Zotac GTX 1070 Mini Graphics Card Repair

[@NorthridgeFix]

There was a tiny blob of solder left of the mosfet that appeared to be bridging. It was later cleaned off and wasn't making any contact.

[@dankan4459]

What time is it where you are? Do you edit your vids late at night after a long day of work? It is 9.30 am here in Ireland.

[@oneandonlytyler1]

haters gon hate

[@M7md.z.h]

I was about to tell you 😂👍🏻👍🏻

[@vinitsingh8962]

There was a solder blob on the left side of the mosfet that was near an ceramic capacitor. Great work man.👍

[@lexander9686]

Thought you cleared that out huh🌝, some people are still complaining about it🙃. they probably think that when you end the video you stop working on the device, which usually happens After you give it to big boss for final assembly (I think). Nice work by the way I really like the Graphics cards repairs especially in these times.👍🏻🙂

[@svenprigann2631]

I like how he smiles, after he found the problem, even after hundrets of repairs. That's just so satisfying to watch as it is to fix problems by myself 😃

[@mohamedelouadghiri2016]

the smile of victory 😊

[@cubannotquban]

LMAO I knew I wasn't the only one who realized that.

[@sebastianrac6338]

I like too.

[@nXqd]

Yeah it's awesome.

[@fpgaguy]

that tiny piece on the edge connector gold plated finger you mention is broken off around 1:20-1:50 is actually meant to be that way, it's so the power is applied in certain sequence if hot plugging

[@kalleshhebbal3128]

01:20 Its how it is normally. No tiny piece is broken off.

[@patrickbonner3764]

Right. Its for hotplug!

[@renzojohn06]

true pcmr indeed.

[@FCslide]

Mine looks the same at that part

[@PSYCOGAMER1997]

Same with RX580 ASUS DUAL OC

[@KazZ159]

its in all pci-e cards, not only video cards. its strange hearing it from him, he should see this every day haha

[@TechCemetery]

Well done, you're definitely getting better. It's normal for the memory MOSFETs to have both very low and absurdly high values ( 8 Mega Ohms sometimes)

[@lexander9686]

"we" are getting better and better

[@NorthridgeFix]

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind

[@jaybird57]

On the gate? Wow.

[@StarlightStream]

The moment of happiness where you performed a successful repair is something that makes me so happy. It's just genuine happiness.

[@retroentity378]

I love the small chicky smile on his face when he smile when something is good or even bad. Love you Sir. You gave me courage to fix my things too.

[@mpf_agundipsht3619]

at 5:59 in you see it clear as day, which means the original mosfet was probably still in perfect working condition but wasn't working because of the short. nice work !

[@jaybird57]

You always chuckle a bit when its working... like relief... Successfully fixing things is a good feeling...

[@fabianreich1993]

1:20 tiny piece is not broken off, thats normal. my 2080 Ti looks the same.

[@kokodin5895]

but is it broken or is it a pcie standard length of the last pcie line, because it does exist on every pcie device regardless the bus length

[@lexander9686]

@fabian weird flex but ok🙂

[@wachocs16]

I searched for RTX 2080 PCB and it has the same cuted pin

[@lucijanbarberic8832]

That is standard length, it is shorter to prevent you from not seating the card right

[@johanjacobs9240]

Yes, that is factory standard on all GPU's from nVidia. Not sure about AMD cards.

[@-Rook-]

One of the few nice things about the GPU drought is seeing graphics cards getting repaired instead of skipped and replaced.

[@joeykenoy]

I love your smile when the card works. :D

[@alexchong1979]

Basic inspection very important! Great job !

[@ruicardoso4636]

In 10 minutes you fixed something that without all the background experience you already gained would take hours to fix. Good job

[@refink33]

thats why people pay experts for their services, not time. There expertise has been building for decades.

[@danielharo2651]

So happy you are finally doing gpu repairs, they are so entertaining to watch for me

[@firasnizam]

I like to see your smile when a device got working, I know your felling in that moment, that why this work is interesting, hope all your full of smiles

[@Chris-ev6cp]

Hey just as I was thinking of getting my zotac mini 1070 repaired somewhere this comes out now that's some nice timing.

[@KimoKimochii]

time to upgrade

[@TheMasterOfSafari]

@@KimoKimochii First of all, I'd not say it's time for upgrade on a 1070 Second, have you seen the PC market lately? Cause it's absolute trash when a GT 1030 costs about $200 here...

[@imn0twes]

Man I absolutely love your channel. I am so glad I stumbled upon it. You are an amazing teacher and so enthusiastic about your work. Keep up the good work and I look forward to watching more of your videos.

[@everythingquads]

That first moment when faulty electronics spring back to life. :) I know the feeling.

[@marcianzero_yt]

Sorry, I responded to the wrong comment in the first seconds... I share the feeling of something working again. It is very nice.

[@alejandroalzatesanchez]

7:27 visual enjoyment/happiness***

[@Ryan53799]

Can you do a quick video on testing mosfets, diode and caps? Explaining the settings on the multi meter, what multi meter and tips you use ect?

[@wthornton7346]

That would be great but I'm guessing he is too busy! Maybe he can slip the odd nugget of info into videos, like this one. And we will learn that way.

[@stefanlechner]

You are the boss, you really fix entirely all electronic devices. No matter if its a gfx-card, an ipad or just a benz key. You are awesome. Perfect.

[@Globespy]

So glad I found this video! I don't have any issues with my PC, but if I do in the future, I know where I'm going!! Awesome to see old school electronics repair like this still exists in our 'throw away' culture. A culture that's been impacted by this pandemic and the shortage of PC components at normal MSRP caused in large part by unscrupulous bot/scalper network cockroaches, profiting from people's hardships. Fantastic work! Good luck to you! Subscribed and liked!

[@CXensation]

New theme for a Tshirt: "The short is gone!" - with a smiley 😃

[@NewRetroRepair]

Hey @NorthridgeFix when applying heat near aluminum capacitors like you do here a neat little trick is to use the blade from a box cutting knife as a heat shield. Just rest it against the side of the capacitor and it'll dissipate the heat. Heck you probably have a load lying around somewhere too :D

[@superwelder24]

There's a special heat resistant sticky tape just for this purpose as well! It's brown/gold-ish colour and semi transparent

[@Gianluxx]

As soon as i saw those aluminum caps i went and grab the safety glasses 😂😂

[@lexander9686]

why is that funny though?

[@vert8739]

@@lexander9686 🤩you are gay 🤩

[@rahulmechatronics]

"No More Short" 😁 Awesome Job !!!.

[@jefersonsilva3850]

Um pingo de solda ao lado do capacitor pode gerar um curto no futuro. 10:41

[@MasterJediSean]

You are a great repair man for the electronics. Keep up this great work, not to mention these helpful videos. I have already benefited from your excellent skills and advice. Thank you so much!!!

[@dankan4459]

I imagine it must be a great feeling to get the hard fixes working, lots of successes during the day to feel good about. You always seem so happy in the vids when you fix it 👍🏽

[@HilalSalati]

Your smile is a killer one. Keep smiling.

[@NorthridgeFix]

Thanks Brother

[@TerraWare]

That video card is worth everything to that owner these days.

[@AboveEmAllProduction]

Just a 1070 tho it's not like it's a 1080ti🤪

[@familydroid02]

gotta love it when a plan comes together. nice fix

[@brandob5452]

This here truly demonstrates why expirience is key, great video

[@madscientist057]

John Stewart we miss you on the daily show...

[@ermongabayan9664]

im from Philippines i really like this guy on how he fix gpu and other board this is the reason why im self studying micro soldering

[@VideoServicesLI]

You are the hot air master! Thanks again for your generosity doing all the videos - it takes a lot of time. Better than factory - you set the standard to strive for in my lab 🤓 There is no substitute for experience. Awesome vids.

[@DiJAndy]

My guess as a guy who works with graphics cards there was ESD shot when replacing thermopads. I know that from my personal experience. It's a common problem. As you can see very easy to find and fix issue. As usual amazing job @Northridge Fix! I am glad that those aluminum caps don't pop up when working near by 😉

[@CKnight88]

I'm so glad I subscribed to your channel a few months ago. I can tell you get full of joy when you know something is fixed. You always give that little laugh and smile and say "The Job is done" Keep the videos coming! I like the video card ones so far. I also commented on a video where a customer had a expensive mobo. I think he needed it fixed that day because he needed it for a presentation. I'd like to know what happened to it? There was no follow up or mention what fixed his issue. Also, if my 3070 ever needs fixing. I'm coming to you :D

[@Japapa]

This is my favorite channel now

[@MrAreevz]

10:20 There was a tiny blob of solder left of the mosfet that appeared to be bridging. It was later cleaned off and wasn't making any contact.

[@AnthraXFPS]

Love these videos, not only informative but therapeutic haha

[@tonytomasso13]

love your videos! i'm from argentina and i'm learning so much with you, thank you so much man!

[@sebastianrac6338]

I like how You say "awsome" after solder pads.

[@bigtigerbt]

SEEING YOUR VIDEO AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT I ALREADY LEARNED ,I MANEGED TO DISCOVER A PROBLEM ON THE ZOTAC 1060 MINI.THE MOSFET (MO4) OF THE VRM FOR THE VCORE,WAS ALTEREDED IN COMPARASSION TO THE OTHERS.I ALREADY REMOVED OTHER COMPONEND NEXT TO THIS MOSFET BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BORD(Q37)....THANKS VERY MUCH FOR TEACHING ME.

[@pedroveloso9707]

6:12, as y say before, grafic cards, need do be preheat undernet the board, to make easy to remove mosfets, and cover aluminium folid the caps, using this metod mosfet is out in 10 seg or less, in a dayli basic work, it will show improve in time and quality of repair.

[@shubhamsahuSD]

4:48 911 in the house 😂 Waiting for solid.. solid... solid... super solid moment

[@brunosilva-kq3xq]

phisical inspecction is really quick

[@jonask.1409]

@1.20 min. There are actually two pinns that are shorter then the others just wanted to let you know love your videos keep up the good work🤙

[@ctecrwp]

I've got a shielding cover from a laptop charger in U shape and I use it while using hot air station, try to find one, quite handy..

[@electronicengineer]

This is a great idea. I use an RF can from an old piece of test equipment to do the same thing, when I have to apply hot air near sensitive components. It works extremely well for me. Only thing is you have to remember to pick it up with tweezer, as it stays hot for a quite a while after! Fred

[@marcocapitanio]

10:30 small piece of solder shorting out a cap on the left

[@NorthridgeFix]

Read pinned comment

[@marcocapitanio]

@@NorthridgeFix ok, thank you

[@pedroveloso9707]

1:29 that connection is not broken, its just like that, it is made shorter to ensure that ground is already connect before that.

[@marcotinnirello6010]

Love that “it’s working” smile 😊 What happened to the random heat sink that was just sitting unattached to anything on the board??

[@FIXDIY]

This is called the love of creativity 😎 😉

[@frmol1]

i see you are getting better and better repairing money printing machines :) very nice video ;)

[@jochemcode4570]

Hah. To the moon ^^

[@frmol1]

@@jochemcode4570 :D

[@maofpv9272]

Where did you put the probes to measure resistance?

[@Meubeu1]

Did you try reading that first mosfet after replacing the bad one? is it possible that the high reading on the first one was caused by the short on the second one? Sorry if this is a dumb question. Thanks for your videos and positive attitude :).

[@NorthridgeFix]

Yes still reading around 200k.

[@atlanticamorphine]

a trick to find low resitance 'near short' components is to put a little power on the shorted rail and use a thermal camera to look where it's getting hot or cover the board with alcohol and see if there are any hot spots, where it evaporates faster.

[@dirkjewitt5037]

I had the 1070ti version by Zotac. It actually caught on fire.

[@shaad2841]

To save capacitor damaging from heat, cover them with metallic shield.

[@jmhjelm]

If the mosfet gate is less than infinity or the resistance of the drive then the probability is that the source - drain is also short. I usually measure the body diode of the mosfet to see that there is no short there.

[@abeleski]

Can you please make a video on the GTX980TI that came in for repair. Thank you

[@davidjames6842]

Ha ha. I always love your little smile when you have beaten a problem 😋😋😋😋

[@budhzie]

i am also happy for your customer

[@ezzeldin101]

You are doing a great work

[@sensac]

hi from istanbul. i love your successful repair smile

[@R4S_Store]

ياخي ابتسامتك تجلب السعاده ❤️🤣

[@NorthridgeFix]

تسلم أخي ياسين. الله يجعل كل ايامك سعاده

[@bryantalfonso9561]

Fascinating to watch

[@kokodin5895]

i am a bit disaponited you didn't notice that tiny solder blob stuck to that capacitor next to the mosfet you worked on, but i am impressed with the speed you found the fault

[@NorthridgeFix]

Read pinned comment

[@kokodin5895]

@@NorthridgeFix now i did :P you never know about them when you watch someone video right after it comes out and comments didn't show u yet

[@gorky_vk]

I think that high resistance reading on first gate is part of a problem. Resistance you read came from pull down resistor. It's usually around 8-10K because that's value of gate discharged resistor used. Too high resistance on first gate can leave it closed when it should be open and destroy second mosfet in process. It will probably die quicky again.

[@jimsinnovations2737]

yep them caps blow good to LOL, did the same mistake to haha, have the burn scar on my foot from it

[@darkwinter6028]

The gate of a mosfet, out-of-circuit, should look like a capacitor: checking it with DC, from gate to source or drain, it should read as an open circuit. In circuit, of course, will vary depending on what it’s connected to.

[@darkwinter6028]

@@gblargg Yes; ESD protection is absolutely necessary when working on these sorts of devices.

[@clzliljohn1983]

You are the man!!!! Love the channel even though I have no idea wth is going on lol

[@darkspartan566]

Awesome!! Another job well done

[@ndumisodube76]

U have the best job ever

[@AleksandarVasev1]

How much does this fix generally end up costing?

[@henriquepereira4058]

We're do you find those mosfets to replace it , do you have in on sale on your shop?

[@GordonIsFreeman]

I think this time you are more happy then the costumer :)

[@dadstechreview4906]

Nice work. I need 5x cards repaired prob same issue

[@ArnookieVR]

How much would a repair like this cost?

[@tr0n1c]

Well done great fix!

[@mdrejaulkarimsujon7691]

good work man,so nice.

[@TroySkirchak]

Job is done.

[@netcomsolutions369]

@NorthridgeFix, good day sir, can you teach me the basics on how to check for shorts on a motherboard or how to test the components with a multimeter plz?

[@melplishka5978]

Gotta like it when you get the fault quick lol. Great job as always.

[@ruslannikolaenko6933]

hi, it would not be bad to check the signal shape of the repaired phase. because I know that transistors rarely burn out on their own. here, either the driver did not give the correct signal form or the transistor overheated. if there is an opportunity, can you check this in your videos, if you have an oscilloscope. it would be informative

[@Acc3l3ratoR]

Hello there from Romana ! How much would a such type repair cost ?

[@abgmakpanggil7400]

Great work man. You're amazing. I wish u can repair my GTX1080ti now.

[@joedeadrun]

@NorthridgeFix How much does this fix generally end up costing?

[@aaronandromeda9971]

where did you buy electronic components for vga card... please let me know...

[@ChrisFoure]

How do I desolder a stubborn MOSFET M3056 that just won't come off ?

[@mikeanderson1994]

Wont that small solder cause a problem on the capacitor at 10:30 ?!

[@arlemooldijk1595]

Read the pinned post... 😉

[@mikeanderson1994]

@@arlemooldijk1595 oh thank you 😅😅

[@peaceperson2270]

from my past experience usually ppl got short circuit because of not using a surge protector n a cheap psu without 80+ bronze sticker, rarely ppl got this issues when they r using that 2 tools

[@Syntheticks]

I know times money but damn you fix them quick.

[@hannescampidell]

there is a small blob of solder at the side of the mosfet, i thinked it will cause problems but it didnt

[@kintag4459]

بـــــــارك الله فيك ونفع بك

[@eden12340]

Kapton tape is what I’d be doing in your situation.

[@eden12340]

@@gblargg Good for spreading great and blocking direct hearing. I’ve made standard cutouts for various boards previously. For general stuff like this I roll with kapton though. It’s more versatile.

[@peterszurok5316]

Hey, When you remove a Mosfet, how many degrees do you set the heat gun to?

[@Swenser]

What's your success rate on items that come on your bench. I like to see the ones that can't be repaired.

[@sososisi8790]

Hello north how much air and temperature remove mosfet