the heat burns the catpee and it STINKS!. Eventually the heat burns the pee away and no more smell. For some reason they like electronics, cooktops, and plastic bags.

[@chagaarbellal4983]

I hope some day make a video of your tools give us names brands tips and advises Thanks

[@PHONE-LAPTOP-REPAIR]

very nice tutorial but for the second item well you must stay safe

[@DevilbyMoonlight]

tomcats are known to spray piss everywhere so more likely that than a dog - but yuck!

[@charleschandler9195]

A cat will do this. I am surprised no cockroaches laying dead in there.

[@johncramer99]

Snoopy at 1:34. Ha. Second time I have seen it in your videos.

[@limebulls]

9:00 what do you use to clean the fan?

[@WilsonBradleyTheOfficial]

Were you using the flux drop on top of the chip and tweezers to absorb the excessive heat or just to hold it?

[@arsenicjones9125]

NorthridgeFix has a hard time getting to many comments to answer so I thought I’d try to be helpful. Not being him I’d assume he dropped it on top because it will spread evenly around the IC from there. He uses the tweezers to hold the chip in place while he gets the initial placement then presses down on the chip while bringing back the hot air to push it down firmly to the board. While the tweezers do absorb some heat you really don’t want a lot of that. The tweezers aren’t that large and will get hot enough to be uncomfortable in your hand pretty quickly.

[@CarlosLopes-pt1eq]

I wash the board with wather and detergent if the board is with corrosion of piss or other stuff and put on stove with 70ºC for some hours!

[@pappakilo3965]

Dog wazz? If I was doing the job it would soak in a bucket of IPA for a month! LOL

[@n0madfernan257]

11:27 Animal Piss can do that to hardware. pretty scary

[@redpillllama3252]

Wish you had of continued lol I've an xbox one s powers on then off no obvious problems, there's no short on the power supply plug and mosfets on power rail are all good

[@B9NE]

Sometimes it's also the power ic management chip. Or the hard drive, hdmi port, or encoder ic or in even weirder cases the ethernet port or ram chips.

[@B9NE]

Unlucky case the APU.

[@ASEWorldClassTech]

I have a Question is there some sort of canned spray you could hit the motherboard with like Mas Airflow Cleaner or Electronics Cleaner that would get that off the MB before you attempt a repair?

[@arsenicjones9125]

As you can see northridgefix has a busy schedule and hard time responding to all the comments so I hope you don’t mind me jumping in(late😅) In general you don’t want to clean a board before repair because “the dirt” may help you to narrow down where the problem is. At business scale, the accepted way to clean whole PCBs is with an ultrasonic cleaner which will dislodge dirt, etc and clean surfaces you cannot reach without any potential damage to the board. At home or cleaning small areas you use isopropyl alcohol and a cotton swab or you can use windex and a cotton swab followed by isopropyl and cotton swab for sticky substances.

[@mustafaalalosy]

i remember one time a friend brought a phone to repair from liquid damage but when i start disassembling the device the smell tell me its was WC ( toilet ) damage and he never tell me that , i wash my hand and all my tools with alcohol and the smell stuck in my nose and shop for 2 days , lucky for me i never eat any snack in that time

[@carlcalumpiano9922]

What type of amp tester are you using sir ? the one that beeps

[@bobajaj4224]

'7atteto 3al 2' hahaha i knew it... keep up the great job.

[@alantorrance6153]

10:55 "Animal piss". You work on it without spraying the whole board with a special cleaner???? Animal piss would leave more than just traces --- it leaves remnants that smell terrible and can corrode electronic parts, either from direct chemical action or by atmospheric humidity being drawn to the residue exacerbating its corrosive action. You will probably need two sprays: 1. one to remove the piss residue, and 2. to remove the residue of the first spray. Animal Piss is also a health hazard. I kid you not!!!

[@balovesbalabat9279]

Sir what kind of microscope you use color blue

[@KyrreStalsberg]

I talked to a guy who had just build a New computer, and he had gotten up from bed one night after drinking and pissed inside his own computer.. He was looking for help in the forums. 😂

[@WilsonBradleyTheOfficial]

What do you use to clean your flux? Tuner wash?

[@arsenicjones9125]

Isopropyl alcohol with a cotton swap or a fine brush. I forget how high a percentage it is but it’s at least 91%

[@MrFruitflan]

we wont be having a look, we will be fixing it!! unless it smells bad lol

[@mandyhartmann6430]

I have XBOX 1S I do believe & sadly.. this happened to me. Was addicted to watching Black Sails I was on my 3rd day & my fkn dog was jealous & pissed on it. It’s been in basement ever since.. console not even a year old at the time.. salty as shit. Shit happens.. I don’t think I have the guts to send it off haha

[@GetGood5]

Customers often lie about liquid damage. Not like you're not going to find out as soon as you you Open the thing... It's a sad world

[@ivanviduljevic]

I just Google for that Flux, i notice that it has expiration date. Does the date really play a role in how flux behave?

[@oshacochan2702]

i guess so since he called it the freshest flux on the market multiple times

[@SgtMilstar]

The acid in the piss started attacking the connections and the components. The sound failed followed by the mouse pad.

[@fixfymobile]

Cdoes the chip on the xbox needs to have the same code? Like yours is tdp85?

[@kenfung2121]

why not wash the pissed board before try to fix it, any stain left may cause some short circuit :)

[@caboosevx9676]

What does it cost for someone to send you something for repairs? I have an hp 2905m monitor that powers on and you can hear sound just no display on any of the display ports iv looked up videos and how to fix and found the parts that need to be changed I just am not good enough to desolder it get the right parts and resolver it

[@krellft]

I'm betting £10 it's cat pi$$ ... reminds me way back when repairing old cathode tube TV's with board corrosion ... owner's cats would just lay on top of the TV, over the vent holes and piss while they slept ... because it was nice and warm, as cats like warm places ... never had dog pi$$ repairs though ... oh those were the days ...

[@mr.number9279]

About the second one... that customer is a terrible liar. He said possible liquid damage. First, the customer is saying he isn't even sure there's liquid on it. Lie #1. He then says "liquid damage". Sounds like he isn't aware of what it is. Lie #2. Lie #3: you can't say "possible liquid damage" without having some good idea of what happened, and said idea was not told. "The dog had an accident near my console, I believe it may have gotten wet" is what hit his mind to malform into "possible liquid damage" but the lie is in not telling Northridge. Frankly I wouldn't trust it either. Disgust aside the issue is safety and if you can plainly smell something there that shouldn't be AND YOU WEREN'T TOLD ABOUT IT don't touch it. Especially since urine is not sterile.

[@donald1056]

I use a pad on a plastic stick to clean off the area where I work - no cotton fibers to take off

[@em0_tion]

Can you provide make/model or a google image link? I'm interested how this looks and probably try it.

[@lilchu55]

So what type of schooling do you have to go to learn this stuff? I’m interested.

[@nicekeyboardalan6972]

Gete an Iron and a heat gun and replace parts likee he does its not that hard

[@sferg9582]

If you encounter something with "piss" damage, is it possible to rinse the board with deionized water?

[@8o86]

Yes, or isopropyl alcohol. It's also completely fine to use regular hot water and soap -- just make sure it's completely dried before turning it on. 24 hours in a dry and warm place would be just fine.

[@gamerdudegamerdude4961]

Ultrasonic cleaner?