You're Soldering HDMI Ports ALL WRONG! Do It This Way Instead...

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[@SCorpG22]

This is the very first channel that I've seen show the whole view of the technician doing the task and from a great viewing angle. It's helpful because you can gauge the distance of the nozzle from the board and the real-world time it takes. Really really useful.

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks buddy, hopefully it helps :)

[@bagos13GR]

i've replaced almost 15 hdmi ports so far...every time it took me more than 30 mins JUST for the port alone. Next time i am gonna try this method. I need more practice. THANK YOU for the excellent video and informations! you are a lifesaver to all of us amateurs doing a hobby !

[@TheOssom]

To anyone who starting doing repairs and have been able to replace one or two hdmi ports will appreciate this video! 🙌

[@tankmerc7632]

dude thank you i am new to soldering and this task was daunting for me but with your instruction i successfully repaired my sons xbox series x . A local shop was going to charge me 300 USD to fix the hdmi but only cost me 10 bucks in the end 🙌

[@Toilet_Sniper]

Real genuine advice from someone who knows what they are doing, much appreciated!

[@theshemullet]

Thanks! I'm really liking these short explainer vids, such as the steady hand one and this.

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks so much bud

[@italonelli1233]

I like to empty out the holes first and place the hdmi port flat then secure a few pins and add solder to the holes again and finish the hdmi pins

[@maginty1982]

I've been using your drop method since I saw it on one of your videos a few months ago. It's so much quicker and cleaner than using a nozzle to flow the pads then manually soldering the legs. I replace 5-6 ports a week and I have never had a console returned since changing to this method.

[@PaulKing-gb9te]

I am about to offer a HDMI repair service as part of my repairs skills. Just removed 2 usb ports off a dell laptop pcb and what a mess by using a nozzle. I think your method is excellent and will now use this for all my pcb repairs. Thanks vm indeed for posting.

[@MikeGervasi]

You know, Phil I think you're on to something with these last 2 vids. Giving tips with examples really helps. I've done traditional electronics repair for a LONG time but SMD is new to me. So you can teach an old dog... ;)

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks bud, I'm hoping I can keep them up but I'll probably need some help from the community on what to film :)

[@olimunnery4131]

Thanks for the tip! I have a couple of port swaps to do this week, so will definitely be trying this method.

[@TheDivergentDrummer]

Thanks man. I really appreciate your willingness to share the knowledge that experience has afforded you. I have fudged more than 1, and I think a lot of it comes down to using quality tools and consumables. Thaid said, practice makes perfect...

[@100SteveB]

Great demo Phil. Passing knowledge like this on will be of help to a lot of would diy techs out there. I have always found the faster you can get a job like this done minimises the chances of the board or surrounding components being damaged. The longer your having to hold heat in one area increases the chances of pop corning the board, or weakening the bond between the board and traces. Getting the whole lot to melt quickly is a must - especially with ports that have hidden pins - USB C for example.

[@andreilucian10]

Thanks man!Glad to see someone make a video like this!

[@fatboy7276]

I always use low melt first to reduce the chance of damaged pads makes sense if you are not time restricted

[@Battles36]

only video on youtube that actually helped me finish the repair, two thumbs way up!

[@Leopold0124]

love it ! for someone that started , this is one of the best video with great explanatory exemples .

[@martinhammerton8157]

Thanks for these videos bud they are so helpful to people who like to tinker

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks bud glad to help

[@Andreas_Straub]

Pre-tinning the connector should help to get best possible solder joints ....

[@sblgamesinc]

Agreed. I always tin my Chipsets and HDMI Port Replacements.

[@lavelani2674]

I have tried your method, is the best one. even better than factory. you are great. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@pbarnfield]

Very good video there Phil. I fall into the nozzle category, and whilst 80% of the time I get no issues, I do sometimes come across subborn ones. Will give this method a try as I'm all for making life easier!! Liking your scope stand.... found em on Ali and might treat myself.

[@Rezonances]

The PS5 I'm working on right now has an extra tiny surface-mount capacitor on a couple pins on the right side. Also, on the underside of the port, there's some additional components. Nobody is talking about how the heating of the board with air does or does not affect those other tiny components. Why don't they fall off when heat is applied? How would you change your method if you had the extra cap near the HDMI pins?

[@neptuned4746]

So, I'm in the southern USA, and I'm just starting out and it looks like I'm going to have to do a lot of these even though it's not what I was expecting I would be doing.. GPU's and MOB's was going to be my main thing, but so far I'm seeing a lot of consoles and Laptops. I made the mistake of watching North Ridge do a PS4/PS5 (Even though I don't care for how he does things) I watched it and thought it looked overly complicated, so thank you for making this because it's really going to help me. I'm suppose to start taking in these console boards once my Yihua 993 DM-IV gets here and I'll let you know how it goes. Thank you again. -Neptune Repair labs

[@Guitargreat]

Fantastic tip I just did it I have the same air station you do and it works so good

[@Envy701]

Excellent video. Im fixing my sons xbox 1s. HDMI port and timing IC failures. This has come in very handy. Many thanks.

[@tonybennett7145]

Another great tutorial. The difference between the two techniques is huge! Your way is quick, clean and more precise. The other way is time consuming, with a chance of torn pads and ruined HDMI ports which in turn is money down the drain. Great stuff. Thank you.

[@clobbyhardy]

This helped a lot and made way more sense! Thanks for the advice and tips, easy sub.

[@JoshsTechWorkshop]

As someone just learning how to use a hot air station: this was incredible advice!

[@xxbuschxx9647]

I'v never done a hdmi repair before but I'm sure I will and with the tips and advice from your video. Thank you for sharing your technique Awesome Video's.💯😊

[@charlieking3302]

What are the settings that you are using with the hot air and soldering stations?

[@NikMitchell]

Skilled tradesmen have a way about knowledge transmission between the journeymen and the master - this is one of those kinds of videos. I really appreciate this, even though I'm not a fellow that does this sort of work - but the point still stands. Thank you for creating these latest videos - it's the kind of stuff that really helps people that want to do this vs providing great entertainment (which i still enjoy nonetheless). Epic vid, Phil. Thanks for the extra effort mate.

[@UrBrother_711]

Thanks for taking the time to help us beginners

[@RetroWizzard]

Thank you so much for this video it was most helpful.👍 Obviously being a rookie it took me much longer, but I wouldn't have made it without this instruction video, so thanks again.🙏

[@silvertonguesam2312]

Hi mate I just wanted to say thankyou so much just used this technique and it works a dream!!! Keep up the informative videos and thanks again

[@ajaks7636]

I was definitely doing it wrong. That was a Great video on Microsoldering Techniques! Thank You. 🙃

[@mxsniper223]

you're the best man , i really appreciate it, love from algeria

[@polonavarro6177]

What i do is before putting the new hdmi connector i put flux and soldwr to the connector pins as well as the main board pins. ( a tiny amount). And when i put the hdmi connector solders perfect. I use the same technic as you .pre heat before putting the connector so the connector doesnt overheat to long exposure to high temperatures.

[@JaimeSkywalker15]

I love this type of content. Wish there was more!

[@amnonmeirov646]

Hello, I follow the board repairs you do and am amazed every time. Also want to start making repairs, a silly little question, how many degrees do you use the soldering iron? In Blower you use 440 degrees to remove the HDMI connection.

[@randy2835]

Thanks codr , i recently did a Nintendo switch lite with the nozzle off , i ended using a BBQ glove to put the new one back on LoL kinda felt like fire Marshal bill there until i got the glove.

[@virgildeklerk]

Very nice video Phil, love to see your own experience and how to do it right and time efficient. Great technician you are. 👍

[@floydp6217]

Thank you! I cant wait to try this out tomorrow

[@tonysmith916]

I am very new to this, and so far have never done a HDMI port. But the main issue I have when removing components with hot air is that other smaller components in the area can come off the board, especially if they are smaller than the item you are desoldering.

[@chevellebbcyahoo]

The addition of kapton tape may limit the smaller components from moving.

[@EgonSorensen]

Solder first, Hot-Air l8er - I add leaded solder first, using a regular soldering iron as this mixes with the lead-free solder and ultimately lowers the melting temperature. I could also do low-melt solder, but why 'waste' the more expensive low-melt when regular 60/40 or 63/37 leaded solder also works a lot better than trying to melt the factory solder directly.

[@LidZLife]

Great Instructional video. Very helpful!!! 2 Minutes and Bob's your Uncle!

[@rickstechrepairs]

Great, tip / method i will be using this in the future for sure.

[@justinspiredfallout]

Thanks for this, really appreciate you sharing this time saving technique.

[@soopafamicom]

I've not long bought my hot air station to do little bits. I had to do the charge port on my old ds lite. I thought using a nozzle for the small area might be best. I worked out that having it upside down to drop off would be the best way and it dropped out. When putting in the new port it was taking agaes to get it sited correctly using the nozzle to the point it heated the inside of the port so it deformed and the fuse disappeared. When my new replacement port arrives I wont be using the nozzle.

[@mugogrog]

Here's a great tip for anyone removing HDMI-ports: Let gravity do the work. Just flip it over and give the port space to fall out and it usually will. That way you won't excert any force by mistake what so ever and you virtually remove the risk of tearing any pads. Oh, and remember to clean the board of flux afterwards you're done. Sure most fluxes these days is completely fine to leave on in terms of not causing any damage long term but it's still good practice and it looks way neater.

[@diYotamCh]

Was about to suggest the same... Also it will literally DROP right into place when you flip the board back up...

[@peacez5781]

Still kinda new to these stuff. Thanks for the tip

[@asamghaffar3897]

Just done 2 ports in 5 minutes. Amazing technique.

[@user-du5lt5ij7h]

Hey man thanks,always love your vids.

[@firstdrumthendestroy]

Might be a daft question from a non tech, but applying hot air from underneath the board - do caps etc in the vacinity not move around or fall off being upside down?

[@TheOssom]

Factory solder is quite good, board is quite thick so heat goes away quick is you don't touch anything around 3cm area nothing will fly off. Also you do it from the bottom to not melt actual port which contains plastic

[@dokitabado]

@@TheOssom at 8:45 you can see that there are components in the middle of the poin were he put hot air, I don't understand how this component don't fall, it are under the HDMI port not near, under.

[@sblgamesinc]

The board absorbs a lot of heat, and since heat rises, it works its way to the top; making the surface components on the top able to be reworked. Because of this the components on the bottom are safe unless you have the airflow too high and the nozzle too close to the board.

[@Rezonances]

@@sblgamesinc 440C seems to me to be hot enough to make those underside components fall off, unless they must have flux on them for that to happen. I've seen plenty of vids where flux and some of that other 138C solder paste was used, and maybe that prevented the devastation.

[@tomclifton3920]

Myself, use chipquik low melt. Flood the ground holes using an Iron to dilute the hi temp solder, then lowtemp the pins. Part will pretty much fall off

[@Sirius5465]

Tinning the leads on the port is also helpful.

[@DucTran-ce6mg]

Awesome technique!

[@TemporaryVoid]

Hey,what temperature for the soldering iron ?

[@robert79513]

Great video. We need more of this tips.

[@diYotamCh]

That's a solid iron tip 😉

[@George-ph5pz]

Legend - thanks for posting this

[@Rick__B__]

It would be nice if you can show potential repair technicians a typical stock of replacement parts that you typically use. Capacitors, HDMI ports, and so on. I think this would be a good addition to your tutoring videos for those people who may be wanting to get into the console repair business.

[@WjQj-z2n]

Everything he uses is pretty much on hos store

[@coopermarino2355]

Nice work. Do you have a tutorial on removing chips off a board.

[@stuartbassett3807]

Hi. Just about to do my first HDMI port swap. Just wondered if anyone has used solder paste from a syringe instead of normal solder from a roll.

[@dynamight1124]

I replaced a Series X HDMI a while ago, that board was so thick it was taking all the heat I could give it and laughing back at me :) I had to go nozzle-less to get enough heat in!

[@Oskar-x1v]

Does anyone know where to buy HDMI ports?

[@anthonyboccardo2726]

When i was 1st learning ports i was always sceptical or worried about the flux dripping back into the hot air nozzle when coming from the bottom then catching fire but until u actually try this method u then realise how much easier it actually was and worrying about the flux was really setting me back in my 1st couple years. My advice just give it a go you have nothing to lose trying it.

[@TheCod3r]

That's actually a thing though bud and I should have mentioned it really. I've had flux drip on my hand a few times but it is very very rare if you don't flood the board with flux

[@HybridDivide]

Great video. One question, though. When you heated that board over the edge of the table, aren't you concerned about the heat melting the solder on the components just behind the HDMI port? I'd worry the solder would melt and those would fall off!

[@TheCod3r]

Thank you. No it's fine as long as you don't hit the board with the nozzle. Surface tension will hold the components in place. If a component is heavy, such as an inductor, you may have an issue, but for the really small components like caps, resistors and diodes which weigh basically nothing, there's no problem 😊

[@OmeliGaming]

Would you consider using lead free low temp solder paste to repair HDMI ports?

[@andyb7754]

Very interesting, thank you.

[@mistermikeanson]

Thanks for explaining!!

[@benboy80]

Thanks Phil ! Managed to swap a port like this after struggling previously , did one on a PS5 ,pins looked good however there's now an intermittent green static noise screen and it doesn't seem to work, have I fried something ??!! or could it just be a bad pin ?

[@ahmedladhibi6893]

thanks for the video, iam an amateur, the desoldering worked well but the soldering of the little hdmi pads was a nightmare, is it bcs of a bad soldering iron (tips) , flux and soldering wires?

[@BunniKaitlyn]

Question, don't you need to pre-heat boards? Or are console boards (like the OG PS4) thick enough to handle the heat without popcorning?

[@Foxx_69]

Thanks for showing that!

[@doc3824]

Hi, did you ever encounter blue screen on TV while powering ps4, if yes what was usually is faulty. Thank you.

[@PabloEscobar-vr1cf]

Wow mate this is unbelievable skill like im 2min13sec well done i never saw someone done this in 2min . Btw how much degree is soldier

[@genfix]

What temperature do you have the soldering iron when you run your iron over the pins with unleaded solder?

[@dadwillfixit1907]

Runs his iron around 400 mate

[@SuSsyGuy_YT2]

is it possible to solder a displayport to an hdmi board?

[@giuseppegibellina846]

Hi, can you tell me what temperature do you set your soldering? 440° hot air, and soldering?

[@finished6267]

just wondering, is it a problem if the ground legs are heated up before the pins? I think you said something about that but im not 100 percent sure

[@sklepgekon]

good job mate!

[@pmyhill]

Well, you've eventually forced me to get back into repairs..... just ordered the infiray p2 pro earlier to assist my eyes 😂

[@REMEDY-REPAIRS]

Wow Thanks bro 🏆‼️👍🏾

[@indycellsdavid562]

Thank you brother

[@Nanoha3972]

I’ve been doing it this way for years, goes so much faster and gets more durable joints as well

[@Evgeni491]

Good technique, but it looks like you might have lost a capacitor on one board and a diode on the other due to the high heat of 440 degrees. Or were they not there from the start?

[@JeorgeJetsin]

On both of those boards, you ended up losing a small little electrical component from the backside of the board. If you look at the backside of the board that little space that’s triangular and shaped kind of one of the boards lost the upper little resistor thing that was on the other board lost the one that was on it. There should be two resistor pieces in that little spot right there, the heating or what but

[@heregulmithal7063]

Nice work.

[@wildstyle42]

Hi dude, love the work u do Ive been doing very basic repairs at my end for a year or 2 to get by paying for very high nursery fees here, but I'd like to ask a question if OK. I've had a few hdmi port repairs come back to me after 2 weeks or so with them either loose or pins come of the solder pads. I'm thinking quality of ports I'm getting. Where do you get your ports from please cheers mate

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers mate, hopefully you keep upping your game and keep improving. I'd say it's possibly the ports but maybe look into the amount of solder you're using on the ground legs or maybe your technique before you assume it's the ports if I'm being honest. I use the drop method because it works flawlessly if you can get it right but it does take practice. In general though I buy ports from AliExpress and I don't normally have any issues with them

[@wildstyle42]

@@TheCod3r I'm glad you get from Ali too I thought it was the connectors. I've tried the solder individual pins method. Low melt solder pads then clean up then flood them with normal solder then heat up from under board and then drop in the port, then fine tip to make sure the pins are soldered on, I do check with tweezers and also push the port with my thumbs to make sure the port does not move too. I'm thinking I'm not getting the board hot enough for pads to flow, it's a leaning curve. Just annoys me when it doesn't work. I'm a perfectionist well try to be. Cheers for any tips nice one

[@TheCod3r]

@wildstyle42 yeah to be honest Ali ports these days are pretty good. Maybe this video will help you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppTHpJmnbqmDopo 😄

[@YoYoElectroFix]

Really really useful.

[@ubertcoolie8694]

great video, thanks

[@vorperaxeses3187]

Excellent video mate. Get sleep though as someone who's nervous system started to fail due to lack of sleep for many, many years please get sleep. I had bioptic neuritis, and was blind for a week.

[@metavize8046]

God bless you❤

[@LCDLCD-cl2qp]

Thanks you much , it’s here to understand for me because iam French but thanks a lot

[@simonburrough1954]

Great channel, anyway is there a way of testing a Booster IC Chip ESD PXD for Microsoft Xbox One S before placing on board any help would be great ?

[@NinjaFaceGames]

I could feasibly see myself doing most of this (I'm still a bit of a beginner) but the micro soldering bit is beyond me

[@thomasainsworth6553]

i have to ask,i have a donor board, of a xbox one S donor board, and when i tried to desolder the hdmi, it just straight up burnt, and didnt desolder, im only using ior for testing but it never got upto correct temps, would no nozzle heat up better and more accurately?

[@intoxicode]

what's the best way to avoid bridging when doing port swaps?! its my biggest problem...

[@mharkonnen]

Handy Hint: On a PS5 HDMI port you can use a small piece of sticky aluminium foil to cover the bottom of the port whilst dropping it in from bottom heat, otherwise the port will be demolished from the heat underneath.

[@Nanoha3972]

If you are having that issue you should move the heat slightly back so less is hitting the front of the port

[@TheCoolKidsClub]

If I send you my tablet mobo to replace the charging port can you?

[@ianchambers5646]

Ive done loads of these on ps5....bit of heat reflective tape to none of the diodes or caps go walkabout and set something weighty on the opposite end of the board (bottle of iso is heavy enough and plastic so won't damage anything heat from the bottom on full flow@480 and set the new port into place with a pair of pointy nose pliers instead of tweezers to give you a bit more leverage when the heats still going after pulling the original port and job done....Obviously only works if the solders still good on the pads but 90% of the time it usually is.

[@youtubasoarus]

Great tips!